Owen Sound Owen Sound Sun Times

Peace medalists inspire us to be ‘agents of peace’

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Acts of kindness and community-mindedness earned Joan John and Barbara Vandenbor this year’s YMCA Peace Medals Thursday in Owen Sound. The annual event has honoured 26 individuals and 13 groups from Grey-Bruce over the past 26 years.  John was nominated by the Grey Highlands Peace Committee for her work which includes founding JunCtian Community Initiatives […]

Lucknow Sentinel

Chin brothers beat the odds as hockey stars in anti-Chinese era

10 min read

An upcoming article highlights the Chin brothers’ extraordinary rise to hockey fame at the height of anti-Chinese discrimination in Canada. “We live in a different time,” writer Debbie Jiang commented on racism in sports. “The colour barrier wasn’t broken until Larry Kwong played for the New York Rangers in 1948.” Jiang said, although in present […]