Fri March 29: Easter Events, What's Open & Closed, Plus an OPP Traffic Safety Blitz
Plus: Two TTAG exhibits exploring culture & identity
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Welcome to the Good Friday edition! It’s a holiday for many – but a whole four days without you, readers, just didn’t feel right. We’re off Easter Monday and will be back in your inbox first thing Tuesday morning.
Happy Easter to those who celebrate it. Safe travels, and be well to all. ICYMI, here’s a link to the City of Owen Sound’s notice about what’s open and closed throughout the weekend.
We’ll start this edition with the latest from our esteemed culture and arts contributor, Richard-Yves-Sitoski.
In his latest column, Sitoski explores the works of two gifted artists who are challenging the way cultural narratives are created.
Racquel Rowe’s Saltwater Cures All and Soheila Esfahani’s Are you buying these with loonies or toonies? exhibits are on now at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery.
The Meaning of Here: Two Exhibits at the TTAG Explore Culture and Identity
There are currently two exhibits on display at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery by two radically different artists that challenge the way cultural narratives are created.
Next up, we’ve received a letter to the editor questioning MPP Rick Byers on the province's funding for new and expanded inter-professional primary care teams.
Norah Beatty of the Grey Bruce Health Coalition writes:
Letter: How Will the Province's $20 Million Help 29,000 in Grey Bruce Without Primary Care?
Dear Editor, The province recently announced a $110 million investment to create new and expanded inter-professional primary care teams. Our MPP, Rick Byers, says our share is $1,695,000, which is less than 2% of the total. Mr. Byers said it will help connect, “approximately 4,000 unattached patients in Durham, Markdale, Meaford...
Full subscribers, there’s a lot more for you below, including…
Arrests made after more than $300,000 in illegal drugs, weapons, and cash were seized as a search warrant was executed in rural Meaford
Good news for the Grey Transit Route as Bruce County has agreed to help fund the service between Owen Sound and Wiarton until the end of the year
An update from OPP on how to avoid lottery and prize scams after an increase in reports of this type of fraud in Grey Bruce
What police are watching for in the Easter Long Weekend Traffic Safety Campaign
An update from Grey County on its four-year Strategic Plan, Working Together for Success
A local paramedic has been recognized with an Award of Excellence from the Southwestern Ontario Regional Base Hospital Program
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