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Publishing date: Mar 16, 2021  •  March 16, 2021  •  2 minute read  •  Article content Joan Beecroft, in partnership with The Ginger Press in Owen Sound, is planning to publish a collection of thoughts, memories, and stories of the lives of newcomers to this area. If you have arrived in Grey Bruce from another country within the last five years, we’d love to hear from you. If you would rather tell your story and have someone write it down for you, that’s OK too. If you’d like more information, you can email newcomerstoriesgb@gmail.com These entries can take any form, and h...

Author of the article: Denis Langlois Publishing date: Mar 04, 2021  •  March 4, 2021  •  1 minute read  •  Article content Joan Beecroft and The Ginger Press in Owen Sound are teaming up to publish a new book, featuring a collection of thoughts, memories and stories of newcomers to Grey-Bruce. This will be the third collaboration between the Owen Sound resident and regional publisher and follows “Growing Up Gay in Bruce and Grey: Reflections by Current and Former Residents” and “20/20 Hindsight: Being Gay in Bruce and Grey: Reflections on Decades of Change.” We apologi...

Article content Four Owen Sound businesses will be taking part in a Downtown BookWalk – a new initiative that’s part of I Read Canadian Day on Wednesday that will also honour Black History Month in February. Story panels, featuring excerpts from Bonita Johnson de Matteis’ book Going North, will be displayed in storefront windows, so families can safely participate in the event outside while maintaining physical distancing, according to a news release from The Ginger Press. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Owen Sound stores holding Downtown B...

Article content The Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library has extended the term of the city’s poet laureate Richard-Yves Sitoski, who is set to launch his legacy project Tuesday. The library board approved the one-year extension late last month “in recognition of both the current challenges involved in presenting public performances” and Sitoski’s “exemplary work as poet laureate,” a position he’s held since Oct. 1, 2019. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. His term will now run until September 2022. “We thank Richard-Yves for h...