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Operation Manoomin: Restoring Wild Rice along the Detroit River | Great Lakes Now
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Manoomin (mah-NOO-mehn) or wild rice was once very common in coastal marshes along the Detroit River and has always been sacred to First Nations.
London searchers find remains believed to that of girl lost in river
Police said the investigation has now been reassigned to the department’s major crimes division, which will be helping the coroner’s office
Balmy Beach man leads relay run in memory of good friend
As Jesse Walker made his way along his fundraising run through the Georgian Bluffs countryside on Saturday morning, his thoughts often turned to his friend Tyson Downs, who passed away suddenly a year ago. “I did start thinking about Tyson while I was running,” the 19-year-old brain cancer survivor from Balmy Beach said once he […]
Owen Sound Emancipation Festival a chance to reconnect
As the Emancipation Festival and Picnic marked its 162nd year in Owen Sound over the weekend, participants celebrated the event’s roots as a close-knit family reunion, along with its transformation more recently into a welcoming community celebration. Festival chair Linda Johnson said Saturday at Harrison Park, that she has been coming to the Emancipation Day […]
Pavelka: How overcrowding impacts the world’s tourism hotspots
Joe Pavelka, Mount Royal University Every summer, millions of people jet off on vacations around the world. The United Nations World Tourism Organization estimates that international arrivals, the measure of global travel, will be two per cent higher than the pre-pandemic total was in 2019. However, as more of us are taking vacations, some of […]