No quick fix: Thames Pool needs two-year, $2M repair, city staff say
Repairing Thames Pool will cost at least $2 million and can’t be completed until 2025 at the earliest, city staff say.
‘Undetected’: Lightning-hit London home gutted by fire – 12 hours after storm
A London house hit by lightning Tuesday night was gutted by fire nearly 12 hours after the storm and following two checks by firefighters, a “devastating” result that underscores the tricky nature of such blazes.
Region’s unemployment rate falls to 4.5 per cent
The Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region’s unemployment rate fell by 1.4 percentage points in June, bringing the rate across the region to 4.5 per cent. The region, which encompasses Perth, Huron, Bruce and Grey counties, sat one per cent below June’s national average of 5.4 per cent, the highest national unemployment rate seen in Canada since […]
Bloodsucking sea lampreys made a comeback in the Great Lakes during Covid
Invasive, bloodsucking sea lampreys are startling fishers and tourists alike in the Great Lakes, following a population spike during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read the full story by Smithsonian Magazine.
Nearly $1.2 billion spent at one site to deter invasive carp from Great Lakes; other entry sites still possible
A coalition of organizations is developing an innovative and expensive engineering project at the 96-year-old Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River south of Chicago to block […]