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No one talks about the international rule of law anymore
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By Amelia Fraser
When many people think of winter sports and hobbies, snow often comes to mind. But what happens when the snow is no longer around? Climate change studies have shown that as the planet warms, snowfall will decline, leaving skiing, snowboarding and other winter sports at risk of fading
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By Samantha Ku
A newly restored reef at Channel Island in Saginaw Bay is intended to support native fish spawning and increase their numbers, ensuring the sustainability of local fisheries. Construction to restore the nearshore fish spawning reef ended last October.
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For the start of the 2026 fishing season, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources updated possession limits, size requirements and gear definitions for various species to manage state fisheries. The […]
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The Michigan DNR received a record 47,493 applications for 260 elk licenses in 2025. The state is considering changes in its regulations for elk hunting season in Pigeon River Country State Forest and an area near Gaylord.
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By Anna Ironside
Postage stamps featuring wildlife are helping to fund conservation and bring awareness to communities about habitat protection throughout the Great Lakes region by centering species like the wood duck (Aix sponsa), wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and piping plover (Charadrius melodus).
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North Huron has changed a bylaw that prohibited public recordings of its council meetings after a legal watchdog group challenged the restriction as unconstitutional. “We just want to have everything out in the clear,” North Huron Reeve Paul Heffer said in a March 3 interview, noting the meetings have always
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Switching schools. Driven into debt. Dropping out. Cuts to grants from the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), the provincial student loan program, will have devastating results on the post-secondary students, local students say. “I’m really passionate about the OSAP changes, because I wouldn’t have been able to go to university
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By Lillian Williams
he shrinking number of farms in Michigan – down by about 1,300 between 2023 and 2024 – and the trend of existing farms to expand to survive is changing the culture of rural communities.
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(By Pauline Kerr) At the Feb. 19 meeting, Bruce County council voted to go ahead and include in the new Official Plan several mapping changes endorsed by local councils. To … Continue reading Bruce County to include mapping changes endorsed by councils
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By Bauyrzhan Zhaxylykov
Bankruptcies of Michigan farmers are troubling despite a dip in their Chapter 12 filings last year. Major reasons are higher expenses for inputs such as fertilizer coupled with flat commodity prices.
The post Michigan farmers face bankruptcies, other financial challenges first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.