These days there is a lot of talk about buying local. The idea is that you are helping people in your local community and there is also a good feeling in that personalized connection, that is, being aware of the circumstances of the person who produced it. In a somewhat parallel situation, goods produced by individuals in other countries and imported directly by Ten Thousand Villages on a non-profit basis, can add somewhat of a similar local feel to a purchase. The products are given a special meaning because they are directly linked to people who you are helping to support.
Each year our local area churches sponsor a Ten Thousand Villages Festival Sale. This year the sale runs
By Cathy Hird
My father's father lived with us until I was five. Then we moved from Niagara Falls to Oakville, and he got an apartment near us. Every Sunday we went to his place for lunch. Grampa made the best grilled cheese sandwiches: perfect buttered toast and warm melted cheese.
Grampa also served us a glass of Tang: it was brand new at the time, and we never had it at home so it was a real treat. But before we could have our orange Tang, we had to drink our glass of milk. Because he lived
Things are moving along for the Meaford Refugee Welcome Group!
We now know that a family of six will be coming to Meaford in the near future. The family consists of two parents and their four children, aged two to nine. The paperwork necessary for their admission into the refugee program is being processed, and we expect to hear very soon when we can expect to welcome them to our community.
More than fifty people from the community have reached out with offers of help of various kinds. This is a tremendous demonstration of support, and gives us great confidence that the family will be welcomed with open arms when they arrive.
The Group is doing well on raising the money we need to support the family for their first year here (although more funds are always a good thing!). We have made arrangements for temporary housing
Dear Editor,
Last month I wrote a letter to express my concerns about the federal government's refugee intake plan and their goal of resettling 25,000 refugees before the end of 2015. While I am pleased that the government will be extending the deadline for Syrian refugees, I must express that I am disappointed that the government had not listened to experts and facts from the beginning and that the government has now announced that it plans to bring in up to and potentially exceeding 50,000 refugees by the end of 2016.
The Government has not been clear that it has a long-term solution for the 25,000 incoming refugees
Owen Sound City Council has recently revised its committee structure by consolidating a number of committees into three Standing Committees, as noted below. Council and public member seats on the former committees will be declared vacant effective January 31, 2016. The City invites persons, including members of current committees being consolidated as set out below, who wish to serve as a public
member to fill vacancies on one of the Standing or Ad Hoc Committees, to submit an application to
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