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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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Canada’s long history with public service media offers a useful model for thinking about how AI could serve the public

Weak sales have prompted GM to end production of an electric cargo van in Ingersoll, casting the future of hundreds of workers into limbo.

Canada can't hope to lead in a vital global industry by shutting itself off from competition, a McMaster University prof says

State government is two weeks away from a partial shutdown with still no budget deal between Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Legislature.

Moira A. McDonald, Ann-Kathrin McLean Global attitudes towards the United States as a tourism destination are plunging. Travel pressures, exchange rate shifts and increasing economic uncertainty have all damaged the reputation of the American travel sector. Canadian travellers are increasingly turning to domestic destinations instead of heading south. In July, Canada recorded its seventh consecutive […]

The office-to-residential conversion program and the transit oriented development program have too many applications, a city staff report said.

The Michigan House Democratic leader says he’s not confident that a bipartisan budget deal can be reached in time to avert a partial government shutdown on October 1.

The Great Lakes’ water supply is threatened by increased demand from industries like data centers and mining, coupled with climate change impacts. Data centers, attracted by tax incentives, consume vast […]

The former Michigan governor worked through budget standoffs — and brief partial government shutdowns — in 2007 and 2009. She shares her thoughts.

A Free Press reader calls for leadership in health care, on regulatory bodies, and on the public to demand better from mental health units.

Way before the first phases of Wastell Homes’ Willow project in north London was completed, builder Sue Wastell could detect softening demand for new homes.