By Victoria Witke
Wildfire risk is predicted to stay elevated in the Upper Midwest from drought and high winds. That’s risky for the region’s pristine inland lakes, but land managers are working to reduce wildfire risk in the Northwoods with controlled burns.
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World Cup players charm the fans, the fans charm the host countries (and vice versa) and the beautiful game prevails.
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“Beyond Our Senses” is a new nature documentary that gives audiences a bird’s-eye view of the world of Bank swallows as they migrate from South America to Lake Michigan’s bluffs […]
Members of the Huron Bruce Nature (HBN) club enjoyed the artistic photography of Rob Wray at their June 23 meeting in Point Clark. Rob Wray, a member of both the Owen Sound Field Naturalist Club and the Bruce Birding Club, has come to photography and birding only in the last
By Julia Roeder
An April survey from the American Farm Bureau Federation found nearly 70% of U.S. farmers say they cannot afford fertilizer. It also found almost half of Midwestern farmers report they cannot afford all the supplies they need.
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A mysterious floating convenience store appeared on Lake Ontario this week. The makers of the art installation “Global Convenience” say the symbol of a local corner store is meant for […]
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Aza Raskin did not mean to break anything. He just wanted to make scrolling easier. It was 2006, and this interface designer was annoyed by the little button you had to had to click at the bottom of a webpage to load the next one. So he removed it. The
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If cities can move quickly for FIFA, they should be able to move quickly and fairly for their residents too
When massive solar storms smash into Earth’s magnetic field, they deliver energy and charged particles that scramble satellite electronics
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The Kincardine and District Chamber of Commerce and the Municipality of Kincardine welcomed a delegation from Kenya on June 5, as part of an international knowledge-sharing visit focused on nuclear energy and community development. “It is exciting to welcome visitors from around the world to learn about the positive impact
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The menu of risks is no longer than the list of threats the world faced in 1962 or 1987 or 2008 or indeed any other year of the past 80.
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Even before trade tensions between Canada and the United States became an existential threat for Southwestern Ontario manufacturers, Dave Johnson, general manager at London-based Ursa Manufacturing ULC, said he had been “avidly” looking for opportunities to diversify the products the company makes. After all, about 75 per cent of the