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prideflagAs Grade 12 students, we were extremely pleased to hear of the Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board’s new Equity Action Plan released in April 2022. While there have always been board policies protecting students in the LGBTQ2S+ community, the new equity plan shows true progression for our Catholic school board. The plan has given more visibility to minority groups, and has put their safety, comfort, and sense of belonging in the forefront of our minds. With still so far to go, this first step will form a strong foundation for the future of our school community. These are the roots that a safe, diverse, and inclusive environment will grow from.

thumbnail indigenous women convening 2021- by Douglas Nadler

 Recently at a protest I saw an Indigenous woman carrying a poster with the words “Colonialism is Indigenous Genocide.” After 500 years colonialism may have changed its spots, but it continues to be the scourge of the southern hemisphere as well as places such as Ukraine. Of course ...

housing- By Peggy McIntosh

In February 2022, the Meaford Chamber of Commerce (MCoC) sent out a survey to Meaford businesses. The goal was to learn more and communicate about “workforce” pressures that businesses are facing. Questions were posed to learn about hiring issues.

The MCoC Business Survey truly just scratches the surface of what we know is likely to be a much bigger “Itch.”

evcharging2- by David McLaren

Doug Ford and Justin Trudeau recently committed $1.6 billion to auto-makers to build electric vehicles in Ontario. (All we need now are the rebates for folks to buy them, as other provinces are doing with success.) Maybe Ontario’s Conservatives are Progressive after all.

There are plenty of jobs in a green economy if Ontario would only put its shoulder to the wheel. It’s going to take more than bucks to business ...

line 5 pipelines- by Phil McNichol

You could have knocked me over with a feather when I heard the propane truck backing down the driveway the other day. It hadn’t been that long ago, I thought, that I had the two tanks feeding the furnace filled up.

Turned out ...

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