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Owen Sound theatre ready for next act thanks to Trillium grant

ByOwen Sound Sun Times

A $100,000 grant to Owen Sound Little Theatre from the Ontario Trillium Foundation is welcome after two years with next to no income due to pandemic health restrictions, the theatre company’s executive director said. There were bills to pay while the theatre sat mostly dark, Marcia Cunningham said after a ceremonial cheque presentation on the […]

Enbridge: Line 3 replacement complete; oil will flow Friday

ByGreat Lakes Now

By Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Enbridge announced Wednesday that construction on the upgrade of its Line 3 crude oil pipeline across Minnesota is “substantially complete” and that the company will start filling it with oil later this week.

The Canadian-based company’s president and CEO, Al Monaco, said in a statement that the pipeline “will soon deliver the low-cost and reliable energy that people depend on every day.”

The project was completed despite stiff opposition from tribes, environmentalists and others who argued that the 1,097 mile (1,765-kilometer) pipeline — including the 337-mile (542-kilometer) segment across Minnesota — would violate treaty rights, worsen climate change and risk spills in waters where Native Americans harvest wild rice.

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Municipality of Kincardine developing Housing Action Plan

ByKincardine News

On December 6, Municipality of Kincardine Council directed staff to develop a Housing Action Plan in 2022. Over the past several years, housing and rental prices in the Municipality of Kincardine have increased dramatically while housing supply and rental vacancy rates have dropped to an all time low. In October 2021, the Realtors’ Association Grey […]