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Dunkirk breakwall repairs protect fishing destination

A recent walleye fishing trip out of Chadwick Bay offered more than cooperative fish — it also provided a front-row seat to ...

Waterloo Region is short on water. It’s a cautionary tale for cities across Canada

Decades of decisions set up this growing Ontario hub, which relies on groundwater, for a costly crisis of its own making ...

This Is America’s Largest National Park—With 13 Million Acres of Mountains, Stunning Glaciers, and Ghost Towns

View of Mount Sanford in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. Covering 13.2 million acres, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and ...

Suburb is paying the feds to 'harass' geese with lasers, pyrotechnics, and boats

PHILADELPHIA -- Like many American suburbs, Abington, Pennsylvania, accidentally spent centuries building a goose paradise. Now, the feds will help the township evict the waterfowl from their ideal ...

The Skidmore professor who helped launch Talking Heads

Artist David Miller inspired generations of students. Among them was Chris Frantz, who credits his teacher for setting him on ...