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Nibi Chronicles: Manoomin as medicine

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Nibi Chronicles: Manoomin as medicine

“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.

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Owen Sound Sun Times

Operation Christmas Child ramping up in Grey-Bruce

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There is a movement afoot in Grey-Bruce to make Christmas a little brighter for thousands of children in developing and war-torn countries around the world.  Operation Christmas Child shoebox collection season is underway in the region, with individuals and groups now packing shoeboxes, boot boxes and other similar-sized containers with toys, school supplies, hygiene items […]

Climate change Great Lakes Now

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election | Great Lakes Now

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The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election

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Helene and Milton, the two massive hurricanes that just swept into the country — killing hundreds of people, and leaving both devastation and rumblings of political upheaval in seven states — amounted to their own October surprise.

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Great Lakes Echo

Coyotes roaming Michigan | Great Lakes Echo

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By Anna Rossow Capital News Service Some residents across Michigan are becoming more familiar with unexpected visitors roaming the streets. Coyote sightings in residential neighborhoods have become more common due to the canines’ drive for food and quick adaptability skills, experts say. Coyotes prey on rabbits, chipmunks and squirrels, small animals that enter in and […]

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Goderich Signal Star

Cosy Christ Church Celebrates 135 years in Port Albert

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This year marks the 135th anniversary of Christ Anglican Church in Port Albert. Spanning three centuries, the little church has been at the centre of Port Albert’s social and spiritual life. The little yellow brick Gothic-style church has outlasted social fads and religious trends that have caused the demise of many larger and more prominent […]