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Michigan’s electric energy future could be wasting away in a junk drawer | Great Lakes Now
By Gabrielle Nelson, Bridge Michigan
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.
Balmy Beach man leads relay run in memory of good friend
As Jesse Walker made his way along his fundraising run through the Georgian Bluffs countryside on Saturday morning, his thoughts often turned to his friend Tyson Downs, who passed away suddenly a year ago. “I did start thinking about Tyson while I was running,” the 19-year-old brain cancer survivor from Balmy Beach said once he […]
Pavelka: How overcrowding impacts the world’s tourism hotspots
Joe Pavelka, Mount Royal University Every summer, millions of people jet off on vacations around the world. The United Nations World Tourism Organization estimates that international arrivals, the measure of global travel, will be two per cent higher than the pre-pandemic total was in 2019. However, as more of us are taking vacations, some of […]
Killer conman Albert Walker loses parole appeal in B.C.
The Appeal Division of the Parole Board of Canada has turned down another challenge by notorious conman Albert Walker to receive day parole. The former Paris, Ontario, man has been serving a life sentence for the first-degree murder of a UK man in a crime that saw him dubbed The Rolex Killer. Walker was convicted […]
Legionnaires’ disease: One dead, infections rise in London outbreak
One person has died and the infection toll has risen from a rare outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in London