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A Decade After Crisis, Algal Blooms Persist | Great Lakes Now

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A Decade After Crisis, Algal Blooms Persist

On August 2, it will be 10 years since officials in Toledo alerted residents in the early morning hours not to drink, bathe in or otherwise come into contact with tap water from the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant. For nearly three days chaos reigned, as bottled water sold out that first day before dawn and disappeared from shelves in the region the next day.

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Concerns voiced over Diagolon meetup at area community hall

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Haldimand County is looking to modify its hall rental policies after a Canadian far-right extremist group held a gathering Wednesday at a community centre in Jarvis. “The county will be actively investigating ways to prevent this from happening again,” county spokesperson Kyra Hayes said. After community members at an adjacent park noticed people wearing Diagolon […]

London Free Press

West Nile Virus present in Elgin County: Health unit

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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 – the health unit for Oxford and Elgin counties including St. Thomas and Woodstock – has traps set up […]