City budget passes with recorded vote and fireworks
Owen Sound council approved its 2022 budget Monday night which will see the average residential taxpayer pay about $103 more than last year. A residential property with a 2016 assessment of $235,000 would see a total tax bill of $4,256, up from $4,153 last year. This figure includes city, county, and education taxes. The vote […]
Owner who demolished heritage barn fined. But what about the rubble?
The owner of a historic barn demolished under the cover of darkness two years ago has pleaded guilty to a charge under the Ontario Heritage Act, sticking him with a $2,000 fine.
City hall blasted for secrecy over probe into near-deadly student house fire
Tenants’ rights groups in London are blasting city hall for saying it won’t make public the results of an investigation into a near-deadly fire at a crowded student bungalow in the city’s northeast.
Protesters end Hwy. 402 blockade as enforcement powers mount
Protesters who had blocked part of the highway between London and Sarnia pulled out Monday and the road has reopened, as the federal government joined Ontario in taking on emergency powers to deal with border and other disruptions caused by opponents of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions. The six-day blockade of a stretch […]
Ontario’s country music awards returning to London in June
It seems country music can’t get enough of London. The Country Music Association of Ontario is returning to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its awards at Centennial Hall on June 5. The announcement comes less than three months after London hosted the Canadian Country Music Awards show at Budweiser Gardens on Nov. 29. “It’s thrilling […]