Writer & Journalist // Past Gzowski at @cbcradio // Past editor of @TrentArthur // (She/ her) // Recent works: @PTBO_Currents 〰️
Castlerock, ME
Joined April 2012
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Check out this article I wrote for @PTBO_Currents about an impactful storytelling workshop series hosted by @NourishNews! These stories touched on issues close to my heart, and are from our very own community. The next event is Nov 30th! Please attend if you can and share widely
The storytellers also shared their collective experience of healing through hearing each other’s stories, feeling less alone in their hardships, and battling with the same stigmas.
@ZaraSy3d attended the event, and shares three stories:
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Just as important ... they're keeping the spinach boureka, which I have been enjoying for 20+ years.
Dreams of Beans has new owners: Aurynn Jacobs Parkin and Andrew MacGregor. They're pledging to run the business as a social enterprise.
The pair decided not to allow tipping at the café. Instead, they're committing to paying a living wage of $25 per hour.
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Dreams of Beans has new owners: Aurynn Jacobs Parkin and Andrew MacGregor. They're pledging to run the business as a social enterprise.
The pair decided not to allow tipping at the café. Instead, they're committing to paying a living wage of $25 per hour.
peterboroughcurrents.ca/podc…
Best breakfast sandwich in #Ptbo by none other than @tragicallydippd! Not only do they conserve on waste by using donut dough that would have otherwise been thrown away, but it’s the yummiest crispiest eggiest sammy available if you’re up & trying to get to work before 9 am!
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Since 2015, over 3,600 foreign-trained physicians became permanent residents of Canada, according to Immigration Canada, but advocates estimate only one-third of them work in health care. trib.al/mRSKjTY
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Astounding: 40% of students at Dublin med school are Canadians.
Thousands of Canadians are getting medical degrees abroad because it's so difficult to get into Canadian schools. And it's also hard for them to return to practice at home.
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It took until the end of 2022, but every single drop-in in @cityoftoronto will finally receive the funding I fought for to purchase and distribute free adult diapers and menstrual supplies for our unhoused and low-income participants. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/02…
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#EXCLUSIVE: CBC News has confirmed police will not lay a single charge in the death of Soleiman Faqiri, even after Ontario's chief forensic pathologist found the jail guards' actions led directly to his death. cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/s…
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Hey! I work at the @RSCL_ptbo, where we do community-engaged research in pursuit of justice and equity.
We're new to the internet ... please give us a follow!
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In our recent letter, we outline what we’ve accomplished over the last two years, and how much it cost to do it.
READ NOW: peterboroughcurrents.ca/anno…
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Ontario...if you haven't had to have bloodwork done lately, or screening tests, you're in for quite a shock. 86$ dropped at LifeLabs today thanks to @fordnation taking cancer screening blood work off the list of OHIP covered test. Just the beginning of privatization by stealth.
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We’re on campaign Day -2, and the silliness has already begun.
In a quickly deleted tweet, Premier Doug Ford seems to mix up Islam and Sikh celebrations.
His tweet was posted almost exactly as NDP Leader Andrea Horwath gave a speech at an Eid al-Fitr event.
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Read to the end of this article for an extra little nugget of news.
Remember when city council approved a plan to have the City purchase two of these houses to keep them as public RGI housing? It never happened.
More than a dozen families are facing relocation as the Peterborough Housing Corporation moves to sell the last of its semi-detached houses in the Collison Heights neighbourhood.
peterboroughcurrents.ca/hous…
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Whoa. A tough Fifth Estate to watch tonight.
Did you know that most of our plastics - most of our blue boxes - end up shipped in cargo containers to India where it is burned and dumped into rivers, sickening scores of people in India?
Ie: This Recycling bag was found in India!
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During the last 10 nights of Ramadan, many Muslims spend more time in Mosques in contemplation & prayer.
Mosque ceilings are designed to reflect the magnificence of the universe.
For Ramadan, here are spectacular details of 24 Mosque ceilings from around the world…
A thread…
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It's becoming harder and harder for bands and other performing artists to book suitable space in Peterborough.
But these three friends are reinvigorating one of the downtown's most storied venues — the Gordon Best Theatre.
peterboroughcurrents.ca/arts…
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Minimum wage in Haiti is the lowest in the Americas: $4.67/day against the gourde (local currency) valued at 110 to $1. Bosses pay no taxes. Workers produce duty-free apparel for Gap, Old Navy, H&M, JC Penney, Zara. And despite police repression, today, they strike again.
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Seeing one of these houses show up on Kijiji last year, listed for more than $2,000 per month, really discouraged me.
I was down there yesterday. Nice neighbourhood with lots of potential for city-building, had we found the funds to keep these in public hands.
The Peterborough Housing Corporation is selling 51 single-family homes in the city's south end.
These houses have long been part of the PHC’s stock of rent-geared-to-income (RGI) housing in Peterborough.
peterboroughcurrents.ca/brie…