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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter \u00a008\/08\/2024 14:40 SIOUX NARROWS \u2013 The Township of Ignace has said yes to a nuclear waste repository project, but five First Nations in the Lake of the Woods area say no way. Storing nuclear waste between Ignace and Dryden would endanger the region\u2019s ecosystem and violate their rights as Indigenous peoples, according to a declaration from the Anishinaabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council (AKRC). Ignace council approved a motion on July 10 to continue as a potential host community for the deep geological repository proposed by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, a federally mandated body funded by Canada\u2019s nuclear power producers. The Revell Lake site west of Ignace is on the nuclear body\u2019s shortlist of two places for siting the underground repository for spent… <\/p>\n

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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter \u00a008\/08\/2024 14:40 SIOUX NARROWS \u2013 The Township of Ignace has said yes to a nuclear waste repository project, but five First Nations in the Lake of the Woods area say no way. Storing nuclear waste between Ignace and Dryden would endanger the region\u2019s ecosystem and violate their rights as Indigenous peoples, according to a declaration from the Anishinaabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council (AKRC). Ignace council approved a motion on July 10 to continue as a potential host community for the deep geological repository proposed by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, a federally mandated body funded by Canada\u2019s nuclear power producers. The Revell Lake site west of Ignace is on the nuclear body\u2019s shortlist of two places for siting the underground repository for spent... <\/p>\n

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