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Great Lakes Daily News: 27 October 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Fast ferry gaining riders but still losing money
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The giant car-and-passenger catamaran that zips across Lake Ontario at 80
kilometers an hour lost $4.2-million in its first two months back, but
ridership picked up in August when more than half of its 774 seats were filled.
Source: The Globe and Mail (10/27)


Toronto waterfront plans awash in dissension
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Two competing views for the waterfront may interfere with the Toronto Waterfront
Revitalization Corp.'s attempts to take back the waterfront for the people of
Toronto. Source: The Toronto Star (10/27)


Idea for Chicago's water tanks generates award
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A design that would turn Chicago's water tanks into a network of
electricity-generating wind turbines won the top prize in a city-sponsored
competition to envision ways to re-use the aging tanks. Source: Chicago
Sun-Times (10/27)


Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Service to be subject of live Web cast
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Thirty years after the sinking of the 720-foot steamer Edmund Fitzgerald in a
Lake Superior storm, relatives of the 29-man crew will gather at the Great
Lakes Shipwreck Museum to remember their loss. Source: The Sault Ste. Marie
Evening News (10/26)


Grand Traverse Bay Underwater Preserve is officially launched
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Wednesday night, two dozen scuba divers plus other interested people gathered at
the Great Lakes Maritime Academy to officially launch the Grand Traverse Bay
Underwater Preserve. Source: Grand Traverse Herald (10/26)


Controversial pipeline decision near
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The Michigan DEQ will rule soon on Nugent Sand Co.'s controversial proposal to
build a pipeline through a coastal dune that would transport 8 million gallons
of wastewater daily into Lake Michigan. Source: Muskegon Chronicle (10/26)


Business groups want more time to meet tighter border security goals
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Chamber of Commerce groups representing U.S. border states and Canadian
provinces sought to delay a U.S. plan that would require people traveling
between the U.S. and Canada to have passports or similar identification.
Source: Detroit Free Press (10/26)


Board approves plan to buy dune property
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About 500 acres of dune property along Lake Michigan, between an Ottawa County
park and a state park, will soon be in the county's possession. Source: The
Grand Rapids Press (10/26)


Emotions run high over Saginaw River spoils site
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Although the Army Corps and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
have signed off, some environmentalists are concerned about the environmental
impacts of moving dredgings from the Upper Saginaw River. Source: The Bay City
Times (10/25)


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