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Oaks under threat from invading insects, warming temperatures, disease | Great Lakes Echo

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By Eric Freedman Capital News Service The mighty oak may be in trouble in the Great Lakes region – and climate change is largely to blame. A mix of factors is in play, including rising temperatures, more severe and intense rainstorms, increasing susceptibility to plant-eating animals and vulnerability to disease-causing microorganisms, a new study from […]

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Kincardine News

Knox Church marking 106 years of peace bell ceremony

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During the First World War, from 1914 to 1918, Canada sent 650,000 of its finest soldiers to fight for God and country; 61,000 never returned home. When the war ended on Nov. 11, 1918, the bells rang out throughout all of Canada heralding the restoration of peace and freedom in the world. That was the […]

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Great Lakes Moment: Mink thriving along the Detroit River | Great Lakes Now

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Great Lakes Moment: Mink thriving along the Detroit River

Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS.

From a distance, I caught a glimpse of a relatively small elongated furry animal moving along the shoreline of the Detroit River.

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