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As we comb through the record-breaking number of entries (almost 10,000!) from our 2020 photo contest, here’s a look at the winners from last year.

This contest is dedicated to celebrating your favourite memories and turning them into something tangible. The idea of picking a winner always seems overwhelming, but in the end, we hope to share the photos that encompass the classic Canadian feel and make you want to relive some of your best memories over again.

This past week, the Invasive Species Centre – through the Asian Carp Canada program – presented a panel of experts to discuss the threat of Asian carps, and the measures being taken to keep these invasive species out of our Great Lakes. Read the full story by the Kingston Herald.

Due to the relatively dry spring and summer, the 2020 algae bloom came in on the lower side of the forecast which was between a 4 or 5 out of 10. Read the full story by WNWO -TV– Toledo, OH.

Tamaracks are Wisconsin’s only native coniferous tree that is not an evergreen. The trees can be found throughout Wisconsin, but their numbers are dropping. Since 2000, over 150,000 acres of tamaracks have died across the Great Lakes states due to warmer temperatures, droughts and the eastern larch beetle, according to Treehaven at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Read the full story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

All Daily Shield hand sanitizers are being recalled after Health Canada found methanol in it.

That includes medicated wipes, gels, and liquids.

Methanol can cause serious health issues like skin, eye, and upper respiratory irritation and headaches. If ingested, methanol can even kill you.

Anyone who suffers an adverse reaction to the product is asked to report it to Health Canada.

Bruce Power has agreed to use their reactors to supply a European medical company.

ITM Medical Isotopes GmbH, a German company, and Isogen have agreed to supply Lutetium-177 to the world’s health-care system using Bruce Power reactors as a key supply source. ITM Medical Isotopes GmbH, based in Munich, is a subsidiary of the biotechnology and radiopharmaceutical group of companies Isotopen Technologien München AG. Isogen is a joint venture between nuclear companies Framatome and Kinectrics.

Huron Perth Public Health reported three new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday for a total of four active cases. All three cases were at the Cedarcroft Place Retirement Home in Stratford, the first outbreak at a retirement home in the region.

Grey Bruce Public Health reported no new cases Wednesday. There are five active cases in the jurisdiction, but no outbreaks or hospitalizations.

South Bruce Grey Health Centre wants to set a strategic direction for the next five years.

Work is underway to update the Strategic Plan, which provides the muli-site hospital corporation with a mission, vision and values.

The current plan expires at the end of this year, and the board wants to keep longer term goals in mind, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Staff, physicians, patients, families and community stakeholders can join the conversations to help shape the future of the hospital by completing an online on SBGHC’s website,

Families in Huron Kinloss have several options to enjoy a save Halloween with the kids.

The Ripley-Huron Fire Department will be handing out treats at the Fire Hall, starting at 6:45 p.m.

Conscious Creations Art at 84 Huron St., Ripley is hosting a Halloween party on October 31st. Drop-in wearing your costume and pick-up a treat. Treats are sponsored by the Ripley Business Community.

A new long-term study of Ontario loons revealed fewer chicks are currently being born than in previous years. Scientists say declines in loon chick hatches are possibly connected to declines in Great Lakes water quality. Read the full story by Great Lakes Echo.

This shipping season has witnessed an influx of international freighters on the Great Lakes, many transporting wind turbine parts to drop off in Duluth bound for wind farms in the northern plains. Read the full story by WWTV-TV – Cadillac, MI.

Lake Ontario is slightly above its long-term average water level, and forecasts predict that levels will decrease over the next month. However, some are concerned about flooding over the winter and spring and are calling for more water to be released from the Moses-Saunders dam to avoid this scenario. Read the full story by WRVO – Oswego, NY.