{"id":91823,"date":"2025-04-30T12:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T16:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=91823"},"modified":"2025-04-30T12:02:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T16:02:24","slug":"six-nations-elected-council-looking-at-bylaw-to-stop-illegal-dumping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/six-nations-elected-council-looking-at-bylaw-to-stop-illegal-dumping\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Nations Elected Council looking at bylaw to stop illegal dumping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) is encouraging community members to report and even photograph cases of illegal dumping in the community. The move comes after increasing complaints and concerns over dump trucks, sometimes even lining up along roadways, to dump their contents on band member\u2019s property. Community member Laurel Curley told the councilors at its April 22 meeting she has been so concerned over illegal dumping she organized a community meeting to discuss the issues. She said about 50 people turned out to the session to raise concerns about contamination and environmental issues. connected with the growing problem. \u201cWhen you drive down roads it\u2019s just heartbreaking to see what our land looks like,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is a really huge issue\u2026 Dump trucks coming and blocking my lane way, that\u2019s&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription &#8211; Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F04%2F30%2Fsix-nations-elected-council-looking-at-bylaw-to-stop-illegal-dumping%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) is encouraging community members to report and even photograph cases of illegal dumping in the community. 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She said about 50 people turned out to the session to raise concerns about contamination and environmental issues. connected with the growing problem. \u201cWhen you drive down roads it\u2019s just heartbreaking to see what our land looks like,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is a really huge issue\u2026 Dump trucks coming and blocking my lane way, that\u2019s... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription - Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F04%2F30%2Fsix-nations-elected-council-looking-at-bylaw-to-stop-illegal-dumping%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","category-ticker","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-3","pmpro-level-2","pmpro-level-5","pmpro-level-6","pmpro-level-7","pmpro-no-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Six Nations Elected Council looking at bylaw to stop illegal dumping - The Turtle Island News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/six-nations-elected-council-looking-at-bylaw-to-stop-illegal-dumping\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Six Nations Elected Council looking at bylaw to stop illegal dumping - The Turtle Island News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) is encouraging community members to report and even photograph cases of illegal dumping in the community. 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