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Tues Sept 24: City Council Highlights + Local News

Tues Sept 24: City Council Highlights + Local News

Plus: Tracing our footprints to how garden choices shape the wilderness

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Miranda Miller
Sep 24, 2024
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👋 Welcome to The Owen Sound Current, your source for what’s happening in and around Owen Sound. Community-contributed content is open to free subscribers, while full subscribers get premium content, curated news, local events, and commenting features in these weekday briefs. Thank you for supporting independent local journalism!


Council approved entering into talks with West Grey on joint policing, took questions from the public on homelessness and other issues, and discussed the installation of video cameras downtown, among other issues. Get all the highlights and key decisions below.

Public Notices

  • Wednesday, September 25, at 1:15 p.m.: Grey Sauble Conservation Authority Board of Directors meeting. The public can watch the live stream here.

  • Thursday, September 26, Grey County Council and Committee of the Whole meetings to be held virtually only. (County of Grey)

  • Frozen Meals on Wheels clients: Orders are due for Owen Sound, Bruce Peninsula, North Grey and East Grey by this Friday, September 27th. Call 519-372-2091 ext. 3 to place your order, or ext. 1 to sign up.

Community Contribution

Cobblestone & Periwinkle: 130-Year-Old Cottage Highlights Legacy of Invasive Plants

Jennifer Deeks
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September 23, 2024
Cobblestone & Periwinkle: 130-Year-Old Cottage Highlights Legacy of Invasive Plants

Just south of Lion’s Head, about halfway up the Bruce Peninsula, is a cobblestone cottage in the woods. The listing says it’s about 130 years old, and it is currently a rental—to people like us looking for some reprieve from our daily grind—but at that advanced age, it can be assumed that at some point in its lifetime, it was a proper home.

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