Tag: project
Participation Lodge set to relaunch adult protective services program
A program that helps 160 people with developmental disabilities in Grey-Bruce live independently will be fully operational in August. Participation Lodge Grey Bruce (PLBG), a nonprofit organization, has been working since April to transition the provincial program after Bruce Grey Child & Family Services withdrew as the lead local agency on March 31, citing unsustainable […]
All water is local
“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.
Environmental groups use anniversary of Kalamazoo River oil spill to warn about Line 5
The massive oil spill in the Kalamazoo River 15 years ago polluted the water and shoreline and left oil-coated wildlife. More than a million gallons of oil was recovered along a more than 35 mile stretch of the river.
Tornado spotted as storms sweep into Huron
HURON – A suspected tornado was spotted in the Goderich area Saturday, July 26, as storms swept through the region. Environment Canada issued a marine tornado warning for the southern Lake Huron area at 6:15 p.m. that lasted for about 40 minutes, advising residents to also beware of damaging winds, large hail and intense rainfall. […]
Three tornadoes confirmed near Goderich
HURON – Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project has confirmed three tornadoes touched down in the Goderich area on Saturday, July 26. According to the project, the first tornado occurred over Lake Huron as a supercell thunderstorm churned over the lake. That same storm went on to produce two more weak tornadoes at Porter’s Hill and […]