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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

London police chief outlines new protocol for vetting international trips

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London’s police chief defended the need for international training missions while outlining his new procedure for vetting trips abroad. Chief Thai Truong briefed the city’s police services board on the new framework for vetting and approving trips by police employees outside Canada for training and conferences. “If we’re trying to make sure that this community […]

Owen Sound Sun Times

Students and seniors plan, plant and celebrate ‘food forest’

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Wiarton has its own “food forest” alongside its community garden now.  The community garden’s raised beds are used to grow annual fruits and vegetables. The food forest has perennials including elderberries, currents, pears, hazel nuts, echinacea and mint, wild strawberry, rhubarb and lemony seedless sorel.  Like produce from the raised beds, the food forest’s production […]