Dec 19 - Today’s Local News; Tomorrow’s Community Record
Plus: Scenic City Order of Good Cheer and City of Owen Sound partnering on revitalization project at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park
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It’s been a hectic week, and we’re moving a number of stories forward step by step. We’ve been promised an update soon on the high-speed police chase that ended in Owen Sound earlier this week. We await a final decision on our freedom of information request for BG Wealth Group’s Owen Sound tax arrears.
We’ve also just received word that another freedom of information request we filed, to have the City of Owen Sound release the 5000 responses they received to open-ended questions in the taxpayer-funded Vision 2050 survey, comes with a $735 price tag.
Independent journalism isn’t free, but it’s vital. These responses almost certainly contain valuable community input and suggestions on what we want to be going forward. We’re determined to make sure they become part of our shared public record.
And now that charges have been announced in Sharif Rahman’s case, the work begins to locate where the suspects are being held so we can bring you up-to-date information as their extradition hearings proceed.
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Public Notices
Owen Sound Launches Easy Pet Licensing with DocuPet Partnership: Learn more on the City’s website.
The City of Owen Sound In-Person Public Meeting Question & Answer Session on Stormwater Management Master Plan is tonight, Thursday, December 19, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
2024 Year in Review
We’re sharing some of the most interesting and fun community columns from 2024. Today, enjoy a fun throwback to Richard-Yves Sitoski’s review of The Ladies Foursome.
The Ladies Foursome: A Bit of Sunshine at the Roxy
The 2014 play is a female follow-up to Foster’s 1998 The Foursome, which follows four men who reunite for their college reunion. This time, three women – Margot, Tate, and Connie – get together for a round of golf following the funeral of their partner Cathy, and are joined by Cathy’s friend Dory, whom none of them have met.
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Keep reading for our original reporting + curated local news updates, plus upcoming event listings. Today, you’ll find coverage from yesterday’s press conference on the Sharif Rahman homicide investigation, an update from the City of Owen Sound and Scenic City Order of Good Cheer on splash pad improvements, and a lot more.
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