Weds May 13: Owen Sound & Grey Bruce News

News and updates involving Saugeen Ojibway Nation, Owen Sound Attack, Meaford Farmerettes, Queen M, Grey Bruce OPP, Saugeen Shores Council, and more

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Spring trilliums are blooming in the woods along the Niagara Escarpment in northern Grey County. Photo credit: Bruce Cheadle

This week, we’re launching Our Town, a series of columns by Owen Sound resident David McLeish, in which he examines how decisions made locally, provincially, and federally have shaped the community we live in today.

McLeish is asking questions many readers will recognize: Why are more people experiencing homelessness? Why does population growth appear to be stagnating? And why do some local policy decisions seem to run counter to evidence and long-term community interests?

Drawing on Statistics Canada data, government records, consulting reports, and local archives, the series traces possible connections between past choices and present outcomes — and makes a case for evidence-based decision-making over ideology, particularly heading into the next municipal election.

Public Notice

• Owen Sound Fire Department Launches Annual Home Visitation Program - City of Owen Sound

• Community Update: Neoen Battery Energy Storage System Project - Saugeen Ojibway Nation Environment Office

• Open Houses and Public Meeting for the Draft New Bruce County Official Plan - Bruce County

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Today’s edition includes new concerns from Saugeen Ojibway Nation’s Environment Office on diesel spill contamination at Hope Bay, a look into who’s behind the new Owen Sound Attack ownership group, a drug dealer’s sentencing in Owen Sound court, an OPP appeal for help identifying a suspect, and a lot more.

Miranda Miller
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