Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters

Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters
Great Lakes Commission
More than 40 million people in the United States and Canada depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Treated lake water is laden with microplastics, which are toxic chemicals […]
More than 40 million people in the United States and Canada depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Treated lake water is laden with microplastics, which are toxic chemicals […]
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Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters

Why Is the Coast Guard Operating Surveillance Drones in the Great Lakes?

Why Is the Coast Guard Operating Surveillance Drones in the Great Lakes?
Great Lakes Commission
Since May, the U.S. Coast Guard has deployed six surveillance drones across the Great Lakes to stop the flow of drugs and illegal border crossings from Canada. But there is […]
Since May, the U.S. Coast Guard has deployed six surveillance drones across the Great Lakes to stop the flow of drugs and illegal border crossings from Canada. But there is […]
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Why Is the Coast Guard Operating Surveillance Drones in the Great Lakes?

Three new wetlands to be created at urban Ontario conservation area

Three new wetlands to be created at urban Ontario conservation area
Great Lakes Commission
Three new wetlands will be unveiled in Whitby, Ontario, thanks to a $1.5 million investment from the province and a partnership with Ducks Unlimited Canada. These wetlands receive water from […]
Three new wetlands will be unveiled in Whitby, Ontario, thanks to a $1.5 million investment from the province and a partnership with Ducks Unlimited Canada. These wetlands receive water from […]
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Three new wetlands to be created at urban Ontario conservation area

$6T Great Lakes shipping economy threatened by U.S.-Canada trade war

$6T Great Lakes shipping economy threatened by U.S.-Canada trade war
Great Lakes Commission
Lakers have depended on a regional economy that moved in lockstep with Canada. Coal volumes have hit hard times, and U.S. tariffs have disrupted trade in iron ore. Adding to the uncertainty […]
Lakers have depended on a regional economy that moved in lockstep with Canada. Coal volumes have hit hard times, and U.S. tariffs have disrupted trade in iron ore. Adding to the uncertainty […]
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$6T Great Lakes shipping economy threatened by U.S.-Canada trade war

Once polluted by industry, a Lake Superior bay is now in the clear

Once polluted by industry, a Lake Superior bay is now in the clear
Great Lakes Commission
For decades, Canada and the U.S. have had an agreement to clean up the most polluted sites on the Great Lakes. Nipigon Bay at the northernmost point of Lake Superior […]
For decades, Canada and the U.S. have had an agreement to clean up the most polluted sites on the Great Lakes. Nipigon Bay at the northernmost point of Lake Superior […]
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Once polluted by industry, a Lake Superior bay is now in the clear

Carney says Canada seeks “unique alliance” but not membership with the European Union

Carney says Canada seeks “unique alliance” but not membership with the European Union
Great Lakes Commission
Canada is seeking a “unique alliance” with ​the European Union but is not looking to become a member, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday after it was reported he […]
Canada is seeking a “unique alliance” with ​the European Union but is not looking to become a member, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday after it was reported he […]
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Carney says Canada seeks “unique alliance” but not membership with the European…

Baranyai: Does map size matter in geopolitics?

Baranyai: Does map size matter in geopolitics?
The London Free Press
Distorting the globe to create a flat map stretches countries like Canada and diminishes the relative size of others
Distorting the globe to create a flat map stretches countries like Canada and diminishes the relative size of others
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Baranyai: Does map size matter in geopolitics?

Lang: Why Canada is shutting down its 70‑year peacekeeping legacy

Lang: Why Canada is shutting down its 70‑year peacekeeping legacy
The London Free Press
The country that invented peacekeeping barely cracks the Top 100 in the world in personnel contributions to UN missions
The country that invented peacekeeping barely cracks the Top 100 in the world in personnel contributions to UN missions
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Lang: Why Canada is shutting down its 70‑year peacekeeping legacy

Barry: As Alberta votes on independence, will Trump back separation?

Barry: As Alberta votes on independence, will Trump back separation?
The London Free Press
The U.S. president not openly declared his support of a united Canada in the run-up to the Alberta vote
The U.S. president not openly declared his support of a united Canada in the run-up to the Alberta vote
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Barry: As Alberta votes on independence, will Trump back separation?

New book explores life of legendary Minnesota canoeist Bob O’Hara

New book explores life of legendary Minnesota canoeist Bob O’Hara
Great Lakes Echo
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva “Where the Green Light Shines: A Fifty-Year Odyssey from the Boundary Waters to the Far North” features legendary canoeist Bob O'Hara and his adventures from the Boundary Waters to remote rivers of the Canadian Far North.
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva “Where the Green Light Shines: A Fifty-Year Odyssey from the Boundary Waters to the Far North” features legendary canoeist Bob O'Hara and his adventures from the Boundary Waters to remote rivers of the Canadian Far North.
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New book explores life of legendary Minnesota canoeist Bob O’Hara

GALLERY: LFP’s best photos from August

GALLERY: LFP’s best photos from August
The London Free Press
We’re looking back at August in London and across the region through the lens of London Free Press photojournalist Geoff Robins. grobins@postmedia.com
We’re looking back at August in London and across the region through the lens of London Free Press photojournalist Geoff Robins. grobins@postmedia.com
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GALLERY: LFP’s best photos from August

GM’s idled Ingersoll plant a top priority for defence contracts: Union

GM’s idled Ingersoll plant a top priority for defence contracts: Union
The London Free Press
General Motors won’t sell or close its idled Cami assembly plant in Southwestern Ontario, with the automaker pledging to make the Ingersoll factory a top priority for any military contracts, according to a union report. Unifor, the national union representing 1,100 laid-off Cami workers, won language in its latest round of bargaining with GM stating […]
General Motors won’t sell or close its idled Cami assembly plant in Southwestern Ontario, with the automaker pledging to make the Ingersoll factory a top priority for any military contracts, according to a union report. Unifor, the national union representing 1,100 laid-off Cami workers, won language in its latest round of bargaining with GM stating […]
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GM’s idled Ingersoll plant a top priority for defence contracts: Union
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