Tag: youth
Lots in store for Earth Day Grey-Bruce in Owen Sound April 26
The event will conclude with a parade led by the Durham Sauntering Band.
Steve Cordes ending 37-year run at helm of Youth Opportunities Unlimited
During construction of its signature downtown Cornerstone building in 2011, Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) faced sudden criticism of the ambitious and taxpayer-funded project. Some council members and city officials complained about a $2.2-million overrun and delay, because of what they called “luxury features” in the renovation of a historic building at York and Richmond streets. […]
‘If Shoes Could Talk’
This podcast by middle school students from the East Jordan Shoe Club inspires listeners to dream big, work hard and learn from failure through conversations with successful people.
How community gardens serve as ‘third places’ for Detroiters
Toward the end of 2023, I was newly unemployed and living by myself for the first time.
In between jobs, searching for employment and a means of fulfillment and community, I began to reflect on how my mom got into gardening. In the dead of winter, memories of childhood summers spent pulling weeds, tilling soil and fleeing the occasional garter snake alongside her began to color my mind.
Grey County council votes down Agnes Macphail Day motion
Grey County council has voted down a motion to declare March 24 Agnes Macphail Day, with some of those who voted against the idea citing the “slippery slope” it could create. West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles introduced the motion at a meeting on March 13 in honour of Macphail, who was born near Hopeville in […]