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KENORA \u2013 Grassy Narrows community members hosted a rally Tuesday afternoon in downtown Kenora to send a message to federal politicians: Respect First Nations\u2019 right to say no to nuclear waste disposal. The rally followed an email sent \u201con behalf of families from Grassy Narrows First Nation\u201d to the members of Parliament for Kenora-Kiiwetinoong, Thunder Bay-Rainy River, Thunder Bay-Superior North and three other northern Ontario ridings. That letter asks each MP \u201cto clearly state your position on the proposed nuclear waste disposal site near Ignace during this (April 28) federal election.\u201d The Nuclear Waste Management Organization, a federally mandated body funded by Canada\u2019s nuclear power producers, wants to construct a deep-underground repository for spent nuclear fuel at a site west of Ignace and east of Wabigoon Lake First Nation. \u201cVoters… <\/p>\n

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KENORA \u2013 Grassy Narrows community members hosted a rally Tuesday afternoon in downtown Kenora to send a message to federal politicians: Respect First Nations\u2019 right to say no to nuclear waste disposal. The rally followed an email sent \u201con behalf of families from Grassy Narrows First Nation\u201d to the members of Parliament for Kenora-Kiiwetinoong, Thunder Bay-Rainy River, Thunder Bay-Superior North and three other northern Ontario ridings. That letter asks each MP \u201cto clearly state your position on the proposed nuclear waste disposal site near Ignace during this (April 28) federal election.\u201d The Nuclear Waste Management Organization, a federally mandated body funded by Canada\u2019s nuclear power producers, wants to construct a deep-underground repository for spent nuclear fuel at a site west of Ignace and east of Wabigoon Lake First Nation. \u201cVoters... <\/p>\n

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