Month: June 2024
Sentencing delayed for teacher guilty of sexual exploitation of student
Things got complicated Thursday during what could have been the sentencing of a former high school music teacher.
Endowment provides funds for equipment at Owen Sound hospital
The Owen Sound Regional Hospital Foundation’s Caring for Tomorrow Endowment Fund has provided $650,000 for various initiatives and equipment at the Owen Sound hospital. The foundation announced the fund disbursement for the 2022-23 fiscal year on Wednesday, with the money to be used for improvements throughout the hospital, including new bronchoscopy equipment used by respiratory […]
Fraser Institute raises red flag about household incomes in Windsor and London
Its report said the fall began in mid-2005 and heightened during the 2008-2009 recession, which struck the manufacturing sector particularly hard.
One year on from its great re-branding, here’s how Copi is doing locally
One year ago, the Illinois DNR, as part of a national initiative, began calling invasive carp “Copi”, a play on the word copious and a reference to the vast number […]
Wiarton man wins $100,000 playing Encore
A new boat may be in the future for a Wiarton man who has won $100,000 playing the lottery. Donald Standen, who won the money playing Encore on the March 1 Lotto 6/49 draw, said he is thinking about purchasing a boat, but is planning to put his win away for now. “I’m happy. We […]
Duluth Seaway Port Authority Holds “First Ship” Welcoming Party
The Duluth Seaway Port Authority held a first ship welcoming ceremony Thursday morning. The invite-only event happened on the first saltie that came through the port earlier this week. That […]
Why fish consumption advisories in Great Lakes states carry their own risks
Amid PFAS fears, oversimplified warnings could discourage residents from consuming a food central to Ojibwe lifeways. Read the full story by MinnPost.
Manistee magic: Shipping season begins, first ship arrives
Sam Laud, a 635-foot freighter, sounded its ear-piercing horn just after 8 p.m. Wednesday — one long blast and two short blasts to signal its long-awaited arrival to Manistee, MI […]
Sheboygan’s fish shanties, today home to businesses, reflect bravery of early fishermen: Throwback
Lake Michigan’s bounty of fish developed a thriving commercial fishing industry that continues to this day, but on a smaller scale. In the early days, fishing the waters on the […]
Will offshore wind someday power the Great Lakes states? A Lake Erie project may soon find out.
If all goes as planned, a renewable energy revolution could begin in a few years with a pilot project rising just eight miles off the Cleveland’s shoreline, above the waves […]