Tag: record
Peninsula man set bird-sighting record in 2022
Kiah Jasper of Mar did it! With a couple of intrepid birders on his trail, he kept adding bird sightings and finished 2022 with 359 birds on his list, which set a new Ontario Big Year record. The 20-year-old Bruce Peninsula birder added a dozen birds to his Oct. 10 total, when he first broke […]
London-based credit union records $1 billion growth
For a second year in a row, Libro Credit Union has posted growth of more than $1 billion.
Ron Feagan: “King of the Sulky” Racers
When Ron Feagan was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1980, he had amassed over 3,000 wins.
Mild Year for Lake Erie algae blooms
Western Lake Erie algae blooms were mild this year, especially when compared to previous years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says in a new analysis. That’s good news, because the blooms can cause sickness in people and animals. NOAA says that areas of scum were “fewer, less dense, and less toxic in 2016 than in either 2014 or 2015.” The severity […]
Climate change threatens the migratory patterns of birds in the Great Lakes: A radio story from Great Lakes Today
A note from the editor: Our friends at Great Lakes Today produce compelling, original audio coverage of issues effecting the Great Lakes. This recent piece of theirs about the effect of climate change on migratory birds resonated with us here at the Great Lakes Bureau in particular because, anecdotally, we’ve noticed similar patterns in our work around the lakes. For instance: we’ve […]