Bruce Power and the Municipality of Kincardine (MOK) have reached a deal that sees the W.E. Thompson school continue to be used as a training centre by Bruce Power through 2032. “We appreciate the history of the W.E. Thompson site and the partnership with Bruce Power to use this space to help support the nuclear […]
By Clara Lincolnhol
Michigan is pouring $77 million into clean-up of contaminated abandoned real estate such as former factories. The director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the goal is to make the cleaned-up sites safe for housing, commercial developments and other uses.
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Mike O’Neill is a Lucknow-based author. His Christmas stories appear annually in the Lucknow Sentinel.
You never want to leave the space in front of your net unguarded.
By Isabella Figueroa Nogueira
“Indigenous Activism in the Midwest: Refusal, Resurgence and Resisting Settler Colonialism” explores how Dakota and Anishinaabe communities in Minnesota continue their relationships to the land and challenge dominant settler narratives about ownership, belonging and identity.
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"All that work is proceeding very well, and I'm very thankful to how quickly our staff have moved on a lot of this," said London Mayor Josh Morgan.
By Victoria Witke
New research shows Anishinaabe fire practices shaped today’s Great Lakes ecosystems. The region’s forests never existed and can’t continue to exist without people – or fire.
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Jane Roy of the London Food Bank has found a new way to give back and express herself through a brush, a palette of colours, and a bit of fun in the process. Inside a studio in Old South, finished paintings share space with other pieces still taking shape. For Roy, that balance feels a […]
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.
St. Thomas Mayor Joe Preston says the plight of the homeless is still one of those issues that keeps him awake at night. “But it wakes me up a lot less often than it used to,” he said. As winter approaches, he says he’s confident they have enough shelter space that no person in St. […]
The goal is to open the shelters before the end of the year, though Mayor Josh Morgan stated that it is easier said than done.
Staffed by one physician and a nurse, the new room is seeing shorter appointments and faster recoveries.