2008 Cops for Cancer Shave Off this weekend

May 30, 2008

The 2008 Owen Sound Cops for Cancer Event
Saturday, May 31, 2008
11 am - 3 pm
shave Mix 106 parking lot - downtown Owen Sound

Come out and enjoy an afternoon of fun and excitement.

For more information please call (519) 376-6011 or The Salon at (519) 372-9398. To register, please stop by The Salon at 897 3rd Ave East in Owen Sound or at the Canadian Cancer Society office at 163 8th St. East or call (519) 376-6011 or to register online at Cops for Cancer in Grey and Bruce County.

To date, the Canadian Cancer Society’s Cops for Cancer program has raised more than $28 million across Canada!

Funds raised help the Canadian Cancer Society fund the most promising research projects in the country, provide information services and support programs in the community and advocate for public policies that prevent cancer and help those living with it.

For a recap of last years event we invite you to check out Follicle Follies, a short video we produced last summer that followed our own intrepid reporter, Adam Reese to the shaving chair.

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The Queens Hotel Blues Full Screen

May 30, 2008

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If you would like to get a copy of the doc to go (the ipodified version as Graeme likes to call it) you can download an .mp4 version here. **the .mp4 will play in itunes and should play on your ipod video, ipod touch… (basically anything made by apple starting with i that has a video screen!)

If you have any comments on the film or on heritage buildings in general please feel free to leave a comment below. If you have a microphone hooked up the the computer you can use the embedded microphone to leave an audio comment as well. Audio comments may be included in future posts/audio programming.

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Composting Gathering

May 14, 2008

May 24, 2008
11:00 am	to	12:00 pm

Join us for a composting get together on Saturday May 24th as theOwen presents Composting 101: a hands-in-the-dirt knowledge sharing family event. Interested in urban agriculture or trying to a way to divert compostables from landfill sites? Want to compost but don’t know how? Looking to meet and share with others interested in sustainability and gardening? We’ll be presenting composting tips and techniques (care to share ideas or present?), building a composter, and having a blast. You’ll find us at 925 2nd Avenue West (across from the police station) in Owen Sound at 11 o’clock am.

Lotsa compost.

We are looking for contributors for this event, so if you know anything about composting, gardening, or urban agriculture, please get in touch!

It is hoped that this will be the first of a series of events dedicated to urban agriculture. If you have a thought, idea, or want to be part of this effort, we’d love to hear from you.

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Composting 101

April 30, 2008

As part of theOwen’s urban gardening initiative, we bring you a selection of resources on composting for everyone from the absolute beginner to the more seasoned composter who wishes to learn more.

The Composting Council of Canada has a wealth of resources available, including articles such as an overview of what composting is, a guide to composting at home, and how to use compost.

There are many composters available for purchase at a retail level, but you can also choose from a number of designs and detailed plans to build your own.

Garden Girl’s Urban Sustainable Living has a number of urban gardening resources including the following video on composting and vermiculture.

Compost Guide, “a complete guide to composting”, details how to make compost. It also features a page of composting tips and a compost blog.HowtToCompost.org is a comprehensive composting resource. It features an overview of composting as well as a directory of general information.

There will be a composting gathering held on Saturday May 24th 2008 at 11 o’clock am!

Interested in local gardening initiatives? Subscribe in order to recieve more information about this, or if you may have something to contribute, get in touch.

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Written by Lauren · Filed Under Conservation, The Area, Owen Sound, Gardening, The City, Community, The Environment, Participation, Features, theOwen

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