- by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
The report to Monday's City Council meeting by Tom Thomson Art Gallery Board Chair Linda Myles-Gallinger was brief. Bad news doesn't need embellishment.
The Gallery is running a deficit for the second year in a row. Last year it was approximately $85,000. This year the amount is still unknown, but Owen Sound's Corporate Services Director Kate Allan has called it "significant".
There was only one question. Councillor Brian O'Leary asked, "Given that there was a deficit in 2016, what policy changes did the Gallery Board undertake in 2017?"Ms. Gallinger replied that there were no real policy changes, but "steps were taken".
No one asked what ...
The Grey Bruce Farmers' Week Committee is excited to present a Livestock Day featuring Dr. Temple Grandin.
Dr. Grandin is a Professor of Animal Sciences at Colorado State University. She has been a pioneer in improving the handling and welfare of farm animals. She is a prominent author and speaker on animal behavior. Grandin was honored as one of "Time" magazine's most influential people in 2010 and has authored...
- by Paul Vanwyck
On Saturday the Mann Cup was in Owen Sound for the first time in 67 years.
Owen Sound resident Adam Jones was the MVP of the sixth and deciding game of the finals last month as his team, the Peterborough Lakers, won the national senior men's lacrosse championship. Jones had three goals and four assists in the game.
A teacher and field lacrosse team coach at St. Mary's High School, Jones has brought the cup home for the week and...
- by Blaine Courtney
Just over 12 months ago I announced that 2017 would be my final year as chairman of the Owen Sound Emancipation Festival and invited interested parties to step forward to fill my role and those of several others who will also be retiring from their Board and Committee member responsibilities. I must admit to a degree of disappointment with the response. To date we have only had one volunteer step forward and she will be taking on a valuable fundraising role....thank-you Pat,....
Construction of the British Columbia section of the Trans-Canada Railway, as most people know, is an important milestone of Chinese immigration in Canada. The migration that occurred 2 decades prior to that has been less discussed. In early 1858, gold was discovered along the Fraser River. In the following months, close to 30,000 men arrived; among them were 7,000 ...
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