- by Anne Finlay-Stewart
There was a distinctive buzz of anticipation in the room as the Owen Sound and Community Refugee Initiative sat down to its third meeting in as many months. Representatives from a dozen different groups from Hanover, Kilsyth, Meaford, Georgian Bluffs, Northern Bruce Peninsula and Owen Sound updated each other on "their families", the progress of fundraising, and the challenges they have already met or surmounted.
Sponsoring groups vary from a group of six neighbours in Georgian Bluffs who will likely be settling a family in Wiarton to a partnership between the Owen Sound Muslim Association and St. George's Anglican Church who have finished their fundraising and will be welcoming a Syrian family of six.
In Northern Bruce Peninsula, a broad coalition has formed across their small communities, and $16,000 has already been raised. In Hanover, two sponsoring groups have formed, and when one of them exceeded its fundraising target, its members decided
Standing together and embracing peace is the purpose of an evolving group in Owen Sound, which has started meeting on Tuesdays from 5:30 - 6 pm outside Owen Sound City Hall.
Last night there were 15 people who gathered, arms linked, to affirm the warmth, strength, courage and light which comes from standing together for peace in the darkness. More joined in through social media to express their support for peace in their communities and around the globe.
Initiated by Fiona McConachie-Anderson, a retired high school teacher living in Owen Sound, this is an open, multigenerational group who welcomes anyone and everyone to stand together and embrace peace. Please join us in Owen Sound, or consider starting a STEP towards peace in your community.
Current Facebook post for STEP:
Statement from Deborah Barker, Executive Director
Alzheimer Society of Grey-Bruce
We are deeply saddened by the recent events in London Ontario where an 84-year-old woman has been charged in an attempted murder–suicide.
The woman is charged with giving her husband, who has dementia, an overdose of medication and then taking an overdose herself. Both survived.
We know that caregivers and family members who have a loved one with dementia can face levels of stress that seem overwhelming. It is important to know that help is available and people need not feel isolated or alone.
The Alzheimer Society of Grey-Bruce has a staff of trained, professional counsellors who are experienced at working individuals with dementia and with their family members and caregivers.
Help is as close as our telephone number – 519-376-7230 or 1-800-265-9013.
By Cathy Hird
Disbelief. That was the first reaction. Of course the soccer players kept playing when they heard the explosions because no one thought of a bomb.
Fear. Once the people in the stadium realized the two explosions were bombs, fear overwhelmed. Where should they go? Should they go out onto the field? Out of the stadium? With every step the spectators took they must have wondered if they were escaping or...
The Owen Sound Field Naturalists is pleased to present Jarmo Jalava as the guest speaker this Thursday November 19 at 7 p.m. at the Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library.
Jarmo Jalava is a lifelong naturalist, writer, songwriter and avid birder. His ecological career began as a teenager in the 1970s when he worked the Long Point Bird Observatory, followed by summer jobs reintroducing Peregrine Falcons to the wilds of Algonquin Park. Since then, Jarmo has conducted biological surveys of hundreds of natural areas in
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