LFP Letters to the Editor: August 1, 2025

LFP Letters to the Editor: August 1, 2025
London Free Press
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Environmental groups use anniversary of Kalamazoo River oil spill to warn about Line 5

Interlochen Public Radio
he massive oil spill in the Kalamazoo River 15 years ago polluted the water and shoreline and left oil-coated wildlife. More than a million gallons of oil was recovered along a more than 35 mile stretch of the river.
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Upgrades coming to arenas in Lucknow, Ripley through provincial grant

Upgrades coming to arenas in Lucknow, Ripley through provincial grant
The Lucknow Sentinel
he 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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McBean: What Canada can learn from the Texas flash flood

McBean: What Canada can learn from the Texas flash flood
London Free Press
The flash flood in Texas that killed more than 130 people should be a wake-up call for Canada, a climate expert says
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Michigan public health agencies axe programs amid federal cuts

Interlochen Public Radio
A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Michigan’s local public health departments as they prepare their fiscal year 2026 budgets.
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A Good, Not Great Lake

Interlochen Public Radio
Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress designated Lake Champlain as the sixth Great Lake, teeing off a historical and cultural fight over which lakes can really call themselves Great.
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Report highlights barriers former inmates face reintegrating in Grey-Bruce

Report highlights barriers former inmates face reintegrating in Grey-Bruce
The Lucknow Sentinel
People "released to the sidewalk" are sometimes faced with starting over without identification, transportation, money, immediate medical needs or shelter, a new report says
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How Medicaid cuts could hit northern Michigan hospitals

Interlochen Public Radio
Munson Healthcare officials say almost two thirds of their payments come from Medicaid.
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Federal funding freeze threatens SEEDS after-school programs

Interlochen Public Radio
The Traverse City nonprofit runs programs in schools that often don't have other free summer or after-school options.
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LIVE: Reaction to LHSC’s $60M lawsuits alleging massive fraud

LIVE: Reaction to LHSC’s $60M lawsuits alleging massive fraud
London Free Press
London police, the provincial government and others weighed on the latest news to rock London Health Sciences Centre
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Parents’ hunches open up new area of medicine for London pediatrician

Parents’ hunches open up new area of medicine for London pediatrician
London Free Press
The Children’s Environmental Health Clinic Ontario is the only pediatric environmental health clinic in the province
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Police releasing few details of probe into minor’s death

Police releasing few details of probe into minor’s death
London Free Press
A person found dead in the west end of St. Thomas was younger than 18, police say. Elmina Street was closed at Oak Street on June 30 after a body was found in the area of Elmina and Hemlock streets after 10 a.m., St. Thomas police said Monday. The road was closed for an undetermined […]
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