News & Media Advisories

The City of Owen Sound is proud to unveil its first-ever Rainbow Crosswalk celebrating diversity, inclusion, and equity in the community. The official unveiling will take place tomorrow, June 17, to coincide with the beginning of Pride Week and the 5 th annual Grey Bruce Pride flag-raising ceremony at City Hall at 9:00 a.m.
On June 7, 2021, Council approved the recommendation presented by staff to install the City’s first-ever permanent Rainbow Crosswalk on the east...
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On Friday, June 11, we entered Step One of the Province’s  Roadmap to Reopen Ontario.   
Step One of the Roadmap includes restrictions on indoor and public gatherings. As a result, the City of Owen Sound’s Household Hazardous Waste Day Event , originally scheduled for this coming Saturday, June 19, 2021, has been cancelled.
The next Household Hazardous Waste Day Event is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, July 17, 2021, pending...
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Please be advised that the Budget Meetings that were originally scheduled for December 2 and 3, 2021 have been rescheduled and will now be taking place on December 1 and 2, 2021.
The PDF version of the 2021 Council, Board and Committee Calendar located on the City’s website has been updated to reflect this change.
The agenda will be available for review prior to the meeting on the Council and Committees page of the City’s website and the meeting can also...
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On behalf of Council, I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to the extended families and friends of the Afzaal and Salman family.
My thoughts and prayers are with the family’s 9-year old son who has been seriously injured. I wish him a speedy recovery.
I am deeply saddened by this senseless anti-Muslim hate crime. As Canadians, we often think of this kind of domestic terrorism as something that happens elsewhere. These murders are an attack on all of us and...
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On Monday, the Province of Ontario announced that on Friday, June 11, we will enter Step One of its Roadmap to Reopen Ontario.  Entering Step One of the Roadmap to Reopen means that some City services and facilities will once again be available to the public.
On June 14, City Hall will reopen to the public with a maximum visitor capacity of six people at one time.
Building/Planning/Clerks/Finance Services
Building and Planning Services have been maintained...
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