Tag: rural
Community input sought for cleaned-up lakes, shorelines | Great Lakes Echo
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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Museum talk will delve into local diaries for peek into past
Rural history professor Catharine Wilson will talk about 19th and early 20th century daily life in Grey-Bruce and elsewhere in Southern Ontario as revealed in diaries. The University of Guelph professor emeritus, who founded the online Rural Diary Archive, will speak at the Bruce County Museum on April 6 from 2 to 4 p.m. She […]
Province likely to hear many Grey-Bruce concerns at ROMA
Grey-Bruce politicians will head to Toronto this weekend to meet fellow rural municipal leaders and try to get provincial ministers and their assistants to see things their way at the annual Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference. It’s an opportunity discuss common causes and plead cases to those with the power to help – even if […]
Western wardens call for safety improvements on rural roads
The Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus (WOWC) is calling for help to make rural roads safer.