Tag: Detroit
Great Lakes Moment: Rouge River oxbow enhances education at The Henry Ford
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.
In the 1960s, an oxbow was eliminated in the lower Rouge River when a concrete channel was built to move stormwater out of the watershed.
The Northern Michigan Policy Conference, Debbie Stabenow and tariffs
Every Monday on Morning Edition, an IPR journalist brings you up to speed on what’s going on, from stories made here in our newsroom to interesting and fun things we’re seeing out in the community
SEE IT: Sports fans in Vancouver, Toronto rain down boos on U.S. national anthem
In what can only be described as an unprecedented show of Canadian surliness and national unity, fans at Sunday night’s Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Raptors home games rained down boos during the pre-game performance of the U.S. national anthem. One day after President Donald Trump announced 25 per cent tariffs on all goods coming from […]
Waves of Change: Meet JustAir Co-Founder and CEO Darren Riley
Waves of Change is an online interview series highlighting the diverse faces and perspectives shaping the environmental justice movement throughout the Great Lakes region.
This month, we spoke with Darren Riley, co-founder and CEO of JustAir, a Detroit-based organization whose mission is to use data, technology and analysis to protect the 20,000 breaths each person takes every day.
Jason Williams hoping for good surprise with Team GOJHL
The first time the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League put a team into the MacPherson tournament, they won the whole thing.