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Asda has been named Retailer of the Year 2021 at this year’s Quality Food Awards.

Asda has been named Retailer of the Year 2021 at this year’s Quality Food Awards.

Andrew Armitage, a local historian, author, book reviewer and prolific reader who served as Owen Sound’s chief librarian from 1973 to 2000, has died.

Some have turned to writing during the pandemic or been thinking about starting.

Article content The thoughts, memories, and stories of newcomers to Grey Bruce will be gathered for a collection of slices of life of people willing to share their new worlds after coming to this area within the past five years. Joan Beecroft, in partnership with The Ginger Press in Owen Sound, will publish a collection of the stories – either told first person or told to someone to write it down for you. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. The narra...

Publishing date: Mar 16, 2021  •  March 16, 2021  •  2 minute read  •  Article content Joan Beecroft, in partnership with The Ginger Press in Owen Sound, is planning to publish a collection of thoughts, memories, and stories of the lives of newcomers to this area. If you have arrived in Grey Bruce from another country within the last five years, we’d love to hear from you. If you would rather tell your story and have someone write it down for you, that’s OK too. If you’d lik...

Author of the article: Denis Langlois Publishing date: Mar 04, 2021  •  March 4, 2021  •  1 minute read  •  Article content Joan Beecroft and The Ginger Press in Owen Sound are teaming up to publish a new book, featuring a collection of thoughts, memories and stories of newcomers to Grey-Bruce. This will be the third collaboration between the Owen Sound resident and regional publisher and follows “Growing Up Gay in Bruce and Grey: Reflections by Current and Former Residents” ...

Article content Four Owen Sound businesses will be taking part in a Downtown BookWalk – a new initiative that’s part of I Read Canadian Day on Wednesday that will also honour Black History Month in February. Story panels, featuring excerpts from Bonita Johnson de Matteis’ book Going North, will be displayed in storefront windows, so families can safely participate in the event outside while maintaining physical distancing, according to a news release from The Ginger Press. We apologize, b...

Article content The Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library has extended the term of the city’s poet laureate Richard-Yves Sitoski, who is set to launch his legacy project Tuesday. The library board approved the one-year extension late last month “in recognition of both the current challenges involved in presenting public performances” and Sitoski’s “exemplary work as poet laureate,” a position he’s held since Oct. 1, 2019. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try...