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What is a liquid? Utilities sue to avoid coal ash cleanup — and lose | Great Lakes Now
By Gautama Mehta, Grist
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Across America, millions of tons of toxic waste are sitting in pits next to coal plants. But whether they will get cleaned up has come down to a legal debate over the definitions of words.
As dog breeder trial grinds on, worry grows it won’t end when planned
ST. THOMAS â The question looming over the lengthy first-degree murder retrial of a former high-flying field dog breeder charged for a decade-old homicide is whether he will testify in his own defence. The judge overseeing the case made it clear Thursday that he needs to know by the end of Friday whether Boris Panovski, […]
Court records shed light on charges in $3M auto theft bust
Two men charged following a six-month auto-theft investigation are accused of stealing vehicles from a Southwestern Ontario classic car dealer and threatening the owner, according to court documents. The OPP launched a probe in late 2023 after a Lambton County resident reported multiple vehicles stolen, leading investigators to search a property in Stirling, a community […]
London kayaker’s drowning underscores importance of life jackets: OPP
A London man who went missing while kayaking was not wearing a life jacket when his body was found, police say
Southwestern Ontario man gets five years in prison for role in grisly killing
Drew Bliss, 39, has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Man believed to have suffered medical event before head-on collision
A 77-year-old is believed to have suffered a medical event immediately before a two-vehicle head-on collision in Owen Sound Thursday evening. According to police, emergency services responded to reports of a collision in the 100 block of 3rd Avenue West just after 6 p.m. Thursday. Police said the 77-year-old Owen Sound man was driving a […]
SPORTS BRIEFS: Owen Sound local playing for Team Belgium
OWEN SOUND LOCAL PLAYING FOR TEAM BELGIUM Owen Sound’s Brittany Stephens is playing for Team Belgium at the European Women’s Lacrosse Championships in Portugal. Stephens started playing lacrosse with the Owen Sound North Stars girls’ field lacrosse program in 2010 before playing NCAA lacrosse at The University of Findlay in Ohio. Stephens later coached with […]
Attack ink SIJHL Rookie of the Year
Another Owen Sound Attack prospect signed on the dotted line and will continue their hockey development in Owen Sound next season. On Monday, the Owen Sound Attack announced the signing of Easton Mikus, 17, from Thunder Bay. Mikus, six-foot-one and 187-pounds, is a centre who played with the Thunder Bay North Stars of the Super […]
Joe Biden gives Medal of Honour to local descendant of U.S. Civil War hero
A local descendant of a U.S. Civil War soldier is basking in the long-ago exploits of his relative, who has been posthumously awarded the highest U.S. military honour by President Joe Biden U.S. Army Pte. Philip G. Shadrach was hanged in Georgia for stealing a Confederate train and causing chaos on the rails in 1862. […]
Body of missing London kayaker found after six-day search: OPP
A search for a missing kayaker that began nearly a week ago in Lake Huron ended Tuesday when the body of a 57-year-old London man was located north of Grand Bend, OPP said. The manâs body was found near St. Joseph beach, West Region OPP said in a social media post at 5 p.m. Tuesday. […]