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The Kincardine Independent

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Council has endorsed a declaration that creates a framework for communities engaging with the nuclear sector. Claire Dodds, commissioner of community development, asked council to endorse the declaration of Global … Continue reading Bruce County council endorses Nuclear Host Communities declaration

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The Kincardine Independent

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Meag Durkin and Christina Roppel-Wahi presented their case to Kincardine council last week in regards to the School Resource Officer (SRO). (By Liz Small) To read the entire article online, … Continue reading Presentation to support the discontinuation of SRO made to council

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Owen Sound Sun Times

Green bins get a green light in Owen Sound

After talking about it for at least a couple of decades, Owen Sound officials have given the green light to green bins. Owen Sound will introduce a weekly source-separated organics residential collection program in mid-2025. At a special council meeting on Monday, city council awarded its next contract for residential waste collection in the city […]

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Community input sought for cleaned-up lakes, shorelines | Great Lakes Echo

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It’s taken over 30 years and $80 million to restore Muskegon Lake and a few nearby smaller bodies of water.

Decades of pollution and rapid urbanization created ecological problems so severe that the lake was designated a “Great Lakes Area of Concern” by the U.S. and Canada in 1987.

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Michigan dam removal could improve environment, recreation and storm protection | Great Lakes Echo

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The most exciting part about removing a dam in a small Michigan city isn’t the demolition, but what comes after. 

The Huron River Watershed Council recently estimated the 148-year-old dam In Ypsilanti could come down in 2025 or 2026.

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Council briefs: recycling, poetry, road salt, summer events, licences

Owen Sound city council endorsed a Loyalist Township call for the province to make waste producers financially responsible for disposal of all waste, whether eligible for the Blue Box or not.  As of July 2023, Circular Materials Ontario, a not-for-profit producer group given the task of administering the municipal Blue Box recycling program in Ontario, […]

Wiarton volunteers bring food and caring to homeless and others

Every Monday and Wednesday for almost a year now, volunteers have cooked meals in Wiarton for homeless people, those struggling to pay for food and elderly people who may be shut in or can no longer cook. They’ve organized themselves into groups of two or three to cook, 29 volunteers in all, and have prepared […]