City of Hamilton faces new charges related to 2 sewage spills discovered in recent years

Great Lakes Commission
The Ontario Ministry of Environment, Climate and Parks charged the City of Hamilton, Ontario, with two counts of discharging sanitary sewage in water. The two sewage spills that began decades […]
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Protection of wetlands could come down to farmers, says a new report

Interlochen Public Radio
Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.
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Arguments for, against expanding London’s urban growth boundary

London Free Press
As London’s population swells beyond expectation, and the city looks down the barrel of the national housing crisis, there are new questions about available land and its affordability. LFP reporter Jack Moulton takes a look at the city’s urban growth boundary, and why it should or shouldn’t be expanded. WHAT
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What to know about city council’s meeting cycle, and one complicated change

London Free Press
Monday marked the first meeting of city council’s refreshed committees including the shrunken community and protective services committee. Reporter Jack Moulton explains the committee system, and why the smaller body already is presenting headaches. WHAT ARE COUNCIL’S STANDING COMMITTEES? City council has four committees that meet on a three-week cycle
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After initial permits are granted, activists worry about impacts of Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute in Northern Wisconsin

Great Lakes Commission
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced earlier this month that it approved Enbridge’s permits for its Line 5 reroute project. The permits are a step in a long list […]
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We don’t know what’s at the bottom of the Great Lakes. Climate change demands we find out

Great Lakes Commission
We know less about the bottom of the Great Lakes than we do about the surface of Mars, which is why the Great Lakes Observing System is leading a concerted […]
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Dyer: Netanyahu’s world smaller after ICC charges

London Free Press
Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant have not been found guilty of anything. However . . .
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NWMO picks Northern Ontario to store used nuclear fuel

The Lucknow Sentinel
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has selected Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and the Township of Ignace as the future site for Canada’s deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel. South Bruce, the only other site under consideration for the underground nuclear vault, recently signaled its willingness in a narrowly won
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Flood risk too great to allow fast-food joint in northeast London: Upper Thames officials

London Free Press
Jack Moulton breaks down why officials are warning against the development.
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Tallman: Trump, Harris, U.S. politics and the Antrichrist

London Free Press
Is Trump the Antichrist or simply a misguided human being?
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Dyer: South Korea could supply Ukraine, but would they?

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London Free Press

The consensus assumption is still that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump will force Ukraine to yield to Russia as soon as he takes office on Jan. 20. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky himself said on Friday once Trump becomes president the war with Russia will “end sooner,” but he didn’t say it

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NOAA to study Great Lakes climate change with underwater robots

Great Lakes Commission
As climate change increasingly shapes the Great Lakes region’s ecology and economy, scientists plan to use underwater robots to gather previously inaccessible data they say will help communities adapt. Read […]
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