Tag: Western
London Knights matchup set for must-win Memorial Cup semifinal
RIMOUSKI, Que – The London Knights will meet the Moncton Wildcats in the Memorial Cup semifinal Friday. The Quebec league champs survived an early Rimouski surge by scoring five straight goals and advanced with a 6-2 victory before 4,512 Wednesday at Sun Life Financial Coliseum. The Knights beat the Wildcats in 3-on-3 overtime in their […]
Memorial Cup notes: Desjardins’ magic; Knights’ drought; PEI pig race
A collection of news and notes from the Memorial Cup in Rimouski, Quebec:
Michigan’s fight against Lake Erie pollution didn’t work. What happens next?
Since the 1990s, cyanobacterial blooms have become increasingly common each summer in western Lake Erie. The blooms are cause by an overabundance of nutrients, namely phosphorus, that spills into the lake off farms.
Great Lakes slightly colder than usual ahead of summer
The Great Lakes temperatures are slightly cooler than typical for this time of year. Overall climate change is causing the lake temperatures to increase.
Hundreds of fish killed by manure runoff in Monroe County
By Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio
This article was republished here with permission from Wisconsin Public Radio.
Manure runoff from a dairy farm in Monroe County killed hundreds of fish in nearby waterways, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
The agency first received notice of the spill Saturday from a call to its violation hotline.