No Nuclear Waste Rally – Thunder Bay

Friday, July 4th

Thunder Bay, 4pm At Waverly Park

On July 4th, 2025 First Nations communities will come together with allies to say “no” to the proposed nuclear storage facility in Treaty 3. Grassy Narrows is concerned about this project as it is proposed to be at their headwaters. 

RSVP here to say that you will be there to help make their demands loud and clear.  RSVP is intended to help us plan for the day but is not mandatory to attend the event

Sincerely,

FreeGrassy

Grassy T-shirts!

Buy a Grassy Narrows T-shirt! We have 5 different shirts available for purchase! 

Click here to purchase the River Run 2024 shirt 

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22 year Blockade Anniversary – December 2nd!

On December 2nd Grassy Narrows will celebrate 22 years of their blockade! Stay tuned for upcoming actions and videos. 

River Run 2024

Photo credit: Joshua Best

On September 18, 2024, 8,000 people took to the streets to march with over 100 Grassy Narrows community members to say loud and clear, “We Are Not Going Away!“ This was an incredible show of solidarity with a huge cross-section of movements.

Together we sent Doug Ford and Justin Trudeau a clear message: they need to compensate Grassy Narrows fairly for the ongoing mercury crisis and end industrial threats to Grassy Narrows.

Thank you to everyone for sharing, supporting, mobilizing, organizing and showing up yesterday to make River Run 2024 a huge success!

Please share our socials below to send a message to Trudeau and Ford that they need to deliver on mercury justice!

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Photo credit: Allan Lissner

Media 

Major news outlets showed up to cover the River Run Rally. Below are stories from the Toronto Star and City TV News. Please view and share them with your networks. 

• City TV – “March for Grassy Narrows” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSX4etiNDBo
• Toronto Star – “We’re not going away” Thousands of protesters march with Grassy Narrows First Nation over ongoing mercury poisoning crisis https://www.thestar.com/were-not-going-away-thousands-of-protesters-march-with-grassy-narrows-first-nation-over-ongoing/article_def96680-7606-11ef-9d1a-4fcf094678e3.html 

For more media coverage of River Run 2024, click here.

Photo Credit: Allan Lissner

Images

To view more photos of River Run 2024, click here.

Take Action

Please stay tuned for upcoming ways to support Grassy’s fight for justice! In the meantime you can click on this action toolkit for ways to organize your communities in support of Grassy Narrows

Photo Credit: James Wilkes

Grassy Narrows Sues Ontario and Canada Over Mercury Poisoning Nightmare

Donate to Support Grassy Narrows’ Historic Legal Action

On June 4, 2024, Grassy Narrows First Nation launched landmark litigation against Ontario and Canada seeking justice for the terrible harm caused by the mercury contamination of their life-giving river. The monumental case argues that the government has egregiously violated its obligations to Grassy Narrows by failing to ensure that Grassy Narrows people could safely practice their right to fish–a cornerstone of Grassy Narrows’ sustenance and Indigenous way of life. 

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