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By Joe Lorenz

Electrification and tariffs mean rural Midwest communities can cash in on their mineral resources. But how can these ventures balance local benefit to the ecological cost?

The post New interest in domestic mining comes with call for sustainability in the market first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority is calling for provincial action on recycling and waste division.

Fifty-nine per cent of farmers meet the classifications for anxiety and 35 per cent meet the classifications for depression.

'It's painful to see our authorities not following the evidence when people's health is at risk.' Internal documents show experts supported adopting Health Canada's more stringent guidelines for the toxic chemical back in 2021.

Instead of holding instruments directly, surgeons sit at a console controlling robotic arms that replicate their hand movements.

By Eric Freedman 

 The Michigan Court of Appeals has cleared the city of South Haven of liability in the 2020 drowning of an 18-year-old swimmer at a public beach on the Lake Michigan coast.

The post Michigan court clears South Haven in beach drowning suit  first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

By Samantha Ku
New federal policy is aimed at addressing the nation’s wildfire crisis by boosting timber production, but some experts say it’s not expected to have a major impact in Michigan. 

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There have been no signs of a deadly brain disease found in white-tailed deer, elk, moose and caribou in Ontario for more than two decades.

By Eric Freedman
Motorcycles and deer don’t mix. And motorcyclists are especially vulnerable to injury or death when they do, according to a recent study of a decade’s worth of crashes in Michigan.

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The Ontario Hockey League is looking into the scary incident in which London Knights head coach Dale Hunter was showered with glass during a game Saturday in Windsor.

By Emilio Perez Ibarguen

For students hoping to become conservation officers for the state Department of Natural Resources -- tasked with enforcing fish, game and natural resource protection laws -- one Northern Michigan University class gives a glimpse into their day-to-day work.

The post Dead deer and small fish: Michigan students learn to investigate poaching  first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.

There were 27 fatalities due to asphyxiation from grain or soil on Canadian farms between 2011 and 2020