The City Nature Challenge is an international, friendly competition to see who can make the most observations of nature, identify the most species and engage the most people using biodiversity apps and platforms, like iNaturalist. Observations were made April 25 to 28 and the competition closed May 4 with the extra time used to upload […]
London’s unemployment rate jumped by half a percentage point in April as the local economy shed nearly 2,000 jobs and the toll of the U.S.-Canada trade war came into sharper focus. Statistics Canada reported Friday the jobless rate for the region, which includes St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions of Elgin and Middlesex counties, hit […]
Next month, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Metroparks Toledo will dedicate Girdham Road Sand Dunes in Oak Openings Preserve Metropark as Ohio’s next nature preserve. Read the full […]
April is the perfect time of year to celebrate nature. In a week packed with activities to celebrate Earth Day, it was fitting that the local nature club, Huron Bruce Nature (HBN), should also celebrate a milestone anniversary. Founded by Point Clark residents Joe and Crystal Burgess, the club held its first meeting in April […]
A jury was chosen Friday to hear the high-profile trial of five former Team Canada world junior hockey players charged with sexual assault. A jury of nine women and five men was picked over the course of the day. A man and a woman were picked as alternate jurors. As was explained to the jury […]
Last month, a bill was introduced in the New York State Assembly that would grant the Great Lakes and all other bodies of water in New York legal rights to […]