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Emancipation festival this weekend in Owen Sound

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The 162nd Emancipation Festival features a speakers’ forum Friday, a community celebration Saturday and gospel music Sunday.  Cyrus Sundar Singh will speak at Grey Roots Museum Friday night. He’s an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, a musician and filmmaker who was born and raised in India.  He’ll talk about Nova Scotia’s Africville, a one-time […]

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Heat, pollution, and climate change anxiety are affecting children | Great Lakes Now

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Heat, pollution, and climate change anxiety are affecting children

By Lester Graham, Michigan Public

Although temperatures vary day-to-day, this summer is shaping up to be a hot one in Michigan. Doctors are warning parents to learn how to protect their kids, and how to talk to them about climate change.

It used to be that parents had to talk to their kids about things like ‘stranger danger,’ or ‘don’t take candy from a stranger,’ and ‘be sure to put on sunscreen.’ With climate change, parents are finding they have a lot more to teach their children.

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