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By Georgia Hill

Scientists studying the body size and growth patterns of non-native earthworms in the UP’s Huron Mountains say they are disrupting forest ecosystems. Contrary to popular belief, most North American earthworms are invaders unintentionally introduced during European colonization. They have a significant impact on ecosystems, especially in the Great Lakes region where they affect soil structure, nutrient cycling and biodiversity.

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Investigators were seeking the public’s help after officers responded to a "targeted" shooting in London’s north end on Monday, police say.

50 years ago on Monday, one of the most “mysterious and controversial” of all shipwrecks on the Great Lakes took place 17 miles north-northwest of Whitefish Point, Michigan, taking the […]

Repeal of a Toronto bylaw has sent the London-area green-roof industry into a tailspin with some calling it a “death knell” for their businesses. Toronto’s green roof bylaw, adopted in 2009 and the first in North America, made it mandatory for new developments 2,000 square metres or more to install so-called green roofs – which […]

No arrests have been made in the case, and one victim remains in the hospital, police said.

Hellbenders, North America’s largest amphibian, are an endangered species and an indicator of good water quality in Ohio’s streams. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium recently released 116 eastern hellbender salamanders […]

Philip Koskamp's advice is, “before you decide to milk water buffalo, you have to establish where your market is”

A 2.2-magnitude earthquake shook in Lake Ontario just north of Wayne County, New York, on Wednesday night at a depth of 7.9 kilometers below the surface. Read the full story […]

London police have closed a stretch of a busy north-end road after a deadly crash Tuesday morning.

Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that hit a 14-year-old cyclist then sped off. According to Huron County OPP, the collision took place on collision on Bluewater Highway, north of Airport Road, in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh around 8 p.m. on Oct. 15. Following the collision, which knocked a passenger mirror off the side of […]

A London woman said she heard at least eight shots ring out in one of two shootings overnight Tuesday

Only 35 per cent of respondents gave the city a very good rating when asked if it is a safe place to live.