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Faye More and Dr. Gordon Edward

June 16, 2026 To Petitions: I am attaching a Petition to the Auditor General of Canada from the Port Hope Community Health Concerns Committee. There is one attachment which will have to be sent separately due to size of documents. Please contact me if there are any questions. Thank you and best regards Faye More 289 251 6681 Port Hope Community Health Concerns Committee.

Presentation for the Port Hope Community Health Concerns Committee Ralph Torrie, Director of Research, Corporate Knights November 26, 2025

In my last post, I reflected on the bluffs of Lake Ontario along Port Granby—a place that has finally found peace after a century-long industrial legacy. That peace is a testament to what happens when we commit to getting things right, even if it takes time. However, that hard-won wisdom is facing a new kind of pressure. With the Ontario government’s push for ten new reactors and a broader continental trend toward fast-tracking infrastructure, we are at a crossroads. The conv

Canada’s Impact Assessment Agency is currently conducting an assessment of the Deep Geologic Repository (DGR) project proposed by the industry-owned Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) for burying all of Canada’s high-level radioactive waste (irradiated nuclear fuel) at a distant location in Ontario, north of Lake Superior. A nearby town is Ignace, with a population of about 1200, and one of the nearby Indigenous communities is the Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (WLON

Last week, a reporter called me. He wanted to talk about Port Hope, the future of nuclear power and a question that feels increasingly urgent: Can Lake Ontario actually weather another 10 nuclear reactors? It would mean adding to the existing nuclear reactors and nuclear waste sites on a watershed that millions depend on for drinking water. Also, depleting more natural shoreline that is already slowly, steadily disappearing on this Great Lake. The call caught me off guard. No

Watch the video here or listen to the podcast. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vApPEW0eAVQ Broadcast: www.ccnr.org/GE_Green_Street_NYC_2026_24m.mp3 Article: https://southshorepress.com/stories/680563954-coalition-grows-against-hochul-s-nuclear-plan

"The closer a county is to a nuclear power plant, the higher its cancer death rate appears to be—raising new questions about nuclear energy’s hidden health costs." Full report available here: Reference: “National analysis of cancer mortality and proximity to nuclear power plants in the United States” by Yazan Alwadi, Barrak Alahmad, Carolina L. Zilli Vieira, Philip J. Landrigan, David C. Christiani, Eric Garshick, Marco Kaltofen, Brent Coull, Joel Schwartz, John S. Evans and

In 1976, Ontario was a global leader. With the passage of the Environmental Assessment Act , the province committed to a simple but radical democratic idea: before projects permanently altered landscapes, waterways, or communities, proponents would have to prove the project was needed, examine better alternatives, and engage the public in meaningful dialogue. Environmental assessment (EA) was meant to be a guardrail—ensuring that development strengthened, rather than undermin

After the original piece circulated, a close friend—someone who knows this land intimately—reached out to share what Wesleyville has quietly been for decades. Before it became shorthand for a future megaproject, Wesleyville was widely regarded by conservationists and historians as a hidden gem along Lake Ontario’s north shore. Though owned by Ontario Power Generation, the 1,300‑acre site functioned in practice as a de facto nature reserve and cultural heritage landscape, sha

Wesleyville, Lake Ontario and the Price of Silence I drove past Wesleyville yesterday. It is a quiet corner of Ontario, a small village framed by farmland and the open water of Lake Ontario. What catches your eye is not the homes or the shoreline, but a towering smokestack rising alone at the water’s edge. The stack belongs to a power plant built decades ago that never produced a single watt of electricity. It sits empty and unused—a ghost on the waterfront, a monument to an

Save the date for our next meeting: March 9th 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the Rec Centre, in Port Hope. More information to come soon.

"The Summary of Issues (SOI) outlines the key issues that the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), with input from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), considers relevant for the federal integrated impact assessment process for the New Nuclear at Wesleyville Project (the project), as proposed by Ontario Power Generation Inc. (the proponent). The proponent's response to the SOI will support decision-making by IAAC on whether an impact assessment is required und

https://www.sierraclub.org/atlantic/finger-lakes/blog/2026/02/incidence-cancer-shown-increase-proximity-nuclear-power-plants " A recent study done through the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health showed that in Massachusetts living near nuclear power plants was associated with significant increases of cancer in humans. It was published in December in the journal Environmental Health. Established in 2002, Environmental Health has an international readership and is rated i