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April 10, 2021
DULUTH, Minn.– More than 500 people signed up for the ‘Keep Duluth Clean’ event on Saturday.
Turnout was up 30 percent from last year as people got out and cleaned. Participants who shared what they found and logged hours in a litter report were entered in a drawing for prizes from local businesses.
Organizers hope it gets more people in the habit of keeping their neighborhoods free of trash.
“It’s just a really great way for people to get involved in their community and clean up the environment, clean up their neighborhoods and just get outside too and feel really good about themselves because it’s a pretty good habit to keep up with cleaning their areas,” said Alaina Lawrence, Co-Coordinator for Keep Duluth Clean.
Vancouver International Airport is sorting out the details of Canada s new COVID-19 travel rules. The airport is just one of four across the country that can accept incoming international flights.Richmond News file photo
Vancouver International Airport is working to sort out the logistics of the federal government’s latest COVID-19 travel requirements.
“The big one that is consuming our time right now…is testing upon arrival at Canadian airports,” Alana Lawrence, YVR director of government relations, told the Richmond Community COVID-19 task force on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that all international arrivals will have to undergo a mandatory PCR test at the airport, upon arrival in Canada.
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Average annual temperatures in northeast Minnesota are rising, and the summer growing season is becoming sporadic and unpredictable. These trends threaten the iconic forested landscapes of the Northwoods, as well as the tourism, forestry industry and wildlife that depend on them.
“I am planning to live here and want to make sure I can walk in the woods when I’m old. We’ll need a forest for that,” said Joel Bransky, an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer with the University of Minnesota Extension Northeast Regional Sustainable Development Partnership (Northeast RSDP).
Northeast RSDP AmeriCorps volunteer Joel Bransky (right) collected climate-smart tree seeds with Kelly Popham (left). Photo credit: Debby Flowers.