Tag: Advocacy
Thanksgiving food drive focuses on children, youth: ‘Seeing more kids’
The London Food Bank is asking residents to help ease the rising demand for school meal programs and support new research into food insecurity for homeless youth.
People gather in Grey-Bruce for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
For 16-year-old Jorja Wilson, Monday’s ceremony marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Owen Sound was an opportunity to educate others about something in her own family history that she knew little about until very recently. It was only a couple of days ago that the Neyaashiinigmiing teen found out that her ancestors […]
Baranyai: Employees face tough choices when job, beliefs conflict
Ideally, and whenever possible, people should not be forced to participate in activities deeply at odds with their conscience or religious beliefs.
London police launch hate-crime probe after woman in hijab confronted, assaulted
A woman in a hijab was confronted by a man “yelling derogatory comments” who later assaulted her and two bystanders, London police say â an incident that has unnerved local Muslim leaders and that investigators are treating as a possible hate crime. London police say it was about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when the incident happened […]
Traverse City lawyer gets national recognition for making economic arguments against coal | Great Lakes Now
By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist, a nonprofit independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.
Environmental advocates have long focused on how coal harms the climate and environment.
London ‘renoviction’ bylaw approved but tenants unhappy: ‘Next to nothing’
London is set to become the second city in Ontario with a bylaw to protect tenants from bad faith “renovictions” â but it falls far short of what a tenants’ group demanded and won’t be in place for half a year. “I absolutely despise that I need to use this line, but the reality is […]
Who is working to preserve and restore wetlands in Metro Detroit? | Great Lakes Now
By Erica Hobbs, Planet Detroit
This article was republished with permission from Planet Detroit. Sign up for Planet Detroit’s weekly newsletter here.
Wetlands don’t often come to mind when thinking about major metropolitan cities like Detroit. Bogs, marshes, vernal pools, and swamps contrast starkly with the city’s skyscrapers, roads, and industrial plants, and up to 90 percent of the area’s wetlands along the Detroit River have been lost since European settlement.
As eviction deadline nears, worried tenants wonder where they can go
Carol Rogers says she’s at her wit’s end. Diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer, Rogers faces a deadline of Sept. 30 to vacate her apartment unit at 435 Nelson St. in London’s SoHo neighbourhood. Nelson received an N13 eviction notice in May from her landlord, 435 Nelson Inc., who said she had to move […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear case with broad implications for PFAS cleanup | Great Lakes Now
By Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio
This article was republished here with permission from Wisconsin Public Radio.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a case that could have sweeping effects on state environmental regulators’ authority to force businesses to clean up PFAS pollution under the state’s spills law.
Y calling for Peace Medal nominations
The YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce is looking for the next local recipient of the YMCA Peace Medal. Residents are invited to visit ymcaowensound.on.ca/peace-week and nominate a deserving person or group for this award before Friday, October 18. The prestigious YMCA Peace Medal honours people of all ages from coast to coast who are […]