The Conversation

Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed the environment forever

Christine Keiner does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
WMBF News

Deputies investigating after man’s body found in Georgetown County canal

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office is working to learn more after finding a body in a canal. The sheriff’s office said that they were called to the Wedgefield ...
abcnews4

Body found in canal near Georgetown County's Wedgefield Plantation neighborhood

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a body was found in a canal on Tuesday. The body was discovered off John Green Lane in Wedgefield ...
Times Union

The Erie Canal built New York. But it came with a cost.

Success may have many fathers, but the Erie Canal, 200 years old this fall, owes its success to at least one mother: Mother Nature. When the last great glacier melted in this region, it left behind an ...
New York Post

Tourist blames Google’s terrible navigation after toppling into canal — here’s why you shouldn’t use its map in Venice

Polish tourist Wiktoria Guzenda fell into a canal in Venice, Italy after the ubiquitous navigation app allegedly led her astray, per an Instagram video going viral. DenPhoto - stock.adobe.com It took ...
Travel + Leisure

I Rented a Houseboat on New York’s Erie Canal—Here’s What It’s Like to Captain Your Own Cruise

With just a few hours of training, we navigated locks, docked in port towns, and cruised 62 miles at 6 mph. Erik Trinidad is a freelance travel and food journalist and video creator. His work has ...
Zawya

Sharjah mandates for Panda Bond

The Government of Sharjah, through its Finance Department, rated Ba1/BBB–/AAA (Moody's/S&P/Lianhe), has mandated banks for a potential Panda Bond offering. Bank of China is the lead underwriter and ...
The Sun

‘Murdered’ woman, 36, found dead in canal is pictured as family pay tribute to ‘loving soul’ and 2 people charged

Two people have appeared in court in connection with the tragic find A WOMAN who was found dead in a canal has been pictured for the first time, as two people appear in court charged in connection ...
WTHR

Purdue University to acquire Canal Square Apartments in downtown Indy

The school's board of trustees approved its request to purchase Canal Square Apartments from the Purdue Research Foundation. The four story, 400,000-square-foot complex, which currently has almost 500 ...
The Daily Dot

What surcharge was on the Panda Express receipt?

In a post on the subreddit r/EndTipping, one user posts a picture of their receipt. The last line item is a 5% “Employee Benefits Surcharge” that amounts to $1.08. “Had a lunch at Panda Express, SFO ...
Idaho Statesman

Officials race against time to replace Boise canal pipe’s ‘catastrophic failure’

Ada County Highway District commissioners declared an emergency over a “catastrophic failure of a critical canal segment” that serves thousands of Boise residents. The agency is now in a race against ...
PBS

Reflections on the Erie Canal

Explore the past, present and future of the Erie Canal on its bicentennial anniversary. In 1825, the state of New York completed the Erie Canal. Today, the singular historic purpose of the canal has ...