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Fact or Fake? Readers can test their Great Lakes knowledge with excerpts from this new book
Great Lakes Fact or Fake? is a new book by Dave Dempsey. Below are adapted excerpts from the book, which bring readers along while he answers 41 myths about the Great Lakes.
Drinking Sewage
FACT or FAKE?
Maritime Time: Thunder Bay International Film Festival
Batten down the hatches, northern Michigan, the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary’s International Film Festival is here.
Man suffers life-threatening injuries in snowmobile crash: Police
A man operating a snowmobile suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash on a trail near Mitchell, Perth County OPP said.
Fertilizer from sewage, a utility money maker, faces uncertain future
Mounting concern about chemical contaminants in sewage sludge used as fertilizer could be a costly liability to utilities.
Damage pegged at $400K after overnight London house fire
Damage was estimated to be $400,000 after London firefighters battled an overnight blaze at a home in the city’s northeast end. It was shortly before 1 a.m. on Friday when fire officials issued a statement on social media about the fire in what appeared to be a single-family home on McTavish Crescent, which is located […]
Local man first to get new publicly funded prostate cancer drug
A Dundalk-area man is the first person in Canada to receive a new, publicly funded treatment that better targets prostate cancer cells and is shown to prolong life. After discovering a growth which made it difficult using the toilet in November 2023, doctors sent Fred Harrison for conventional radiation in Kitchener, then eight months of […]
Fertilizer from Sewage, a Utility Money Maker, Faces Uncertain Future
By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan, Circle of Blue, Great Lakes Now at Detroit PBS, Michigan Public 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.
Owen Sound council approves new snowmobile trail agreement
City council approved new five-year land-use agreements for the East Side Snowmobile Club and Stoney Keppel Riders. Council also delegated approval authority for such agreements with local snowmobile clubs in future to the director of community services. The agreements cover the city for liability through the user groups’ insurance by making the areas an official […]
London police renew call for help finding assault suspect
London police made public on Tuesday new images of a woman sought in connection with the assault of a person at a city business.
Oberlin startup develops way to take ‘forever chemicals’ out of drinking water
A startup company based in Oberlin, Ohio, has drawn $2.9 million in private investment so far to remove PFAS, often called forever chemicals, from the nation’s drinking water. The company […]