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Great Lakes News: 18 March 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Canadian reveals ferry plan
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The Canadian national government will invest more than $2 million (Canadian)
in a new ferry terminal in Toronto to make sure it's a first-class facility,
a member of Parliament says. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
(3/18)


Plans threaten 900 Hydro jobs
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More than 900 high-paying jobs could be lost in Southwestern Ontario if the
provincial government goes ahead with plans to close coal-fired electricity
plants by the end of 2007. Source: The London Free Press (3/18)


Visitors association wants money to market Rochester
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With the fast ferry sailing toward Rochester, the Greater Rochester Visitors
Association wants to develop a marketing plan to promote western New York in
Canada. Source: WOKR13.TV (3/18)


Air, sludge issues debated in canal cleanup
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The East Chicago Waterway Management District Board of Directors discussed
testing procedures involving ambient air monitoring and dredging of
sediments from the Indiana Harbor and Shipping Canal at Tuesday's meeting.
Source: The Northwest Indiana Times (3/18)


Ontario's hydro bill: $40B
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Ontario is looking at a staggering price tag of up to $40 billion to upgrade
the province's aging electricity system, Energy Minister Dwight Duncan said
yesterday. Source: The Toronto Star (3/18)


Water is cold, but steelhead still bites
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Starting in the 1870s, steelhead were planted in streams around the Great
Lakes, and it turned out that they didn't care if the big water was salt or
fresh, as long as it contained plenty of bait fish. Source: Detroit Free
Press (3/18)


Invasive species are often pretty plant in disguise
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What appears to be a lovely flowering plant or shrub can sometimes be an
invader in disguise choking native species in its path. Source: Journal
Gazette and Times-Courier (3/17)


Sand comments grate on city councilman
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A Norton Shores city councilman blasted a member of a local citizens' group
Tuesday after she accused the council of not doing more to stop Nugent Sand
Co. from building a pipeline through a Lake Michigan dune. Source: Muskegon
Chronicle (3/17)


Researchers to study walleye during spawning season
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Fisheries biologists studying the reproductive success of Lake Erie walleye
will sample fish at various spawning areas this spring, according to the
Ohio Department of Resources Division of Wildlife. Source: Port Clinton
News Herald (3/17)


Lake St. Clair is rising
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Lake St. Clair water levels are more than a foot above levels this time last
year, prompting marinas and boaters to be optimistic for recreation
opportunities this summer. Source: The Macomb Daily (3/13)
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