Oct 29: Local News Headlines + Letter to the Editor

Plus: Owen Sound student serving as a Page in the Ontario Legislature; last-minute gallery fundraising meeting on for tomorrow

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“It was great to meet with Graham Engelhardt, who is serving as a Page in the Ontario Legislature. Graham attends Ecole Saint-Dominique-Savio in Owen Sound. Thanks for your great work, Graham!” ~ MPP Rick Byers, via X

Our first item today is a letter to the editor.

As you may recall, Owen Sound Council disbanded the Remuneration Task Force in February before the group had a chance to begin their assessment of Council pay.

One of the key issues this group was to look at was whether council remuneration is an obstacle to civic participation. In short, can the people who most need representation in Council Chambers even afford a seat at the table?

Well, Council didn’t think that conversation needed to happen.

Not about to be silenced, those folks appointed to the task force joined up with a few others to go ahead and conduct the research anyway.

Now that they’ve completed their assessment and want to present their findings to the City, their request to make a deputation has been denied.

So says David McLeish, who’s written a letter to the editor about the group’s findings – and the difficulty they’re having being heard by our elected representatives.

Public Notices

• A Special Meeting of the Tom Thomson Art Gallery Advisory Committee takes place on October 30 at 10 a.m. in the Library Auditorium. See the agenda here.

• The Municipality of Meaford is hosting Community Connect, a community engagement initiative designed to foster discussion between residents and municipal leadership, on November 5th, 2024, at the Meaford and St. Vincent Community Centre from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Learn more here.

Full subscribers - keep reading for our original + curated local news updates, including:

• What’s on the agenda for a last-minute fundraising meeting for the Tom Thomson Art Gallery, called after its major event for 2024 fell over $24,000 short

• Owen Sound Little Theatre’s 64th season kickoff production

• An update from the Honouring our Local Veterans event at the Owen Sound Legion

• A funding announcement for the YMCA that will help with a pool heating system upgrade

• Lots more

If you can’t see the info below, you’re missing out on what’s happening in and around Owen Sound.

~ Miranda Miller
Editor, OwenSoundCurrent.com

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