Media Releases

We the Nuclear Free North media releases:

July 13, 2026Federal Government in Disarray over Nuclear Waste Project Assessment

June 24, 2026Federal Initiative to Fast-Track Approvals for Deep Geological Repository a Betrayal of Public Trust

April 17, 2026 – (joint Media Release with Northwatch) – Workshop Tour to Support Public Comments in Review of Nuclear Waste Transportation and Burial Scheme

April 10, 2026Public Has 30 Days to Comment on Nuclear Waste Transportation and Burial Plan

Feb. 10, 2026Massive Public Response to NWMO’s Nuclear Waste Project

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