Tag: Flint
Election puts support for a Flint-area megasite on shakier ground
New local, state and federal officials raise questions about funding for potential $55B deal….
The OHL is going through ‘growing pains’ trying to clamp down on chirping
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, […]
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.
OHL Q+A: On the NCAA, Connor McDavid and a Chipotle in Erie, Pa.
Ryan Pyette answers your questions about the OHL and all the issues surrounding junior hockey.
The Owen Sound Attack keep sliding thanks to Nic Sima and the Saginaw Spirit
Seven straight losses now for the Owen Sound Attack, but who’s counting? Owen Sound lost 6-2 to the defending Memorial Cup champion Saginaw Spirit at the Bayshore Saturday afternoon. Head coach Scott Wray isn’t about to panic. “It’s just one day at a time really, you kind of block out everything and just attack the […]
Industry opposition, partisan politics slow polluter-pay bills
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 […]
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Competing Visions for U.S. Auto Industry Clash in Presidential Election, With the EV Future Pressing at the Border
By Marianne Lavelle and Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News
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Firebirds scorch Bears in Flint
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 […]
New goalie wins London Knights debut, Easton Cowan point streak hits 41 games
The London Knights finally beat an American team on home ice this season. It took an over-age goaltender from Strathmore, Alta., to help make it happen. Former Saskatoon Blades stopper Austin Elliott made 30 saves in his OHL debut as the Knights topped the Erie Otters 3-1 before 9,036 Sunday at Canada Life Place. The […]
Walters and the first-place Spitfires hand Attack third-straight loss
Dressed in all black like Johnny Cash and leading the first-place Windsor Spitfires (8-1-1-0) into his old stomping grounds, Greg Walters’ swagger should have been off the charts Saturday night. Even more so when his Spitfires took over the close-checking contest in the second period en route to a 4-1 win, eventually outshooting Owen Sound […]