A new citizens’ organization, Rebound Owen Sound, has been working for three months to generate interest in the municipal election and focus on key issues. That process, including a Facebook page, a website and several public meetings, has resulted in seven important questions (below) that they are inviting each candidate for Owen Sound Council to answer.
They will do their best to share the responses they receive as broadly as possible. ...
- by Jim Hutton
The first impact of successive years of high tax increases is that people move to avoid property taxes or high rents. Owen Sound has experienced annual tax increases at twice the rate of inflation over the last twenty years. We can see this when we look at the change in those filing income taxes between 2012 and 2020 as shown in graph below. (data for Meaford and Georgian Bluffs was not available at Stats) During this period, this group grew by 5.51% in Collingwood and 4.94% in Brockville that has a population nearly identical to that of Owen Sound.
Grey Road 1 is closed to through traffic from 27th St. W. in Owen Sound to Grey Road 17A in Georgian Bluffs for two days of culvert replacement starting Mon. Sept. 19 at 8:00 a.m.
The roadwork will finish up Wed. Sept. 21 at ...
- by David McLaren
What you do to the least of these, so you do to me’ is a paraphrase of Matthew 25-40.
‘The job of government is to do for those who cannot do for themselves’ is a paraphrase from FDR who actually said, “The first obligation of government is ...
Owen Sound's River District got all spritzed up Saturday as the Concours d'Lemon rolled into town.
"Aesthetic and technological underachievement" was the main consideration as the Vehicle Selection Committee selected entrants for the Lemon event, which preceded Sunday's Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
The Committee advised that cars accepted for the Sunday Concours were ineligible for Saturday's show, and that Ribbons of Dishonour were given for successful attempts at bribery, often in the form of ...
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