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Line 5 drilling method raises environmental concerns

Line 5 drilling method raises environmental concerns

ByGreat Lakes Commission

Enbridge’s plan to relocate a portion of its Line 5 pipeline in northern Wisconsin could involve a controversial drilling method, Horizontal Directional Drilling, which the company admits may release toxic chemicals into surrounding waters. Read the full story by Public News Service. Read the full story

Proposed Sauble Beach lakeshore hotel nears construction phase

ByOwen Sound Sun Times

At Tuesday’s South Bruce Peninsula council meeting, a proposed $6.5-million four-storey luxury hotel with 21 rooms and a ground-floor cafe on Sauble Beach’s Lakeshore Boulevard inched closer to shovels in the ground. Council carried a motion directing the necessary bylaw authorizing the mayor and clerk to enter into a site plan control agreement with Lakeshore […]

Police close westbound Hwy. 402 as anti-restrictions convoy hits Sarnia

ByThe London Free Press

PLYMPTON-WYOMING – Provincial police closed a major highway heading to the international crossing between Sarnia and Port Huron, Mich., Sunday as a convoy protesting COVID-19 mandates rolled through the region. Dozens of commercial and personal vehicles left a truck stop north of Wyoming around 10:30 a.m., many with Canadian flags attached, and honked their horns […]

More students, teacher absences cramp Thames Valley school board budget

ByThe London Free Press

An expected influx of new students and a spike in staff being absent from classrooms has put pressure on the London-area’s largest public school board, according to a just-released preliminary budget. About 3,000 new students are expected to enroll in Thames Valley District schools this fall, the report states, and that’s one of the pressures […]