Tag: Clinton
Chequamegon Bay Superfund site: History, environmental impact and its importance to Indigenous communities
Chequamegon Bay plays a significant role in our human lives, including past residents like the Huron and Ottawa; and current residents, the Ojibwe-Anishinaabeg, who have gathered and made history there for a millennia. An oblong, shallow bay (61 feet at the deepest point), on the south shore of Lake Superior, the water also holds dark history as a federal Superfund site.
Suspicious fire at Western University forces exams to be moved
A major academic building at Western University is closed while London police investigate a suspicious fire that has forced the university to move some exams. London firefighters responded at 2:30 p.m. Thursday to the Social Sciences Centre. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze but damage was significant and fire investigators were called in, the department said […]
I Speak for the Fish: How to photograph mysterious freshwater fish
I Speak for the Fish is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor Kathy Johnson, coming out the third Monday of each month. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit Public Television.
U.S. looms large in Huron-Bruce agricultural all-candidates meeting
HURON – The topics may have been varied, but the U.S., tariffs and sovereignty were on everyone’s minds during the April 15 Huron-Bruce all-candidates meeting in Clinton. Five of the county’s six federal candidates attended, including Conservative Ben Lobb, James Rice of the Liberal Party, New Democrat Melanie Burrett, and independent candidates Justin L. Smith […]
Goderich hosts its first Vaisakhi celebration
GODERICH – More than 170 people came together in Goderich on Sunday, April 13, to celebrate Vaisakhi, marking the town’s first-ever public event recognizing the important festival observed by Sikh communities around the world. Held in the basement of Lakeshore United Church, organizers said the celebration offered a joyful and inclusive space for people of […]