Tag: council
Owen Sound reaches deal with inside workers
The City of Owen Sound has a new agreement with its inside workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. At its council meeting on Monday, council passed a bylaw ratifying a memorandum of settlement between the city and CUPE Local 1189-00, which represents the workers. Council also authorized the mayor and clerk to […]
Council briefs: recycling, poetry, road salt, summer events, licences
Owen Sound city council endorsed a Loyalist Township call for the province to make waste producers financially responsible for disposal of all waste, whether eligible for the Blue Box or not. As of July 2023, Circular Materials Ontario, a not-for-profit producer group given the task of administering the municipal Blue Box recycling program in Ontario, […]
NBP fire department getting drones, rescue vehicle and other gear
Drones are the latest weapon in the firefighting arsenal in Northern Bruce Peninsula. A provincial emergency preparedness and response grant worth about $42,000 paid for three of them, plus the first year’s training to operate these eyes in the sky. Seven “pilots” will be trained to fly them. Fire Chief Jack Burt said in a […]
Wiarton volunteers bring food and caring to homeless and others
Every Monday and Wednesday for almost a year now, volunteers have cooked meals in Wiarton for homeless people, those struggling to pay for food and elderly people who may be shut in or can no longer cook. They’ve organized themselves into groups of two or three to cook, 29 volunteers in all, and have prepared […]
Twelve candidates seek lone South Bruce Peninsula seat
Twelve people are in the running to fill a vacant South Bruce Peninsula council seat. The application window closed Thursday. There’s a special meeting Jan. 15 for council to select a candidate. Applicants may briefly express their interest in the position at that meeting. They all had to submit a letter of interest when they […]