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May 5 - What's Happening In & Around Owen Sound

Plus: Local news headlines, public notices, upcoming events, community contributions and more to kick off your week

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Miranda Miller
May 05, 2025
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👋 Welcome to The Owen Sound Current, your source for what’s happening in and around Owen Sound. Thank you to our Sustaining Supporters for funding contributor stories and keeping public notices and letters open to all! Upgrade to a full subscription for original local reporting, event listings, curated stories, commenting privileges, and full archive access.


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The Township of Georgian Bluffs is inviting residents to take part in No Mow May, a growing movement to support bees, butterflies, and other pollinators by letting lawns grow a little wilder this spring. Photo by Harry Dona on Unsplash

Can we really grow our way out of rising grocery bills?

In this thoughtful community contribution, master gardener Jennifer Deeks explores the real limits of food self-sufficiency and why the answer to food insecurity might lie not just in our backyards, but in our connections with one another.

From the practical challenges of gardening to the promise of neighbourly cooperation, this is a timely reflection on resilience, food, and community.

Gardening for Food Security Calls for Shared Knowledge & Effort

Jennifer Deeks
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May 4
Gardening for Food Security Calls for Shared Knowledge & Effort

COMMUNITY: Growing your own food offers more than savings; it builds skills, connection, and community. Jennifer Deeks reflects on the limits of self-sufficiency and the value of working together.

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Public Notices

  • 9th Avenue East Lane Reductions Scheduled for May 5 - City of Owen Sound

  • Nearly all of the main Bruce Trail between Mono and Wiarton (roughly 400 km) has re-opened, thanks to volunteers clearing the damage and hazards caused by March ice storms - Bruce Trail Conservancy

  • Public Meeting on Forest Management By-law on Tuesday, May 6, at 7 p.m. at Grey County Building

  • The Tom Thomson Art Gallery Advisory Committee meets on Wednesday, May 7, at 2 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall. You’ll find the agenda here.

Local News

Keep reading for community events, our original reporting, and curated local news updates. Today: details of Grey County’s $13 million in upcoming road improvements, more measles exposure alerts in Owen Sound, Owen Sound Council approves a $325k SaaS deal with a U.S.-based company, local students featured on CBC, concerned residents continue searching for a missing teen, and a lot more.

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