Tag: Western
North Stars look to flip the script as OJBLL playoffs start this weekend
Riding a seven-game winning streak the Owen Sound North Stars junior B team will try to do something that hasn’t been done since the Black Eyed Peas were topping the charts — win an Ontario Junior B Ontario Lacrosse league playoff series. The North Stars open their first-round series with the Hamilton Bengals, Saturday, at […]
Town opposes lake turbine sitings
The town of Arkwright, New York issued a declaration that many municipalities across western New York have shared in recent months at its most recent meeting. While the end result […]
Ex-London Knights, Western Mustangs trainer opens all-in-one sports facility
Doug Stacey has treated a lot of local athletes over the years.
Lancaster greeted by large crowds in Goderich
GODERICH – Aviation and history lovers packed the Goderich Regional Airport and backed up traffic for kilometres on Friday, June 14, to get a glimpse of the return of the Second World War-era Lancaster FM213. The Lancaster touched down at the airport exactly 60 years after it first landed in Goderich, when it was bought […]
RCAF Centralia Cold War crashes
As a NATO country sandwiched between the U.S. and U.S.S.R., Canada never had the option of neutrality during the Cold War. The threat of nuclear war meant that humankind was just minutes away from annihilation. Huron County’s Cold War contributions were two air stations. RCAF Station Clinton was Canada’s radar school, while student pilots trained […]
Limited access to health care contributes to higher rural death rates | Great Lakes Echo
Rural Michigan residents who suffer from a chronic illness that requires specialized treatment may have to drive hours to receive care.
That barrier to access to health care is one reason rural county death rates tend to be higher than their urban counterparts, according to Robert Howe, the medical director of the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department.
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Western engineers design low-cost 3D-printed walker
People around the world can now access an open-source design by a team of engineers at Western University to 3D print their very own walker.