By Clint Fleury, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY – After a concerned citizen sounded the alarm on social media about a hazardous spill in the Kaministiquia River, Fort William First Nation’s chief is asking why members of the public were not informed. Jamie Zaroski told Newswatch on Thursday that while he was boating on the Kam River on Saturday, Aug. 23, he noticed an “orangey tan colour” substance near Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper, where the mill discharges (its) sewage.” “I proceeded upstream; it’s everywhere. The whole water was an orange-tan colour, and I kept going, and it kept going. It’s right to Lake Superior, six miles up the Mission River. I mean, we’re talking a river that’s 400 to 500 feet wide, 30 feet deep past the…
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