The Nuclear Waste Management Organization continues to make trips to Saskatchewan to give more information about nuclear waste storage.
On Friday, northern mayors heard an update from officials with the agency.
According to the NWMO, 21 communities in Canada have asked for more information about the issue.
That list includes the English River First Nation, Pinehouse and Creighton.
Creighton Mayor Bruce Fidler says it’s important to hear the facts about the proposal.
Fidler stresses his community has only asked for more information, and hasn’t agreed to anything.
He adds a decision will also have to come from the local population:
“At the end of Stage Four, there has to be a community vote on whether to proceed or not.”
Fidler is adamant it won’t be a decison made by the village council.
Green Lake Mayor Fred McCallum says he appreciates all the information that came out in the presentation — but he notes it is a very complex subject and there are more questions that need to be answered:
“They’ve got good information . . . but a lot of other people from northern Saskatchewan will have to hear what they have to say here.”
Meanwhile, one community has officially been eliminated from the initial screening process — Red Rock, Ontario.
Officials say the decision was due to geological factors.