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Warmer weather means ice hazards; icebreaker coming to Sandusky Bay |
Deteriorating ice conditions will increase this weekend and make recreational ice activities more dangerous than usual, the... |
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USCG Auxiliary Class on HOW TO USE YOUR VFH RADIO |
The Waukegan Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 41-5 will be teaching a class on
"How To Use Your VHF Radio"... |
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Coast Guard keeps eye on ice bridge |
U.S. Coast Guard is keeping an eye on an ice bridge building up in Lake Huron just north of the Blue Water Bridge. “... |
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Fatality prompts safety alert |
The Coast Guard has issued a safety alert o the importance of properly maintaining and repairing vessel electrical systems... |
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Mich. sending out watercraft renewal notices |
Don't let the calendar, weather or ice on your favorite waterway fool you: Boating season is around the corner. The... |
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Boating safety courses start this month |
Most of the people killed in boating accidents in Wisconsin over the last two years did not take a boating safety course.... |
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Milwaukee Fish Company Warned By FDA |
The 97-year-old Empire Fish Company got its start selling fish from the Great Lakes to Milwaukee area restaurants.
Today it... |
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Lake Winnebago buoy light back on |
The light is shining once again on a buoy many snowmobilers use to navigate a risky part of Lake Winnebago. Initially,... |
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Icebreaker cracks more than just ice |
A Jan. 9 visit to Midland by the United States Coast Guard icebreaker Mackinaw left behind more than just broken ice.
The... |
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Boating education class set for Feb. 8-9 locally |
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Watercraft plans to offer a boating education course in two... |
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Use caution on Saginaw Bay |
It's better to be safe than sorry.
That's what United States Coast Guard officials are saying this week about the... |
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Coast Guard to begin ice rescue training Jan. 21 near Bay City State Park |
The U.S. Coast Guard Station Saginaw River in Essexville will conduct ice rescue training in the vicinity of Bay City State... |
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Heavy weather Presentation |
What would you do?
2 hr. FREE COURSE
Saturday February 13, 9:00 AM
USCG Auxiliary Operations Center
9 North harbor Place,... |
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37 Authorities to Get More Than $9 M to Help Protect Swimmers |
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making almost $10 million in grants available to 37 eligible coastal and Great... |
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Proposed rules would restrict boating in orca feeding areas |
The first baby orca of the year has been born to J pod, boosting an endangered population of whales that needs every birth... |
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Winter/Spring 2010 BOATING SAFETY COURSES |
The Waukegan Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 41-5 will be teaching classes on Boating Safety during Winter &... |
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ABYC offers lower rate on courses |
The American Boat and Yacht Council is offering two-for-one pricing on certification courses through December in select... |
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Two lights are better than one |
So simple, yet, at the same time, so ingenious.
Problem: In the days long before global positioning systems became... |
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Muskegon Sail and Power Squadron classes to focus on boating safety |
The Muskegon Sail and Power Squadron hopes a series of upcoming classes will help people make educated decisions when out... |
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Patrol vessels make waves with high-tech equipment |
The latest weapon in border protection was ripping up and down the Detroit River on Monday, showing off its state-of-the art... |
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Power Squadron offering 2-part boating course |
The Port Clinton Power Squadron will offer a two-part public boating course at 8 a.m. Oct. 3 and Oct. 10.
There may be an... |
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Ottawa announces $194-million contract to build coast guard ships in Halifax |
The Canadian Coast Guard will get nine new patrol vessels under a $194-million contract announced Wednesday, years after... |
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Coast Guard urges mariners to celebrate safely this weekend |
Officials with the Ninth Coast Guard District were reminding Great Lakes mariners to stay safe during their Labor Day... |
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Waterways Safety Council to have quarterly meeting |
The Ohio Waterways Safety Council will have its quarterly meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Division of... |
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New life-jacket law floated |
For experienced boater Jason Baker, knowing when to throw on a life-jacket is common sense.
If there's troubled waters ahead... |
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Drownings prompt calls to reform boating laws |
A shocking spate of drownings on Ontario's lakes and rivers so far this month has officials demanding all boaters be... |
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Marine unit targets unsafe boaters |
Const. Dale Racine figures most Niagara boaters remember to bring their life-jackets along for the ride.
He just wishes more... |
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Drilled: Faux Terrorists Storm Lake Michigan Cruise Ship |
Somewhere between Navy Pier and the Shedd Aquarium, terrorists took over the cruise ship Odyssey. Men with automatic weapons... |
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Appleton Yacht Club earns top safety honor from U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary |
The Fox River is uncharacteristically calm as a 27-foot pontoon boat with a small crane mounted on one end heads from the... |
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O.F.A.H. encourages consumers to enjoy eating Ontario fish |
The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (O.F.A.H.) is urging consumers to see the bigger environmental picture in... |
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PCBs, dioxins make Great Lakes fish a risk to eat, conservation group says |
Anglers may be getting more than a trophy fish when they land a big one from the Great Lakes.
They could be catching fish... |
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Patrols guard against smugglers on Michigan-Ontario border |
As the weather heats up, so does the smuggling across the waterways between Michigan and Ontario. And the numbers are on the... |
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