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The Manitoulin Expositor ran the following story some weeks ago:
Removal of tire pile anticipated Representatives of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) were reluctant to discuss the plan in detail as of press time, but sources indicate that a request for proposals (RFP) was in the process of being issued by the department for the removal of the tires. Parties responding to the RFP were to indicate both a method of transport and the cost of the operation to INAC. "I can say that there is movement forward on this file," said Carrie Latham, senior funding services officer at the Sudbury INAC office, on Monday. "But the costs will be significant and the process is fairly lengthy, so I don't want to comment anymore than that at this point." Repeated calls were made to officials at the INAC office in Toronto but no response had been received as of press time. According to a reliable source, however, an official with INAC recently indicated that the removal operation should start this winter, with most (if not all) of the tires taken away by spring. The same official confirmed that the First Nation has not had a permit for the storage of waste, and that the pile has not been separated into smaller piles, but that no additional tires have been accepted for some months now. The tire stockpile, estimated to number 1 million tires or more in total, accumulated as a result of Zhiibaahaasing continuing to collect tires after its recycling equipment broke down.

I have to tell you that I live facing Highway 540 and to date I have seen no tires being transported off the Zhiibaahaasing First Nation land. They said starting this winter and it snowed today, so I thought I'd point that out.