-by Anne Finlay-Stewart
I applaud Mayor Boddy for making remarks before the opening of Owen Sound City Council last Monday, in the wake of the Orlando shootings. He spoke about people not being persecuted for "the colour of their skin, who they love, what they go home to". He talked about Owen Sound's history as a safe haven for the ostracized, and how he understood that there were Pride events taking place locally this month and people should attend them to show our city's empathy and compassion.
Bottom line. No one deserves to be shot for being who they are. What then do they deserve?
June 1, the Owen Sound city Facebook page - Wishing everyone a Happy Pride Month. The City of Owen
- by Kelly Babcock
It drives me crazy when someone dies from a gunshot and people start talking about shots per minute or per second and how long to reload and is it or isn't it an assault weapon ... someone died because they were assaulted with a weapon, and it wouldn't matter in that last split second of their life if the weapon that shot came from was a muzzle loader. Someone could be 17 years old, or 22, or 35, or 80. Shots per amount of time should be calculated in this way, one shot per seventeen years of life is one too many, it's too fast, it's too much of an assault. It's too much. I was at a vigil tonight for those slain in Orlando. We....
- by Anne Finlay-Stewart
It's a bright spring morning, and Kee-May Ip is already thinking about New Year's. Chinese New Year will be celebrated in late January in 2017, and May would like to give it a roaring good start with a traditional Lion Dance.
As lions are not native to Grey-Bruce, the organizers will have to pay for the services of lion dancers from Toronto, and to that end Kee-May is offering a series of three events to raise the necessary gold.
Thursday, June 16 she will offer a hands-on class in traditional Chinese wellness practice. There will be an introduction to the concepts of Wu Xing, Yin-Yang and meridians, an opportunity to learn about Chinese...
To coincide with National Aboriginal History Month in June, much is happening in Bluewater District School Board to cultivate deep awareness and understanding of Aboriginal Canadian history and cultures.
Two recent forums, held at the Bluewater District School Board Education Centre in Chesley, provided self-identified First Nation, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) students with an opportunity to network, explore aspects of their culture and identity, and engage in discussion regarding how educators might best support FNMI student learning.
On Monday, June 6, 2016, 56 students in grades 5 to 8 from across the district were invited to a day...
By Cathy Hird
Monday morning and I wake up with a sharp pain in my arm just above my wrist. I don't remember bumping it, but I pull up the sleeve to examine the bruise. Nothing shows. A slight touch on the spot hurts though. Somehow I've injured the tendon.
I think back to what I did to hurt the arm. Oh yes. I got out my fly rod for the first time this year. I close my hand as if I had the rod in hand, and sure enough, that is ...
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