Tag: youth
London food bank’s Thanksgiving drive to focus on needs of children
The London Food Bank is focusing this year’s Thanksgiving Food Drive on children amidst signs more youth need help.
Groups looking for people to give their time to help in community
Maybe you’ve got some time to spare and want to make a difference but you don’t know how. A volunteer fair held in the public library auditorium in downtown Owen Sound Wednesday featured a variety of groups whose representatives were eager to explain the ways they rely on volunteers. Miriam Dupuis, who organizes volunteers at Bruce […]
Grey-Bruce clubs holding events to mark Bruce Trail Day
Bruce trail clubs in Grey-Bruce are preparing to celebrate Canada’s oldest and longest marked footpath. The Sydenham, Beaver Valley and Bruce Peninsula Bruce Trail clubs are all holding events on Sunday to mark Bruce Trail Day, an annual celebration of the 890-kilometre trail and the the Niagara Escarpment it runs along. The Sydenham club, which […]
$1M grant gives Michigan foster kids rides to school as they switch homes | Bridge Michigan
Foster youth face countless disruptions and fractured relationships, as they move from home to home. A new state grant helps them maintain connections and classroom continuity….
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A Kincardine youth has paddled his way to a top 10 finish at the 2024 ISA (International Surfing Association) SUP (Stand Up Paddleboard) World Championships held in Copenhagen, Denmark. (By … Continue reading Kincardine youth paddles his way to a top 10 finish at world championships in Denmark
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Youth horticultural club visits Bruce Botanical Food Gardens
The Ripley and District Horticultural Society’s “For Our Youth” (FOY) club braved several downpours to meet at one of our favourite spots in August. The Bruce Botanical Food Gardens (BBFG) in Ripley is near and dear to both our senior and junior horticulture clubs and has welcomed FOY with open arms many times over the […]
Controversial youth detention tool goes live in Michigan. Is a fix coming? | Bridge Michigan
Juvenile justice reforms took effect Tuesday, but advocates of the initial change worry that a tool designed to determine if arrested youths are detained could target people of color….
People gather in Grey-Bruce for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
For 16-year-old Jorja Wilson, Monday’s ceremony marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Owen Sound was an opportunity to educate others about something in her own family history that she knew little about until very recently. It was only a couple of days ago that the Neyaashiinigmiing teen found out that her ancestors […]
Modellers reignite railroading passion in Owen Sound at inaugural CWHC show
A deep love for the twists and turns of railroad history and railcar modelling was displayed at the Owen Sound Legion on Saturday. The Community Waterfront Heritage Centre’s first-ever model show and sale for railway modellers and enthusiasts invited hundreds of people through the doors of the legion with over 50 vendor tables to visit […]
Baranyai: Employees face tough choices when job, beliefs conflict
Ideally, and whenever possible, people should not be forced to participate in activities deeply at odds with their conscience or religious beliefs.