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  1. Ontario Power Generation, the Crown corporation behind the proposed dump site for low and intermediate level radioactive waste, has publicly acknowledged that its long-term safety plans are based, in part, on new technologies that have not yet been invented. More...
  2. There's a lot of dumping going on right now into Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. But it's all good news. Lake Superior is dumping water into Lakes Michigan and Huron, and lots of it. More...
  3. Trinity Arsenault did what no other 14-year-old girl has done before -- swim across Lake Ontario in less than 24 hours. More...
  4. Beneath the serene waters of Lake Michigan and other Great Lakes, a war rages against at least 56 organisms not native to the Great Lakes that have infiltrated the lake over the decades, most of them arriving stealthily in freighter ballast tanks. More...
  5. Waukegan Harbor, Ill. has reached a pivotal moment in its history with the culmination of a 30-year, $150 million cleanup to rid the shoreline of contamination left by the city's former industrial giants along Lake Michigan. More...
  6. Whale bones, stolen cars, and trains in the lake: if anyone knows the mysteries of Toronto Harbour, it's harbour master Angus Armstrong. More...
  7. It took a serendipitous slug of toxins and the loss of drinking water for a half-million residents to bring home what scientists and government officials in this part of the country have been saying for years: Lake Erie is in trouble, and getting worse by the year. More...
  8. This weekend's ban on drinking water in Toledo may bolster legislation intended to help curb phosphorous seepage, which researchers say factored heavily in increasing massive, toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie. More...
  9. The North Channel is located at the northern side of Manitoulin Island, the largest freshwater island in the world. More...
  10. Raw steel production in the country's Great Lakes region shot up to 693,000 last week. More...
  11. Lake levels have risen more than 30 centimetres above those seen this time last year, thanks largely to a memorably cold winter which froze lakes, limited evaporation and let snow pile up. More...
  12. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder made his first-ever trip to the Coast Guard Festival in Grand Haven when he spoke at the U.S. Coast Guard National Memorial Service at Escanaba Park on Friday, Aug. 1. More...
  13. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is reacting to reports Lake Erie has became tainted with a toxin that prevents water consumption by calling for a summit of Canadian and U.S. mayors. More...
  14. The fate of a proposed transient marina in Wyandotte, Mich. is now in the hands of 10 people asked to come up with ways to fund the project without taking money from the city's general fund. More...
  15. The federal government has awarded two northern Indiana cities $500,000 for projects to improve Lake Michigan's water quality by filtering the runoff from city life. More...
  16. Erie Water Works' intake pipes are about one and a half miles north of Presque Isle State Park in 35 to 40 feet of water, according to Paul Vojtek, Erie Water Works chief executive. Toledo's intake pipes are near the mouth of the Maumee River, close to shore, which is where the algae blooms are concentrated. More...
  17. The past few years have been wetter, snowier and colder than normal over the Lake Superior drainage basin and, as a result, Lake Superior's water level has been on a steep increase since March 2013. More...
  18. Senator Chuck Schumer is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard to install more lights on a Lake Ontario pier in Rochester, N.Y., to increase nighttime visibility for boaters. More...
  19. An Indiana high school teacher and his brother were among the group of educators who took part in a weeklong summer program at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Mich., as part of the Great Lakes Teacher Institute. More...
  20. 30 million gallons of water a day come through the NEW Water Sewage Plant in Green Bay, Wisc. and after a 20 hour purifying process--the water is pushed back into the Bay and is much cleaner than the water that's already there. More...
  21. The past few years have been wetter, snowier, and colder than normal over the Lake Superior drainage basin and as a result, Lake Superior's water level has been on a steep increase since March 2013. More...
  22. The toxins that contaminated the water supply of the city of Toledo, Ohio - leaving 400,000 people without access to safe drinking water for two days - were produced by a massive algae boom, but this is not a natural disaster. More...
  23. People in Cleveland, Ohio are used to seeing ships along the lake, but now they're seeing a different kind of ship, a cruise ship. More...
  24. Senator Chuck Schumer is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard to install more lights on a Lake Ontario pier in Rochester, N.Y. to increase nighttime visibility for boaters. More...
  25. The statement added that treatment plants in Chatham-Kent and Elgin regularly test for microcystin, a type of toxin that can cause liver and kidney damage. "None have been detected," the ministry said. More...
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