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Summerfolk has passed, Salmon Spectacular is on the horizon, and the countdown to Labour Day — and back to school — is on.
This week brings Biird, the all-female Irish Trad band, to Heartwood in Owen Sound, a ‘Massie Hills Meander’ with the Sydenham Bruce Trail Club, Pokémon under the stars at Blue Mountain Village’s outdoor movie night, a Music on the Bruce performance in Tobermory and a lot more.
We include a preview of local events for full subscribers in the daily brief each weekday morning, but it’s impossible to fit it all inside one email.
A reader asked me once why we have word count limits… “It’s not like you’re paying for lines of ink on paper.” True, yet emails will only deliver up to a certain size. I’m constantly trying to wrangle and squish as much as I can into each one, and so only 3-4 events per day for the three days ahead make the cut.
From there, full subscribers can click through to our Event Listings webpage for listings in chronological order through the end of the 2026, with a link to each organizer’s event page so you can verify details and get the full scoop.
Our Obituaries work in the same way. They’re listed in chronological order by date of passing, not the date of announcement, with a preview for full subscribers in the daily brief. You get the most complete view on the website, where free subscribers see only a preview but full subscribers can see all listings and the archives.
Another feature you might like to try out this week: listen to an Owen Sound Current article out loud, like a podcast.
All subscribers can use this feature when you access an article inside the Substack app.
If you’d rather listen to the daily brief or one of our original articles over coffee than read it on your device, you can. Substack provides a step-by-step guide on how to do it here.
Before we head into the news, weather, notices, and events, we have a letter to the editor to share.
Judi Smelko asks on behalf of the Saugeen Preservation Society Inc.: Why are residents forced to hold the gravel Goliaths accountable; shouldn’t that be the job of our governments?
Keep going for several updates on municipal elections as nominations have now closed, a feature on Owen Sound’s food forest, a story on reservists’ training at Meaford base, and a lot more.
Miranda Miller
Editor
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Notice: Water Main Flushing in Shallow Lake August to September - Township of Georgian Bluffs