Tag: Community
Billy Bishop Museum to host spooky trivia night this month
It’s about to get spooky, night-at-the-museum style, in Owen Sound this month. The Billy Bishop Museum is hosting a Spooktacular Trivia Night at the Royal Canadian Legion in Owen Sound (1450 2nd Ave. W.) on Friday, Oct. 25. Billed as a ghoulishly good time, doors creak open at 6 p.m. the night of the event, […]
Dress in purple on Oct. 16 to support vulnerable children, youth, and families
This Thursday is Dress Purple Day, and Bruce Grey Child and Family Services is inviting the community to celebrate. Dress Purple Day is an annual awareness campaign led by the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (OACAS). The day is meant to highlight the importance of supporting vulnerable children, youth, and families in Ontario. Those […]
Bruce County hosts first cultural symposium in Chesley
Amid a decline in volunteerism, Bruce County hosted its first cultural symposium this past week. On Wednesday, Oct. 8, the county invited participants inside the Chesley Community Centre to attend the symposium, entitled Common Ground: Connecting Through Culture. Keynote speaker Heather Keam, from the Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement, discussed new ways of fostering a […]
Inside the London Food Bank’s Thanksgiving drive collection efforts
As volunteers and officials for the London Food Bank made their rounds across the city on the final weekend of the Thanksgiving collection drive, London Free Press reporter Beatriz Baleeiro rode along to see how the pick-up process works. How does the food collection work? The Thanksgiving drive, one of the London Food Bank’s largest […]
Owen Sound Attack turn up the heat on Thanksgiving weekend
It’s early, but the Owen Sound Attack are starting to look like the real deal. Happy Thanksgiving, Grey-Bruce hockey fans. They’ve got the league’s best goaltender, which was expected coming into the season. Not to mention Matthew Koprowski and Trenten Bennett, the latter of whom backstopped Owen Sound to a 5-3 win over the North […]