Kebaowek First Nation Rallies Against Nuclear Waste Megadump

The Environment in Canada Podcast episode 87 on Kebaowek First Nation’s fight against a poorly planned nuclear waste megadump. You can listen to the episode on The Harbinger Media Network, IHeart Radio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or our website below:

Conor talks with Ole Hendrickson, the Chair of Sierra Club Canada’s Conservation Committee and a columnist among many other roles, about the ongoing fight to to defend the Kichi Sibi / Ottawa River and our watershed from a nuclear waste megadump.

The Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area, Kebaowek First Nation, Sierra Club Canada and the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility took Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) to court and WON on this matter… but CNL has appealed.

And so on November 12th as CNL’s appeal was heard, they held a rally outside.

After the interview with Ole we’ll be playing some audio from the rally of a speech by Justin Roy, a Councillor at Kebaowek First Nation. This audio was kindly provided to us by Peter Stockdale who took the recording.

Find out more about this issue in our previous episode by Jessica Murray, Nuclear waste and what to do with it?!

You can find Kebaowek First Nation’s website.

And Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area have their website.

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Justine Roy, Kebaowek First Nation Councillor

Ole Hendrickson