Tag: World
Wisconsin officials ask the public to report algal blooms in Lake Superior | Great Lakes Echo
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is banking on public oversight of the largest Great Lake to help gauge the threat of increasingly common algal blooms. Blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, can produce toxins that pose a danger to public health, said Kait Reinl, research coordinator at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Lake […]
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Attack top Colts in preseason home opener Wednesday
The Owen Sound Attack picked up their first preseason win on home ice Wednesday night, 4-2 over the Barrie Colts. Neither team brought a full complement of players with NHL camps underway, but Owen Sound’s young guns played with gumption, and goaltender Matthew Koprowski looked solid in net, making 30 saves for the win. The […]
London’s leveled-up NASH Cup will now provide Olympic squash springboard
The NASH Cup has leveled up at an interesting time. The 16th annual Professional Squash Association stop in London is now considered a âCopperâ world tour event with more points available and US$25,000 purses for both the menâs and womenâs draws. That boost has happened as the sport prepares to take part in the Olympics […]
Chesley long-term care home closing
Southbridge Care Homes is closing its 34-bed long-term care home in Chesley as of Dec. 31, citing “challenging” fire code regulations. The large and handsome old yellow brick home at 98 3rd St. SE needs sprinklers, a Southbridge letter to staff says. A letter from Andrea Loft, Southbridge’s vice-president of long-term care and retirement, […]
New showcase series featuring NHL’s top prospects to kick off in London
The best North American-based NHL draft prospects are coming to London.
SIMS: Rick DeJager’s still ‘golfing, working, breathing’ – and ever so grateful
Rick DeJager doesnât call himself lucky. âIâve been very fortunate. I have good care,â the 65-year-old lifelong Londoner said as we sat in the sunshine with his wife Colleen on his backyard deck. DeJager and his landmark south London restaurant Tiger Jackâs has been a fixture of the cityâs restaurant scene since it opened in […]
‘Extraordinary ordinary’ woman inspires family to create Fanshawe College bursary
April Paton wasnât a household name.Â
Vehicles dazzle under the sun at Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance
The sun was shining on the more than 100 unique, exotic and rare vehicles at the 10th annual Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance on Sunday. And the vehicle that sparkled the most in the eyes of the judges at this year’s show was a one-of-a-kind 1947 Bentley Mk VI Coupe with a body made by renowned […]
Points North: Labor of Mixed Emotions | Great Lakes Now
By Morgan Springer
Points North is a biweekly podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.
This episode was shared here with permission from Interlochen Public Radio.
Growing up, Nic Theisen thought farming was a terrible way to make a living.