Weds Feb 4 – Here's What's Happening in Your Community

Owen Sound and Grey-Bruce news involving Grey County's SOS program, Community Foundation, Brightshores Health System, Bruce County, Owen Sound Tourism Development Fund, and more

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“This is Canada. When old friends meet after decades in the public arena, you can see it in their bodies the way they settle into chairs beside each other, the ease that comes only from having walked through fire together and come out laughing. In November, my uncle, former MP Ovid Jackson, met former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in Ottawa, and I love this picture of them, old friends with nothing left to prove and everything to remember.” Read more from Che Marville here. Photo credit: Michael Marville

Editorial: Thank You for Supporting Local Journalism That Puts Community First

As we head into February, we want to take a moment to thank you — our readers, subscribers, and contributors — for supporting Owen Sound Current and making it possible for us to do this work.

When we launched in November 2023, we made a commitment to providing timely, relevant, and independent local journalism that serves the public interest across Owen Sound and the wider Grey-Bruce region.

Since then, we’ve published more than 1,800 original and submitted community news articles, and shared 500 daily news briefs with our subscribers, curated every morning to bring you a clear picture of what’s happening in your community, over your first cup of coffee.

We’ve also published over 350 letters and community columns, creating space for dialogue, debate, and storytelling. Your voices are the heartbeat of local journalism. You’ve used them to speak out, share experiences, challenge decisions, and offer hope.

With your support, we’ve been able to report on issues that matter but often go uncovered, from using freedom of information requests to dig into the activities of BG Wealth Group, to tracking developments in the pursuit of justice for Sharif Rahman, including the extradition process that unfolded in Edinburgh.

Over the past several months, our subscriber community’s support has also enabled us to deepen our court and accountability reporting, add more features to our daily news brief, and expand our coverage area to include more stories from across Grey-Bruce.

These are stories that take time, care, and resources to pursue — and we’re doing more of them thanks to those who choose to subscribe and support us directly.

In a time when misinformation spreads quickly and trust in institutions can feel strained, the need for accurate, local, independent journalism has never been clearer.

Access to reliable information matters. Holding power to account matters. Feeling connected to your community matters.

If you’re already a subscriber, thank you. If you’ve written to us, thank you. If you’ve shared a story or offered a tip, thank you. And if you believe in the value of local news, we invite you to support and participate in this mission by subscribing, contributing, or simply continuing to read and share.

Here’s to continuing to build a stronger, better-informed community, together.

Miranda Miller
Editor

Public Notices

• Downtown Excess Snow Removal Wednesday, February 4 - City of Owen Sound

• The Bruce County Council meeting on on February 5 has been cancelled and rescheduled to February 12

Keep Reading

… for original reporting and curated news, obituaries, weather, local governance, and what’s happening in local events. Today we have:

• a new vehicle for the SOS program, and the meaning behind it

• an armed robbery investigation in West Grey

• announcements and opportunities from Owen Sound Tourism Development Fund, Community Foundation Grey Bruce, Institute of Southern Georgian Bay, and Bruce County

• enhanced hospital funding and how it’ll be applied, and a lot more

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