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Public hearing draws on big questions about Upper Peninsula copper mining

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Public hearing draws on big questions about Upper Peninsula copper mining

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist, a nonprofit independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.

In Gogebic County, on the western end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, towering old-growth evergreens carpet the landscape as it rolls down toward the deep blue of Lake Superior.

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London Free Press

Two more sex-related charges laid against Southwestern Ontario doctor

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CHATHAM – Two more sex-related charges involving a minor were laid against a Chatham-Kent Health Alliance emergency physician. Robert Nathanial Wismer was arrested on Oct. 25 and charged with sexual assault and sexual interference involving a minor, according to court documents. According to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario website, the two new […]

London Free Press Police

Baby flown to London hospital, woman charged with assault: Police

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Hanover police have charged a 23-year-old North Bruce Peninsula woman after a four-month-old baby was treated for injuries in Hanover hospital’s emergency department before being flown to London for more treatment. Hanover police Chief Chris Knoll said in a statement that police were called early in the morning on Oct. 30 about the injured baby. […]