Tag: City council
Trio of city councilors push for reinstatement of mask bylaw
Councillors Jesse Helmer, Stephen Turner, and Maureen Cassidy are calling for a mask bylaw to be temporarily reintroduced in London.
Grey-Bruce death toll due to COVID: 44
Grey-Bruce has suffered its 44th death due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The news was included in the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report Thursday. This victim was a hospitalized patient in old age with underlying medical conditions, Dr. Ian Arra said by text response to Sun Times questions. Of all the COVID-related local fatal […]
City briefs: apartment rentals, home expo, ash trees, cigarette butts
Barry’s Construction has city approval to start building a $17-million, five-storey rental apartment building at 530 28th St. W. Owen Sound’s planning department has issued a building permit for the 79-unit apartment building, which will include 12 accessible units with barrier-free washrooms and door operators. There will be one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Completion is […]
City summer events include concerts, cultural celebrations
Summer events in the city this year will include a reimagined Canada holiday weekend event, the Sound Waterfront Four-Day Festival. It will take place Thursday, June 30 through Sunday, July 3 and will combine Harbourfest and Canada Day events. It will aim to celebrate Canada Day “in a more diverse and inclusive” way, a report […]
City approves hourly transit service but there’s a mood to do more
City buses will be moving to one-hour service from half-hour service this summer as a pilot project to save money. The city’s transit system is responsible for about half of this year’s $836,000 budget levy increase over last year, council was told Monday night. Council is grappling with how to make the system more affordable. […]