Month: September 2024
PHOTOS: A peek inside the Dream Lottery’s dream home
The fall edition of the Dream Lottery officially kicked off Thursday, boasting three grand prize options including a Byron dream home, $1 million cash or two tiny homes and $750,000 cash. The twice-yearly fundraiser for London’s hospitals –London Health Sciences Centre, Children’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Health Care London – has raised more than $57 […]
Trades college and affordable housing tabbed for site of former high school in Meaford
Plans are in the works for Meaford’s former high school, as well as its neighbouring running track and green space. A Toronto-based not-for-profit is proposing to turn the site of Meaford’s former high school at St. Vincent Street into an engineering and trades college, while the municipality is setting aside funds and seeking the county’s […]
Wild rice brought the Anishinaabe people to the Great Lakes. Now they are trying to restore it.
Manoomin was once widespread across Michigan and the entire Upper Great Lakes. But hundreds of years of European settlement removed it from much of the landscape as settlers trenched and […]
U.S. EPA approves Ohio EPA’s controversial plan to reduce harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved a plan Thursday to reduce the amount of phosphorus flowing into the Maumee River and eventually into Lake Erie, where the farm nutrient is […]
Harmful Algal Bloom levels high at 13 locations around Erie County
Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) levels are high in 13 areas around Erie County as of Sept. 27, according to the Erie County Beach Water Testing Results website. Read the full story by […]
Floating Peace Fountain bids final farewell to Windsor riverfront
A beloved Windsor landmark’s tenure in Reaume Park has come to an end after 45 years of shooting water jets in the air and covering visitors with refreshing mist from […]
State officials in Michigan scratched from lawsuit over lead in Benton Harbor’s water
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed state officials from a lawsuit related to past lead contamination in a small southwestern Michigan city’s drinking water but said the case could proceed […]
Perch Lake reconnects with St. Louis River Estuary
The $7 million project, part of the massive Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, first dredged tons of muck out of the lake that had settled there over decades. Then it deepened […]
New set of bills addressing water affordability across Michigan would charge residents $24 yearly
A new Michigan bill package is set to be introduced to the Senate next week regarding water affordability. The package includes creating a fund to help people statewide who are […]
Ports of Indiana has $8.7 billion economic impact, study finds
The Ports of Indiana have an annual economic impact of $8.7 million, a new study concluded. Indianapolis-based port authority the Ports of Indiana commissioned the study to determine the economic […]