Tag: mayor
City’s new downtown cameras to be installed and operational by the end of September
In the days after Owen Sound business owner Sharif Rahman was assaulted outside his downtown restaurant last summer police released grainy images of two suspects and an early-2000s-model SUV. The caucasian men, both wearing what look to be black athletic shorts with one in a light orange T-shirt and one in a light blue T-shirt, […]
Owen Sound, Hanover granted funding for water projects
The Ontario government has announced grant funding of more than $3.7 million for municipal water and wastewater projects in Owen Sound and Hanover that will help support growth in those communities. On Wednesday, the province revealed the applications for the two projects had been approved as part of the first round of investments under the Housing-Enabling […]
Watchdog slams rural mayor over remarks about hospital CEO: ‘Gun is fully loaded’
A rural mayor has received a formal reprimand from his political colleagues for comments an integrity commissioner labelled as threatening and potentially incendiary Kevin Eccles is in his fourth term holding the top political office in West Grey, a municipality of roughly 13,000 located near Hanover in Grey County. He leads a seven-person council. In […]
Residents, business owners express relief at arrests in Rahman case
As word spread in Owen Sound on Thursday that arrests had been made in the death of Sharif Rahman almost one year ago, emotions ranged from relief and comfort, to happiness and elation that progress had been made in the case. But thoughts also turned to his family and all those impacted by the tragic […]
Officials to Queen’s Park: Fee freeze to aid home building hurts local taxpayers
The London-area conservation authority is pushing to reverse a freeze on its planning approval fees imposed by the province in a move to cut red tape and speed up new home construction.
West Grey Mayor reprimanded for “threatening” comments
West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles received a formal reprimand from council this week for comments an integrity commissioner labelled as threatening and potentially incendiary. In early April 2024, the SBGHC announced its plan to relocate all 10 in-patient beds from the Durham hospital to larger centres in Walkerton and Kincardine due to a critical staff […]
Politicians propose spending $3M to make tiny dent in looming tax hikes
Two city politicians want their colleagues to pull $3 million from municipal savings to slightly reduce the relatively large tax increases that will hit Londoners over the next three years.
Book sheds new light on London’s ‘Mayor of Richmond Row’
London-born author Lynda Curnoe has published a new book about the late poet and downtown fixture Roy McDonald, which contains facts she says may surprise those who knew the man nicknamed âthe Mayor of Richmond Row.â Recognized for his long beard, rumpled second-hand clothes and a suit jacket covered in buttons, McDonald became something of […]
Small towns, big problem: Lots of players, not nearly enough ice
Some municipalities are facing ice time shortages amid growing demand for coveted evening and weekend timeslots.
New ambulance base proposed for Feversham expected to cut response times in southeast corner of county
Grey County paramedics will work with county staff to secure suitable land in the Feversham area for the construction of a new ambulance base. The Feversham base will join a new larger base in Durham and new bases proposed for Ayton (2026), Thornbury (2027), and Cobble Beach (2028) all in an effort to keep up […]