The Owen Sound Water Watchers, a grass roots community group dedicated to the protection of water, and Bayview Public School's Grade 5/6 environmentally concerned students invite you to join in the Owen Sound Quench program.
This is a unique community-based program dedicated to promoting municipal tap water as a safe, healthy, easily accessible alternative to purchasing bottled water.
The Marketside Cafe was the first business in Owen Sound to sign up as an official Quench Station, encouraging users to carry reusable water bottles and use the smart phone app to find convenient sources of free water. Look for the Quench decal in the Marketside window and in a growing number of stores and restaurants. The Downtown Improvement Area (DIA) supports the Quench program.
The recent March 2015 action plan released by the Grey Bruce Health Unit Healthy Food Choices and Tap Water report recommends...
Owen Sound's Canada Day Celebration goes global when the double JUNO Nominee the Sultans of String and Chris McKhool's award-winning kids' shows take the stage in the amphitheatre. The event will also include new inflatable attractions, Owen Sound's Youth Have Talent, and much more. Enjoy a fun-filled family day at Kelso Beach Park for a suggested entry donation of only two dollars per person.
Kelso Beach Park opens at noon on Wednesday July 1st with many activities for kids including...
The Police are asking for anyone who witnessed or has information regarding any of the three motor vehicle collisions that occurred over the weekend in the city to please contact the Owen Sound Police Service at 519-376-2134.
A single motor vehicle collision occurred around 5:20 p.m. on Saturday June 27th. A 2007 green Ford pickup was westbound on 16th Street East when it travelled off the roadway at 5th Avenue and struck a tree. There was extensive front end damage to the truck; the driver alone in the vehicle was not injured. The 21 year old male driver of Paisley was charge with careless driving contrary to the Highway Traffic Act. The vehicle had been borrowed from a friend in order to pick up some furniture that had been purchased by the driver.
Sunday (June 28th) morning at approximately 6:50 a.m. a yellow Dodge Neon entered...
by R. Michael Warren
From now until October all the federal parties will be telling us how they plan to help the shrinking middle class. Much of what they are proposing is simply competing forms of income redistribution. Most of it misses the underlying causes.
The Liberals promise to tax the rich in order to reduce taxes for the middle class. The NDP will help by hiking the minimum wage and not raising personal income tax rates. They'll raise corporate taxes instead. The Conservatives say income splitting and targeted tax credits are the best way to help the middle class.
These promises are merely playing at the edges of the income stagnation and job dislocation being experienced by some of Canada's middle class. Our political leaders don't talk much about the core causes because they're short on solutions.
For example,
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