summer

By Eric Freedman 

The iconic Blue Water Bridge has received a clean bill of operational health from the Michigan Auditor General’s Office. Based on its preliminary survey of procurement, fleet vehicles, employee training and toll transactions, the office said it saw no need to do a full performance audit of the bridge’s effectiveness and efficiency.

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What’s being sold as scientific infrastructure by AI creators increasingly resembles science fiction gone awry, two researchers warn

It was 1940, a time of national emergency. At the start of the Second World War, Hitler’s army ruthlessly swept across western Europe. Britain suffered devastating bombing raids and food shortages due to German blockades. Canadian farms would have to supply hundreds of thousands of tons of food to feed the troops and the starving […]

Construction on Kincardine’s new All Wheel Park could be complete by July 1, 2026. The Kincardine and District Lions Club plans to have shovels in the ground in the spring of next year with a completion date for the project sometime before Canada Day, the club recently announced. The planned All Wheel Park is a 7,000 square […]

No warnings are expected from Environment Canada.

Bruce Power’s Summer Bus Tour Program saw a record season with 6,193 people taking part. “Giving people a peek behind the curtain at how one-third of Ontario’s electricity is generated is always exciting for the staff at the Visitors’ Centre,” said Dwight Irwin, Bruce Power’s manager of community relations in a news release. Bruce Power […]

On a beautiful sunny August Saturday, the For Our Youth (FOY) horticulture club met at the Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG) to tour the gardens, sample different food grown there, and harvest the vegetables we had planted in the spring. Introductions were made with our host Olivia, the BBFG garden manager, who welcomed us warmly. […]

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 […]

In one of the most polluted parts of Lake Michigan, whitefish are thriving. Some people wonder if we should try to replicate that environment elsewhere to save the iconic species. But that could mean doing something untested and controversial.

Ohio State University’s Stone Laboratory on Gibraltar Island, Ohio, offers scholarships for students enrolled in classes each summer through its Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) program. One project collected close […]

There wasn’t a lot of hockey for Sam O’Reilly this summer. “My last game was the finals of the Memorial Cup when we won (against Medicine Hat),” the London Knights’ top centre said before the club’s 2-1 exhibition win over the Erie Otters Friday at Canada Life Place. “I’m fired up (to get going again). […]

Dead-head, remove sunburned leaves and cut back some of the lilies and other plants