Owen Sound Sun Times Sports

The OHL is going through ‘growing pains’ trying to clamp down on chirping

6 min read

The man in charge of curbing chirping in the Ontario Hockey League said the league is dealing with the growing pains of adjudicating the language of teenagers in an evolving game. “We have certain language we’re attempting to eradicate from the sport,” said Rico Phillips, the league’s director of culture and community. Hired in 2020, […]

Great Lakes Now Michigan

Can environmental law move beyond bedrock 1970’s legislation, while adapting to current and future challenges?

9 min read

Can environmental law move beyond bedrock 1970’s legislation, while adapting to current and future challenges?

A 2022 report titled Promises Half Kept at the Half Century Mark, by the Environmental Integrity Project, released on the Clean Water Act’s 50th anniversary said the law is “falling short of its original goals.”

Michigan, for example, has the 4th largest number of impaired lakes, reservoirs and streams assessed for water contact recreation in the U.S.

Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

Great Lakes Echo

Industry opposition, partisan politics slow polluter-pay bills

4 min read

By Elinor Epperson Capital News Service It’s been one year since Michigan Democrats introduced legislation that would significantly change the state’s environmental regulations. But those bills are stuck in committee. Election distractions, negotiation, and a slim Democratic majority in the state House have kept a suite of polluter-pay bills in limbo, according to environmental advocates […]

The post Industry opposition, partisan politics slow polluter-pay bills first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

Owen Sound Sun Times Sports

Firebirds scorch Bears in Flint

2 min read

Nathan Day made 37 stops for his first-career shutout as the Flint Firebirds handed the Owen Sound Attack their fifth-straight loss, 3-0 inside the Dort Financial Center Saturday night. The Owen Sound Attack (3-7-1-1) are sliding down the Western Conference standings while the Flint Firebirds improved to 6-5-0-1 early in the season. All of the […]