The City of Owen Sound's Winter Guide for 2015-2016 has hit the streets, highlighting the best of the season's offerings.
The guide includes a profile of our vibrant downtown, plus information about the Festival of Northern Lights, local music, outdoor activities, museums and galleries, Attack hockey, public skating, and a full list of events to enjoy in the Scenic City from now until Spring.
This is the sixth annual Winter Guide for Owen Sound, a four-season destination and cultural hub of Grey County. Special events for this winter include the award-winning Festival of Northern Lights, Festival in the Park, Festive First Friday in downtown Owen Sound, Moreston by Candlelight, Frisky First Friday, the Grey-Bruce Chinese New Year celebrations and...
The Hub asked Jake Doherty, former publisher of The Owen Sound Sun Times, Kingston Whig Standard and the Hamilton Spectator, about the changes in newspapers over his career. Find Part 1 of his reply here.
by John (Jake) Doherty
Leap ahead with me to my first jobs at The Spec as editorial page editor and, quite soon, to executive editor, a very exciting time as we were moving into a new plant with three large presses. Our newsroom was longer than a football field where we all learned to work on computers. Gone was the rapid fire clacking of dozens of typewriters as we approached deadlines and the visceral sense that we were literally pounding out our stories.
My boss, at that time, the late John Muir, also believed that the editor of the Spec should be seen as worldly wise against the competition from Toronto, only 40 kms down the QEW. Quite significantly, all sold their morning editions in Hamilton. Often I took a bus into work from Burlington where my family lived, and used the time to read the Globe before I reached the office.
Two important changes came quickly that had an huge impact, both on the paper and myself, changes and standards which no longer exist today as declining advertising and circulation revenue have dropped. The first one was that we began covering far more investigative stories
The Hub asked Jake Doherty, former publisher of The Owen Sound Sun Times, Kingston Whig Standard and the Hamilton Spectator, about the changes in newspapers over his career. Here is Part 1 of his reply.
By John (Jake) Doherty
To be frank, my love affair with newspapers, particularly The Sun Times is over, well almost over. I'm still a subscriber as I still enjoy a high fiber fix with my morning coffee, but when I walk through now deserted press and composing rooms I am saddened that the production jobs have gone somewhere else and the newsroom has only a few reporters and editors.
The Sun Times, of course, is not alone as most newspapers have either shrunk or ceased publication as both readers and advertisers have drifted away to television and the internet. When I finished high school in 1954, total newspaper circulation across Canada equaled about 110 per cent of households across the nation. Many readers then wanted
Dear Editor
I am writing to thank Phil McNichol for his November 7th Sun Times article on Owen Sound's need to restructure. Mr. McNichol and others have written on this subject on several occasions over the last number of years. In reviewing the local government archives as well as media outlets, it's clear that sustainability of local and regional government services have been a public concern for some time. Unfortunately nothing has happened to address this problem because local and regional government leaders lacked either a broader vision or did not see the need for change.
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the tax paying public in Owen Sound and surrounding municipalities will no longer tolerate this detached attitude by elected representative .The public would like
Dear Editor,
I have been overwhelmed at the beautiful heart of our community for a few days now but did not know how to express it. Everything sounds so corny. OSSIA choir roamed the streets and shops of downtown on Friday joining many others in Random Acts Of Kindness Day. We invaded restaurants, shops and peoples' comfort zones singing songs, giving out chocolates and goodwill. Some people on the street took a few moments to warm up to the idea of being treated with respect and love, perhaps to being noticed at all. It was not exactly random, in fact nicely organized, but the results were worth it. The following day, I went to the market where it took over an hour to get out because so many of my friends/vendors were asking about my daughter who has been very ill, and really listened to me. A familiar group gathered at The River Cafe as we do each Saturday to savor our last chance to enjoy...
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