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Nibi Chronicles: The Gift of Manoomin | Great Lakes Now

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Nibi Chronicles: The Gift of Manoomin

“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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London Free Press

London’s new T&T Supermarket opens today. Here’s a sneak peek

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Making its foray into London’s burgeoning ethnic grocery store sector, Canada’s largest Asian supermarket chain is opening its newest location on Friday morning. T&T Supermarket’s 3,620 square metre (39,000 square feet) location at the corner of Wonderland Road and Oxford Street marks the company’s 34th location in the country and will be the city’s largest […]

London Free Press

Biker who sold cocaine to undercover officer tries to convince judge he’s changed

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Ryan (Big Red) Daigneault told a judge he can appreciate why there might be some doubts that he has changed the trajectory of his life. “I understand the Crown’s questioning of how we’ve been here before but the difference before the court today is I have a foundation I’m standing on,” said the former president […]

Great Lakes Echo

Electric bus rollout sparks optimism among schools | Great Lakes Echo

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By Donté Smith Capital News Service “We’re rolling with the changes,” said Kathy Kochanski, the transportation coordinator for Troy Public Schools, as more school districts across Michigan adopt electric buses to reduce emissions and promote cleaner energy. The Department of Education, in partnership with the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, recently announced the […]

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London Free Press

Stacked townhouses, higher buildings in, single-family homes out: Mayor

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London’s skyline could see dramatic changes both in the city’s busiest districts and its neighbourhoods as city councillors approved sweeping changes to the city’s master planning document. The 13-1 vote at Tuesday’s city council meeting opens the door to 45-storey apartment towers downtown and four-storey stacked townhouses on neighbourhood “connector” streets, a designation the city […]