Owen Sound Sun Times

Owen Sound Emancipation Festival a chance to reconnect

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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 […]

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Pavelka: How overcrowding impacts the world’s tourism hotspots

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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 […]

Great Lakes Now Lake Erie

A Decade After Crisis, Algal Blooms Persist | Great Lakes Now

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A Decade After Crisis, Algal Blooms Persist

On August 2, it will be 10 years since officials in Toledo alerted residents in the early morning hours not to drink, bathe in or otherwise come into contact with tap water from the Collins Park Water Treatment Plant. For nearly three days chaos reigned, as bottled water sold out that first day before dawn and disappeared from shelves in the region the next day.

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London Free Press

PHOTOS: Ontario Summer Games open in London

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About 3,500 young athletes, cheered on by family and friends, took part in the opening ceremony for the Ontario Summer Games at Western University’s Alumni Stadium on Thursday night. The athletes from across the province, ages 12 to 18, are competing in 18 sports at venues across the city and beyond. Photos by Derek Ruttan

Great Lakes Echo

The electric energy future could be wasting away in a junk drawer | Great Lakes Echo

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By Gabrielle Nelson Lily Wilkin has four old phones tucked away in her closet — and no plans to recycle them. “I keep them for nostalgia,” she said. Wilkin works at Best Buy, the nation’s largest retail collector of electronic waste — from CRT TVs to hard drives to fans. Wilkin said at least two […]

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London Free Press

Move over, Paris: London’s got Game(s), too

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Four days, 18 sports, 3,500 young athletes and – who knows? – maybe even some future Olympians. The Ontario Summer Games begin Thursday in London. Reporter Noah Brennan takes you through what you need to know. THE BIG PICTURE The four-day event, running Thursday through Sunday, involves athletes from across the province, ages 12 to […]