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The murder of Owen Sound restaurant owner Sharif Rahman rattled the city last month. His death was a blow to a downtown that has already been dealing with many challenges. The local businesses in the community are rallying and healing with the return of its Wellness Walkabout. It's a series of events and activities for emotional, mental and physical health, hosted by a group of shops in the core. Maryann Thomas is one of those host businesses who runs The Ginger Press, and also the lead organizer. She spoke in great detail about the event.
Yesterday Premier Doug Ford announced a complete reversal of the move to open up the protected land to developers. It was a move many were calling for through sustained protests and public calls to action. Tim Gray is the executive director of Environmental Defence, which has been leading the HANDS OFF THE GREENBELT campaign. He talked to us about the next steps.
A three-year-old black bear named Sasha has found his forever home in the town of Rosseau. The young cub is originally from Marineland, and first came to the Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary as a foster animal. But, his temporary status changed when team members decided to make him a permanent resident earlier this month. Jan Kingshott, the director of animal welfare at the sanctuary, gave use all the details about their new family member.

After successfully cracking down on the notorious unsanctioned car rallies of the infamous Labour Day long weekend "takeovers," the town of Wasaga Beach is looking at the province to establish a task force. Danny Rodgers, the General Manager of the Development Services Division of the town, spoke with us about it.
Mississauga MPP Kaleed Rasheed has resigned over contradicting accounts of a trip to Nevada with a Greenbelt developer. His surprise resignation came yesterday after media reports alleged that Rasheed had gotten a massage at the same Las Vegas hotel spa at the same time as Shakir Rehmatullah, who is one of the developers. This is despite him telling the Integrity Commissioner otherwise under oath. Charlie Pinkerton, the Queen’s Park reporter who first broke details of the Vegas trip, gave us the details in studio
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reminding parents to get those records up to date before an important deadline. According to public health, roughly twenty percent of grade 11 and 12 students in the region don't have up to date immunization records. Dr. Colin Lee, the Associate Medical Officer of Health for the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, spoke more on the matter.

Canada has set goals to eradicate poverty, and made commitments to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development launched in 2015 at a UN Summit. Campaign 2000 monitors Canada's progress on ending poverty. Leila Sarangi, their national director, gave us the update on Canada’s progress.

You might be surprised to know that cookbooks are included in the W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections at Queen's University. Those rare books are set to be at a pop-up exhibition of historical and local community cookbooks for Doors Open Kingston. Curator Brendan Edwards joined us to share some classic tips from the collection.

A surge in shoplifting across the world has hit home as Canadian businesses have been ramping up efforts to curb shoplifting over the past year. As price tags go up, thieves become more creative. Bruce Winder, a retail analyst and author, broke it down for us.

A group of Owen Sound residents packed a recent council meeting, pleading for help from the city, after years of suspected drug activities and noise problems in their neighborhood. As city staff investigate the issues and prepare for a report , the Deputy Mayor Scott Greig explains to us what's going on, and what the city can and will do to help.

The heads of Canada's five largest grocery chains were summoned to Ottawa to meet with Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, to talk about stabilizing rising food prices. The federal government says it has reached an agreement with the big five grocers and have given them until Thanksgiving to submit their individual plans. Sheila Block, a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, spoke more on the integral meeting.

What could 2.7 million dollars do to change the lives of homeless people in Peterborough? Quite a bit, according to Christian Harvey from One City Peterborough. He joined us to talk about the latest city investment and the programs it will help fund.

Metroland Media Group has announced more than 70 weekly newspapers will cease print publication and hundreds of employees will lose their jobs as the company seeks bankruptcy protection. We examined its impact on the communities affected as well as the media landscape with journalism professor April Lindgren.

Today Queen's unveils a unique new Indigenous gathering space -- a large wooden roundhouse that stands in stark contrast to the gray limestone dominating campus.How far does this new space go toward reconciliation? We spoke to an Indigenous administrator and a student at Queen's

There's a new picnic table in Kingston, which doesn't sound like a big deal -- but it is to the men who made it. We heard how building a table over the summer also built important social connections.

Do you have an exciting Friday night ahead? Local singer Jason McCoy is set to have a memorable one as he looks forward to being inducted into the Canadian Country Music Association's Hall of Fame.

A closer look at the track involved in the most recent Kingston train derailment, and why all the warning signs before that were ignored.

A decade ago, students at Peterborough Collegiate Vocational School waged a passionate campaign to save their school and unique community. They lost, but a new generation is taking up their fight in a play that debuts tonight.