It is a sad reality that when a person has been hurt, they are more likely to be hurt again. We understand this idea with physical health when old injuries plague athletes but we seldom extend our understanding to emotional wounds. Phrased differently we could say that once a person has felt pain, they are more likely to feel that pain again. Today as we consider the many causes and consequences of violence during the 16 days of activism, we’re going to include addiction and substance use in the conversation.
-by John Dickson, OSFN
On Sunday November 4th, on a cool but mostly sunny day, and Fred Jazvac felt that it was perhaps the largest turnout (almost 40 birders, including some from the Bruce Birding Club) in his more than ten years of leading Around the Bay with Fred - Waterfowl ID: Tips and Techniques. And, coincidentally, almost 40...
Please join us on Monday, December 10th in the Owen Sound & North Grey Public Library’s boardroom for Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign! We will be writing letters from...
Women are dying. More specifically, they are being killed by men. Every year on December 6th, individuals and organizations across Canada take a moment to ask why and to think about ways we can stop it. December 6th is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The Parliament of Canada established it to mark the anniversary of the murders of 14 female engineering students at L’École Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989. Their killer, a man, targeted the women specifically in an act of violent hatred. The massacre was a symptom -- and became a symbol -- of gender based violence, an issue that we continue to grapple with almost 30 years later.
- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
I was watching this little video of Kelda Mikalson dancing with her wee ones at Music Together and it struck me that she has been part of our community for more than ten years now.
Why do people come here? It is a familiar question in social media and coffee shop chatter...
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