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VIA Rail service to St. Marys resumes

VIA Rail service to St. Marys is back.

Trains to the town were cancelled late last week because of blockades in support of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs protest of the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

In a release this morning, the town says the customer service desk at the St. Marys VIA Rail STation is open for regular hours and staff are available to assist passengers.

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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.