Thursday Morning News – May 16

Weather – Periods of rain changing to periods of drizzle mixed with rain this afternoon. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h this morning. High 9. UV index 2 or low.
Tonight – Cloudy with 60 percent chance of drizzle this evening and after midnight. Clearing before morning. Low plus 2.

News Tidbits – Aquaculture is beginning to grow in Northern Ontario. With the shrimp farm ‘Good 4 U Shrimp’ in Sudbury (opened last year), yesterday a brand new project received funding from the province. $1.2 million in three businesses was announced for John O Foods in developing a freshwater caged trout aquaculture system in partnership with Sheshegwaning First Nation; Meeker Management Services is receiving $156,000 to develop its StormSafe product, which protects farmed fish from ice and storms; and Caselton Aquaculture is receiving $66,000 for new equipment.

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