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Great Lakes Daily News: 20 October 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Thunder Bay pipe plan concerns aired
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Public feedback could make a difference in what route a proposed natural gas
pipeline through Thunder Bay will follow, but it won’t sway Union Gas and
Ontario Power Generation from plans to build it. Source: The Thunder Bay
Chronicle-Journal (10/20)


Seaway Trail extended
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The Federal Highway Administration extended National Scenic Byway designation to
the Pennsylvania portion of the Seaway Trail, where it runs parallel to 50
miles of Lake Erie shoreline. Source: The Palladium Times (10/20)


'Everything's getting built up and bought up' in northern Minnesota
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The opportunity for people to use private corporate lands freely for hunting,
hiking, bird-watching and other outdoor pursuits is disappearing in parts of
northern Minnesota. Source: Star Tribune (10/20)


Radioactivity found in Lake Erie tributary
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One of Lake Erie's smallest tributaries, Plum Brook, has been radioactive for at
least 32 years. Source: The Toledo Blade (10/19)


Feral pigs are a menace to Wisconsin
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Wisconsin officials are hoping that hunters heading into the woods this fall to
hunt will start to take aim at invasive wild pigs. Source: Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel (10/19)


Residents urged to evacuate First Nation due to dirty-water hazards
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The Liberals were called to account Tuesday as residents long exposed to
dirty-water hazards were urged to evacuate a remote Ontario First Nation.
Source: The Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal (10/19)


Thick, oily liquid closes Maumee River
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A thick, oily substance was discovered floating on the Maumee River in Toledo,
although officials could not determine what it was or where it came from.
Source: The Toledo Blade (10/18)


Steering away from Seaway expansion
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Earlier this month, the St. Lawrence Seaway’s chief in Canada said expansion is
off the table, despite the decades-long wishes of international shippers for
bigger blocks and channels. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (10/17)


Subdividing the north country
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>From the rocky shore of Lake Superior to the cold, clear waters of Lake
Vermilion, large swaths of Minnesota's rugged north country are being sold,
subdivided and built up, ushering in dramatic and permanent change. Source:
Star Tribune (10/15)


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