Owen Sound Sun Times

Saugeen Municipal Airport's municipal owners are considering the airport's future. It could be sold or carry on under a new funding agreement between its three municipal partners, Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody said Thursday, who presented three options to councils of Brockton, Hanover and West Grey at a joint meeting Wednesday. Each mayor presented an opening [...]

While the details aren't fully known about the impact locally yet, officials with Grey and Bruce counties are encouraged by the focus on housing in Tuesday's federal budget. Of the $52.9 billion in new spending over the next five years that was in the budget tabled by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, $8.5 billion is for [...]

Brightshores Health System is partnering with a shared service organization that could see more local food making its way onto the plates of patients at local hospitals. The six-hospital corporation that has more than 100,000 patient visits each year, has announced that it has joined Mohawk Medbuy Corporation's MEALsource nutrition procurement program. Since 2020, [...]

Doug Symonds was seriously injured when histruck full of gravel was hit by a van that failed to stop at a stop sign, at an intersection east of Flesherton that he considers dangerous." He was rushed to a trauma centre in London and hasn't been able to work since, he said in an interview, after [...]

Right down the middle and with a little spin, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Grey Bruce and Western Simcoe knocked them all down with its annual bowling fundraiser this year. The organization's executive director, Beth Aubrey, confirmed Tuesday that the Bowl for Kids' Sake raised $37,451.62 and welcomed 44 teams this year, the highest participation [...]

There will be opportunities to get moving for a good cause in Owen Sound and Hepworth on May 4. The first Saturday in May is when he Reach Centre Grey Bruce will hold its Walk/Run for REACH along the Owen Sound waterfront, while the Sawmill Trails in Hepworth will be the site of the annual [...]

A Hanover man is facing several charges after a police officer was allegedly struck in the face following a traffic stop Tuesday. At approximately 11:30 p.m., the Hanover Police Service responded to a report of a suspected impaired driver on 10th Street. Officers on patrol located the suspect vehicle in the drive-thru of a restaurant [...]

Alpha Street reconstruction will change the Brooke and Crosstown city transit bus routes and stops temporarily, starting Monday, April 22. There will be no stops on the Brooke route along Alpha Street between 6th Avenue West and Grey Road 17B (Nicol's Gully Road); at 10th Street and 8th Avenue West and at 10th Street and [...]

This past weekend five Grey-Bruce athletes representing Kilian Academy competed at the 2024 Budo Spring Open, hosted at Sudbury's Laurentian University. The Budo Spring Open is one of the first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournaments on the annual BJJ calendar. Shallow Lake's Bianca Carleton, competing in her second tournament, secured a silver medal, winning two of her [...]

An East Ridge Community School student hit the national stage and won big on the slopes this past winter. Nico Murdoch, 14, wrapped up his alpine ski season by winning the Dave Murray Award for the top Canadian male under-14 athlete at the Whistler Cup earlier this month. Racing as part of Team Ontario, Murdoch [...]

It's been another banner year for the Owen Sound Ice Hawks. The city's girl's minor hockey group grew from 12 teams to 14 teams this past season. Registration jumped to surpass 200 players for the first time, ending at about 210. Last year the Ice Hawks had about 190 players. For the 2024-25 season, executives [...]

Owen Sound city council endorsed a Loyalist Township call for the province to make waste producers financially responsible for disposal of all waste, whether eligible for the Blue Box or not. As of July 2023, Circular Materials Ontario, a not-for-profit producer group given the task of administering the municipal Blue Box recycling program in Ontario, [...]

Images of proposed major renovations to the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority office building universally impressed" board members at a recent meeting. Owen Sound city council received the Feb. 28 minutes of the conservation authority board meeting containing the renderings. Coun. Jon Farmer, one of two city members on the board, said the renovation concept presented [...]

Police are looking for leads after guns were stolen from a seasonal property in Chatsworth. According to a Grey-Bruce OPP media release, police received a report on April 12 of a break-and-enter at a seasonal residence in the Municipality of Chatsworth. Police attended and learned that an unknown individual or individuals entered the residence and [...]

Great Big Sea co-founder Sean McCann's search for solid ground is taking him to the Historic Leith Church in May. The Shantyman from Newfoundland takes the stage on May 24 in a concert presented by Mudtown Records. Tickets are $40 and available online at www.seanmccannsings.com or in person from The Ginger Press Bookstore in downtown [...]

The United Way of Grey Bruce announced the recipients of $200,000 in local grants Monday. Every year, the United Way of Grey Bruce provides grant funding in three priority areas - Healthy People, Strong Community; From Poverty to Possibility; and All That Kids Can Be. Community Connection 211 received $45,000. The Local 211 initiative compliments [...]

After a stellar season in the Owen Sound crease, Carter George will wear the Maple Leaf as a part of Team Canada's under-18 team in Espoo and Vantaa, Finland, later this month. Hockey Canada released its roster for the men's national under-18 team Tuesday ahead of the IIHF U18 World Championship later this month. Also [...]

A woman's call for Owen Sound city council to adopt a particulardefinition of antisemitism Monday night prompted a quick response from others in the council chambers. Rashell Feldman, of Collingwood, asked council to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism as a necessary first step towards combatting it. Antisemitism is not just [...]

Twenty-six years ago Mark Perry raised his hand at his son's soccer practice and volunteered to fill in for the head coach the odd weekend - here and there - when needed. On Sunday, Perry accepted the Volunteer of the Year Award at the Owen Sound Arts, Culture and Volunteer Awards inside the Tom Thomson [...]

A Dundalk student is serving as a legislative page at Queen's Park in Toronto after earning a spot in the program with an application that included an essay outlining their achievements. Bella-Sitara Singh Soares from Highpoint Community School is meeting key parliamentary figures while learning about Ontario's parliamentary system of government acting as a messenger [...]

REBELS WIN PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP The Township of Chatsworth Barry's Construction Rebels under-15 team won the Ontario Women's Hockey Association provincial C' championship this past weekend. The Rebels topped Nepean 4-2 in the gold-medal game. Their journey to the title included round-robin wins over Mooretown (8-0), Otonobee (6-1), and Central Perth (3-1). The Rebels then beat [...]

A fourth person's charges have been stayed in what police said was a Brampton nightclub kidnapping case with links to Owen Sound. Ontario Court of Justice staff in Brampton confirmed Karim Khairy, 22, of Mississauga, had his charge of kidnapping/hold for ransom stayed at the request of the Crown on Feb. 17. If the Crown [...]

A speedy porch pirate wasn't quick enough to avoid arrest in Owen Sound Friday. According to the Owen Sound Police, a 39-year-old woman snagged a package from the front porch of a west-side residence Friday afternoon within seven minutes of its delivery to the home. The victim called Owen Sound Police to investigate, and the [...]

More than 200 delegates from Royal Canadian Legion branches throughout the region gathered in Owen Sound Friday and Saturday for the annual District C spring convention. The legion members paraded down 1st Avenue West from the Marine and Rail Museum to the cenotaph across from the library Saturday where a short remembrance ceremony commenced. The [...]

High winds Friday night and into early Saturday morning caused several power outages across Grey-Bruce. Hydro One said its crews were out in full force" Saturday morning, responding to outages across the province caused by damaging high winds. As of Saturday morning, Hydro One was reporting outages in Grey-Bruce from Lion's Head to Hanover with [...]

With their highest draft pick in over a decade, the Owen Sound Attack selected a small-bodied tenacious" and speedy winger from the Toronto Marlboros. Dale DeGray welcomed Mississauga's Pierce Mbuyi (pronounced Boo-ee) to the fold with the seventh overall pick in Friday night's 2024 OHL Priority Selection draft. Mbuyi scored 29 goals and added 30 [...]

Grey County will gather public feedback during information sessions next week about its future green" development standards. Green standards concern energy efficiency and use of sustainable building materials, stormwater infiltration and native and drought-resistant plants and inclusion of sidewalks and crosswalks to make a community walkable, the county says. There are two public meetings next [...]

Public health units are shrinking budgets and cutting jobs across the province as government funding increases are outpaced by inflation and COVID-era balance sheet boosts come to an end this year. Grey Bruce Public Health (GBPH) navigated a proposed $1.3 million budget cut in 2024 without laying off any permanent union employees or reducing frontline" [...]

Up to 370 homes in a mountain resort village" are proposed for the former Talisman Mountain Resort property. Grey County planner Scott Taylor noted in hisstaff report about the application Thursday that the draft plan of subdivision application must go through agency assessment and public consultation processes before his department will weigh in with recommendations. [...]

Dale DeGray can't help but chuckle when discussing the Ontario Hockey League prospects he's watched all winter. I'm laughing because it's laughable, it really is. To see what some of these kids can do, it's crazy," the Owen Sound Attack's longtime general manager said. After a disappointing season on the ice in Owen Sound, DeGray [...]

Does putting cola in a composter help it work better? Stella Gowan, 12, of Kincardine wondered that and now, a houseful of fruit flies and unwelcome odours later, she thinks she has the answer. Your backyard composter could be elevated from zero to a hero with the addition of a little Coke, according to [...]

An upcoming fundraiser in Meaford will support a project that introduces new Canadians to paddling in the waters around Grey-Bruce. The Big Canoe Project will hold its fourth annual spring fundraiser at Meaford Hall on April 19, supported by the Meaford Culture Foundation. The event will include an eco fair, a showing of the film [...]

Two Bruce County residents have been charged in relation to a collision in northern Huron County that claimed the life of a Brockton resident in early November. Just after midnight on Nov. 5, Huron County OPP were called, along with Huron County Paramedic Services and the Howick Fire Department, to the collision involving a passenger [...]

A movement to reframe community policing five years in the making is about to hit its stride in northern Grey-Bruce. Earlier this month the province officially enacted the Community Safety and Policing Act (CSPA), which repeals and replaces the Police Services Act (1990). Lower-tier municipalities in Grey-Bruce with previously established police services committees are preparing [...]

South Bruce is asking its residents to share their opinions on the big question expected to be put to a referendum later this year. The municipality is considering passing a bylaw to authorize the submission of the following question to electors: Are you in favour of the Municipality of South Bruce declaring South Bruce to [...]

Jobs in the region's culture and recreation sector nearly doubled in March as the summer tourist season nears. The Four County Labour Market and Planning Board released monthly job stats for March within the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region late last week. As is often the case, the region's unemployment rate continues to be lower than [...]

Bruce County council is allocating just over $3 million for repairs to the Durham Street bridge in Walkerton this year. County council voted April 4 to defer a rehabilitation and resurfacing project on Bruce Road 19 south of Chesley and reallocate Canada Community Benefit Fund funding of $1.85 million from that project to the immediate [...]

An estimated 800 army reservists are expected to take part in an exercise throughout Huron and Bruce counties over the first weekend of May. The troops will be taking part in Exercise Trillium Venture from May 3 to 5, which will include operations in a number of Bruce County communities. Maj. Paul Pickering of the [...]

The Arran-Elderslie Ice Dogs under-15 team won a silver medal at the OMHA championships in Halton Hills this past weekend. The Ice Dogs topped the South Huron Sabres, 3-2, to win the Tier II silver medal. Team coaches, family and friends said they are extremely proud of the group for their efforts on and off [...]

A pet cat died after being shot with a pellet gun in Wiarton. police said Monday. The Grey-Bruce OPP are investigating and ask that anyone with information about the incident contact them. The pet's owner noticed the cat was not acting normally on April 1 and found a hole in the animal's leg. The owner [...]

A pair of Owen Sound Attack skaters are getting their first taste of professional hockey now that their major junior season is over. Colby Barlow will soon suit up with the Manitoba Moose while Smith scored a goal in his first game with the San Diego Gulls this past Saturday. With the Attack bounced from [...]

Police charged a 50-year-old man with assault after a property owner was struck with a golf club after confronting a trespasser. According to a media release, the Grey Bruce OPP received a call Saturday about an assault at a property on Highway 6/10 in the Municipality of Meaford. When police arrived, the caller told officers [...]

Local street drug users will be offered rapid response drug-testing kits starting this month to see if the kits encourage safer drug use. The take-home drug test kits contain strips that test for fentanyl, benzodiazepines (sedatives) and xylazine (a sedative or tranquilizer). The idea is to inform drug users and encourage them to take precautions, [...]

The first rule of writing when you don't know where to start is to start anyway. So advises Diane Ferguson, one of several Wordshop writing seminar leaders Sunday at the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library. She provided guidelines and tools for writers to help them on their writing journeys. Ferguson is a [...]

Hanover police charged two people after a violent struggle" with officers Saturday morning. At 8:37 a.m. police responded to a report of two people asleep in a car in the 100-block of 11th Avenue in Hanover, police said in a news release. Officers recognized the suspects from a theft in Hanover the day before. The [...]

The aroma of maple steam greeted visitors to the Gray family's Kemble Mountain sugar shack Saturday. Neil Gray remembers as a boygetting off the school bus, walking up the lane and smelling that softly sweet scent coming from the wooden shack behind their old brick farmhouse. Now a grown man, he greeted visitors to the [...]

South Bruce Peninsula's appeal of adecision recognizing Saugeen First Nation's ownership of more beach at Sauble Beach might not go to trial May 27. Two days of negotiations are planned involving federal and provincial representatives, the town and Saugeen in the next two weeks. Saugeen Chief Conrad Ritchie and South Bruce Peninsula Mayor Jay Kirkland [...]

As Grey-Bruce home sales dipped in March, the options for buyers continued to climb higher with a surge in new listings. A total of 197 units were sold through the MLS System of the Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound last month, which was down more than 12 per cent when compared to March [...]

Every year before the playoffs begin the Owen Sound Attack order new team swag and develop a postseason slogan. This year's mantra affixed to the team's new playoff shirts was no regrets". ... Dale DeGray is driving home to the Oshawa area Friday in somewhat uncharted territory. It's been over a decade since the Owen [...]

A custodian from Owen Sound is half a million dollars richer after a lottery win earlier this year. Bill Croft won big on a Maxmillions prize on the Jan. 16 Lotto Max draw. The Scenic City resident, who regularly plays Lotto Max and Lotto 6/49, said he usually plays his own numbers, but won the [...]