Tag: pandemic
Canadian wildfire smoke causes ‘very unhealthy’ conditions in Midwest and reaches Europe
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has carried another day of poor air quality south of the border to the American Midwest. Conditions in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan were rated “very unhealthy” on Tuesday.
United Church celebrating its 100th with special Grey-Bruce service
‘It started in the hockey arena in downtown Toronto,” Rev. Marsha Roberts said of the origins of the United Church of Canada.
Not budging: Meet London’s nine-year (and counting) hospital patient
Staying put in a hospital he admits he doesn’t need, in a standoff over his care wants, Roger Foley is an extreme example of a bed-blocker.
Owen Sound man’s Lego Chi-Cheemaun making big waves
When contemplating his latest big project, local Lego creator Ken Reid wanted to replicate a landmark that best symbolized Owen Sound and Grey-Bruce. But when he started thinking about what to build there wasn’t any particular building that jumped out at him as one that was representative of the Scenic City or the surrounding area. […]
The Legacy of Chief Blackstone: Ojibwe resistance in Great Lakes history
“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.