Weds Oct 1 – Owen Sound & Area News

Local news updates involving BG Wealth Group, Neyaashiinigmiing, Municipality of Georgian Bluffs, Keystone Child, Youth & Family Services and more

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Dear Readers,

As we step into a new season, we want to take a moment to thank you, our subscribers and readers, for helping Owen Sound Current thrive.

From the outset, our mission has been ambitious: to be 100% community-supported, with no advertising, no corporate sponsorship, and no government funding. Since our launch on November 1, 2023, you’ve proven that local, independent journalism can not only survive but grow when a community believes in it.

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A very special thank you goes to our Sustaining Supporters. Think of them as your local super-supporters of open media. These are the people whose generosity makes sure contributor stories, public notices, and letters to the editor remain open and accessible to everyone until they are archived.

You are empowering community voices, and we appreciate your efforts.

We’re proud to share some milestones with you:

• Our subscriber base continues to grow at an average of 4% per month.

• Owen Sound Current is ranked among the top 100 News sites on Substack.

• On publishing days, our stories are read by about 5,000 people on average — five times a week, plus weekends when breaking news demands it.

• We’ve published more than 2,350 articles to date, adding to the community archive that will drive our collective understanding of who we were and what we did at each moment in time.

Your support has allowed us to stay on stories that matter most to Owen Sound and Grey-Bruce, like the fallout from BG Wealth Group’s Owen Sound investment fund, residents’ responses to the City of Owen Sound’s Vision 2050 survey, and, importantly, the ongoing pursuit of justice for Sharif Rahman.

In just a few weeks, we’ll be back in Scotland for the next phase of the extradition trial. We’ve been one of only two news outlets consistently in that courtroom, because this story is uniquely Owen Sound’s, and it matters to our community more than to anyone else.

We are here — and there — able to stay on these stories, because of you.

Every subscription, every Sustaining Supporter, every reader who shares our stories makes Owen Sound Current possible.

And as always, Owen Sound Current is not just about what we publish, but what we share together. We continue to invite you, our readers, to send in your letters, comments, photos, and unique perspectives.

Thank you for proving that independent, community-powered journalism has a place and a future in Owen Sound.

~ Miranda Miller, Editor, with Maryann Thomas of Ginger Press, Publisher

Keep reading for local news, including an update on OSC’s investigation into BG Wealth Group, a look at Keystone’s 50 years of service in Owen Sound, a changing of the guard at a longstanding Port Elgin business, and a lot more.

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