GRAPHIC: Helem will blow your mind and blur boundaries
At the top of my Black History Month reading list is the surreal Helem, from Afro-Canadian Montrealer Stanley Wany. Put out by East Coast publishing house Conundrum Press, this nearly wordless graphic novel defies easy explanation. It will challenge you. Days after reading Helem, I’m still thinking about it, and that’s why the book is […]
Grey to tout benefits of residential density, study ‘green’ standards
Planning students will help Grey County staff by preparing what staff dub a “density is not a dirty word” residential development guide as a tool for public education, and by surveying “green” development standards. Guelph University rural planning and development master’s students will present their findings in April. The savings to the county by enlisting […]
Letters to the Editor: Feb. 12
Endgame hard to see While we are all tired of the necessary limits put on our lives by COVID, I am at a loss to figure out what the Ottawa and border protesters think they will accomplish. The protests at the borders are restricting the work of their own colleagues, truckers. They all protest mandates […]
Grey County task force on mental health, addiction taking shape
Grey County council endorsed the creation and mandate of a Mental Health and Addictions Task Force Thursday, and expanded county councillor representation to accommodate more members who wanted to join. The increasing problems seen in Grey County to do with mental health and addiction prompted Chatsworth Mayor Scott Mackey to propose this task force last […]
Save Georgian Bay volunteers to brave the icy waters in fundraising effort
A group in opposition to TC Energy’s proposed hydroelectric pumped storage facility in Meaford is taking their fight to the frigid waters. The Save the Bay Polar Dip is set for Feb. 27 from 1 to 2 p.m., at Fred Raper Park in Meaford. The Save Georgian Bay team has raised nearly $8,000 of their […]