By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com GRASSY NARROWS \u2014 The chair of a group of six First Nations says the latest step for a proposed nuclear waste site is yet another cause for concern. Rudy Turtle, with the Land Defence Alliance, says it\u2019s the newest bit of news that\u2019s worrying Indigenous communities concerned about the environment and the long-term future of the lands and water in northern Ontario. \u201cWe’re just surrounded by resource development and this is a difficult fight we’re facing,\u201d he told Newswatch in a phone interview. \u201cThere’s mining north of us here in Red Lake, and there’s more mining coming in.\u201d \u201cIt won’t be long.\u201d The alliance consists of representatives from Grassy Narrows, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Muskrat Dam, Neskantaga, Onigaming and Wapekeka. Turtle is a former… <\/p>\n
By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com GRASSY NARROWS \u2014 The chair of a group of six First Nations says the latest step for a proposed nuclear waste site is yet another cause for concern. Rudy Turtle, with the Land Defence Alliance, says it\u2019s the newest bit of news that\u2019s worrying Indigenous communities concerned about the environment and the long-term future of the lands and water in northern Ontario. \u201cWe’re just surrounded by resource development and this is a difficult fight we’re facing,\u201d he told Newswatch in a phone interview. \u201cThere’s mining north of us here in Red Lake, and there’s more mining coming in.\u201d \u201cIt won’t be long.\u201d The alliance consists of representatives from Grassy Narrows, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Muskrat Dam, Neskantaga, Onigaming and Wapekeka. Turtle is a former... <\/p>\n