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Waves of Change: Meet Protect the Porkies founder Tom Grotewohl

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Waves of Change: Meet Protect the Porkies founder Tom Grotewohl

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 Tom Grotewohl, a resident of Wakefield Township in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and founder of the Protect the Porkies campaign.

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Grey/Bruce Owen Sound Owen Sound Sun Times

Doctor shortage will send some cancer patients out of Grey-Bruce

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Some local cancer patients will temporarily have to leave Grey-Bruce for care due to an oncologist shortage, Brightshores Health System announced Tuesday.  All cancer patients will continue to be referred to Brightshores as they are now and patients with new diagnoses of lung, colorectal and breast cancer will continue to be seen at Brightshores.  “Patients […]

Great Lakes Now

Winter Wellness Pantry

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Winter Wellness Pantry

This story is a part of “A Year in the Wild Kitchen of the Great Lakes,” a series in partnership with expert forager Lisa M. Rose, with the mission of nurturing a deeper connection with the natural world through foraging. To get started with your foraging journey, begin here with our “Framework to Sustainable and Safe Practices.”

As winter sets in, it’s the perfect time to reflect on your year of foraging, plan for the coming seasons, and ensure your pantry is stocked and your health fortified.

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Owen Sound Owen Sound Sun Times

City news: Bluffs building help, fire truck sale, cemetery niche, more

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A pilot project will be extended in which Owen Sound building department staff will continue to provide building permit and inspection services for Georgian Bluffs.  Also, city staff would support bylaw enforcement and any future short-term rental licensing program in the township by providing inspections and licences.  The pilot started in May to solve a […]

London Free Press

All aboard! Local town set to live-stream rail crossings to draw tourists

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The bells ring, the lights flash and the crossing gates descend, blocking the road and delaying drivers from reaching their destination. Though it can be inconvenient to idle while a locomotive pulls freight cars, sometimes stretching for several kilometres, to train enthusiasts, passing trains are the destination and a Southwestern Ontario town’s new tourism venture […]