- By Alan Broadbent, Elizabeth McIsaac, Garima Talwar Kapoor
That the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the cracks in our social safety net has become a truism. What people living in poverty and those working on the front lines of community service have known for years has now become impossible for . . .
By Joachim Ostertag
May is Sexual Assault Prevention Month but do we need to talk about sexual violence during these hard times of uncertainty, fear, isolation and personal stresses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic?
The answer is ‘Yes’. Sexual violence - just like all forms of violence against women and children - is most often perpetrated in isolation and under a cloak of secrecy. This lock down puts women and children at even greater risk particularly when there is already a collective discomfort in addressing sexual violence. The current conditions of isolation, marginalization and fewer social supports directly impact sexual violence. This is where....
- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
If there was ever a time for a gentle re-opening, it should be spring.
The Grey Gallery in downtown Owen Sound is one of those businesses opening today for the first time since March, but like the buds on the trees – there have been lots of hints of what was to come.
Visiting a statue park in Burkina Faso, I became fascinated with shadows. The stone statues were interesting, the carving work amazing, and the story of the park intriguing. But Burkina Faso, a land-locked West African country, is arid. The sky was pure ...
Five years in, and one pandemic later, we are making a couple changes at the Milk Maid! Over the past two months, we have had to adapt to survive. We are going back to our roots: cheese, cured meat, pantry items, gift baskets and catered cheese platters. Online ordering has been such a hit, that we will continue to offer online orders for next day pick up.
We are restructuring the layout of the store to. . .
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