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From Waters to Table: The story of the Great Lakes whitefish | Great Lakes Now

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From Waters to Table: The story of the Great Lakes whitefish

This article was made in collaboration with Native News Online.

Whitefish, a pale, silvery and green-brown freshwater fish is Native to the Great Lakes Basin and a staple in the community, food, and culture of Native tribes surrounding the Great Lakes. The Anishinaabe people have held the whitefish in high regard since creation. 

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London Free Press

Union blames province as London-area Children’s Aid Society cuts jobs

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The London-area child welfare agency is cutting jobs and overhauling some services in the face of a “significant” budget shortfall that its union blames on inadequate provincial funding. Nineteen unionized and four management jobs are affected by the shake-up, said the Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex. Its executive director said spending cuts alone, […]

Owen Sound Owen Sound Sun Times

Man receives conditional sentence for aggravated assault

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A 62-year-old Owen Sound man pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for pushing a 38-year-old woman down the fire escape at his apartment and he received an 18-month conditional sentence.  Austin Soucoup pleaded guilty and was sentenced June 17 in Owen Sound’s Superior Court of Justice, court staff confirmed.  Soucoup’s lawyer, Anya Shahabi, confirmed her client […]