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Operation Manoomin: Restoring Wild Rice along the Detroit River | Great Lakes Now

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Operation Manoomin: Restoring Wild Rice along the Detroit River

Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS.

Manoomin (mah-NOO-mehn) or wild rice was once very common in coastal marshes along the Detroit River and has always been sacred to First Nations.

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Owen Sound Sun Times

Southampton beach posted unsafe for swimming

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The beach at Southampton has been posted unsafe for swimming, just as the Civic Holiday weekend begins.  Grey Bruce Public Health announced Friday that in consultation with Saugeen Shores, the beach had been posted unsafe after water-sampling results showed bacterial levels exceeding Ontario Ministry of Health standards. The water was tested Wednesday and the results […]

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On Lake Michigan, a coal-fired steamship and ferry eyes a clean-energy future | Great Lakes Now

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On Lake Michigan, a coal-fired steamship and ferry eyes a clean-energy future

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.

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London Free Press

West Nile Virus present in Elgin County: Health unit

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A week after Middlesex-London Health Unit confirmed several mosquitoes had tested positive for West Nile Virus in the London area, a neighbouring health unit says a bloodsucker was confirmed to carry the illness. Southwestern Public Health – the health unit for Oxford and Elgin counties including St. Thomas and Woodstock – has traps set up […]