Pride

Detroit River-based program aims to foster stewardship through community connection

Wed, 10/22/2025 - 09:27 Great Lakes Echo

By Anna Barnes
The Detroit River serves as an important geographic feature, connecting lakes St. Clair and Erie and creating a natural border between the U.S. and Canada. Despite its physical prominence in Detroit, its rich cultural significance is lost among many community residents. Programs are underway to address that disconnect.

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Thousands flock to tiny village of Lucknow for Kinsmen charity events

Wed, 09/03/2025 - 10:00 The Lucknow Sentinel

For two weekends each year, the number of people in the small village of Lucknow expands by thousands thanks to successful charity events run by the local Kinsmen Club. This is an instalment in Postmedia’s How Canada Wins series.

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Pushing the Boundary

Fri, 08/29/2025 - 05:45 Interlochen Public Radio

In the early 1800s, a group of politicians decided part of the Ohio border should move farther north. It started a decades-long border fight between Michigan and Ohio. There were winners. There were losers. And in the end, it shaped the states as we know them.

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Trump wants to revive the U.S. maritime industry. What does that mean for Michigan’s maritime academy?

Fri, 08/29/2025 - 05:13 Interlochen Public Radio

The industry is already teetering on the edge of a labor shortage for entry level officers. Will there be enough cadets? We go out on the water at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy in Traverse City.

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Hometown Specialty: Oxford’s Gunn’s Hill takes local pride global

Wed, 08/20/2025 - 09:37 London Free Press

Family-run factory south of Woodstock turns milk into award-winning wheels, reflecting Oxford County’s dairy heritage. This is Part Four of Postmedia's How Canada Wins: Love Where We Live summer series.

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Upgrades coming to arenas in Lucknow, Ripley through provincial grant

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 10:13 The Lucknow Sentinel

The Ontario government is investing $529,500 to upgrade both the Lucknow Community Centre and the Ripley-Huron Community Centre. “The Township of Huron-Kinloss is grateful to the Province of Ontario for this investment through the Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund. This funding will allow us to replace the roof of the Lucknow Community Centre, helping […]

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‘Kind and inclusive’: What to know about Pride London Festival and parade

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 15:52 London Free Press

The Pride London Festival kicks into high gear this weekend with events lighting up Victoria Park

Letters to the Editor: July 2, 2025

Wed, 07/02/2025 - 00:55 London Free Press

Hard to understand

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Police probe fourth Pride flag incident in rural township this spring

Tue, 07/01/2025 - 17:09 London Free Press

Police are investigating another theft of a rainbow Pride flag in Norwich – the fourth incident this spring involving stolen or vandalized flags in the area. Two unknown men took the flag from a residence on Jerdon Street on Saturday at 1 a.m., Ontario Provincial Police said. The suspects are described as shirtless white men […]

Baranyai: People have to do better as heat gets worse

Sun, 06/29/2025 - 00:50 London Free Press

Cooling accounts for a staggering one-fifth of global electricity consumption, much of it still dependent on greenhouse gases

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Pumped up! Bodybuilder with cerebral palsy eyes Mr. Olympia contest

Sat, 06/28/2025 - 09:18 London Free Press

For this bodybuilder, the journey to the Mr. Olympia competition started not with a flex, but with a fight.

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Letters to the Editor: June 26, 2025

Thu, 06/26/2025 - 06:24 London Free Press

A Free Press reader says there is no better way to show patriotic pride than supporting local attractions

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