June 3 - Owen Sound News & Events
Plus: Pride flag raising, a public meeting on zoning for the new high school, a big anniversary for a local church, and a lot more
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Grey-Bruce Pride members, supporters and allies, and city dignitaries gathered on the south side of Owen Sound City Hall yesterday morning for the Pride flag raising.
They heard from Jon Farmer for City Council and Rachel Paterson for Grey-Bruce Pride... and there was nary a protester in sight!
But it wasn’t always that way.
In today’s community contribution, Joan Beecroft reflects on Owen Sound's recent Pride flag-flying (and denying) history and shares the story of how our community flagpole to the side of City Hall came to be.
Pride Flag Raising Marks 20 Years Since 'The Great Flag Flap' in Owen Sound
How can it be 20 years already since Owen Sound raised the first Pride flag? It was the basic 6-colour rainbow striped version then, and what we now call ‘The Great Flag Flap’ had quite an impact on City Hall and the people who live here.
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Today: the City has called a public meeting on rezoning the proposed site of a new Catholic high school on the east side; a Black hiker is calling for others to join him as he retraces the Underground Railroad to Owen Sound; Brightshores Meaford hospital has an anonymous benefactor who’s issued a challenge to others; and a lot more.
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