Lucknow Sentinel

Music in the Fields emerging artist winners announced

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The fans have spoken. “We received almost 50,000 votes this year,” Cheryl Johnston, marketing director for Lucknow’s Music in the Fields (LMITF), said of the online voting for the James Cameron Memorial Emerging Artist Showdown. “It’s great that these artists have such a following and support behind them for this opportunity.” This year’s voting ended […]

Great Lakes Now

Great Lakes Moment: An ecosystem approach | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Moment: An ecosystem approach

Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS.

Traditional natural resource management used to focus on individual issues, like controlling pollution from industries and municipal wastewater treatment plants or managing a single species.

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PFAS News Roundup: Ohio train derailment likely spilled PFAS and other chemicals across 16 states, including most Great Lakes | Great Lakes Now

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PFAS News Roundup: Ohio train derailment likely spilled PFAS and other chemicals across 16 states, including most Great Lakes

Chemicals like perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were likely spilled after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. A new study analyzing rain and snow samples from northern Wisconsin to North Carolina and Maine found the highest levels of pH and certain compounds recorded over the last 10 years. This study proves that the various chemicals spilled did not just negatively impact local residents but spread across 540,000 square miles through 16 other states — which includes a third of the U.S.

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Owen Sound Sun Times South Bruce Grey Health Centre

Protestors and police feature at hospital organization’s AGM in Walkerton

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When Jana White and a few dozen other people disappointed in their local hospital organization arrived at the Best Western Plus parking lot to protest Wednesday night in Walkerton, a police officer greeted them and asked them to vacate the area. White said the Save the Durham Hospital committee protestors made it a few steps […]