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October 11, 2024G&R Recycling site owners agree to begin cleanup work
One hurdle to the cleanup of the toxic G&R Recycling site has been cleared after Robert and Gary Gabriel, the dump’s owners, signed a letter promising not to interfere with workers there.
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June 17, 2024Anonymous group renews push for justice
About a year after a media campaign that turned the country’s attention to the government’s failures to act on G&R Recycling and a climate of lawlessness and fear in the community, a group of anonymous Kanehsata’kehró:non have released a new open letter to highlight the continued urgency of their cause.
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May 1, 2024Historic artifact returns to Kahnawake
An impressive new artifact could soon be added to the permanent collection at the Kanien'kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KOR)
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January 26, 2024Feds back site assessment for G&R
A lawyer representing Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) grand chief Victor Bonspille sought to undermine a band council resolution to initiate preliminary work on the toxic G&R Recycling site, claiming that the majority of chiefs have been removed from office.
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July 11, 2022
Environmental racism bill closer to becoming law
Last month, Bill C-226, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice, passed second reading in the House of Commons.
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March 3, 2022Green Party raising pressure on G&R file
The wellbeing of Kanehsata’kehró:non is driving a debate on environmental racism in parliament. -
December 20, 2021G&R report meeting questioned
“The recommendations are just band-aid solutions,” said Tracy Cross, referring to the mitigation options proposed to address the nauseating odours emitting from the recycling site in Kanesatake.
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November 26, 2021
G&R air study report released
(File photo) A putrid smell fills the air and lungs of those living near the shut-down recycling centre. Characterized by its pungent “rotten egg” odour, hydrogen sulphide (H2S)
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September 17, 2021Governments react to G & R contamination
File photo Despite the permit revocation and stalling of the operations of G & R Recycling last October, the harmful contamination caused by the centre’s activities in Kanesatake continues to stir up concern.
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February 16, 2021Environmental characterization work at G&R
The G&R recycling site borders Kanesatake, St. Placide and the municipality of Oka. (COURTESY ANONYMOUS SOURCE) Dear Readers: As an essential service that is still open during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Eastern Door is fighting hard to keep news like this flowing, in our print product, though an online subscription at www.eastermdoor.com and here, for free, on our website and Facebook.
