Sherridon, Cold Lake - and toxic mine waste

Thursday March 30, I met at 8:30 with the mayor and council. They are pleased with progress on funding for infrastructure to ensure they have clean drinking water. But there remains the larger outstanding problem of containment and clean up of the large amount of toxic mine tailings near Sherridon. The toxic wastes are continually leaching into Kississing Lake and need, urgently, to be properly contained so no further ecological damage is done.

A community health assessment is also needed, not just to identify current problems, but also as a baseline, so that if there are problems identified in the future we will know the health status of the community now.

For more on Sherridon and Kississing Lake see my earlier blog post at
http://www.manitobaliberals.ca/2005_09_04_archive.html