- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
Coming off the clear calm water at the east side boat launch this morning, we found the dry land strewn with a gull family's breakfast.
This smorgasbord of garbage – from Macdonalds, Wendys, KFC, Tim Hortons, some home-made lunches and a diaper – was not litter.
- by David McLaren
Doug Ford has learned an old trick from his buddy Mike Harris: how to drive a dump truck through our public system. Remember John ‘Create-a-Crisis’ Snobelen? He wanted to privatize as much as he could of the public education system. His modus operandi was first to bankrupt the system we had.
Mr Ford is starving the public health care sector by holding nurses’ wage increases to 1%. That was struck down by the courts ...
- Michael Craig, Owen Sound trustee for the Bluewater District School Board, representing his opinions, not official Board policy
In April, a group called Get Real was invited to speak to students in several Bluewater DSB schools. Their agenda, as explained on their web site, is to combat “homophobic, transphobic, and racist language” with “friendly, honest, diverse, and personal-story driven” discussions around sex, gender and race.
The Get Real message is welcome in Bluewater schools
- by Angus Wright
re: Board's decision upheld by court
If there's one thing I'd love to teach all children it is to look for the helpers, supporters and allies in every situation and every community. ....
- by David Clark
Recently I heard an Owen Sound councillor talking on a local radio phone-in show about the need for more opportunities for resident / citizen input. Here is my evidence-supported opinion on the issue.
A post-election report about Ontario’s 2022 election, in part, highlighted a world-wide concern of “declining voter engagement and turnout” ...
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