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Making up for lost trees | Great Lakes Now
The rain started more than an hour before we arrived at an acre of marginal farmland that’s wedged between a house on a nearby hill and Sharon Creek. A tributary of the Thames River, Sharon Creek is a waterway that wends 170 miles through southwestern Ontario before emptying into Lake.
Bruce County Memories – Carrying the Royal Mail in the Bruce
The mail must go through, they say, through snow and rain and gloom of night. Even if it means walking 45 miles and back. In 1852, that was the job of Cowan Keys, the first mail carrier of Bruce County. With Her Majesty’s mail in a satchel slung over his shoulder he would tramp once […]
Green infrastructure job trainings aim to support growing field | Great Lakes Echo
By Elinor Epperson As more green infrastructure projects are installed across the state, more workers are needed to maintain them. Friends of the Rouge, a Detroit-area nonprofit that manages the River Rouge watershed, is offering a short course about maintaining green infrastructure like rain gardens. The course is an opportunity for workers to expand their […]
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Detroit legislator takes the long view on Michigan’s water affordability struggles | Great Lakes Now
For Detroit’s Sen. Stephanie Chang, the long and winding road to statewide drinking water affordability legislation continues with the finish line, hopefully, in sight.
Chang, a Democrat representing Michigan’s 3rd district, first focused on the affordability issue as a newly minted representative in 2015. At the time, she heard stories about the effects of water shutoffs and related health issues.
Treasurer stole $94K from Southwestern Ontario youth soccer club
SIMCOE â A 34-year-old man whose fraud brought a local youth soccer club to the brink of ruin has been sent to jail for 18 months. During Brodie Chambersâ time as the Simcoe and District Youth Soccer Clubâs treasurer in 2021 and 2022, he siphoned off $94,285, falsified documents and reports, and forged signatures to […]