-by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
Sometimes the calendar says it is the date to celebrate – Christmas, a birthday or anniversary. But someone in the family who should be there is in the hospital, and others who would be at dinner are sitting by their bedside. Or someone has lost a baby or a spouse or a job.
So the date does not go unrecognized, uncelebrated. The children still help blow out the candles; Santa Claus still comes. But there is a difference in the tone of the event. A respect, a deference to those who are in pain.
Kelso Beach Park is the place to be this weekend for the start of the Maawanji'iding: Festival Canadiana Owen Sound.
Friday, June 30th is Owen Sound Day and rain or shine, the gates will open at 5 p.m.
Tonight's event includes...
Canada has three founding peoples, not two, and if we Canadians care about justice and achieving right relations with Indigenous people in Canada, we and all levels of our governments would do well to remember this as we prepare to celebrate "Canada 150," the Board of Grey County Local 344 of the National Farmers Union-Ontario (NFU-O) says.
The Local has been co-sponsoring a series of courses designed to introduce non-Indigenous people to...
One of the ways we describe our impact on the environment is as a footprint. Sometimes we think of lightly pressing our foot on the sand, making a mark that the rising tide will wash away. But the way we live makes paths in the world that endure.
The path that we walk from the ...
What is "Love" in the language you speak? The brand new Owen Sound Multicultural Arts & Crafts Collective celebrated Canadian Multiculturalism Day with a spontaneous craft project at the public library. Nine people passed bookmarks around the table and wrote "Love" on them in the sixteen languages they knew. Now they are inviting you to write "Love" in a language you know, take...
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