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Oak to be planted in Sharif Rahman’s honour
Owen Sound council agreed Monday to plant an oak tree in front of the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre in memory of Sharif Rahman, a community-minded local restaurateur and Y member. Rahman, 44, died a week after an Aug. 17, 2023 assault outside his downtown restaurant, The Curry House. Police have been investigating his death […]
Group brings Indonesian heritage to multicultural festival
GODERICH – The crowd that gathered at the recent Huron Multicultural Festival in Goderich had the opportunity to see Nyai Rondha, a performing group comprising 15 dancers of Indonesian heritage. Siwi Vodden, who immigrated to Canada from Indonesia in 2012 and lives with her Canadian-born husband just outside of Lucknow, connected with the group in […]
Waves of Change: Meet Environmental Justice Public Advocate Regina Strong | Great Lakes Now
Waves of Change is an online interview series highlighting the diverse faces and perspectives shaping the environmental justice movement throughout the Great Lakes region.
This month, we spoke with Regina Strong, Environmental Justice Public Advocate at the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE).
For anyone in Michigan, there are two important timely things to note from the interview:
- Applications for the MI EJ Impact grants, open through July 15, 2024.
A cleaner Cuyahoga River faces a growing threat from stormwater runoff | Great Lakes Now
By Zaria Johnson, Ideastream Public Media
This story was originally published by Ideastream.
The recent 55th anniversary of the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire serves as a reminder to Northeast Ohio residents of the benefits from decades of work cleaning up industrial contamination in the river.
Mental health, addictions agency sounds ‘alarm’ over first-ever budget shortfall
A publicly funded agency that offers mental health and addiction services in the London region has posted its first ever deficit, prompting officials to “raise the alarm” about a lack of funding