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Wisconsin officials ask the public to report algal blooms in Lake Superior | Great Lakes Echo

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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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London Free Press Olympics

London’s leveled-up NASH Cup will now provide Olympic squash springboard

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The NASH Cup has leveled up at an interesting time. The 16th annual Professional Squash Association stop in London is now considered a ‘Copper’ world tour event with more points available and US$25,000 purses for both the men’s and women’s draws. That boost has happened as the sport prepares to take part in the Olympics […]

Owen Sound Sun Times

Chesley long-term care home closing

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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, […]

London Free Press

SIMS: Rick DeJager’s still ‘golfing, working, breathing’ – and ever so grateful

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Rick DeJager doesn’t call himself lucky. “I’ve been very fortunate. I have good care,” 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 Jack’s has been a fixture of the city’s restaurant scene since it opened in […]