Category: Owen Sound
Sharing food at Thanksgiving makes OSHaRE leader thankful
Six people worked briskly filling orders from people who lined up at the OSHaRE counter on Saturday afternoon of this Thanksgiving weekend. Colleen Trask Seaman greeted each guest with a smile, usually by name, and asked them what each wanted. “Do you like cranberries?” she must have asked 150 times through a plastic divider in […]
Demand growing among homeless, hungry, groups warn
Downtown Owen Sound’s soup kitchen will have served as many meals this year by Thursday as it served in all of 2023. “We have seen a drastic increase in the number of people that are coming for meals,” said Colleen Trask Seaman, the executive director at Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort, or OSHaRE, at […]
Thomson gallery exhibit showcases art from neurodivergent view
What does being part of the community mean to neurodivergent people? An exhibition which just opened at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery features four such artists who used their art to answer that question. “They are so very expressive,” said Aidan Ware, the gallery’s chief curator. “They really do evoke . . . the sense […]
COUNCIL BRIEFS: East side splash pad sunk?
EAST SIDE SPLASH PAD SUNK? At Monday night’s council meeting, Councillor Marion Koepke asked staff to explain why she’s heard from the community that council has decided to put the kibosh on the Scenic City Order of Good Cheer’s east side splash pad plans. Director of Community Services Pam Coulter explained discussions between Good Cheer […]
Police called to courthouse after sentencing triggers outburst
Police were called to the Owen Sound courthouse Thursday after an angry outburst at a conditional sentence imposed for dangerous driving causing death. Luciano Da Silva, 64, of Utopia, Ont., was granted house arrest as part of a conditional sentence of two years less a day and must not drive for four years starting immediately. […]
Groups looking for people to give their time to help in community
Maybe you’ve got some time to spare and want to make a difference but you don’t know how. A volunteer fair held in the public library auditorium in downtown Owen Sound Wednesday featured a variety of groups whose representatives were eager to explain the ways they rely on volunteers. Miriam Dupuis, who organizes volunteers at Bruce […]
River District commercial vacancy rate notches down
Owen Sound’s River District commercial business vacancy rate sits at nine per cent, a three-point drop since 2021. “I think we are making strides forward,” said Viveca Gravel, the co-ordinator of the River District said in an interview about the vacancy rate, which was included in a recent report she gave to the River District […]
People ‘hungry’ for Fall Day at the Farm
It was the most successful Fall Day at the Farm yet Saturday. The fundraiser put on by volunteers raised more than $15,000 and counting for Canadian Foodgrains Bank, which helps feed people in developing countries through emergency food assistance and education about growing food. “It was probably our most successful day yet,” Heather Parkin said by […]
Modellers reignite railroading passion in Owen Sound at inaugural CWHC show
A deep love for the twists and turns of railroad history and railcar modelling was displayed at the Owen Sound Legion on Saturday. The Community Waterfront Heritage Centre’s first-ever model show and sale for railway modellers and enthusiasts invited hundreds of people through the doors of the legion with over 50 vendor tables to visit […]
Steve Lowe named new Georgian College board chair
Steve Lowe, an Owen Sound wealth advisor, accountant and community volunteer, is the new chair of Georgian College’s board of governors for 2024-25. Lowe joined the board of governors in 2020 and recently served as vice-chair, a college announcement said. Georgian College has five campuses, including one in Owen Sound. He’s an RBC Dominion Securities wealth […]