Tag: body
West Nile Virus present in Elgin County: Health unit
A week after Middlesex-London Health Unit confirmed several mosquitoes had tested positive for West Nile Virus in the London area, a neighbouring health unit says a bloodsucker was confirmed to carry the illness. Southwestern Public Health â the health unit for Oxford and Elgin counties including St. Thomas and Woodstock â has traps set up […]
London women’s advocate storms out of House committee meeting
MPs said they were ‘disgusted’ by the behaviour that drove two advocates for stopping violence against women to leave the parliamentary committee visibly shaken
Researchers use drones to find elusive Michigan rattlesnake | Great Lakes Echo
By Ruth Thorton Standing together at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute near Hastings, Michigan, two students stared intently at the screen, looking for the subtle signs of the small rattlesnake they were trying to find. The eastern massasauga, Michigan’s only rattlesnake, typically hides in dense vegetation in wetlands, and conservation biologists are concerned about trampling their […]
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‘Containment breached’: How an oil spill in northwest Toronto made its way to Lake Ontario | Great Lakes Now
By Emma McIntosh, The Narwhal
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.
Raising monarch butterflies in Interlochen | Great Lakes Now
By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist, a nonprofit independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.
Magnolia Montgomery, age 12, peered into a rectangular enclosure covered with white mesh.