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Wiarton night sky lights up, power out for couple hours
Hydro One says a tree which touched a power line created an outage for almost 7,000 customers on the Bruce Peninsula about 10:25 p.m. Dec. 20. Video circulating online showed the night sky was lit up by a bright light on a windy and snowing evening south of Wiarton. The contact with the power line […]
The Owen Sound Attack’s year in review
The year 2025 in Attackland won’t be remembered with reverence, due to a first-round exit in the spring and a seven-game losing streak to close it out. But there were plenty of highlights from both individuals and the team. Here’s a look at some of the biggest stories in 2025 for the Owen Sound Attack. […]
China Gets World’s Largest Offshore Solar PV Project While USA … I Better Not Speak
When I started covering the solar industry, the largest solar power project in the world had 100 megawatts (MW) of power capacity. This month, the largest offshore solar PV project build in the open sea (not a lake) was deployed, and it’s rated at 1,000 MW, or one gigawatt. Naturally, … [continued]
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Some roads reopen in southern Bruce County, but squalls persist
Snow squall warnings were continuing across Grey-Bruce on Wednesday morning, although some roads that had been closed the past two days were beginning to reopen. South Bruce OPP issued an advisory just before 9 a.m. that Hwy. 21 between Kincardine and Amberley, Hwy. 9 between Kincardine and Walkerton and Bruce Rd. 23 between Lorne Beach […]
How seeds from the past are saving a unique flower of the Great Lakes
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva
More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted just 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the Great Lakes. At the time, no one knew if the new populations would survive. Today, three decades later, the restored populations are thriving and spreading.
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