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onewayanother- by Jake Bates

Oh, the optimism of Conservatives! Seems to be rivalled only by that exhibited by Leafs’ fans at the start of every season. Now that there is a new leader in Erin O’Toole, those on the right can almost taste power again. How long he can hold the collation on that side of the political spectrum is ...

ballot- by Jason A. Holder

On Tuesday October 20, 2020, Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey tabled Bill 218. Schedule one of the bill, Supporting Ontario’s Recovery Act, will provide “targeted protection for those who are making an honest effort to follow public health guidelines and laws “ (Attorney General, 2020). In his nearly 10,000-word presentation of the bill at its second reading, Attorney General Hon Doug Downey ...

centennialtower- by Jonathon Jackson

My wife and I returned to my home area, Grey and Bruce counties, on Thanksgiving weekend earlier this month. Part of the visit involved a trip into Owen Sound, my birthplace and the largest community in either county. I’m proud of being from Owen Sound and I like to come home for various reasons every few weeks.

We had our grandson, Briar, with us. Briar is five years old and, like me, he was born in Owen Sound, but ...

onlinevotingThe 2018 municipal elections in Ontario that used online voting had some fairly obvious hiccups. Owen Sound, like many other municipalities, had to extend voting and the results were more than 24 hours late. 

Although local residents expressed a slight preference for paper ballots ...

gitchenamewikwedonglarge- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor, with help from some friendly neighbours

With fewer syllables than any public school name in the area, the Gitche Namewikwedong dedication of the 10th Street bridge is just unfamiliar to many locals,  no more unpronouncable than those school names are to some of our newest Owen Sounders. 

Some of our neighbours had these observations on the name:

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