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The Quèbec government has given a qualified go-ahead for the controversial $750-million Mine Arnaud Inc. phosphate-rock mining project almost 1,000 kilometres north-east of Montreal. More...

Overall demand for domestic steel is low as cheap imports have flooded in, and national capacity utilization has sunk below 70 percent, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. More...

A new blog post featured on the Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative website highlights the work the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is doing to manage and investigate strategies against the invasive Phragmites australis in several states in the Great Lakes region. More...

While the shipwreck of the SS William C. Davock was finally found upside down by divers in 1972, an investigation as to why it sank was all but impossible due to murky waters. Until now. More...

The City of Vermilion deployed its own crews to break off the ice with a wrecking ball on a barge off Main Street, but it's not enough. More...

Construction of a proposed high-voltage, direct-current transmission line on the floor of Lake Erie from Ontario, Canada, to western Erie County could begin in 2016 and be completed in 2019, according to project planners. More...

The Coast Guard has already been breaking ice in the DeTour Passage, taking advantage of the prevailing northwest winds and open waters on Lake Huron to clear a portion of the lower St. Marys River. More...

Since the Kewaunee Power Station's nuclear plant on Lake Michigan shut down after 39 years of service in 2013, the surrounding communities in Wisconsin have dealt with the impact. More...

Out alone on Lake Superior, plowing a path through blankets of ice that can halt freighters five times its size, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder, the "King of the Waters," lived up to its name. More...

It can take weeks and even months of real winter for the "good ice" to form on Lake Erie, and then provide anglers with a variety of fishing options. Mother Nature can take the lake back in a veritable blink of an eye. More...

Winter continues to hang on, but there were definitely signs of spring bird migration in Ontario throughout the past week. More...

What is integrated water management and how can cities move forward to fix our broken water cycle? A free webinar series beginning Mar. 18 will provide the context and introduce the concept of integrated water management. The series is presented by the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative and the Greater Lakes: Reconnecting the Great Lakes Water Cycle project. More...

A large U.S. transmission company that plans to develop a high-voltage, direct-current transmission line on the floor of Lake Erie from Ontario to western Erie County, PA will provide the public with more information about the proposal tonight in Girard. More...

If I had a million dollars to spend on Lake Erie, I'd hire a public relations firm to remake our collective perceptions and rebrand the world's 11th largest lake. More...

Lake Ontario's water level is a primary focus -- and principal flaw, some say -- of a long-simmering plan to address a range of environmental and economic issues related to the littlest Great Lake. More...

"Global influences in the market, including a high level of imports, unfairly traded products and reduced steel prices, continue to have an impact," said the Pittsburgh-based company in a statement this morning. More...

Though no one was held criminally liable for the disaster, a lawsuit two decades later faulted the chief engineer, who was dead by then, for improperly managing the ship's ballast. But the ballast isn't what caused the Eastland to roll over. More...

Two gray wolves recently traversed the frozen Lake Superior surface from Canada to Isle Royale National Park, Mich., but the animals stayed only five days. More...

The thaw is in full swing around western Lake Erie and, in the meantime, ice guides and state and federal officials are warning anglers to be cautious when heading out this week. More...

Caution tape and signs have been put in place to serve as a warning to keep eager ice viewers and ice cave climbers off frozen Lake Michigan at Pere Marquette Park in the city of Muskegon, Mich. More...

Sen. Stabenow (Mich.) said she wants a quick, cost-effective plan to protect Lake Michigan. That may work for the time being, but protecting Lake Michigan from invasive species will require a long-range commitment and millions of dollars. It's time for Congress to act. More...

Steep price tags and disagreement among interest groups is blocking a long-term solution. More...

The March 2015 edition of The Compass, the newsletter of the Council of Great Lakes Governors, is now available online. Highlights include a message from Council Chair Mich. Gov. Rick Snyder, states and provinces uniting to fight aquatic invasive species, and Illinois travel and tourism. More...

More than one km from Lake Huron, far underground, a burial option for Ontario's least dangerous nuclear waste has rippled across the Great Lakes, with scores of cities opposed. A decision is looming. More...

American Fortitude, a 690-foot vessel docked at the Port Of Oswego Authority, N.Y., is wintering well but the future of the ship, once one of the largest and fastest on the Great Lakes and more than two football fields in length, remains uncertain. More...