Tag: Region
Both vice presidential candidates are from the Great Lakes. What will that mean for the region? – Great Lakes Commission
No matter the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the country will have a vice president from the Great Lakes region. How have Vance and Walz advocated for the […]
Chicago’s beach season is over … or is it? Lake Michigan temps are breaking records. – Great Lakes Commission
Lake Michigan’s surface temperature has been above average nearly every day this year so far. As heat trapping-greenhouse gasses continue to accumulate in the atmosphere, the Great Lakes region is […]
Joliet, Illinois, Plans to Source Its Future Drinking Water From Lake Michigan. Will Other Cities Follow? | Great Lakes Now
By Nina Elkadi, Inside Climate News
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The aquifer from which Joliet, Illinois, sources its drinking water is likely going to run too dry to support the city by 2030—a problem more and more communities are facing as the climate changes and groundwater declines.
Crown seeks record prison sentences for parents in horrific child abuse case
The Crown is seeking what could be the longest sentence ever in the London region â and matching some of the longest ever recorded in Canada â for a couple convicted at a disturbing child sexual and physical abuse trial.
Two senior officials exit in Thames Valley District school board shake-up
Two senior administration positions are vacant after a staffing shakeup at the Thames Valley District school board, which is facing a $7.6-million budget deficit and an operational audit led by Queen’s Park.
Waves of Change: Meet Just Transition Northwest Indiana executive director Ashley Williams | Great Lakes Now
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 Ashley Williams, executive director of Just Transition Northwest Indiana, or JTNI, a grassroots environmental justice organization representing the northwest region of Indiana — one of the most industrialized zip codes in the country.
Pig roast raises funds for Kincardine’s Good Food Box program
If you were anywhere in the region of Huron-Kinloss on July 27 you would have been tantalized by an irresistibly appetizing aroma wafting through the area. And if you had let your nose lead you, you would undoubtedly been made welcome at the 3rd Annual Highland Drive Family & Friends Potluck & Pig Roast, magnificently […]
Modellers reignite railroading passion in Owen Sound at inaugural CWHC show
A deep love for the twists and turns of railroad history and railcar modelling was displayed at the Owen Sound Legion on Saturday. The Community Waterfront Heritage Centre’s first-ever model show and sale for railway modellers and enthusiasts invited hundreds of people through the doors of the legion with over 50 vendor tables to visit […]
Chicago’s beach season is over … or is it? Lake Michigan temps are breaking records. | Great Lakes Now
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ
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Steve Lowe named new Georgian College board chair
Steve Lowe, an Owen Sound wealth advisor, accountant and community volunteer, is the new chair of Georgian College’s board of governors for 2024-25. Lowe joined the board of governors in 2020 and recently served as vice-chair, a college announcement said. Georgian College has five campuses, including one in Owen Sound. He’s an RBC Dominion Securities wealth […]