Owen Sound Sun Times Sports

Owen Sound Attack rookies and hopefuls take to the ice in Shallow Lake

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They’re chasing salmon in Owen Sound, and in nearby Shallow Lake, hockey players are chasing dreams. With the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre still undergoing a massive renovation, the Owen Sound Attack opened rookie camp inside the Shallow Lake and District Community Centre on Monday. Thirty-eight players got the invite to the two-day camp at […]

Great Lakes Echo

John Ball Zoo Fights for Great Lakes’ Rarest Butterflies

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By Donté Smith 
Butterfly populations are in decline across the continental U.S., dropping by 22% between 2000 and 2020 according to a study in the journal Science. Almost a third of the 342 species studied have seen their numbers fall by more than half.  To help combat that trend, the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, launched its Great Lakes Rare Butterfly Program in 2021 to protect the region’s most threatened species.

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