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Goldie, Todd tabbed for roles on national and provincial squads this summer

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A former Owen Sound North Stars field lacrosse player will wear the red-and-white for Team Canada at the 2024 World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship this summer. Team Canada selected Jillian Goldie to its roster ahead of the under-20 world championships in Hong Kong from August 15 to 24. Goldie plays at UMass Lowell (NCAA, Massachusetts) […]

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Community input sought for cleaned-up lakes, shorelines | Great Lakes Echo

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It’s taken over 30 years and $80 million to restore Muskegon Lake and a few nearby smaller bodies of water.

Decades of pollution and rapid urbanization created ecological problems so severe that the lake was designated a “Great Lakes Area of Concern” by the U.S. and Canada in 1987.

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Michigan dam removal could improve environment, recreation and storm protection | Great Lakes Echo

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The most exciting part about removing a dam in a small Michigan city isn’t the demolition, but what comes after. 

The Huron River Watershed Council recently estimated the 148-year-old dam In Ypsilanti could come down in 2025 or 2026.

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Need a summer read? Join this basin-wide book club | Great Lakes Echo

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Readers across the Great Lakes states and Canada this year will participate in a basin-wide book club hosted by the Library of the Great Lakes. 

From now until September 2025 participants will read Michigan author Sally Cole-Misch’s The Best Part of Us and Ontario author Joanne Robertson’s children’s book, The Water Walker.

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Dams may slow harmful algal blooms in urban lakes, expert says | Great Lakes Echo

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Like clockwork, Michigan’s Ford Lake and its downstream neighbor, Belleville Lake, turn bright green every summer due to harmful algal blooms.

The lakes, located near Ypsilanti in the southeast part of the state, have struggled for decades with phosphorus pollution that spurs algae growth.

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Sportsmen resume Earth Day clean-up tradition Saturday

It was the dedicated who turned out on cold, grey and wet Saturday morning to pick up garbage along the Sydenham River and out by the old boat launch on the east side of the harbour. Members of the annual Sydenham Sportsmen Association pitched in during the annual Earth Day Clean-up. But due to the […]