Season of Hope in South Bruce
As we prepare for Christmas and the holidays in South Bruce, I find myself encouraged and filled with hope for the future. It’s been, by all accounts, an excellent crop year, and our prosperous South Bruce farms have enjoyed a good harvest. Our community has celebrated some festive activities like the Hanging of the Green in Mildmay, the Formosa Country Christmas, and many family and community gatherings. And our new Council is settling in, with a strong mandate to continue the siting process, and determine whether our community will be host to Canada’s Deep Geological Repository for spent nuclear fuel.
We’re on a journey together
Willing to Listen was formed by local citizens committed to learning about NWMO’s proposed deep geological repository (DGR) in South Bruce. We believed that to do our due diligence we shouldn’t just say ‘no’; rather we should learn as much as possible about the project and any potential impacts – positive or negative – on our community. We also wanted the people of South Bruce to make an informed decision based on facts and not fear and speculation.
What Can We Learn From the South Bruce Election?
The election results are in, and the people have spoken in South Bruce, with a whopping 59% voter turnout (nearly double the provincial average). What are we to take away from this election?
More than one issue in South Bruce election
Municipal elections will be wrapping up in about a week. The results will be in and we will shortly thereafter begin a journey with a newly elected council.
We all know that as residents, the decision about who represents us on council is in our hands. We elect them based on who we think will represent our municipality in a way that is respectful, responsible and fair.
Election engagement in South Bruce
The municipal voting has begun in South Bruce, and it looks like we have more interest in this election than we’ve seen for a very long time. Three all-candidates meetings were held, and each one was well attended by an engaged audience of voters.
What Are They Trying to Protect?
As South Bruce voters head to the polls next week, a local activist group is running a full slate of candidates, in an attempt to control the Council. This is the group that has erected hundreds of yellow, anti-nuclear signs opposing the proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR) project, and they call themselves “Protect Our Waterways”, or “POW” for short.
Come out to vote in South Bruce
In these final days of summer, my neighbours in South Bruce are looking forward to a good harvest of corn and soybeans, and to the upcoming municipal election. Around here, municipal elections tend to be sleepy affairs with lower than 50% voter turn-out.
Nuclear Waste Will Not Pollute South Bruce
As most readers will know by now, South Bruce is in the process of possibly becoming the host site for Canada’s Deep Geological Repository for spent nuclear fuel.
Courage, Leadership and innovation
It looks like another good crop season here in South Bruce. The beautiful summer weather and local events like the Formosa Homecoming remind me how privileged we are to live in this part of the world…
No Rush – South Bruce DGR still a long way off
In the past couple of weeks, the NWMO announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the potential Deep Geological Repository for spent nuclear fuel that could be built here.
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