Email from Environmental Defence February 27 2013 Clean, unpolluted water. We can’t live without it. Healthy ecosystems need it too. Will you help Environmental Defence protect water.We have a big responsibility. The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River make up a staggering 20 per cent of the world’s f...

The New Ontario Government Makes Great Lakes Protection a PriorityOntario gobernment News Release February 25, 2013Ontario is re-introducing legislation today that, if passed, would ensure cleaner and healthier Great Lakes that are protected for future generations. The proposed Great Lakes Protection...

By GISELE WINTON SARVIS Midland Free Press February 6, 2013 Record low water levels in Georgian Bay are a “slow moving disaster,” Midland Mayor Gordon McKay says.The Sierra Club’s Mary Muter agrees, saying “this is Site 42 in my opinion.”...

Great Lakes organizations alarmedInternational Joint Commission offers “Adaptive Management” advice instead of dealing with a significant cause of the record-setting low water levels on Lakes Michigan/Huron/Georgian BayNews release Restore our Water February 4, 2013 As water levels in Lakes Michigan,...

AWARE Simcoe January 27 2013The middle Great Lakes are in crisis! A new record low water level was set in December. Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Georgian Bay are losing 10 BILLION GALLONS PER DAY due to erosion of the St Clair River! ...

By Darren Taylor SooToday January 22, 2013 Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent was in Sault Ste. Marie this afternoon to speak at a Rotary luncheon at the Marconi Club.Kent was in Sault Ste. Marie as part of a nationwide tour, discussing the Harper government’s environmental policies and gatherin...

Falling water levels subject of upcoming meetings, public consultation By Travis Mealing Midland Mirror Jan 23, 2013 NORTH SIMCOE – If nothing is to be done about falling water levels in Georgian Bay, then someone should at least take responsibility for the marinas, municipalities and property owners...

By Mike Pearson, CNN January 14, 2013 Chris Berkey makes his living plying the often treacherous waters of the Great Lakes, delivering staples like cement to industries nestled in the myriad harbors that dot a coastline that's equal to nearly half of the circumference of the globe.It's not glamorous ...

By Debora Van Brenk London Free Press December 19, 2012 A comprehensive study analyzing and ranking 34 stressors the Great Lakes are battling against shows Lakes Erie and Ontario are under the greatest stress. It’s no coincidence that’s where the highest concentration of people — and the associated v...

By Kate Allen Toronto Star November 29 2012When Sherri Mason sailed a brig across the Great Lakes this summer collecting water samples, she and her team of students and fellow scientists expected to find plastic.Plastic pollution is a well-documented problem in oceans. But nobody had ever published r...