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Crime severity index data for Grey-Bruce, by police service
Statistics Canada’s annual crime severity index and weighted clearance rates for police services in Ontario include data for Grey-Bruce. The conventional crime rate is a measure of crime volume. It adds up all crimes reported by police and divides that total by the population for the area. This means a murder has the same impact […]
Owen Sound’s violent crime severity index two-thirds higher in 2023
Owen Sound’s violent crime severity index soared in 2023 over the year before. Unlike the conventional crime rate, the violent crime severity index is weighted, with more serious but less frequent offences, like first-degree murder, given a CSI rating 280 times greater than property theft, for instance. The city’s crime severity index was 123.41 in […]
Book launch series coming to Kincardine
Owen Sound author Gwen Lamont is heading to Kincardine on Aug. 22 to discuss her memoir, The View From Coffin Ridge: A Childhood Exhumed, as part of her summer book launch series. Lamont chose East Street Cider Company in Goderich as her first stop on July 11. The chapters set in Goderich describe a significant […]
Gas service being restored after ‘significant’ leak in Owen Sound
Gas service was being restored in areas of Owen Sound Monday night after what city officials called a significant leak in the Alpha Street area that afternoon. “At approximately 1 p.m. (Monday) Owen Sound Fire and Emergency Services responded to the area of Alpha Street for a report of a significant natural gas leak,” the […]
Emancipation festival this weekend in Owen Sound
The 162nd Emancipation Festival features a speakers’ forum Friday, a community celebration Saturday and gospel music Sunday. Cyrus Sundar Singh will speak at Grey Roots Museum Friday night. He’s an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, a musician and filmmaker who was born and raised in India. He’ll talk about Nova Scotia’s Africville, a one-time […]