Mar 26: Local News, Views & A Community Poll

Plus: The local Canadian Federation of University Women calls on Canadians to uphold its values of peace, cooperation, and human rights as they're under threat

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Late March brought a (hopefully short-lived) return to winter landscapes. Photo credit: David Strutt

Yesterday, we brought you this thoughtful column on Solidarity Sundays from Joel Pennington, in which he issued a challenge of sorts.

If Owen Sound is to realize its potential, he said, we need physical spaces where we can come together and be collaborative and creative. And we need people to fill them.

My question to you then, readers, is this:

Of course, you might think it’s something else entirely. Feel free to share your thoughts in a letter to the editor, up to 500 words in length, submitted to owensoundcurrenteditor@gmail.com.

Opinion

As Canada approaches a pivotal federal election and global headlines shift by the hour, it can be difficult to stay anchored in principle.

In this letter to the editor, the Owen Sound & Area branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women calls on Canada to uphold its values of peace, cooperation, and human rights—values they see as under threat from the actions of the United States government.

With particular concern for women’s rights, global health, education, and the destabilizing effects of a growing trade war, their message is one of urgent solidarity and principled resolve.

Public Notices

• Grey Sauble Conservation Authority’s Board of Directors meets today, March 26, at 1:15 p.m. both in-person at the GSCA Administrative Centre and online via Webex. They’ll discuss tender results and borrowing for the Admin Centre renovation, a resolution on Old Baldy parking, and more. See that agenda here.

• Grey County Council meets at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 27, where they’ll receive minutes from the Long Term Care Committee of Management and pass bylaws to appoint a new CAO and Acting Deputy Clerk before moving into Committee of the Whole. County Council will consider a motion to declare March 24 Agnes Macphail Day, consider reducing the tax ratio, discuss a proposed urban road and rural road transfers funding model, and more. See their agenda here.

Local News

Keep reading for community events, our original reporting, and curated local news updates. Today, you’ll find an arrest made in the January theft from the Meaford LCBO, new photos released in the Markdale robbery investigation, an announcement about the Owen Sound Community Artist Studio Tour, and a lot more.

~ Miranda Miller, Editor

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