Thurs Feb 8: Let's Check In On Healthcare Privatization & the City's Capital Projects

Plus: Grey Bruce Epilepsy has already raised $50,000 for research and is now expanding their reach with a new podcast, Brainstormers.

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Epilepsy is not as rare a condition as you may think, and affects many in our community, according to community contributor Cayley Taylor.

Cayley’s husband is one of those people. So is Alek Stewart, who co-founded Grey Bruce Epilepsy with his wife, Brittany.

Already, the couple has raised over $50,000 through their organization for epilepsy awareness and research.

Now, they’re taking their local initiative global. Alek is partnering with a Vancouver woman on a new podcast, Brainstormers, that launches this month.

Check it out:

Also in the health and wellness vein, reader Norah Beatty has serious concerns about the increasing privatization of Ontario healthcare.

She shares her concerns as the co-chair of the Grey Bruce Health Coalition in this letter to the editor:

Full subscribers, there’s plenty more for you below, including:

• Findings from the City’s 2023 ‘Capital Projects Report Card’ including which capital improvements were completed and what’s still in progress

• Info about joining the Community Foundation’s Board of Directors

• A new alert from Grey Bruce Public Health

• Details on why the City has paused work on Duncan McLellan Park

• Changes to an upcoming PA Day schedule for BWDSB and BGCDSB students

~ Miranda

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