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Breaking Point: Minnesota’s mining legacy includes massive lake of wastewater

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Breaking Point: Minnesota’s mining legacy includes massive lake of wastewater

“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.

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App connecting strangers for dinner rolls out in London: ‘Build community’

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London’s getting a whole different kind of dinner reservation, one that brings six strangers around the table for conversation and camaraderie. Time Left is a novel app that lets users share a meal at a local restaurant with folks they’ve never met before, a bid to translate virtual interactions into real-life experiences. Our Jennifer Bieman […]

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Pride London directors, members look forward after post-tension annual meeting

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Pride London is looking to “move forward” while recognizing the need for change, months after a clash among members over its mandate that threatened the organization’s existence. Thursday night, members of Pride London gathered for the organization’s annual general meeting to elect part of its new board of directors. They also voted on new governance […]

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‘More deaths coming’ as city weakens winter homeless outreach: Advocates

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Londoners are going to die in greater numbers this winter because of city council’s one-two punch that’s cutting beds and outreach at the same time, homelessness leaders warn. “Where are people going to go? To the morgue,” community care worker Dan Oudshoorn of Sanctuary London said Thursday. “There’s a deep feeling of horror on the […]

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Q+A: CHL boss Dan MacKenzie on big NCAA changes, Canada vs. U.S. prospects

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The first game in the new CHL USA Prospects Challenge will be played in London Tuesday night. LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette spoke with Canadian Hockey League president Dan MacKenzie about the innovative two-game series, the recent NCAA decision to let major junior players join U.S. college teams without penalty and the state of the game […]