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Inside is Not the Answer: Air quality in the Great Lakes | Great Lakes Now

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Inside is Not the Answer: Air quality in the Great Lakes

In the Detroit area, people experience unsafe levels of particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and ozone in the air they breathe. These pollutants are attributed with adverse health effects such as heart disease, respiratory issues, and cancer. 

The University of Michigan is part of an ongoing Detroit research partnership, Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments (CAPHE).

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Owen Sound Sun Times South Bruce Grey Health Centre

Protestors and police feature at hospital organization’s AGM in Walkerton

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When Jana White and a few dozen other people disappointed in their local hospital organization arrived at the Best Western Plus parking lot to protest Wednesday night in Walkerton, a police officer greeted them and asked them to vacate the area. White said the Save the Durham Hospital committee protestors made it a few steps […]

London Free Press

Union blames province as London-area Children’s Aid Society cuts jobs

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The London-area child welfare agency is cutting jobs and overhauling some services in the face of a “significant” budget shortfall that its union blames on inadequate provincial funding. Nineteen unionized and four management jobs are affected by the shake-up, said the Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex. Its executive director said spending cuts alone, […]

London Free Press

Neil Young out, Bryan Adams in at Rock The Park finale

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Neil Young is out, Bryan Adams is in. Rock the Park, London’s big summer rock music festival, is dropping iconic Canadian rocker Neil Young from its four-night outdoor concert series next month because of illness in his band Crazy Horse and replacing him with fellow Canadian rocker Bryan Adams, organizers announced late Wednesday. Young, who […]

Kincardine News

Cruise Nights making return to downtown Kincardine this weekend

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Cruise Nights are returning to downtown Kincardine this summer. On the Friday night of each long weekend over the summer, beginning June 28, Queen Street will be lined with classic cars, special interest vehicles and motorcycles. The events are free for both spectators and participants with participating vehicles being registered on arrival. A 50/50 draw […]