Dear Editor
Living in Grey/Bruce, given the space we feel around us, it's hard to get a handle on world population. What does it mean to have 7.3 billion people in the world when you live in our counties? Well, in thinking about it, I decided to consider population density. In Grey/Bruce we have on average 47 people per square mile. While we have folks clustered in smaller areas like Owen Sound, if you spread them out, that kind of makes sense. So what is the population density of the earth? If we take only the arable (capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops) portion of the earth, the population density is 1,354 people per square mile, almost 30X more.
That means, if we wanted to be fair and took our "share" of the world's population, we would have 4.5 million people living in Bruce/Grey. Sounds to me like a scary number and a situation I would never want to face. With 4.5 million people, we would quickly wipe out many of our resources and be in trouble in very big ways.
I personally like the size and space of things up here so I then wondered...
Dear Editor,
Hello, my name is Dawn. I wanted to share my experience with you and your readers.
Let me preface this with I am not looking to induce an ethical debate. For or against doesn't matter to me when relaying my experience to you.
Yesterday I took my 8 year old son to an appointment at LCSC Childrens Hospital. We stayed at the Lamplighter, (which is a fun place for kids, I may add). After my son's appointment, the hotel shuttle picked us up.
On our way back to the hotel, we were approaching an intersection. I wasn't paying attention, until my son screamed "Oh my God!! Is that a ripped up baby?" The attached image is what my baby, and the general public, saw outside a Children's Hospital.
Larry Miller, MP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, is pleased with a recent announcement by the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, wherein the Minister announced the coming into force of two provisions under the Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act.
Effective September 2nd, 2015, the following changes to the Firearms Act will come into force:
- The elimination of the Possession Only Licence (POL) and conversion of all existing POLs to Possession and Acquisition Licenses (PALs);
- The Authorization to Transport (ATT) becoming a condition of licence for certain routine and lawful activities.
The elimination of the POL and conversion of all existing POLs to PALs will simplify the firearms licensing regime by eliminating one type of licence for adults. Specifically, it will provide the roughly 530,000 holders of POLs with acquisition privileges, formerly reserved for PAL holders.
Come Contra dancing Tuesday evenings during August from 7:30 - 9:30 at the Harmony Centre on 9th St East in downtown Owen Sound. Beginners are always welcomed, and there is no need to bring a partner.
Wondering what to expect at a Contra Dance?
by James Keelaghan
Several years ago, I was teaching at a music camp in New Jersey. I had a group of about 16 songwriters as students. On the first night they invited me down to a songwriters' circle at one of the cabins. I went, stayed for one round through the circle, and said my "good nights". I then went and played for two hours with the contra dance band.
The next day, they asked what I thought about the circle. My inner Canadian was still asleep and instead of being polite, I said what was on my mind.
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