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Minto Lifts Burn Ban

Minto Fire has lifted the ban on open air burning thanks to the significant rainfall.

However, residents should still follow burning regulations, and must call to obtain a permit for fires larger than 3 metres diameter by 3 metres in height.

Small contained cooking fires are allowed without a permit, but fire officials ask residents to use caution.

The long overdue rain has a number of midwestern Ontario communities dropping their burn bans, including Lucknow, Huron County and South Bruce Peninsula.

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Grand Bend Beach June 25, 2020 Image courtesy of Grand Bend Pier Beach Cam.

Youth volunteers practice coastal conservation

Nine young volunteers aged 11 to 17 spent three days exploring and protecting the Lake Huron coastline during the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps' inaugural program in Grand Bend from July 21 to 23.