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'Downtown Mess' Surfaces Again at Owen Sound Council, This Time With Questions on Landlord Responsibility

Councillors raised provincial law, recent commercial recycling changes, and an earlier staff report request, but the May 11 discussion produced no decision.

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Miranda Miller
May 14, 2026
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City of Owen Sound Council meeting, May 11, 2026.

Recycling left curbside on non-collection days in downtown Owen Sound came back before council at the May 11 meeting, with councillors and staff offering competing framings of the problem and no clear solution.

Councillor Melanie Middlebro raised the matter under additional business, describing the recycli…

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