Tag: cases
As climate change alters lakes, tribes and conservationists fight for the future of spearfishing | Great Lakes Now
By Melina Walling and John Locher, Associated Press
HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) — Chilly nights on northern Wisconsin’s Chippewa Flowage don’t deter 15-year-old spearfisher Gabe Bisonette. He’s been learning the Ojibwe practice for so long now that when his headlamp illuminates the eye-shine of his quarry, he can communicate the sighting to his dad with hardly a word.
Woman had not sought help before being shot dead by husband: Agency
A woman who was shot on a Woodstock street by her husband before he turned the gun on himself didn’t contact the cityâs domestic abuse services before the shooting, an official says
Bank employee stole more than $500K to buy truck, travel, pay off credit card
SIMCOE â A former small-town bank employee who stole more than $500,000 will avoid jail after a judge here accepted a joint sentencing submission, though he admitted he wasn’t “in love” with it. Justice Gethin Edward agreed to a community sentence that allows Dana Studiman, 39, to live at home under a year-long curfew and […]
A cleaner Cuyahoga River faces a growing threat from stormwater runoff | Great Lakes Now
By Zaria Johnson, Ideastream Public Media
This story was originally published by Ideastream.
The recent 55th anniversary of the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire serves as a reminder to Northeast Ohio residents of the benefits from decades of work cleaning up industrial contamination in the river.
With women dying at ‘alarming rate’ from violence, province urged to act
Advocates for abused women in the London area are urging the province to act in the wake of âunbearableâ intimate partner violence that has claimed the lives of several women in the last few weeks. A bill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic in Ontario passed second reading at Queenâs Park and needs to […]
Oxford County eyes adding 20 transitional housing beds
Oxford County Human Services recommends council authorize $1.71 million for more transitional housing projects in a push to tackle homelessness
WeedMD co-founder fined $200K for giving confidential information to friend
The co-founder of a Southwestern Ontario cannabis company was ordered to pay $350,000 for disclosing confidential information about the companyâs expansion plan to a friend, who engaged in insider trading of its shares
This SCOTUS decision may make it harder to protect Michigan air and water | Great Lakes Now
This article was republished here with permission from Planet Detroit.
By Brian Allnutt, Planet Detroit
- The Supreme Court Chevron decision overturned a federal law principle requiring courts to defer to agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous laws.
- The ruling could jeopardize federal rules designed to address things like PFAS pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
Judge slams extremely drunk driver who crashed into motorcyclist
SIMCOE â The entitled behaviour of a Southwestern Ontario man â and all drunk drivers â was slammed in court here by an appalled judge who denounced his choice to drive with roughly four times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood. Justice Gethin Edward said the victim of Norfolk County man Sean Stewart, […]
What happened to Lois Hanna? Police renew call for answers in 1988 mystery
Thursday will mark 36 years since the July 4, 1988, disappearance of Lois Hanna