Tag: City hall
Owen Sound rally held to keep focus on health-care privatization
A small group gathered on the steps of Owen Sound city hall on Saturday to rally against the creeping privatization of health-care in Ontario. About 25 people took part in the Grey Bruce Health Coalition event, some holding signs in support of public healthcare and against privatization of services. Speakers shared details about their own […]
Eyeing deep freezes, city hall adds community centre as winter warming site
London city hall plans to offer one of its community centres as a warming site in extreme cold, after it was caught flat-footed last winter.
Ontario Health Coalition protests in Owen Sound, Kincardine Saturday
Owen Sound’s city hall will be the setting for an Ontario Health Coalition protest on Saturday. The local Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) contingent will gather at the municipal office (808 2nd Ave. E.) at 11 a.m. on Sept. 27 to protest the Ford government’s move to privatize healthcare, according to OHC executive director Natalie Mehra. […]
Council orders review of program housing homeless Londoners
Coun. Susan Stevenson said she has been contacted by several landlords flagging concerns including drug use, disabled smoke alarms and vandalism.
Work begins to prepare BCK site for new apartment complex
Site preparations have started on a long-vacant industrial site in Owen Sound’s core that will be home to a 224-unit apartment complex. Crews have been at the former Black Clawson Kennedy factory site at 1144 1st Ave. E. clearing trees and other debris, with construction expected to begin soon on a project that will include […]