Joe O’Grady Local Journalism Initiative Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES – For Carol McBride, it was just plain common sense that prevailed 25 years ago when the idea of dumping…
Garbage proposal ‘made no sense,’ former Chief says was last modified: February 18th, 2026 by

Former Temiskaming First Nation Chief Carol McBride stands next to a Declaration of Solidarity signed by regional political leaders and herself as Grand Chief of the Algonquin First Nation in October 2000. The declaration is on display at the Temiskaming Art Gallery as part of the Adams Mine 25 exhibit celebrating the 25th anniversary of the campaign to stop Toronto’s garbage from being sent north. (Staff photo by Joe O’Grady)