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School board to recoup $38K retreat costs – from officials’ expense accounts
The cash-strapped Thames Valley District school board will recoup the $38,000 that 18 officials spent on a three-day retreat at the Toronto Blue Jays stadium hotel, though the senior administrators who attended won’t be out of pocket
I Speak for the Fish: Where’s the line in fisheries research? | Great Lakes Now
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The Poweshiek skipperling has disappeared from most of Michigan’s prairies. Now scientists are raising them in zoos for release back into the wild. | Great Lakes Echo
By Ruth Thornton Standing next to a converted hoop house in one of the back areas of John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, David Pavlik points to a line of small cloth-covered cages filled with yellow black-eyed Susans and small orange butterflies. “These cages out here are females that have already bred in the facility,” […]
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Walters and the first-place Spitfires hand Attack third-straight loss
Dressed in all black like Johnny Cash and leading the first-place Windsor Spitfires (8-1-1-0) into his old stomping grounds, Greg Walters’ swagger should have been off the charts Saturday night. Even more so when his Spitfires took over the close-checking contest in the second period en route to a 4-1 win, eventually outshooting Owen Sound […]
Reader to Reader: October 19, 2024
Bazaar season begins soon in London and area
How northern Michiganders can help people affected by hurricanes | Great Lakes Now
By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist, a nonprofit independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.
Hurricane Milton made landfall last week in Florida, even as communities across the southeast are still reeling from Hurricane Helene.
Short-term rentals invite guests to unwind and escape to Ontario’s West Coast
Becky Bosma owns and operates four properties near Blyth
Great Lakes Commission calls for reauthorization of Great Lakes legislation and stronger protections against invasive species – Great Lakes Commission
Rochester, New York – At its Annual Meeting, held last week on the shores of Lake Ontario in Rochester, New York, the Great Lakes Commission
‘Don’t be afraid to make mistakes,’ Repair Café repairman says
Paul Vanar bent over his workbench and tinkered with a broken wind-up toy horse, perhaps 75 years old. Lorraine Rutherford brought him the toy to fix. It’s been broken for a long time but its sentimental value was too great to part with it. It belonged to her late husband Jim Rutherford, whom […]
“Lunchbox” Bears dine out on Petes in third period en route to 7-2 victory
Even a “lunchbox” team can dine out from time to time, and on Saturday night the Owen Sound Attack made a meal of the Peterborough Petes in the third period. Landen Hookey netted a hat-trick and rookie Pierce Mbuyi scored a pair as the Attack (3-3-1-0) earned their second-straight win 7-2 over the Petes (0-7-0-0) […]