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Music in the Sound: Harbour Nights and Midweek Music Return for the Summer
Owen Sound's summer concert season is back. Harbour Nights runs Sunday evenings at the waterfront, and Midweek Music brings free Wednesday shows…
 • The Owen Sound Current
Opinion: 'Not the City's Job' Isn't the Same as Nothing More to Do on Housing
Editorial: Housing is the county's job, but Owen Sound's mayor shouldn't call worried residents uninformed for questioning housing policy as…
 • Miranda Miller
Our Town: The Manufacturers That Built Owen Sound — and What's Left
In this third column in his limited series 'Our Town,' David McLeish explores the rise and fall of Owen Sound's manufacturers from 1850 to today.
 • The Owen Sound Current
Owen Sound Family Health Team Strike Enters Second Week Over Wages and Funding
A week into a province-wide strike, Owen Sound Family Health Team workers remain off the job; the union says 34,000 patients face disrupted care.
 • Miranda Miller
Weds June 3: Owen Sound & Grey-Bruce News
News and updates involving Georgian Bluffs, BWDSB, City of Owen Sound, Meaford Legion, Bruce Power, The Vaudevillian, Owen Sound Attack, and more
 • Miranda Miller
Where Did All the Birds Go?
Peter Middleton checks the grasslands north of Owen Sound for returning migrants this spring — and finds the birds, once abundant, are disappearing.
 • The Owen Sound Current
Grey County Sets 300-Unit Housing Goal, and Lays Out Why Building Is So Hard
Grey County endorsed a 10-year housing plan targeting 300 deeply affordable homes, as staff laid out soaring demand and the steep cost of building as…
 • Miranda Miller
Owen Sound Expands 2026 Road Resurfacing as 2027 Program Faces Near-Elimination
Owen Sound’s delayed 2026 road resurfacing program will begin by June 5 with 16 road segments, including additions beyond the City’s original plan, as…
 • Miranda Miller
Tues June 2: Grey-Bruce & Owen Sound News + A New Letter to the Editor
News and updates involving Hanover Police Service, United Way of Bruce Grey, Bruce Power, Mocha Shriners, Huron Bruce Nature, musician Owen Riegling…
 • Miranda Miller
Letter: 'Fight Ford' Demonstrations Are Growing Across Grey-Bruce and Ontario
Resident Tamara Sargent writes in on the growing "Fight Ford" demonstrations, including a May 30 Owen Sound gathering of about 55 people outside MPP…
 • The Owen Sound Current
Missing: 41-Year-Old Man Last Seen in Hanover
Hanover Police confirm that a man reported missing on May 30 has been located and is safe.
 • The Owen Sound Current
Careless Driving Causing Death Charge Adjourned to July in Case of Pedestrian Struck in Crosswalk
The Owen Sound man charged in the February crosswalk death of Sabrina Ormsby, 48, is next scheduled to appear in court July 13 after a further Crown…
 • The Owen Sound Current
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