Owen Sound Sun Times

Candidates step up to be Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound PC nominee

7 min read

Candidates are lining up to replace Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers after he announced he won’t run in the next provincial election.  The Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Progressive Conservative Riding Association has announced that three candidates have been approved by the provincial nominations committee, while two other potential candidates have come forward.  The candidates confirmed so far […]

Grey County Owen Sound Sun Times

Blue Mountains’ Matrosovs is Grey County’s 2025 warden

5 min read

Blue Mountains Mayor Andrea Matrosovs encouraged Grey County council’s continued collaboration and consideration of future generations in her first address as 2025 warden Tuesday night. Matrosovs was acclaimed to the position during a formal swearing in within the Grey County council chambers, with her family, a number of past wardens and others present. A reception […]

Great Lakes Echo

Industry opposition, partisan politics slow polluter-pay bills

4 min read

By Elinor Epperson Capital News Service It’s been one year since Michigan Democrats introduced legislation that would significantly change the state’s environmental regulations. But those bills are stuck in committee. Election distractions, negotiation, and a slim Democratic majority in the state House have kept a suite of polluter-pay bills in limbo, according to environmental advocates […]

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Climate change Great Lakes Now

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election | Great Lakes Now

28 min read

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election

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Helene and Milton, the two massive hurricanes that just swept into the country — killing hundreds of people, and leaving both devastation and rumblings of political upheaval in seven states — amounted to their own October surprise.

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