- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
Spurred by Tess Kalinowski's front-page story in the Toronto Star before Christmas, interest is high in our former Grey County Courthouse. But the 1854 building is not your only chance to build your business in an Owen Sound heritage building.
What is now the Coach Inn at 2nd Avenue and 10th Street was once the Seldon House. According to the City's Corkscrew City tour, it was "built in 1887 as a hotel with 44 rooms, three parlours, a bar, dining room and sample rooms...
When a baby cries in the night, one of the parents gets up. No matter how tired they are, the parents know that the baby is hungry and needs to be fed.
I have come home from a late-night meeting, tired and in town clothes, gotten out of the car, and heard a
- by Anne Finlay-Stewart
For the third in our series about living on minimum wage, I interviewed a local woman who has asked us not to use her name for fear of putting her precarious work at risk.
Here is "Marie's" story.
Marie is from this area; her father worked on some of the famous lakers. She had a steady job at Edwards in Owen Sound in the 1990s, making $16 an hour – about double the minimum wage at the time – before she was laid off as the out-sourcing trend began to take hold. She moved to Cambridge to find work, and was soon making switches for...
Join Dave Carr on Monday's Open Line on 560 CFOS as he discusses higher education with Dr.David Docherty, president of Mount Royal University in Calgary Alberta. This educator, political scientist and author is a graduate of the OSCVI in Owen Sound.
The discussion Monday, from 9:05 to 10 a.m. will focus on two lines of talk:
- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
So this is how easily it can happen.
Last night a customer walked up to the counter at a local coffee shop and laid a small paper bag on it, containing – according to the customer – a used syringe and a balloon. The customer had found it at a table, as if it had fallen out of someone's pocket.
The teen-aged manager was at a loss. This was a new situation for them.
A fifteen-year old employee said she would take it home -
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