Welcoming Communities Grey Bruce and the Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce are working together on a project to support diversity and ...
This coming Saturday is Earth Day – a day to come together around the protection of and appreciation for our environment.
Last year, the Earth Day Celebration at the Owen Sound Farmers’ Market was attended by over 600 people. This year organizers are hoping it will be even bigger.
And with performances by O’Sing, G.R.I.N.D., the Durham Sauntering Band, Saugeen Sound Conspiracy, Poet Laureate Richard-Yves Sitoski, Wildflower Dance Arts, and the Sheatre ‘Act for Climate’ group, this year’s event will certainly be a chance to make some joyful sound ...
With the return of warmer weather, Grey Bruce Public Health is reminding people to take steps to prevent tick bites and protect themselves from Lyme disease while enjoying the outdoors.
Lyme disease is a potentially serious infection that can be transmitted to humans from the bite of a specific tick – the blacklegged or deer tick – that is carrying the bacteria B. burgdoferi.
In most cases, infected ticks ...
- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
It is an annual remembrance, Yom Hashoah, the Holocaust Day of Rembrance. This year, for the first time, the congregation of Beth Ezekial Synagogue in Owen Sound invited their neighbours to be with them and they came, filling every seat.
President of the synagogue Jeff Elie reminded us that in these dangerous days of rising hate for many groups, the Jews are in a unique position to draw us to stand together against it.
"We know how it begins ...
Years ago, I worked in a close-knit community that had experienced a violent tragedy. As people absorbed what had happened, it felt like everyone was frozen. Incomprehension immobilized.
After a couple of months, leaders were determined to help the community find a way. They struggled to figure out what to do ...
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