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Back to the Boundary Waters

Fri, 02/14/2025 - 05:33 Interlochen Public Radio

Erik Grams has been taking trips to the Boundary Waters in Minnesota for over 30 years. It’s his favorite place in the world. But last year, during a fishing trip, there was a fatal accident that left Erik wrestling with his feelings about the place he loved.

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15 years in the making, MN could set nitrate standards for lakes

Wed, 02/12/2025 - 15:05 Great Lakes Commission

Minnesota is giving its water quality standards a fresh look. With public input in their hands, officials are under pressure to add language about nitrate levels, a move some said […]

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Help researchers find evening grosbeaks in northern Michigan

Tue, 02/11/2025 - 15:54 Interlochen Public Radio

Backyard birders can help researchers gather data about a bird species in decline.

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Maritime Time: The heroic act of a Great Lakes captain

Tue, 02/11/2025 - 05:55 Interlochen Public Radio

The heroic acts of Capt. James Jackson saved the lives of many on Lake Superior.

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Ontario Hockey League makes decision on pre-game Canada, U.S. anthems

Wed, 02/05/2025 - 15:00 London Free Press

Jeering at sporting events began after President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 25% tariff on most Canadian goods entering the U.S.

DNR must consider anew whether to study massive pool of mine waste above Lake Superior, court rules

Wed, 02/05/2025 - 13:56 Great Lakes Commission

The Minnesota Court of Appeals handed environmental groups a win in their continuing legal fight against the expansion of a massive pond for mining waste three miles from Lake Superior. Their […]

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SEE IT: Sports fans in Vancouver, Toronto rain down boos on U.S. national anthem

Sun, 02/02/2025 - 20:42 London Free Press

In what can only be described as an unprecedented show of Canadian surliness and national unity, fans at Sunday night’s Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Raptors home games rained down boos during the pre-game performance of the U.S. national anthem. One day after President Donald Trump announced 25 per cent tariffs on all goods coming from […]

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No trade, no problem: London native Jett Luchanko loving life with Guelph Storm

Fri, 01/17/2025 - 07:30 London Free Press

It felt like Jett Luchanko was part of Ontario Hockey League trade rumours from the moment the Philadelphia Flyers sent him back to Guelph in the fall.

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Big Abe’s Net

Fri, 01/17/2025 - 05:33 Interlochen Public Radio

One calm September day, Big Abe LeBlanc set his fishing net in Lake Superior. Then he called law enforcement and turned himself in. What happened next changed fishing in the Great Lakes forever.

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Complete With His Language

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 05:31 Interlochen Public Radio

Kenny Pheasant first became a teacher of Anishinaabemowin at 14 years-old, teaching customers from behind the meat counter at a grocery store. Now, it's his life mission to get more people speaking the Great Lakes’ original and endangered language.

Unreliable winters bring new ideas, from different offerings to lobbying

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 14:50 Interlochen Public Radio

Among the longer-term approaches to address increasingly unreliable winter weather, some groups are pushing against fossil fuels.

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Enbridge pipeline oil spill in Wisconsin larger than all of the company’s spills combined in 2023

Thu, 12/19/2024 - 11:28 Interlochen Public Radio

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating a 69,000 gallon oil spill from Enbridge Line 6, about 60 miles west of Milwaukee.

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