– by John Tamming
Government cannot do it all. That includes, perhaps especially includes, local government. Yet local citizens call upon this small chamber, what I call our little parliament, to do more and more for them.
In his oft-quoted essay, The Loose Individual, Robert Nisbet describes modern men and women as untied by those ropes which once held our communities together.
Those ropes have largely dissolved. ...
RE: Bill 23
Dear Rick,
We would like to voice our opposition to Bill 23, the proposed More Homes Built Faster Act. The Grey Bruce Climate Action Network (GBCAN) is a network of eleven municipally-focused Climate Action Teams that support our municipalities to both learn about and take action to mitigate the climate crisis in our rural communities. ...
Solemn and silent, hundreds joined veterans and Legion members for the 2022 Remembrance Day Service at the Owen Sound cenotaph Friday.
Unseasonably warm temperatures welcomed participants as they remembered and reflected on those who have served, and those who never returned ...
Come celebrate all things downtown Owen Sound with the first ever Downtown Dine Around. This remarkable collaboration of four downtown establishments on Tuesday, Nov. 29, will help support the SOS Outreach service ...
– Riel Warrilow
Today is the first remembrance day without my grandpa Percy Warrilow. He may have been the last surviving veteran from WW2 in the area, and the absence of that generation of veterans feels heavy. Many people my age will remember Percy from their school days, where he would visit to tell his story and maybe steer young people towards a life of farming.
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