Maritime Time: The steamship Africa

Interlochen Public Radio
A steamship that went missing nearly 130 years ago was found in the making of a documentary.
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‘All Too Clear’ captures the dramatic shifts in the Great Lakes ecosystem

Interlochen Public Radio
The ecosystems in the Great Lakes have changed dramatically due to the invasive quagga mussel.
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Brews News: Near-beer offers expand with demand

Brews News: Near-beer offers expand with demand
London Free Press
Sales of non-alcoholic beverages are up 200 per cent in two years at the LCBO and as their popularity booms, so too do the number of players
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‘A crisis’: Lake whitefish survey paints an even more dire picture

Interlochen Public Radio
One scientist thinks lake whitefish could disappear from certain parts of the Great Lakes within the next five years.
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Brews News: Lots of choices for dry, drier January

Brews News: Lots of choices for dry, drier January
London Free Press
Brewers are offering fresh batches of light beers, an appealing option for those who aren't into near-beers but want to scale back.
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London region digging out from snowy blast – with more to come

London region digging out from snowy blast – with more to come
London Free Press
The London area woke up Wednesday under a continued snow squall warning following a heavy dump of snow overnight that forced the cancellation of school buses and classes for thousands of kids across the region.  An additional 15 to 25 centimetres of snow was expected to fall throughout the day thanks to a storm system […]
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Incoming! Snow squalls, biting cold bearing down on London region

Incoming! Snow squalls, biting cold bearing down on London region
London Free Press
The London area was placed under a snow squall watch Tuesday amid a winter storm that could dump up to 25 centimetres of snow on the region and plunge it into a deep freeze. 
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Connecting people to nature through The Great Lakes Way

Connecting people to nature through The Great Lakes Way
Great Lakes Commission
A recent Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan report documents substantial progress in creating The Great Lakes Way — an interconnected set of greenways and water trails stretching from Port Huron, Michigan, on […]
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How much ice will be on the Great Lakes this year? Forecasters make prediction.

Interlochen Public Radio
A warm spell in February meant record low ice coverage on the Great Lakes at the end of last winter.
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Huge piece of 19th century vessel washes ashore in Southwestern Ontario

London Free Press
A large section of a 19th-century vessel has washed up on the shore of Lake Erie in this lakeside community near Chatham.
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A Great Lakes ‘Pompeii’? Lake Huron’s depths hold secrets of human history

Great Lakes Commission
Humans once hunted caribou on a land bridge that’s now submerged under Lake Huron. Research in this area has uncovered new findings, including a peat bog containing preserved prehistoric DNA. […]
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The year in news: LFP’s 50 most-read stories of 2024

London Free Press
Here are the most-read stories of 2024 from The London Free Press and lfpress.com:
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