About the Owen Sound Current
Independent. Local. Ad-free. In your inbox five days a week.
The Owen Sound Current is the only independent, locally owned daily news source covering Owen Sound and the surrounding region.
We report on municipal government, emergency services, the courts, local business, arts, and the issues shaping life in Grey and Bruce counties —including stories that don’t get told anywhere else.
We’re reader-funded. No ads. No corporate ownership. No algorithms deciding what you see.
Recognized for Our Work
In 2026, the Current received the City of Owen Sound’s Frontier Award, recognizing work that “pushes the boundaries of digital media.”
The award honours creativity, originality, and technical excellence in digital publishing, and was presented to publisher Maryann Thomas and editor Miranda Miller for their work building the Owen Sound Current since its 2023 launch.
By the Numbers
3000+ pieces in our Archives
500+ original stories published in the past year
10+ community columnists
5 newsletters delivered to your inbox every week
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Why Your Subscription Matters
Local journalism is disappearing across Canada. When it goes, so does accountability — at city council, in the courts, and across the institutions that shape daily life.
The Current exists because readers fund it. Every subscription pays for real reporting: time at council meetings, follow-up questions to officials, hours in courtrooms, and the careful work of getting it right.
Subscriptions also fund our community columnists — local voices we pay an honorarium to share their knowledge and perspective with readers. If you want to go further, you can become a Sustaining Supporter and directly back this work.
Who We Are
Maryann Thomas — Publisher
Maryann is the founder and operator of The Ginger Press, the region’s largest publishing house with over 150 titles, and runs one of the oldest independent bookshops in Canada. She’s a three-time Owen Sound Cultural Awards winner, former chair of the Owen Sound Downtown Improvement Area, and the publisher of The Owen Sounder magazine.
Miranda Miller — Editor
Miranda is a writer and editor with three books and more than 20 years of experience across editorial, business, government, and non-profit publishing. She has ghostwritten dozens of books and thousands of articles for authors in business, technology, and finance, and is the former Senior Managing Editor of a trade publication with over 3 million monthly reads. Miranda is a content marketing consultant and writer for enterprise tech companies ($200M+ in revenue) and a member of the Canadian Association of Journalists.
Story tip? Question? Correction? Email owensoundcurrenteditor@gmail.com to get in touch.
