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While some families sing songs or tell ghost stories around a campfire, Scott Moffat and his three siblings grew up with fireside trivia at their cottage on Lake Rosseau, Ont. … Continued

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With temperatures dipping across Ontario, most of us have started subbing out our shorts and tees for light coats and jeans. Some may even deign to turn the thermostat up. … Continued

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Suburban water agencies in northeastern Illinois are continuing to advance a proposed $6 billion regional water system that would reduce their dependence on Chicago’s Lake Michigan water supply, even as […]

The Soo Locks expansion has reached the halfway point of its third and final construction phase, marking a major milestone in the $3.2 billion project to build a second Poe-sized […]

The Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum in Evanston, Illinois will reopen October 1, after renovations, with two major exhibitions and a free public celebration planned for Indigenous Peoples’ Day later that […]

State and local agencies are continuing to monitor and clean up contamination from the 2025 East Jordan Plastics fire in South Haven, Michigan, focusing on plastic debris and potential pollutants […]

Ontario is investing $1 million to help Superior Aggregates repair and modernize Michipicoten Harbour near Wawa, Lake Superior, which has been inactive since the late 1990s. The upgrades are intended […]

Michigan researchers have refined genetic testing that can more reliably determine the sex of lake sturgeon, particularly in young fish and outside the spawning season. The breakthrough could aid conservation […]

Pennsylvania lawmakers advanced bills that would require game wardens to obtain a warrant or meet a recognized exception before entering private property and would establish penalties for illegally snagging or […]

Wisconsin held its first-ever PFAS Awareness Week Sept. 21–25 to educate residents about the risks posed by “forever chemicals” and efforts to reduce contamination. The state is preparing to distribute […]

Great Lakes lawmakers argue that recent construction pauses are especially concerning after hundreds of juvenile silver carp were found just 80 miles from Lake Michigan, warning that an invasion could […]

"This Magnetic North" explores how Northern Michigan's temperate climate, buffered by the Great Lakes, makes the region a hotspot for climate migration.