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London police board spent $104K on PR firm to sell high-spending budget

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The London police board paid a prominent public relations firm more than $100,000 to help sell its controversial high-spending budget earlier this year, according to documents obtained by The Free Press. One city councillor called it “disturbing” to learn the board used taxpayers’ money to win support from the public and politicians for the $672-million, […]

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Foraged Fruit and Nuts: Wild Apples & Abundant Acorns | Great Lakes Now

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Foraged Fruit and Nuts: Wild Apples & Abundant Acorns

This story is a part of “A Year in the Wild Kitchen of the Great Lakes,” a series in partnership with expert forager Lisa M. Rose, with the mission of nurturing a deeper connection with the natural world through foraging. To get started with your foraging journey, begin here with our “Framework to Sustainable and Safe Practices.”

Autumn brings with it a bounty of fruits and nuts that often go unnoticed in our modern culinary landscape.

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Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new research shows | Great Lakes Now

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Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new research shows

By Jessica Eise, Indiana University

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Climate change has been in the news for more than 40 years. It’s typically covered as a scientific or political issue. However, social scientists like me have found that feelings and values are what drive people toward broad, collective change – not charts, graphs or images.

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