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Lithium ion batteries can overheat, catch fire or explode if improperly handled
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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.
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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
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A fire last week in a Lion Electric school bus in Quebec prompted an inspection of all of the company's buses
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Around 50 people were temporarily displaced following a structure fire at a Lucknow condominium the morning of Sept. 10. At approximately 8:45 a.m., Huron-Kinloss Fire and Emergency Services was dispatched following reports of smoke from one of the units, located at 550 Montgomery Lane, according to a Sept. 11 Township
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In addition to farmers using them in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, they are zapping weeds in the U.S., Europe, Australia and New Zealand
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Researchers used tree ring data and Indigenous oral histories to reconstruct the fire history of the Great Lakes region. Reintroducing controlled burns, often following Indigenous practices, is suggested as a […]
A Toronto resident, 49, is facing multiple charges related to a suspicious house fire in Huron-Kinloss. On April 3, around 10:16 p.m., South Bruce OPP and fire departments from Lucknow and Kincardine responded to a structure fire at a residential property on Bruce Road 86, also known as Amberley Road. Firefighters arrived to a “fully […]
There’s no shortage of events planned this weekend and on Canada Day in Owen Sound and Grey-Bruce. Canada Day itself is on a Tuesday this year, with the statutory holiday and all the associated closures observed then. However, there’s plenty to do in the region over the weekend and on the birthday of Canada’s confederation. […]
HURON – Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a special air quality statement as smoke from wildfires in the west begins clouding the Huron County area. The June 5 statement encompasses southern Huron County, Bluewater, Goderich, northern Huron County, Wingham and Blyth. According to a press release from Huron Perth public health, wildfire smoke […]