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Great Lakes Daily News: 19 January 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Lake Erie island to expand water system
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A Lake Erie resort island where 1,400 visitors came down with a gastrointestinal illness in June plans to expand its water system to all businesses on South Bass Island. Source: Booth Newspapers (1/19)


Big Pipe court fight goes ahead in Ontario
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A court fight over the Big Pipe sewer link, which will move up to 740 million litres of raw sewage daily from communities across York and Durham to treatment facilities on Lake Ontario in Pickering, has been allowed to proceed. Source: The Toronto Star (1/19)


Costly toxic cleanup expected at Bay Harbor
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Dangerous toxics seeping into Lake Michigan at the Bay Harbor development near Petoskey could cost CMS Energy Corp. more than $45 million to clean up. Source: Detroit Free Press (1/19)


Spirit of Ontario ferry managers appointed
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A high-profile Eastman Kodak Co. executive and a finance director for the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester have agreed to serve with a new company to oversee the city's high-speed ferry project. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1/19)


COMMENTARY: Stop shipping our garbage
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If Toronto was forced to dispose of its waste within the city, there would be more incentive to conserve and cut down on the amount of material goods purchased. Source: The Toronto Star (1/19)


Lighthouse ownership transfer hits snag
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A decision to transfer ownership of the popular Cana Island Lighthouse to Wisconsin's Door County has been recalled from the nation's capital for more scrutiny. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (1/19)


Water Authority to consider fees for new users
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With a hike in water rates already in effect for Wisconsin residents of the six Brown County communities planning a pipeline to Manitowoc, new charges under consideration would have future users paying special fees as they build or expand homes or businesses. Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette (1/19)


Port Clinton residents to spend own money to clean city beach
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Swimmers at the city beach in Port Clinton could find a cleaner, more sandy bottom as they wade out into Lake Erie this summer. Source: Port Clinton News Herald (1/18)


Immediate action sought to protect Great Lakes from invaders
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Most ships arriving in the Great Lakes are exempt from regulations meant to keep out invasive species capable of wreaking havoc on the ecosystem, the U.S. Coast Guard has acknowledged as it moves to tighten controls. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (1/18)


EDITORIAL: Favored Buffalo outer harbor plan too grandiose, expensive
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The ambitious outer harbor plan proposed by the Buffalo Lakefront Development Team does not seem viable. Source: The Buffalo News (1/18)


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