Maisie Shiell June 7, 1915 - May 21, 2008

As you may have seen from the previous posting Maisie Shiell, one of Saskatchewan's foremost anti-nuclear activists, died on May 21st. Here is what the Saskatchewan Eco-Network had to say about her. Following is Maisie's last letter, an open letter, to the people of this province.

To Saskatchewan Citizens:

As I lie on my deathbed I have an urgent message for Saskatchewan citizens in our democracy where we citizens are responsible for what our governments are doing.

Our governments are allowing the mining development of extremely high-grade uranium. Nowhere else in the world are such dangerous, radioactive, high grade ores mined the milling of which inevitably leaves radium- 226 in sediments in the near-by lakes.

It is up to us citizens to find out how this could seriously affect future life in the environment, and after a number of centuries seriously affect human life.

We need to understand this by self-study if possible. (We are not learning this in the education systems.)

I beg Saskatchewan citizens to find out more about this. (I have spent over 30 years trying to.)

Maisie Shiell

A come-and-go celebration of life will be held June 1 between 2 and 5 p.m. at the Canadian Legion on Spadina and 17th St. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Inter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Co-operative, Box 7724, Saskatoon, S7K 4R4. E-mail messages can be sent to mwalden@northwestel.net