Jan 9 - Local News, Views & Coming Events

Plus: An update on BG Wealth Group's properties in downtown Owen Sound

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We kick things off today with a follow-up in our BG Wealth Group series, as many of you had questions about what happens to the properties now. We’ve learned that three of them were seized and ordered into receivership in November:

Tune in to CBC Radio’s Afternoon Drive with Matt Allen today between 4 and 6 pm; I’ll join him briefly to talk about it. You can listen on CBC Radio One and online via CBC Listen and the CBC Radio app.

Next up, I’m excited to welcome another new community contributor to The Owen Sound Current! 🎉🥳

Joel Pennington is a mediator and negotiation coach who helps organizations and individuals foster collaborative relationships and negotiate equitably. He’s lived, travelled, or worked in over 70 countries and now calls Owen Sound home.

Joel is also a member of the City of Owen Sound's Corporate Services Committee and one of the organizers of Solidarity Sundays, a weekly intergenerational social at the Harmony Centre (and it’s a good bit of fun, if I do say so myself).

In his first column, Joel has a challenge for us:

Public Notices

• The Grey County Council and Committee of the Whole meetings scheduled for this Thursday, January 9, will take place virtually due to a shorter-than-normal agenda.

• Leaf and Yard Waste Composting Site to Close for the Season beginning at 5 p.m. on Monday, January 13 - City of Owen Sound

• Regular meetings of Owen Sound City Council resume on Monday, January 13, at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall.

• The City of Owen Sound Corporate Services Committee meeting scheduled for Thursday, January 16th, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. has been cancelled.

Local News

Keep reading for local events and our original reporting + curated local news updates. Today, you’ll find a police report on charges laid at a RIDE check, a warning from OPP about cryptocurrency scams after sizable losses in Bruce County, a call for new Municipality of Meaford committee members, a Fred Wallace interview from the opening of Grey Bruce Farmers week, and a lot more.

~ Miranda Miller
Editor

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