Weds Jan 7 – Owen Sound & Grey Bruce News, Events + Opinion
Owen Sound area news and submissions involving Sauble Beach Winterfest, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound City Council, West Grey Police, Saugeen Shores Police, and more
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In his December address to Council, Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy said, “Everything that we have been working on seems to have started to come together in 2025.”
In today’s letter to the editor, Owen Sound resident David McLeish challenges that optimism and asks what the numbers really show.
Drawing on Census data, population modelling, and community need indicators such as OSHaRE meal counts and food bank usage, McLeish argues that the picture painted in the mayor’s update omits the most pressing realities facing residents today.
If Council is going to celebrate planning milestones, he suggests, they should also confront the growing signs of hardship — and commit to real action.
Read the full letter and ask yourself: What metrics should define progress in Owen Sound?
Public Notices
February Committee of Adjustment Hearing Cancelled - City of Owen Sound
Waste Pickup Missed on Monday, January 5, 2026 - Township of Georgian Bluffs
Inside Today’s Edition:
An overview of a new vulnerable persons registry in the area, and solutions for other parts of Grey-Bruce
Charges for an Owen Sound resident after driving a snowmobile on downtown sidewalks
National coverage for a local artist exhibiting at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery
A plea for info from Grey Bruce OPP after a snowmobile went missing from a rural trailhead
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