A ship exploded in Lake Huron 143 years ago. Now, a team is trying to find its wreckage

A ship exploded in Lake Huron 143 years ago. Now, a team is trying to find its wreckage
Great Lakes Commission
A group of marine archaeology enthusiasts will take to a southwestern Ontario beach this summer to learn more about the fatal shipwreck of the SS Erie Belle that happened more than […]
A group of marine archaeology enthusiasts will take to a southwestern Ontario beach this summer to learn more about the fatal shipwreck of the SS Erie Belle that happened more than […]
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Going to the beach? Check the water quality

Going to the beach? Check the water quality
Great Lakes Echo
By Bauyrzhan Zhaxylykov Nearly half of Great Lakes beachgoers rarely or never check water quality before swimming, according to a new study by researchers at Toronto Metropolitan University.
By Bauyrzhan Zhaxylykov Nearly half of Great Lakes beachgoers rarely or never check water quality before swimming, according to a new study by researchers at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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Going to the beach? Check the water quality

Black bass in Great Lakes can live more than 10 years, study finds

Black bass in Great Lakes can live more than 10 years, study finds
Great Lakes Echo
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva   A new study based on data from competitive angling events in the Great Lakes found that more than 20% of black bass weighed-in at these events are over 10 years old.
By Kyrmyzy Turebayeva   A new study based on data from competitive angling events in the Great Lakes found that more than 20% of black bass weighed-in at these events are over 10 years old.
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Black bass in Great Lakes can live more than 10 years, study finds

Doug Ford vows to spare no expense in Ontario wildfire fight

Doug Ford vows to spare no expense in Ontario wildfire fight
The London Free Press
There are 177 active wildfires across Ontario, with more evacuations possible in the northwest.
There are 177 active wildfires across Ontario, with more evacuations possible in the northwest.
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Doug Ford vows to spare no expense in Ontario wildfire fight

Asrar: How to stay safe from wildfires, smoke and extreme heat

Asrar: How to stay safe from wildfires, smoke and extreme heat
The London Free Press
The current wildfires in northern Ontario are impacting not just surrounding regions but a large swath of eastern North America
The current wildfires in northern Ontario are impacting not just surrounding regions but a large swath of eastern North America
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Asrar: How to stay safe from wildfires, smoke and extreme heat

Baranyai: Dispatches from the war on ticks

Baranyai: Dispatches from the war on ticks
The London Free Press
Like most nature-based horrors, the arrival of ticks across our southern border is annoyingly self-inflicted
Like most nature-based horrors, the arrival of ticks across our southern border is annoyingly self-inflicted
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Baranyai: Dispatches from the war on ticks

Bruce County Memories: Erie Belle blows up off Kincardine

Bruce County Memories: Erie Belle blows up off Kincardine
The Lucknow Sentinel
Written by Bruce Krug (September 1965) and submitted by the Bruce County Historical Society On Nov. 21, 1883, the “Erie Belle” was destroyed in a boiler explosion two miles south of Kincardine. She was a wrecking tug owned by a Windsor firm. Previously “Erie Belle” had been a passenger steamer, first on the Atlantic coast […]
Written by Bruce Krug (September 1965) and submitted by the Bruce County Historical Society On Nov. 21, 1883, the “Erie Belle” was destroyed in a boiler explosion two miles south of Kincardine. She was a wrecking tug owned by a Windsor firm. Previously “Erie Belle” had been a passenger steamer, first on the Atlantic coast […]
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Bruce County Memories: Erie Belle blows up off Kincardine

Missing toddler found in cornfield after hours-long search: Police

Missing toddler found in cornfield after hours-long search: Police
The London Free Press
Ontario Provincial Police say they found a missing two-year-old in a cornfield roughly eight hours after officers launched a search for the toddler. It was just before 6 p.m. on Monday when the OPP say they launched a search for a boy in North Perth – a largely rural municipality north of London – who […]
Ontario Provincial Police say they found a missing two-year-old in a cornfield roughly eight hours after officers launched a search for the toddler. It was just before 6 p.m. on Monday when the OPP say they launched a search for a boy in North Perth – a largely rural municipality north of London – who […]
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Missing toddler found in cornfield after hours-long search: Police

Several charges laid following traffic complaints in Kincardine

Several charges laid following traffic complaints in Kincardine
Kincardine News
A Hanover resident is facing multiple charges, including impaired operation, after police received several complaints about their driving in Kincardine. According to a South Bruce OPP news release, officers responded to a motor vehicle being operated erratically on Highway 9 around 7:30 p.m. on July 28. Officers located the vehicle abandoned but were able to […]
A Hanover resident is facing multiple charges, including impaired operation, after police received several complaints about their driving in Kincardine. According to a South Bruce OPP news release, officers responded to a motor vehicle being operated erratically on Highway 9 around 7:30 p.m. on July 28. Officers located the vehicle abandoned but were able to […]
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Several charges laid following traffic complaints in Kincardine
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