Weds Apr 24: Six Months Into 'The Owen Sound Current'

Plus: Five people from around Grey and Bruce counties charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking after a Kincardine traffic stop revealed drugs and weapons

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The Owen Sound Current soft-launched and began publishing in October 2023 and officially launched on November 1. Looking back over six months as a weekday news source publishing five editions each week, we’re incredibly thankful for the community's support.

Without you, a local news venture of this kind simply would not be possible!

Advertising-driven corporate media consolidation, trends in social media and big tech, and the rising operating costs of print media have eroded local news sources across Canada. When Maryann Thomas and I began discussing plans for this publication, we knew that “business as usual” wasn’t the space for us.

We’re thrilled that The Owen Sound Current is today what we set out last year to create: the place to find out what’s really going on in and around Owen Sound.

Curating and archiving community news has been mission number one, and to that end, we’re proud to have published over 700 articles to date.

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Full subscribers, there’s a lot more for you below, including…

• Details about the capital improvement projects starting at Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre this spring

• Highlights from a recent event and discussion about the need, supply, and affordability of housing in Bruce County

• A tribute to Gerald Shortt, former councillor and Reeve of St. Vincent Township, Grey County Warden, and Mayor of the Municipality of Meaford

• Information about a City staff recommendation to return the Harrison Park bird sanctuary to a natural state

• Good news for the local environment, as Sturgeon Bay Forest gets Nature Conservancy Canada protection

• A report from South Bruce OPP detailing charges for five people after a traffic stop turned up prohibited weapons and drugs

~ Miranda

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