Owen Sound marks 163 years of Emancipation This August, Owen Sound will proudly mark the 163rd anniversary of the Emancipation Festival—the longest continuously running emancipation celebration in North America and a powerful symbol of freedom as the northernmost terminus of the Underground Railroad. Now in its fifth year since Motion-36 was passed to formally recognize […]
The family of a 24-year-old personal support worker is trying to raise thousands of dollars to bring her body home to Kenya after she drowned while live streaming herself swimming in a pool in southwestern Ontario. “You can see what happened in the video,” said Alfonce Nyamwaya, a close friend of the victim, Hellen Wendy. […]
