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Downtown’s in flux â again. Can a new city hall blueprint fix it?
A downtown with Canada’s highest office vacancy rate.
Up a road without a charger: One EV driver’s pitch for better plug-in access
Roadwork on his St. Thomas street meant he couldn’t recharge his EV at home, says a man arguing for civic help. Does he have a point?
Charities benefit from 100 Good Men Who Give a Damn
Don Day said he got a good feeling after his new group, 100 Good Men Who Give a Damn, voted at its inaugural meeting to give the local Meals on Wheels program $10,500. With the enthusiasm of the men and the variety of them at different ages and stages of life, he said he thinks […]
Grey County reaches tentative deal with long-term care employees
Grey County had reached a tentative agreement with unionized workers at two of its long-term care homes. On Thursday, council ratified and approved the recommendations of its bargaining team to bind the new agreement with OPSEU Local 299. The two-year agreement is for 2024 and 2025 and covers workers at Lee Manor in Owen Sound […]
Great Lakes most unwanted: Top 10 invasive species
Long after the Halloween season has ended, some of the Great Lakes’ most infamous invasive species remain a scary sight: blood-sucking parasites with suction-cup mouths, thousands of rotting fish carcasses washed ashore and sharp mussel shells that puncture the feet of unsuspecting beachgoers.
At least 188 nonnative aquatic species have been introduced to the Great Lakes, and over a third have become invasive, meaning they can have negative health, ecological and socioeconomic impacts when introduced to new ecosystems.