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Michigan updates data sharing tool on environmental justice | Great Lakes Echo

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By Elinor Epperson Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has updated an online tool that maps which communities may be most susceptible to adverse effects from pollution. The department first released MiEJScreen as a draft in 2022, but released an updated version in early August after seeking public comment. It says it hopes […]

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Inquest may be called into Stratford shooting rampage

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A deadly gunfire rampage in Stratford doesn’t meet the criteria for a mandatory inquest, but the quadruple shooting may still be the subject of an in-depth public examination, a spokesperson for the coroner’s office says. Ricky Bilcke, 31, fatally shot Johnny Bennett, 36, and seriously injured Stephanie Irvine, 37, and David Tokley, 43, on Aug. […]

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After 10 years behind bars, ex-dog trainer, 80, acquitted at murder re-trial

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ST. THOMAS – After a decade behind bars, Boris Panovski, freshly acquitted of murder, looked up to the sky on Friday afternoon. “My first day out and it’s raining,” he said happily before departing the Elgin County courthouse with defence lawyer Margaret Barnes to an uncertain future. The former bird dog trainer and hairstylist from […]