The Catholic school board doesn’t want the property saved and filed it’s objection to the move by city hall to protect the 1891 structure under the Ontario Heritage Act.
In all, five objections were filed but the Heritage review board at Queens Park already tossed the others out.
Two were rejected because they were filed too late, and the others because they were not considered valid reasons to reject the designation.
On Feb. 25th, a pre-hearing will be held by the Provincial Heritage review board by tele-conference.
Head of the city’s planning advisory committee Deb Haswell says St. Mary’s wouldn’t necessarily be saved because of it’s structural significance, but more it’s cultural impact on Owen Sound.
She says the Education funders at Queens Park seem to be wrong-headed when they give up on older buildings without any concern about the Heritage of the property.
Haswell says there are several uses for the old building including setting up an archive.
The Bruce Grey Catholic board is planning on a new addition at St. Marys and doesn’t want to keep the older portion of the facility open.
