Owen Sound City Council passed the anti-racism motion below 8-1 in a recorded vote. Councillor Merton introduced the motion with the following words:
I bring this motion to the table to acknowledge that we live in a world where racism and oppression . . .
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Owen Sound Emancipation Festival 158th event will go digital on August 1st at 11:00 am.
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The motion below, moved by Councillor Carol Merton, was unanimously approved at Owen Sound City Council on July 27.
Preamble: For many years Grey County and Owen Sound have been recognized for their important part in the history of the Underground Railroad and Black immigration into Canada.
Emancipation Day is celebrated here. . .
- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
Not one but two masked security guards greeted me at City Hall tonight - opened the door, asked me who I was. Then we signed a screening sheet with a disinfected pen. I guess this was for tracing after the fact, because I left it upside down on the table with the rest.
First up was Savanna Myers, Grey County Director of Economic Development and Tourism and Culture. . .
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