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The long-term cold spell that has settled over Michigan has quickly expanded the ice cover on the Great Lakes and other waterways, forcing vessels to adapt, creating fears of ice […]
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By Joshua Kim
Following the passing of new legislation by the Illinois General Assembly, the Regional Transport Authority, soon to be the Northern Illinois Transit Agency, will receive an additional $1.2 billion for its annual budget this year. The additional funding will be used to improve “frequency, reliability, and safety”
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By Joshua Kim
“Chicago Transit Hikes," a new book by Lindsay Welbers, aims to help Chicago residents and visitors reach outdoor recreation sites car-free.
The post Book helps residents, visitors, use Chicago’s public transit to access recreational sites first appeared on Great Lakes Echo.
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A prolonged cold spell is rapidly increasing ice coverage on Lake Superior — with ice cover jumping from about 6% to around 31% in recent weeks — as persistent sub-zero […]
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London was placed under a cold weather warning by Environment Canada on Tuesday morning and buses were cancelled for most schools across large swaths of the region. The national weather agency issued a cold weather warning for all of Southwestern Ontario, including London, warning that flurries and the risks of
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“Heavy snow” was expected to hit the London region on Sunday, arriving amid a days-long deep freeze that was also expected to drag on well into the work week. Environment Canada issued a “yellow” advisory – the least-severe warning – that called for snow to start falling from Sunday morning
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Environment Canada is warning of "bitterly cold conditions" in London and snow squalls north of the city
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About 20% of all the data centers in the U.S. are located in eight states around the Great Lakes. Ohio is slated to get another 77 by 2030, which will […]
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By way of a promise made by companies across the Great Lakes region, the practice of dumping commercial fish waste into landfills has effectively been ended, according to the Great […]