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Posted inWater Quality

Climate change is worsening water crisis for Canada’s largest First Nations population

by Mia Litzenberg, Great Lakes Now March 4, 2026March 10, 2026
Posted inBooks, Art and Music, Culture, Featured, Lake Erie, Latest News, News

The history of taming the Great Black Swamp

by Patrick Wensink November 19, 2025
Posted inBooks, Art and Music, Culture, Featured, Freighters, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Shipwrecks

Fifty years later: The little-known story of the families the Fitz left behind

by Thomas Nelson November 10, 2025
Posted inBooks, Art and Music, Culture, Featured, Lake Michigan, Latest News, News

The Lake Michigan dive that made history

by Max Gene Nohl August 5, 2025December 8, 2025
Posted inCulture, Food, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism

Points North: Once in a Blue Moon

by Interlochen Public Radio July 10, 2025November 8, 2025
Posted inCulture, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, Tribal Governments and First Nations

How Ontario could have cracked down on Chemical Valley pollution — but chose not to

by The Narwhal July 8, 2025November 8, 2025
Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Culture, Featured, Indigenous Communities, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Who We Are and What We Do

Where the strawberries still grow

by Staci Lola Drouillard, Great Lakes Now July 2, 2025November 8, 2025
Posted inCulture, Featured, Forests and Plants, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research

Easy summer foraging adventures the whole family will remember

by Lisa M. Rose June 30, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inBooks, Art and Music, Culture, Equity and Environmental Justice, Featured, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, Minnesota, News, Politics, Region, Water Quality, Waves of Change

Waves of Change: Meet Ojibwe leader, activist and water walker Sharon Day

by Great Lakes Now June 26, 2025
Posted inCommercial Fishing, Culture, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Food, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology & Research, Whitefish

Iconic whitefish on edge of collapse as Great Lakes biodiversity crisis deepens

by Bridge Michigan June 23, 2025November 7, 2025

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    Canada is a major US supplier of fertilizer ingredients that could get pulled into Trump’s trade war. Farms can go without fertilizer for a while, but not long.
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    After failed trade negotiations, U.S. Pres. Trump threatened to rename one of the Great Lakes. On Thursday, he signed an executive order.

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