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Great Lakes beach closings are no protection from harmful pollutants | Great Lakes Echo

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By Amalia Medina A green flag flying on a Great Lakes beach does not necessarily mean it’s safe to swim. Checking beach monitoring websites like BeachGuard is not a surefire solution either. These two findings are central to a public health research project, the Great Lakes Microbial Water Quality Assessment, that set out to measure […]

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London Free Press

East London crash sends five to hospital

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Five people were injured in a crash in east London on Tuesday night. The crash happened at Highbury Avenue and Brydges Street at about 9:40 p.m., police said in a statement posted to social media. Two people were cut from the wreckage and five in total were taken to the hospital with unknown injuries, officials […]

Owen Sound Owen Sound Sun Times

City’s new downtown cameras to be installed and operational by the end of September

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In the days after Owen Sound business owner Sharif Rahman was assaulted outside his downtown restaurant last summer police released grainy images of two suspects and an early-2000s-model SUV. The caucasian men, both wearing what look to be black athletic shorts with one in a light orange T-shirt and one in a light blue T-shirt, […]