Tom Fennario
APTN National News
The mayor of Oka, Que. surprised a room of community members announcing council wouldn’t support opening an old mine Monday.
The mine operated from 1961-1977 producing niobuim, a mineral used to strengthen steel.
It was blamed for water shortages and contamination.
A company was looking to reopen the mine with promises of jobs.
But farmers weren’t buying it.
