Tag: emergency
How climate change could influence future ice storms in northern Michigan
One scientist thinks the next two decades could bring a higher risk for more frequent, severe freezing rain events.
Business groups split over $611K for daytime homeless help
Groups representing businesses in two districts on the front lines of London’s homelessness crisis are at odds over continued funding of drop-in services at a London agency. City councillors will be asked Tuesday to approve $611,000 in funding for Ark Aid Mission so the agency can provide laundry, meals and showers during the day at […]
Indigenous kids’ supports at risk as regional program shutdown looms
The Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre is hours away from shutting down the Jordan’s Principle program
Branches everywhere, no power and more wintry weather on the way
Relief from a brutal ice storm — which left thousands without power across Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula — could be a few days off yet, according to forecasts.
The Week Ahead: Line 5 and ice storms
Each Monday on Morning Edition, an IPR journalist brings you up to speed on what’s going on in northern Michigan, and what IPR is working on this week.