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Great Lakes News: 11 May 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Canada to Oswego truck ferry proposed
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Come next spring, impatient truckers who need to use U.S.-Canadian border
crossings to move their goods may have another route, across Lake Ontario.
Source: The Syracuse Post-Standard (5/11)


Aquarium proposed for CNE
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The possibility of an aquarium at the edge of Lake Ontario looms large in a
new blueprint for Toronto's Exhibition Place. Source: The Globe and Mail
(5/11)


Shoreline bill appears washed up
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The head of a group of lakefront property owners fears that a bill to draw
the line between private property and a doctrine that allows citizens to
enjoy Lake Erie's shore is dead. Source: The Toledo Blade (5/11)


Ferry may lose race to be first in service
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The Spirit of Ontario may hold the distinction of being the first high-speed
passenger and vehicle ferry to cruise onto the Great Lakes, but it might not
be the first to offer service. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
(5/11)


EDITORIAL: Plant poses new threat to waters
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Michigan has made strides over the past three decades in cleaning up
pollution from a variety of sources, only to be faced with the invasion of
foreign species. Source: The Battle Creek Enquirer (5/11)


COMMENTARY: Unnecessary policies on groundwater would step on jobs
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Recent proposals to more tightly regulate groundwater would have devastating
consequences for Michigan's economy (First of two contrasting viewpoints).
Source: Detroit Free Press (5/11)


COMMENTARY: Groundwater regulations guard against overuse, misuse
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If strong limits on water use are not set now, we may not be able to correct
the mistake in the future (Second of two contrasting viewpoints). Source:
Detroit Free Press (5/11)


CN completes Great Lakes Transportation purchase
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Canadian National Railway says it has completed the acquisition of Great
Lakes Transportation and can proceed to integrate its two railways and
marine operations. Source: The Toronto Star (5/10)


Pollutants feminizing male snapping turtles
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Canadian researchers say chemical pollution could be the cause of sexual
abnormalities in male snapping turtles in the Great Lakes and Detroit River,
possibly affecting their ability to reproduce. Source: Great Lakes Radio
Consortium (5/10)


Drain a pond, save a stream
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University of Minnesota Duluth officials are draining a pond this week in
order to kill koi, goldfish and rusty crayfish -- exotic species that
probably were dumped there by people and threaten a nearby trout stream.
Source: Duluth News Tribune (5/10)

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