The 2022 River District Board of Management Election is fast approaching. For anyone proposing to be a candidate for the 2022 Election on November 14, 2022, the official nomination period is ...
Cobble Beach is where the cars are the stars, along with boats, motorcycles, & a mid-engine evolution. On Sunday, September 18th, the Cars are the stars at the 8th Installment of ...
- Jan Chamberlain and Michael Craig
Co-chairs, Rebound Owen Sound
Owen Sound is a marvelous city, surrounded by forests and farms, a great place to live. We all love the hiking and biking, the music and art. Thousands of people volunteer with dozens of excellent organizations proving that they care deeply for their neighbors, including members of our City Council.
However, a majority on City Council have not demonstrated a willingness to ...
Like hospitals across the province, Grey Bruce Health Services (GBHS) is experiencing an unprecedented demand on services. The volume and acuity of patients coming to all six GBHS Emergency Departments, staff vacancies and a lack of available beds is resulting in system pressures both within GBHS and across the healthcare system.
“As hospital ERs in our region continue to have unscheduled closures, GBHS and other regional partners have very limited staffing resources and bed capacity to support these additional stresses on the system,” said GBHS President and CEO Gary Sims. “I am extremely proud of the staff and physicians ...
- by James Adair
In 1908, one-hundred-seventy dock workers working for Canadian Pacific Railway in Owen Sounds harbour decided to go on strike for better working conditions and higher pay. The harbour was shut down and shipping throughout the eastern Great Lakes region suffered. CPR decided that instead of negotiating or working with the strikers they would hire scabs from Toronto. As the train rolled into Owen Sound a large crowd of striking workers and their supporters swarmed the station. CPR had ‘forgotten’ to tell the scabs that they would be crossing a picket line. All hundred workers from Toronto joined the strikers
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