June 10 - Local News & Community Poll

Plus: A look at the work going on behind the scenes at Owen Sound Current

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Looking westward on 10th St E. Photo credit: Robert Mackey

Today: Vision 2050 and the Cost of Accountability

We’ve been tracking the City of Owen Sound’s $200,000 Vision 2050 strategic planning project for over a year, but it still hasn’t produced a plan.

Now the City wants $7,500+ to search for emails related to the project.

Full subscribers, we’re taking you behind the scenes today to see what we’ve uncovered so far and how your support makes this work possible.

As we continue pressing for transparency around this and other publicly funded initiatives, we want to hear from you: How important is public access to these kinds of records?

Public Notices

• The City of Owen Sound has postponed the Service Review Implementation Ad Hoc Committee meeting scheduled for June 11, 2025, to a later date.

• The City of Owen Sound has cancelled the Corporate Services Committee meeting scheduled for June 12, 2025.

Local News

Keep reading for community events, our original reporting, and curated local news updates.

Today: our Vision 2050 update; a new partnership designed to improve palliative care; a public movement to remove a local public school administrator; and a lot more.

Keep reading.

~ Miranda Miller, Editor

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