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CBC
4 days ago
- General
- CBC
Questions remain ahead of plans to haul radioactive waste to northern Ontario town
The mayor of a small northern Ontario town says the community still has a lot of questions ahead of plans for the province to start hauling radioactive waste to an abandoned mine near the community. Last year the Township of Nairn and Hyman, better known as Nairn Centre, was made aware of plans from the province to haul radioactive niobium tailings from a former mill near Nipissing First Nation to the old Agnew Lake mine – a property Ontario's Ministry of Mines took over in the 1990s. Agnew Lake was a uranium mine and has already been holding radioactive waste for decades without incident. Nairn and Hyman Mayor Amy Mazey said the community of around 400 people wants eight scientific studies about the risks associated with hauling niobium to the mine to be done before the trucks start rolling. "When we put this niobium and uranium together, what's going to happen?" she asked. Mazey said the Agnew Lake mine is located around 27 kilometres from the township's drinking water plant on the Spanish River. "There aren't many people that live around where it will be deposited, unlike for Nipissing First Nation. But it isn't far from our drinking water," she said. "This is stuff that's going to be around for a long time. There's cadmium, arsenic, selenium, silver, manganese, it's toxic. It's not good for anyone. We don't want to drink it." Despite ongoing concerns from local residents, Mazey said the province is scheduled to start trucking over the niobium waste from Nipissing First Nation in August. "It feels like this was really being snuck into our community," she said. "It's a hard no from many people and other people, it's like 'Let's get answers to our questions.' And these answers, you know, we just feel we're getting them just before they're about to start trucking." In an email to CBC News, Ontario's Ministry of Transportation – which is responsible for hauling the radioactive waste – said it "continues to work with Nipissing First Nation, the Ministry of Energy and Mines, as well as other key stakeholders to complete this project and relocate the remaining niobium rock tailings from First Nation and Ministry lands." The ministry did not provide additional details about timelines to start that relocation work.
CTV News
14-06-2025
- Automotive
- CTV News
Highway 17 reopens near Nairn Centre after crash
Highway 17 west of Sudbury was closed after a two-vehicle crash near Worthington, sending one to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. A vehicle collision forced the closure of Highway 17 near Nairn Centre, Ontario Provincial Police said on social media Friday. OPP reported the closure of the roadway between both entrances of Lorne Falls Road just before 7:30 p.m., advising that emergency services were on scene. Sudbury Fire officials told CTV News that the crash happened before 7 p.m. Emergency responders took one person to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. No detour was listed by police or the province's traveller information service while the road was close. The highway reopened at about 10:40 p.m., according to Ontario 511, with OPP confirming the roadway was open at 11:43 p.m. Police have not released any details on the cause of the crash, the number of vehicles involved or if any charges are pending. CTV News has reached out to OPP for more information but has not yet heard back. Check back to for updates on this developing story.
