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Owen Sound area updates on Owen Sound Attack's weekend, a fatal crash in Sauble Beach, local response to the federal gun buyback program, BG Wealth Group, and much more
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It’s Groundhog Day in Bruce County, and while we await Wiarton Willie’s weather prediction, a very different kind of outlook is coming from another small town — this one further south.
In Mildmay, resident David Wood writes in response to the Bank of Montreal’s decision to close its local branch, eliminating all in-person services and leaving longtime rural customers behind.
For a town that helped build the bank’s success, he argues, this isn’t just a closure. It’s a betrayal.
Wood’s letter is a sharp, clear-eyed reminder of what happens when national institutions decide that serving small communities is no longer worth the cost.
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Downtown Excess Snow Removal Wednesday, February 4 - City of Owen Sound
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