During this segment of Northwest Monitor, we take a look at progress on finding a place in Ontario to store Canada’s nuclear waste, as well as changes to electricity bills for customers in Fort Frances, and a man in his early 20’s beats an experienced Liberal incumbent for a seat in northern Ontario from the federal election.
But first, we start in Thunder Bay, where authorities are another step closer to re-investigating nine Indigenous deaths.
Part of the work will include conversations with the families of the young people who died.
Sheri Leviski-Kotyk has more.
Some changes are in store for the Fort Frances Power Corporation.
It’s in part due to strict Ontario Energy Board requirements that govern hydro companies.
And it’s impacting how its customers pays their bills.
Randy Thoms has the details.
Even though Justin Trudeau was re-elected as Prime Minister, there is new representation for the Kenora riding in Eric Melillo, the Conservative M-P elect.
The newly elected MP is in his early 20’s, but says he hopes constituents will judge him based on his work and not his age.
Stuart Walter sat down with Melillo shortly after the election to discuss what that night was like and what his plans are for when he gets to Ottawa.
The search for a suitable site to store Canada’s nuclear waste remains the goal of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization.
There are 5 areas still up for consideration, with 3 of those areas in northern Ontario.
With this area still clearly in the picture, Mike Ebbeling took a recent invite to the Bruce Nuclear Power facility near Kincardine to learn more about the project.
