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The members of Owen Sound Glasswork Co-operative have put their money where there dreams are and raised over $630,000 in investments with their backs against the wall to stop the sale of a 46-acre property in Owen Sound’s industrial park. The group purchased the land three years ago for $475,000 and proposed to create net-zero affordable and sustainable housing on the plot.
The members of Owen Sound Glasswork Co-operative have put their money where there dreams are and raised over $630,000 in investments with their backs against the wall to stop the sale of a 46-acre property in Owen Sound’s industrial park. The group purchased the land three years ago for $475,000 and proposed to create net-zero affordable and sustainable housing on the plot.
From nearly losing his arms as a result of a workplace accident to becoming a world-champion arm-wrestler, the last 15 years have been a wild ride for Dan Plexman of Thunder Bay, Ont.
From nearly losing his arms as a result of a workplace accident to becoming a world champion arm-wrestler, the last 15 years have been a wild ride for Dan Plexman of Thunder Bay, Ont.The accident happened in 2008 while Plexman was working for a hydroelectric company in Red Lake, Ont. "I was working alone in a manlift," Plexman recalled. "I was working under live power lines."I was working all by myself, and that right there is a big no no," he said. "I didn't have the electrical knowhow and the