By Jon Farmer
The recent verdict in the Jian Gomeshi sexual assault trial brought the issue of sexual violence back into the headlines. The celebrity of this particular case provided unusual media attention but the issues it represents are highly stigmatized. Sexual violence is often ignored and viewed as a topic unfit for polite conversation. Although it is uncommon to talk about sexual violence openly, it affects a shocking number of...
The Owen Sound Police Service was kept very busy last night, primarily responding to calls for service relating to the ice storm. Receiving 90 calls for police and fire department-related matters, officers and fire fighters dealt with fallen trees and branches, downed hydro and phone lines, alarms, transformer flare-ups and power surges, adding to the usual routine events. Thankfully motorists were ...
-Sandra Stevenson
I am here today to support the option of keeping both OSCVI and West Hill Secondary School as Grade 7 to 12 schools. I would like to share several points to support this option as providing the best possible scenario for intermediate senior education in this board for the ...
Hello. My name is Graham Sanders, I am a Grade 13 member of West Hill Secondary School. When the Accommodation Review Committee discussion first presented itself back in December I was rather unconcerned at first. I told myself that it was something which did not concern me, as I am moving forward with my education after the end of this school year. However, I soon realized I cared much more about the result and I wasn't capable of sitting back and leaving my views unsaid.
I have listened to the ...
-by Anne Finlay-Stewart
The twenty speakers ranged from a therapist and an urban planner, to school representatives on the Accommodation Review Committees, parents and retired educators. They had all come to last night's special meeting of the Bluewater District School Board to give their opinions to trustees about the Preliminary Final Report on the future of schools in the Owen Sound area.
But the clearest, most profound voices in the room without question were the youngest. The students and recent alumni spoke with wisdom, passion and their own vision of ...
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