Tag: Local News
SON map project to show its connections to land, water
Saugeen and Nawash members are helping to create a map that shows how Saugeen Ojibway Nation people have used territorial lands and how much their lives are connected to the land and water. The land use and occupancy mapping project has heard from at least 40 SON members so far. Interviews started Oct. 21 at […]
With dire language, Woodstock politicians block supervised drug-use site
City politicians in Woodstock have voted against allowing a supervised drug-use site in their Southwestern Ontario city despite pleas from local public health officials over its outsized number of fatal opioid overdoses. Coun. Mark Schadenberg put forward a motion to block the facility from their city of 40,000. It passed by a vote of 4-3 […]
Sound poet shares secret to finding her muse
Penn Kemp goes back to her five-year-old self to stimulate her poet’s muse. She encouraged a small group of people at her participatory poetry workshop Saturday in Owen Sound to return to their uninhibited, child-like selves too. Her workshop was part of the Words Aloud Poetry Festival which took place this weekend in Meaford and […]
Home being built in three-day blitz for Oneida Nation of the Thames family
Construction began around 6:30 a.m. Friday morning, and by 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon, a new home is expected to be completed for a family from Oneida Nation of the Thames.
‘Everyone becomes equal’: London welcomes its first Durga Puja festival
This weekend marked a first in London – the city’s own Durga Puja festival. The annual Hindu celebration was being held Saturday and Sunday at St. Andre Bessette Catholic secondary school, organized by the Utsav Bengali Association of London to expose locals to their culture and give immigrants to the city a sense of home. […]