Fri July 5: Little Room for Discussion on Rural Healthcare with SBGHC – Letter
Plus: Police renew appeal for info in Lois Hanna case; Owen Sound Choir Camp announces upcoming performance dates and details
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Brenda Scott felt from the moment she entered the room for the SBGHC’s annual general meeting that the organization wasn’t there to listen.
“The arrangement of the room itself was a telltale. Chairs were arranged at the front of the room in a most unusual manner,” she recalls. “The board and staff sat with their backs to the members of the public, metaphorically demonstrating their true level of interest in anything the public had to say.”
Seventy-four members of the public “sat mutely while the board members patted themselves on the back,” Scott says, and were given just 15 minutes to ask questions.
She shares more of her experience and impressions from the meeting in this letter to the editor:
Letter: South Bruce Grey Hospital Corporation's AGM Was a Bust
There are those who may not know that the South Bruce Grey Hospital Corporation held its AGM last week at the Best Western Hotel in Walkerton. It was advertised, somewhat half-heartedly, but the word was out there. Seventy-four members of the public registered to hear updates and excuses for the poor perf…
Public Notice
ICYMI: The City has announced that in response to the growing need for public washrooms with 24/7 access, the washroom at the Owen Sound Police Services building on 2nd Avenue West is now available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. (City of Owen Sound)
Please note – there is no ‘Special Edition: Owen Sound Council Agenda’ this weekend. Though there is a council meeting on Monday, the agenda had not been released by the time this author got on a boat to take a group of teens to be Volunteer Lighthouse Keepers at Flowerpot Island for a few days. 🛥️
You can find the council agenda here once it’s live, and we’ll be back with a regular edition on Monday.
~ Miranda
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