Tag: Advocacy
Core concern: Southwestern Ontario apple grower urges buyers to shop local
With apple consumption in decline, Southwestern Ontario farmer Chris Hedges wants to remind shoppers of the many benefits of buying local.
Local MPP looking into loss of program supporting vulnerable adults
‘. . .it is time for our community and government leaders to take immediate action to reinstate these critical protections,’ Jennifer Miller said.
Autoworkers’ long history of protecting our environment
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April 22, 1970 was the first Earth Day. On that day, two boats — one with an American flag representing American autoworkers and one with a Canadian flag representing Canadian autoworkers — met in the middle of the Detroit River to hold a wake, symbolizing the death of the river from pollution.
Survivors of opioid epidemic gather in Owen Sound to mourn and raise awareness
It’s been five years since Galja Sheardown’s husband died of an opioid overdose at their Owen Sound home. Five years since Sheardown turned pain into advocacy, and five years of being the driving force behind the city’s annual We Remember Them event that took place downtown Saturday morning at the Owen Sound Famers’ Market. Those […]
The Economic Benefits Of Renewables That Trump Is Ignoring
Remember when the JFK declared that innovation wasn’t easy — but it was necessary? He described how organizing and measuring the best of our energies and skills would be a challenge that we were willing to accept. Innovation like this asks people to reinvent themselves — it’s a contemporary adaptation … [continued]
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