Media Releases

We the Nuclear Free North media releases:

Jan. 23, 2026: Public Webinar on Wednesday in advance of February 4 Public Comment Deadline for NWMO’s Deep Geological Repository Project

Jan. 7, 2026: Deep Flaws Noted as Federal Impact Assessment for NWMO’s Deep Geological Repository Project Begins


Dec. 3, 2025: Nuclear industry seeks to omit nuclear waste transportation from Impact Assessment of Deep Geological Repository Project: public and groups urged to act

July 7, 2025: Nuclear Free Anishinaabe Aki Rally Sets the Stage for More Intense Opposition to Nuclear Waste in Northern Ontario

June 12, 2024: Survey Results Show Tremendous Dissatisfaction with Nuclear Waste Project and Proponent

April 24, 2025: (Joint Media Release with Environment North and Northwatch) Federal Candidates Lay Out Where They Stand on Nuclear Waste Concerns


Dec. 17, 2024: (Joint Media Release with Protect Our Waterways) Petition Opposing Nuclear Waste Burial Tabled in Parliament

Nov. 29, 2024: NWMO Siting Process Fails to Achieve its Goal Nuclear Company Announces Site Selection Despite Major Missing Piece: a Willing Host

Sept. 10, 2024: Thunder Bay Council Vote on Resolution Opposing Nuclear Waste Transport Results in Tie

August 27, 2024: Opposition Groups address Thunder Bay City Council, garner resolution of opposition to nuclear fuel waste transport

August 26, 2024: Alliance Takes Nuclear Waste Opposition Message to Communities on Lake Superior North Shore

August 5, 2024: Alliance Takes Nuclear Waste Opposition Message to Communities Throughout Northwestern Ontario

July 10, 2024: Ignace Council Votes to Continue in Nuclear Waste Project

June 20, 2024: (Joint Media Release with Protect Our Waterways) Government Response to Nuclear Waste Petition Tabled  – Decried as a “non-response” to the Petitions Call on the Government of Canada

May 9, 2024: Nuclear Waste Petition Tabled in Parliament

March 22, 2024: Media Release – World Water Day Prompts Submission to Parliamentary Committee on Risks of NWMO’s Nuclear Waste Project to Water

Feb. 15, 2024: (joint Environment North / WTNFN release) Media Release – Two Organizations Present to City’s Inter-governmental Affairs Committee on Nuclear Fuel Waste


June 26, 2023: Media Release – Nuclear Waste Management Organization Holds Public Information Session with No Public Notice

May 30, 2023: Joint Media Release with Protect Our Waterways – Petition Demands Nuclear Fuel Waste Be Managed Close to Points of Generation at Nuclear Generating Stations


Nov. 3, 2022: Joint Media Release with Environment North – Environmental Groups and Local Musician Rodney Brown Release Dynamic Music Video for Updated “Freight Train Derailed“

Sept. 12, 2022: Media Release – 13,505 Say NO to Nuclear Waste Burial in Northwestern Ontario, as New Provincial Petition is Launched

June 22, 2022: Media Release – “Nuke Puck” Flotilla Released for Radioactivity Awareness


Sept. 29, 2021: Media Release – Information Display in Kakabeka Falls This Weekend

April 19, 2021: Media Release – Northern Ontario Alliance Signals Growing Opposition to Nuclear Waste Burial Plans


WTNFN allied organization media releases:

Sept. 2, 2024: Walk Against Nuclear Waste Burial in Treaty 3 Territory Media Release – Walk Against Nuclear Waste Leaves Ignace, Heading Towards Candidate Nuclear Waste Burial Site

Sept. 1, 2024: Walk Against Nuclear Waste Burial in Treaty 3 Territory Media Release – Walk Against Nuclear Waste Leaves Ignace, Heading Towards Candidate Nuclear Waste Burial Site


Sept. 1, 2023: Walk Against Nuclear Waste Burial in Treaty 3 Territory Media Release – Walk Against Nuclear Waste Leaves Ignace Heading Towards Candidate Nuclear Waste Burial Site

April 11, 2023: Environment North Media Release – Postcard Warns of Proposed Radioactive Nuclear Fuel Waste Transportation Through Thunder Bay


Oct. 12, 2022: Nuclear Free Thunder Bay Media Release – Nuclear Free Thunder Bay Releases Results of Candidates’ Poll on Nuclear Waste Transport

Sept. 17, 2022: Nuclear Free Thunder Bay Media Release – Walk to Oppose Nuclear Waste Burial in Northwestern Ontario