Mon Apr 22: Save the Dates - Events for Your Summer Calendar

Plus: Tips for spring cleaning your household and personal finances

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Earth Day Celebration 2024 kicked off at 11 am on April 20 with a Water Ceremony by Shirley John on 1st Ave W. Pictured from 1st Ave E. Photo: Miranda Miller

Planning time off around summer events? Organizers have confirmed dates for popular annual events, including:

• Grey Bruce One World Festival - June 19

• The Sound Waterfront Festival for Canada Day - June 28-July 1

• Owen Sound’s Hottest Street Sale - July 13

• Summerfolk 2024 - Aug 16 to 18

• Salmon Spectacular - Aug 23 to Sept 1

Our Events Listings are open to full subscribers and updated weekly. Whether you’re looking for hobbies and workshops, concerts and cultural performances, community conversations, drag shows, author talks, film screenings or other opportunities to get out and enjoy local events, you’ll find them on our Events page.

Please send new event submissions to owensoundcurrenteditor@gmail.com.

Here’s another thing you may want to get on your calendar.

Carrie Hayes, our personal finance columnist, shares how she shaves down household expenses by convincing the companies she deals with to do better.

Full subscribers, there’s a lot more for you below, including…

• Charges for a South Bruce man who brandished an imitation handgun in the commission of a crime in Kincardine

• Details of a unique, pay-what-you-can networking event for women interested in municipal politics

• Highlights and key decisions made at the most recent Bruce County Council meeting

• An exclusive interview with the owners of Wizard’s Castle VR as they celebrate a successful first year in downtown Owen Sound and make plans to expand

~ Miranda

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