London discus star Julia Tunks eyes shot at reclaiming national title

London Free Press
ack in the spring, Julia Tunks made the longest-standing record in Canadian track and field obsolete. This week in Ottawa, the 19-year-old London Western track and field club member will try to get back the national senior women’s discus title. Tunks threw a career-best 62.95 metres in April at Mullican Field in Ramona, Okla., to […]
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Environmental groups use anniversary of Kalamazoo River oil spill to warn about Line 5

Interlochen Public Radio
he massive oil spill in the Kalamazoo River 15 years ago polluted the water and shoreline and left oil-coated wildlife. More than a million gallons of oil was recovered along a more than 35 mile stretch of the river.
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PFAS detection startup in Traverse City receives major grants

Interlochen Public Radio
Wave Lumina, a startup in Traverse City, has received grants that will help finance its work for the next two years.
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Environmental group says EGLE is not looking at all the risks of a Line 5 tunnel

Interlochen Public Radio
he National Wildlife Federation says Michigan's environment department should fully review what damage drilling the tunnel for a new pipeline segment might cause.
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Benzie high schooler wins artist residency on Isle Royale

Interlochen Public Radio
lsa Carter leaves tomorrow to spend a week painting in Isle Royale National Park.
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NRC close to decision on Palisades re-opening, environmental coalition vows to fight

Interlochen Public Radio
he owner of a shut-down nuclear power plant in southwest Michigan could try to bring it back online by the end of the year.
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McBean: What Canada can learn from the Texas flash flood

McBean: What Canada can learn from the Texas flash flood
London Free Press
The flash flood in Texas that killed more than 130 people should be a wake-up call for Canada, a climate expert says
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Interning on the Great Lakes

Interning on the Great Lakes
Great Lakes Commission
A summer intern for the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (TBNMS) says his favorite part of Alpena, Michigan, is how connected the people are to the Great Lakes. He has […]
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A Good, Not Great Lake

Interlochen Public Radio
Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress designated Lake Champlain as the sixth Great Lake, teeing off a historical and cultural fight over which lakes can really call themselves Great.
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Exhibit explores true-crime mysteries of the Great Lakes

Exhibit explores true-crime mysteries of the Great Lakes
Great Lakes Commission
A new exhibition at Toledo’s National Museum of the Great Lakes affords visitors a glimpse into the murky depths of true-crime mysteries of the Great Lakes. Read the full story […]
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London Knights’ Hunter brothers to lead Canada’s world junior team: sources

London Knights’ Hunter brothers to lead Canada’s world junior team: sources
London Free Press
Canada's world junior gold medal quest will include the Hunter brothers again, sources say.
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Author Katie Yee on the power of mythology and milkshakes

Interlochen Public Radio
Katie Yee visits Traverse City on July 25 to discuss her debut novel at the National Writers Series.
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