Tag: Damage
The Poweshiek skipperling has disappeared from most of Michigan’s prairies. Now scientists are raising them in zoos for release back into the wild. | Great Lakes Echo
By Ruth Thornton Standing next to a converted hoop house in one of the back areas of John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, David Pavlik points to a line of small cloth-covered cages filled with yellow black-eyed Susans and small orange butterflies. “These cages out here are females that have already bred in the facility,” […]
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Extreme intoxication no excuse for downloading child porn: Judge
A Southwestern Ontario man who claimed he was too drunk to remember downloading more than 100 pornographic videos involving young children couldnât convince a judge he was rehabilitated enough to avoid prison. A defence lawyer for Liam R. Bock, 25, said the Brantford resident is now sober and has been heavily involved in serving the […]
Seiche event season increases concerns for shoreline damage – Great Lakes Commission
As Western New York prepares for the cold winds of winter, New York Sea Grant and local groups are trying to prepare residents off Lake Erie for seiche events, with […]
Man, 38, charged in $250K Old East Village blaze
A 38-year-old man is charged after fire tore through a vacant building along Dundas Street in London’s Old East Village, police say. The fire, deemed an arson by police, did an estimated $250,000 in damage, police said. Fire crews were called at about 10 a.m. Wednesday to the building at 737 Dundas St., on the […]
Fence eyed for homeowner besieged by unruly high school students
Woodstock’s mayor says fence may be solution for family who say College Ave. students fight, smoke, litter and destroy grass on their yard.
Owen Sound man faces charges after ditching damaged Pontiac Vibe in a cornfield
Owen Sound Police have charged a man who they say rear-ended a vehicle on 10th Street East before fleeing the scene and ditching his car in a cornfield. According to an Owen Sound Police Service media release, a man driving a Pontiac Vibe rear-ended another westbound travelling vehicle at 8:20 a.m. on Oct. 8, before […]
Fire hits vacant Old East Village building weeks after $800K arson
A second fire has broken out at the same Old East Village building hit by arson in September.
Pumpkins dropped from overpasses onto highways, striking big rigs: OPP
It’s a dangerous twist on an old form of Halloween mischief.
What a Trump vs. Harris presidency might mean for the Great Lakes | Great Lakes Now
The 2024 presidential election campaign is in the homestretch and results in the Great Lakes states of Michigan and Wisconsin could determine the winner. Vice-President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump covet the electors in both states and polling indicates they could go either way.
Great Lakes Now selected three key topics — Great Lakes restoration, Line 5 and groundwater — and asked veteran policy experts Rob Sisson and Lana Pollack for their views on how a Harris or Trump presidency may deal with them.
“Lunchbox” Bears dine out on Petes in third period en route to 7-2 victory
Even a “lunchbox” team can dine out from time to time, and on Saturday night the Owen Sound Attack made a meal of the Peterborough Petes in the third period. Landen Hookey netted a hat-trick and rookie Pierce Mbuyi scored a pair as the Attack (3-3-1-0) earned their second-straight win 7-2 over the Petes (0-7-0-0) […]