-by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
OwenSoundHub is sharing a series of stories from local people who make minimum wage. Several have asked us not to include their names and we have agreed. Not only could there be repercussions from landlords or employers, but recent conversations on social media have confirmed that the stigma and judgement of poverty remains firmly in place.
When I was doing it on my own, no, $11.60 was not a livable wage. My husband was out of the picture for 16 months, and to survive my son and I had to be subsidized by Ontario Works. We also had to use the food bank a couple times...
- by Dave Carr
Can a Permanent Resident of Canada (who is NOT a citizen) be allowed to vote in Municipal Elections and Municipal ONLY?
That's the question I'm asking you Monday morning on the Open Line on 560 CFOS between 9:05 and 10 o'clock.
The question arises from two interesting Facebook threads. The first was based on an inquiry into getting help to prepare for running for council, serving on council. One contributor who was asked to run noted he is not a citizen and therefore,
First thing I want to say is thank you to Matt McCoy for starting this page - Addicts Attic Outreach. My name is Angela and if you got a chance to read Matt's interview with the Owen Sound Hub, the child he was talking about that his daughter went to school with that passed away from an overdose was my son Andrew. Over the past couple days I've struggled with deciding whether I wanted to speak publicly about my son's death and have decided that sitting back and not...
This Saturday is the last event of the Festival of Northern Lights...until we meet again next year.
January 6th is the second last night to see the lights for our 30th year, a great time to bundle up and come out and see the lights again with some free family fun starting at 5 p.m. and running until 8.
At Last Adventure/Forrest School will be providing music & movement for those....
Want to lower your risk of cancer? Drink less alcohol.
As you toasted in the New Year, what was in your glass matters. When it comes to alcohol, the more a person drinks, the higher the risk of cancer. Drinking less can lower your risk of colorectal, breast and liver cancers as well as head and neck cancers. In 2010, Cancer Care Ontario estimated alcohol...
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