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There is no firm timeline to resume classes at a high school in Wingham, school board officials said Wednesday,
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A person has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a fire at a high school in Wingham on Tuesday morning, Ontario Provincial Police say.
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A person has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a fire at a high school in Wingham on Tuesday morning, Ontario Provincial Police say.
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In 1879, the 60-foot steam tug “Prince Alfred” arrived in Wiarton to replace the “O’Koura” which had burned on Colpoys Bay the previous summer. Owner Andrew Port offered travellers a daily, one-way passage from Wiarton to Owen Sound for 75 cents. The winter of 1879-80 was unusually mild and the
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By Samantha Ku
A rare ravine ecosystem on Lake Michigan's western shore is vulnerable to human encroachment. A recent federal grant is supporting restoration efforts in the region.
The post Preservation project launches effort to restore rare ravine ecosystem first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.
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The people hardest hit in weather-related disasters are often those with the fewest resources to cope
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It could make the difference between mere misery, expense and upheaval and catastrophic global dieback
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By Victoria Witke
New research shows Anishinaabe fire practices shaped today’s Great Lakes ecosystems. The region’s forests never existed and can’t continue to exist without people – or fire.
The post Anishinaabe fire practices shaped Great Lakes ecosystems, new research shows first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.Image
Did you hear the one about the pioneer who walked his dinner home? That would be the first settler in the eastern part of Arran Township, David Chalmers, a bachelor and a bit wet behind the ears. It was back in 1851, before Arran was surveyed into farm lots. Historian
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London police are investigating damage to a 27,000-volt wire that sparked a small fire and knocked out power to about 5,000 London Hydro customers Friday morning. The suspected attempt to steal copper was condemned by the utility’s chief executive and municipal leaders, who said the act put the lives of