Tag: Canadian Mental Health Association
Bring your questions to city open house at Bayshore Nov. 7
You can ask questions of Owen Sound’s council and staff about services, operations and governance, and talk with representatives of other local services, at an open house event Thursday, Nov. 7 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre. City council asked staff to design this meeting by resolution in January, noting […]
Politicians say no to allowing homeless camps within 25 metres of homes
City politicians want to strike down an effort to shrink the distance between encampments and homes, even as city hall says current guidelines put staff at risk and make homelessness increasingly visible. During Tuesday’s meeting of city council’s strategic priorities and policy committee, politicians spent several hours combing over new recommendations for the city’s community […]
Charities benefit from 100 Good Men Who Give a Damn
Don Day said he got a good feeling after his new group, 100 Good Men Who Give a Damn, voted at its inaugural meeting to give the local Meals on Wheels program $10,500. With the enthusiasm of the men and the variety of them at different ages and stages of life, he said he thinks […]
Ex-employee pleads guilty to defrauding United Way of $300K
CHATHAM â A former United Way of Chatham-Kent employee has pleaded guilty to fraud after the local non-profit agency discovered it had been defrauded of more than $300,000. Veronica Whittal, 49, of Tilbury, entered a guilty plea in a Chatham court on Friday. An agreed statement of facts presented by assistant Crown attorney Kate Bailey […]
Police probing death at London drug consumption site
The agency that operates the site, where users can legally consume drugs under medical supervision, is expected to say more later Thursday.