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Community comes out for Wiarton Homecoming Weekend
Sisters Jeanette Mallard and Margaret Adams- Williams were enjoying the chance to catch up with family and friends at the inaugural Wiarton Homecoming Weekend. The pair said they had spent almost the entire day at the event on Saturday and were met with a near-constant parade of familiar faces to reminisce with. “We have been […]
London mother of girl missing in river clings to daughter’s final cry
“Mom!” That cry was the last word an anguished London mother said she heard from her young daughter before she was swept away by the fast-flowing Thames River, triggering a massive search for the seven-year-old that has now become a recovery mission. Little Anna Bielli was with her mother Karen Fermill and two younger siblings […]
Serious crash closes stretch of Hwy. 401 in Elgin County
A stretch of Hwy. 401 in Elgin County was closed early Saturday in the fallout of a serious single-vehicle crash, Elgin OPP report. An Ornge air ambulance was called in and the section of the highway between Orford and Furnival roads, southwest of London, closed in both directions, police said. The two roads intersecting the […]
Pearson: The future is ours to shape
We’ll get better outcomes when we demand them from our leaders and from ourselves.
Mildmay country music star excited for local long weekend shows
While the whirlwind of a ride of the past couple of years has taken Owen Riegling across North America, the rising country music star from Mildmay always looks forward to coming back to where it all began. “I look forward to shows at home more than anything,” Riegling said Friday morning, hours before he was […]
A Decade After Crisis, Algal Blooms Persist | Great Lakes Now
On August 2, it will be 10 years since officials in Toledo alerted residents in the early morning hours not to drink, bathe in or otherwise come into contact with tap water from the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant. For nearly three days chaos reigned, as bottled water sold out that first day before dawn and disappeared from shelves in the region the next day.
Points North: Shooting a Unicorn | Great Lakes Now
By Kelly House, Morgan Springer and Daniel Wanschura
Points North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.
This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio.
Two guys in Michigan are hunting coyotes in the middle of winter.
On Lake Michigan, a coal-fired steamship and ferry eyes a clean-energy future | Great Lakes Now
By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; and Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.
Trail Talk: Some thoughts from the trail
Butterflies, iNaturalist and the more inconspicuous orchids of Southwestern Ontario
LIVE: Frantic search continues in London for child in Thames River
London firefighters and police are using boats and a drone as they search for a child in the Thames River on Thursday. The child was last seen at 3 p.m. in the river in the area of Adelaide Street North and Kipps Lane, London police said. “Police are asking the public to avoid the area […]