By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THUNDER BAY – People need to understand it’s far from a done deal that a deep geological repository for nuclear waste will be built in Northwestern Ontario, Dodie LeGassick said Wednesday. LeGassick, a We the Nuclear Free North member, made the remark after a petition against the repository, or DGR, was tabled in the House of Commons by MPs including Thunder Bay–Superior North Liberal Marcus Powlowski. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization announced on Nov. 28 it has selected a location between Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and Ignace township for a DGR that could be built in the 2030s and early 2040s, pending regulatory and environmental approvals. But the fight is far from over, LeGassick told Newswatch. “This agreement that Wabigoon Lake has gotten…
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