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Joliet, Illinois, Plans to Source Its Future Drinking Water From Lake Michigan. Will Other Cities Follow? | Great Lakes Now
By Nina Elkadi, Inside Climate News
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The aquifer from which Joliet, Illinois, sources its drinking water is likely going to run too dry to support the city by 2030—a problem more and more communities are facing as the climate changes and groundwater declines.
River District commercial vacancy rate notches down
Owen Sound’s River District commercial business vacancy rate sits at nine per cent, a three-point drop since 2021. “I think we are making strides forward,” said Viveca Gravel, the co-ordinator of the River District said in an interview about the vacancy rate, which was included in a recent report she gave to the River District […]
Final preparations underway for weekend’s Port Elgin Pumpkinfest
The annual celebration of the harvest’s big and bulbous veggies is marking its 39th year in Saugeen Shores. Port Elgin Pumpkinfest is set to take over the town this weekend with a lineup of events for the whole family to enjoy. Marketing Director Ann-Marie Collins said Tuesday that final preparations were underway for the event […]
Q+A: New OHL commissioner Bryan Crawford on his debut season, so far
LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette spoke with new OHL boss Bryan Crawford about the early impressions of his first season at the helm.
Small community’s big debt over $6M submarine set to be paid off
Saddled with more than $6 million in debt after backing a loan to bring a Cold War submarine to its shores, a London-area community is poised to pay off the outstanding amount 15 years early. Â Bayham, a municipality with 7,000 residents on the eastern edge of Elgin County, is in line to settle the […]