Published: 25 October 2018

• - by Anne Finlay-Stewart, Editor
• Voter turnout was 43.9% (52.2% in 2014; 49.3% in 2010). The mayor said it was because the electorate is contented. Turnout in other municipalities using online voting and reports of big gaps in the electors' list may suggest that is not the only possible explanation......

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Published: 23 October 2018

A SPOOK-TACULAR new event is coming to downtown Owen Sound. The Owen Sound DIA believes that children should have the opportunity to wear their costume more than once so they have created a...

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Published: 23 October 2018

On October 16, 2018, officials from the City of Owen Sound and Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) sampled 3 boulevard ash trees in the 1000 block of 2nd Avenue East that were observed to be exhibiting symptoms of possible Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) infestation. Laboratory tests confirmed the samples are...

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Published: 21 October 2018

City of Owen Sound voters' letters show the City's address as 808 2nd Avenue East and say that you can vote at City Hall. The letters were prepared early this fall when the completion date of the City Hall renovations was still, on paper, August 31.
Voting on Monday will take place at the temporary...

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Published: 11 October 2018

- Hub staff

City Manager Wayne Ritchie was adamant in his press conference Wednesday. All appropriate processes were followed, he said, in negotiating a lease for the heritage CPR Station with Mudtown Brewery and Restaurant, and no city staff member's investment in the business represented a conflict of interest.

Ritchie read...

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