By Katee Tompkins Emergency warnings are designed to reach all Michigan residents, whether through a cellphone alert, television broadcast or weather radio, but ensuring those messages are accessible to people with disabilities, limited English proficiency and limited access to technology often requires additional efforts.

By Katee Tompkins Emergency warnings are designed to reach all Michigan residents, whether through a cellphone alert, television broadcast or weather radio, but ensuring those messages are accessible to people with disabilities, limited English proficiency and limited access to technology often requires additional efforts.

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Anyone with experience on the water is likely aware of how quickly weather can shift. To help boaters and emergency responders track changing conditions on Lake Michigan’s lower Green Bay […]

Anyone with experience on the water is likely aware of how quickly weather can shift. To help boaters and emergency responders track changing conditions on Lake Michigan’s lower Green Bay […]

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Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is investigating a workplace mishap after a 23-year-old worker from West Grey was transported by Air Ornge to a trauma centre in London with serious injuries Tuesday.  A ministry spokeswoman said in a brief statement that the worker, who was employed by JT Excavating, was injured by a piece of machinery […]


Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is investigating a workplace mishap after a 23-year-old worker from West Grey was transported by Air Ornge to a trauma centre in London with serious injuries Tuesday.  A ministry spokeswoman said in a brief statement that the worker, who was employed by JT Excavating, was injured by a piece of machinery […]


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