Tag: Huron
Huron Pines reaches $1 million fundraising goal
Huron Pines, a Northeast Lower Michigan organization, has reached a landmark $1 million fundraising goal as part of its Community-Driven Conservation fundraising campaign marking the organization’s 50th anniversary. Its funds […]
Man fined after shot fired at front-yard squirrel nearly struck town hall worker
A Huron County man has been fined $3,000 after a shot fired at a squirrel missed and nearly hit a municipal worker. Â Conservation officers received a complaint that an employee of the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, near Goderich, was nearly hit by a bullet that subsequently struck St. Helens town hall on June 5, Ontarioâs […]
Climate conference aims to inspire youth Thursday in Owen Sound
More than 125 kids from 25 Grey-Bruce schools are coming to Youth Climate Action Conference 2024 in Owen Sound this Thursday. They’ll attend workshops culminating in designing their own school and community action projects, which they’ll share at the end of the day, a news release about the event says. The workshops will be led […]
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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Great Lakes ecosystem and energy needs at the center of Line 5 pipeline disputes
Where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron connect, powerful water currents rush in opposite directions over an antiquated pipeline known as Line 5. Along the pipeline’s route from Wisconsin to Ontario, […]
Thumb Land Conservancy adds 80 acres to the Southern Lake Huron Coastal Park
The Thumb Land Conservancy, an organization devoted to preserving natural environments in the Blue Water Area, announced it has added 80 acres of dune and swale forest to a Fort […]
International student cuts hurting Canada: Fanshawe College student leader
The president of the student union at Fanshawe College said Canada’s decision to cut international students is tarnishing the country
City hall spending $3.7M to help convert core office building into apartments
A second office building in downtown London will be converted into housing thanks to city hall’s incentive dollars, Mayor Josh Morgan says.
Fanshawe College cuts loom due to drop in international students: President
Fanshawe College is bracing for a steep drop in international students in January, its president said in an email to staff
This 1868 shipwreck is one of the best preserved in the Great Lakes
The F.T. Barney, a two-masted schooner, collided with another ship and sank within minutes on Oct. 23, 1868, off the shore of Presque Isle, Michigan, in Lake Huron. Today it’s […]