Category: Great Lakes
PHOTOS: Lake Erie, looking fierce
Lake Erie was looking fierce on Sunday as waves crashed around Port Stanley’s beach. Photos by LFP’s Mike Hensen mhensen@postmedia.com @MikeatLFPress
‘Plasticky’: What’s behind odd taste, smell in some London-area tap water?
If you live between south London and Lake Erie, you might think something’s wrong with your drinking water.
Descendants of Africa captain to visit site of shipwreck next year
Descendants of the captain who perished when his the Africa disappeared hauling coal from the United States to Owen Sound 128 years ago have been offered a chance to visit the site of the recently discovered shipwreck. Local filmmakers Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick discovered the shipwreck of the Africa on the bottom of Lake […]
Local filmmakers discover 128-year-old shipwreck while filming documentary on invasive mussels
Local filmmakers working on a documentary about invasive quagga mussels in the Great Lakes discovered what’s believed to be a wreck of a 128-year-old wooden steamship in Lake Huron. The discovery happened in June after Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick received a tip that scientists doing a fish study off Bruce Peninsula’s west coast noticed […]
Brews News: Great Lakes Farms branches out with hard and soft ciders
Boutique hard ciders are popping up in in garden centres and an Elgin County peach and apple orchard.
Police indicate no one missing after empty inflatable found in Lake Ere
Rescuers have called off the search for two people last seen riding an inflatable unicorn.
OPP busy with calls on Lake Huron on weekend
Grey Bruce OPP responded to eight marine-related calls on the weekend on Lake Huron. On July 29 at 1:14 p.m. the Grey Bruce OPP Marine Unit helped rescue a disabled vessel on Lake Huron. With the assistance of the Coast Guard the vessel made it to shore safely, a July 31 police news release said. […]
OPP busy with calls on Lake Huron on weekend
Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police responded to eight marine-related calls on the weekend on Lake Huron. Saturday at 1:14 p.m. the Grey Bruce OPP Marine Unit helped rescue a disabled vessel on Lake Huron. With the assistance of the Coast Guard the vessel made it to shore safely, a police news release said Monday. At 2:27 […]
Province partners with local group to protect Great Lakes
Local MPPs recently announced the Ontario government will invest $6 million to support 30 multi-year projects aimed at helping protect, conserve and restore the Great Lakes. The investments are aimed at reducing plastic litter, excess nutrients and road salt entering lakes, rivers and streams, and advancing climate resiliency while restoring environmentally degraded areas of the […]
Province partners with local group to protect Great Lakes
Local MPPs recently announced the Ontario government will invest $6 million to support 30 multi-year projects aimed at helping protect, conserve and restore the Great Lakes. The investments are aimed at reducing plastic litter, excess nutrients and road salt entering lakes, rivers and streams, and advancing climate resiliency while restoring environmentally degraded areas of the […]