Tag: water
Thousand Islands Land Trust acquires about 1,000 acres to protect the region’s water quality – Great Lakes Commission
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an agreement allowing the Thousand Islands Land Trust to acquire nearly 1,000 acres in Jefferson County through a mix of conservation easements and land […]
Is it a bullying tactic ahead of farmland expropriation to create 770-acre site?
Objectors say cornfield destruction makes no sense as Waterloo Region amasses farmlands
Letters to the Editor: August 14, 2024
No greenhouses on Talbot Trail
Experts fret as summer toll of Southwestern Ontario drownings hits 12
The heavy summer drowning toll in Southwestern Ontario underscores the need to better communicate water safety messages, some experts say. Two people drowned in Lake Erie over the weekend, in Leamington and near Turkey Point, raising the toll from that lake alone to four deaths this summer. There have also been at least eight other […]
One new case, still no source found in deadly legionnaires’ disease outbreak
One new case of the potentially deadly legionnairesâ disease has been detected locally over the last week, London-area public health officials said Monday amid an outbreak that has four people still recovering in hospital.