By Jon Farmer and Esther Gieringer.
Whether we’re talking about food, shelter, education, or safety, children need the support of caring adults to meet their needs. We hear that “children are our future” but they are also frequently the victims of all types of violence. As we mark Child Abuse Prevention Month this October, we need to consider all of the ways that we can support children in our communities...
- by Matthew Behrens
Last week, I was firmly shown the door at NDP national headquarters in Ottawa for the shocking impertinence of seeking to speak with someone about the party's refusal to condemn an . . .
We humans have been too self concerned, forgetting that we have shared the planet with other living things our entire existence. To rectify the damage we have caused we must now become less self-centred and more self conscious. We must now devote all human. . .
- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
A city councillor remarked at Monday's meeting that the cigarette butt situation in another municipality councillors recently visited is far worse than Owen Sound. Presumably the councillor was referring to Ottawa, where councillors attended the AMO (Association of Municipalities of Ontario) annual conference.
Of course this is not surprising as...
- by David Clark
Back a few years (fall 2017/winter 2018) the mayor of Owen Sound came up with the tagline of “30,000 people by 2030” -or something like that.
I have been thinking on this, off and on, for a while and decided the math needed doing. Is “30 by 30” a reasonable projection...
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