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Owen Sound agrees to funding increase for Harrison Park marker tree
Owen Sound council has agreed to increase the funding to protect a marker tree in the Harrison Park campground that once served as a navigation guide for the area’s First Nations people. On Monday, council approved a community services committee recommendation to allocate an additional $16,500 from its parkland reserve fund to preserve the tree, […]
Contamination jacks up cost of 16th Ave E work in Owen Sound
Owen Sound council has agreed to dip into the city’s wastewater reserve for close to half a million additional dollars to complete a sanitary sewer replacement project along 16th Avenue East in the city’s industrial area. The added cost, driven mostly by the discovery of petroleum-contaminated soil and contaminated groundwater, could lead to higher future […]
Glassworks makes case to Owen Sound to allow homes on property
Land where cooperative wants to build affordable housing is currently zoned for employment purposes
In Michigan, 100K live downstream of old, decrepit dams. ‘We’re at their mercy’
Federal records show lingering risks at Michigan’s Labarge Dam, where a failure could be deadly. The dam’s embankment leaks, the spillway is too small, and the gates are deteriorating.
The Climate Deal Trump Won’t Kill
Donald Trump made his disdain for global climate action clear the day he pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement. Since then, his administration has been on a climate bashing marathon, dismantling wind turbines, weakening fuel-efficiency standards, and scuppering an agreement on global maritime transport just a few … [continued]
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