Owen Sound Sun Times

The search continued on Tuesday for a man who was last known to be fishing along the Saugeen River at Southampton. Saugeen Shores police said Tuesday morning that the search will be ongoing and police will continue to look into tips provided by the public. Further updates will only be provided when new information is [...]

One person escaped, but the family cat is believed to have perished in a fire at a home on Grey Road 13 in Grey Highlands early Sunday morning. Grey Highlands Fire Chief Marty Wellwood said they responded at about 4 a.m. to a report of a structure fire with flames and smoke visible. When we [...]

Nobody was injured, but a duplex in Chatsworth was extensively damaged by a fire early Monday morning. The Chatsworth Fire Department was called out to the fire on Crawford Street in the village just after 1 a.m. Chatsworth Fire Chief Mike Givens said that upon firefighters' arrival all the residents were out of the building [...]

Police were continuing their search Monday morning for a man last known to be fishing in the area of Denny's Dam in Southampton. In an update on Monday morning, Saugeen Shores police said the search was continuing for Lijun S., who was last known to be fishing at Denny's Dam on Saturday at 7:30 a.m. [...]

Worth the wait. The Owen Sound Attack last won at home on Dec. 28, a blowout victory over the Niagara IceDogs. Since then, it's been a little quiet on the home front. The tinderbox that is the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre lay in wait, until Sunday. We've been battling hard. It's good to get [...]

As Sherra Westerveld served up soup to the masses at the Alzheimer Society Grey-Bruce's Soup's On fundraiser on Saturday, she was doing it with someone very special in her thoughts. Just over eight months ago, Westerveld lost her mother Monica Eveleigh to early onset dementia in her 60s. It is such a good cause that [...]

The rain may have washed away much of the snow, but that didn't stop just over 100 scouts from making the best of what was left during the 60th winter campout at Harrison Park on the weekend. Eight scout and venturer troops from communities that included Owen Sound, Palmerston, Hanover, Port Elgin, Barrie and Miamisburg, [...]

With a cast of veteran actors starring in the latest Owen Sound Little Theatre production, Director Bill Murphy is confident he has a hit a hole-in-one. The Ladies Foursome will open at the Roxy Theatre in downtown Owen Sound on Feb. 8 and four familiar faces have been tapped to star in the funny, fast-paced [...]

Denny's Dam Road near Southampton has been closed until further notice as police investigate a missing person report in the area. The road will be closed at Carlisle Street and Cemetery Road until further notice, Saugeen Shores police said in a news release Sunday morning. Missing is 57-year-old Lijun S., who is described as being [...]

Nolan Dann and the Flint Firebirds kept chipping away and dug out two points from right under the Owen Sound Attack Saturday night inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. The Firebirds went down 3-2 early in the third period, and two of the Attack goals were the direct result of Dann turnovers, but it [...]

Two people are facing drug trafficking charges following a traffic stop in Hanover on Thursday. Police first attempted to stop a Ford F250 in Hanover on the afternoon of Jan. 4, but the suspect vehicle fled at a high rate of speed almost striking two vehicles. For safety reasons, a police pursuit was not initiated, [...]

Look good, feel good, play good. It's a popular saying in the wide world of sports, and the Owen Sound North Stars junior B lacrosse team will soon put it to the test locally. More than a dozen local companies donated time, skill and money to help the North Stars transform their dressing room inside [...]

Two men face numerous charges after a search of a stolen vehicle turned up several items including a firearm and ammunition in Hanover. Just before 6 a.m. on Friday, Hanover police officers responded to the 200 block of 11th Avenue about reports of a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of an apartment complex. When [...]

Niall Lobley has been appointed chief administrator officer of the Township of Georgian Bluffs. Lobley, who has been serving as acting CAO and Director of Community and Environmental Services, joined the township in late 2022. Lobley became acting CAO in May of last year, shortly after the municipality announced that Cynthia Fletcher was no longer [...]

Grey County is supporting a funding application to have a Level 3 fast charger installed at Grey Gables in Markdale as part of a regional public EV charging network. The community is identified as one of the preferred locations for a station through the Rural ReCharge project. Rural ReCharge is a collaboration between Grey, Bruce, [...]

Grey County is teaming up with two neighbouring counties to create green development standards that make sense for the county, its lower tier municipalities and the local development community. But some councillors were wary about implementing standards they feel are a federal or provincial responsibility, and the possibility the Ontario government could override any measures [...]

Brightshores Health System has launched of a Mental Health and Addictions Services Navigation Line. The service will connect users with a navigator who will direct callers to a program that suits their needs within the layout of resources and programs available. The phone number for the new Mental Health and Addiction Services Navigation Line is [...]

The Owen Sound Attack came out on the wrong end of a free-wheeling high-scoring hockey game in Barrie Thursday night. The Colts topped the Bears 7-3 in the contest after scoring four unanswered goals in the first period and snuffing out an abbreviated comeback attempt in the third. The Colts (17-23-1-0), who trying to secure [...]

Grey County is purchasing the Diamond Motel on 9th Avenue East in Owen Sound to serve as a short-term residential shelter for those experiencing homelessness. On Thursday, county council directed staff to finalize an agreement to purchase the motel at 713 9th Ave. E. from 2367529 Ontario Inc. for just over $3 million. A bylaw [...]

An expansion to the daycare centre at Ecole catholique Saint-Dominique-Savio in Owen Sound will add 10 early learning and child care spaces. The announcement made earlier this week is part of a $2.3 million investment by the Ontario Ministry of Education. We are very pleased that the Ontario government has recognized the growing needs of [...]

It's hard to get any shine standing in an old-growth forest full of redwood trees, but Carter George is making himself known within NHL scouting circles. When the Owen Sound Attack selected the Thunder Bay goaltender with the 35th-overall pick in the 2022 OHL Priority Selection draft, he measured in at five-foot-11 and 167-pounds. It [...]

Grey County Warden Brian Milne said provincial officials were clearly told at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association Conference in Toronto that municipalities need a better deal from the province but only time will tell if they listen. The mayor of Southgate left the three-day event, which ended Tuesday, searching for how to answer whether he [...]

Free postcards created by the Owen Sound and District Junior Optimists are now available at the Owen Sound Legion for those wishing to do a random act of kindness. The local Optimists are encouraging residents to cheer up seniors and honour people serving in the military by writing a positive message on the postcards. Mailing [...]

A fundraiser that assists the community's most vulnerable is expanding in Grey-Bruce. On Feb. 24, Coldest Night of the Year walks will be held in six communities throughout the two counties, including for the first time in Markdale, Meaford and Hanover. The United Way of Bruce Grey will again lead walks in Saugeen Shores and [...]

Bruce County Warden Chris Peabody left the three-day Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference Tuesday with assurances of more rural access to natural gas and that municipalities would be consulted on impacts such as on housing in the event of future nuclear expansion at the Bruce. Natural gas buildout in Brockton, where Peabody's mayor, and elsewhere [...]

Calling all tastemakers, community builders and culture shifters, nominations are now open for the city's 2024 Arts, Culture and Volunteer Awards. Owen Sound will be host for the awards ceremony on Sunday, April 14, at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery from 2 to 4 p.m. Nominations close Thursday, March 14 at 5 p.m. The public [...]

The Owen Sound Attack and third-year defender Taos Jordan have teamed up to help raise money for the Owen Sound Emancipation Festival and Team Jamaica in celebration of Black History Month. On Feb. 3, when the Owen Sound Attack host the London Knights inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre, the Attack will wear special [...]

Georgian College's Henry Bernick Entrepreneurship Centre is establishing an office in Owen Sound where it will provide expertise to help Grey-Bruce businesses stabilize and grow. The Bernick Centre provides mentorship through a global network of experts, programs and services tailored to needs. It will be located in Grey County's Sydenham Campus, in the former elementary [...]

Street drugs worth an estimated $34,000 were located during a vehicle search in downtown Owen Sound early Sunday morning. At approximately 4 a.m., a uniform patrol member was conducting proactive patrols in the downtown core when he observed a driver committing a Highway Traffic Act violation, Owen Sound police said in a news release. The [...]

Everyone is falling for the puppy dog eyes at the Owen Sound Artists' Co-op this month. Throughout January the Legacy Gallery has been home to a special art show fundraiser by Studio XX called PUP-arazzi. The show of more than 30 acrylic paintings features dogs of all breeds - as well as one cat - [...]

One in six or seven post-secondary students are international students at Georgian College's Owen Sound campus. Monday, the federal government capped study permits for international students Canada-wide at about one-third fewer this year over last. In Ontario, the cap could amount to as much as a 50 per cent intake cut, since the federal cap [...]

Owen Sound's rich marine, rail and industrial heritage will be in the spotlight in 2024 as the Community Waterfront Heritage Centre marks its 10th year of operating the marine and rail museum. The CWHC is planning events throughout the year to mark the occasion, beginning with a Folk for Heritage fundraising concert on Saturday evening [...]

A Kincardine woman has been charged with assault with a weapon after police responded to a disturbance on Sunday. Just after noon, South Bruce OPP received a report of a disturbance in the 300 block of Queen Street in Kincardine. Officers responded with members of the Bruce County EMS to find an individual had been [...]

The Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce is holding a lunch event with Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound's provincial and federal political representatives. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff and MPP Rick Byers will be the special guests at the event being held at the Stone Tree Golf Course on Friday. Chamber CEO Diane Austin said the event [...]

A 35-year-old Port Elgin man was found guilty of possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking and was sentenced to six years behind bars. Matthew Weaver, of 605 Market St. in Port Elgin, was arrested and charged June 9, 2021 in Port Elgin. He had 42 grams of the highly lethal street drug fentanyl [...]

Wiarton Willie will be gently awakened from his winter slumber starting later this week. Each day, town staff will slightly raise the temperature in his enclosure so that come Friday, Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, Willie should be up and at em. There is much anticipation of the albino groundhog's annual prediction, from all corners of [...]

One man has been arrested and police are looking for another suspect after a pick-up truck was stolen in the Municipality of Meaford. Just after noon on Thursday, the Hanover Police Service were assisted by the West Grey Police Service in the arrest of a 29-year-old Chatsworth man police said was in possession of a [...]

Two people have been charged after a tractor theft was foiled when a citizen followed the stolen piece of machinery. Just after 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 15, Grey Bruce OPP responded to a report of a stolen John Deere tractor from a property in Meaford. Police learned that a tractor that was being used for [...]

A passenger is dead and a driver is being treated for serious injuries at a London hospital after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 21 in Saugeen Township Sunday morning. Police responded to reports of the collision at 10:38 a.m. Sunday and arrived with Saugeen Shores Police, Saugeen Shores Fire Department and Bruce County EMS to [...]

This one was wild. When Braeden Kressler scored 58 seconds into the third period to put the Ottawa 67's up 5-1 over the Owen Sound Attack the game was over . . . or so it seemed. A good Eastern Ontario road trip by the Owen Sound Attack fizzles out in the nation's capital at [...]

Just weeks after getting the official go-ahead to join the Major Series Lacrosse league, the Owen Sound North Stars selected a young dynamo goaltender with the first-overall pick Sunday. North Stars general manager Steve McCarthy used the pick he received in a trade with the Brampton Excelsiors to select Christopher Origlieri from the Orangeville Northmen. [...]

Anyone who has suffered a frozen orange road hockey ball smacking into frosted flesh knows the stinging pain of winter well lived. Hundreds of people braved temperatures well below zero to embrace the Sauble Beach slow season" this past weekend at the 44th edition of the town's popular Winterfest celebration. We were anticipating doing everything [...]

There's a buzz in the air of Grey and Bruce counties these days, the buzz of distant snowmobiles ripping through the fresh fallen snow and welcoming with enthusiasm the start of true winter weather. As of Saturday morning, there were over 11,000 kilometres of Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) trails available to riders. Most [...]

Carter George earned a league-leading fourth shutout and Declan Waddick netted a pair of goals as the Owen Sound Attack continued to roll through Eastern Ontario with a 3-0 win over the Kingston Frontenacs Friday night. George, a CHL top prospect and the highest-ranked North American goalie ahead of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, pulled [...]

Grey-Bruce politicians will head to Toronto this weekend to meet fellow rural municipal leaders and try to get provincial ministers and their assistants to see things their way at the annual Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference. It's an opportunity discuss common causes and plead cases to those with the power to help - even if [...]

The Community Waterfront Heritage Centre is holding a special event to help celebrate 10 years of operating the marine and rail museum in Owen Sound. The centre is holding a coffeehouse-style Folk for Heritage concert at the Owen Sound Royals Canadian Legion Branch 6 on Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. During the event, Owen Sound's [...]

Employers and job seekers will be looking for that perfect match in a special Valentine's Day edition of the regional job fair. Grey County and its partners are combining their efforts to present one large regional job fair on Feb. 14 this year. The event, which in past years has attracted more than 1,000 job [...]

Another step has been taken towards building a hospice in southern Grey and Bruce counties. The Ontario government announced Monday it was providing $1.5 million to the Saugeen Hospice, which is planning to establish a residential hospice in Walkerton. The funding includes a $225,000 planning grant and upon further approval, $1.275 million as an implementation [...]

REGISTER FOR OWEN SOUND MINOR BASEBALL There is still time to be entered into the Owen Sound Minor Baseball Association's early-bird draw as the Hawks open registration for the 2024 season. All registrations completed before Feb. 1 will be put into a draw with one lucky winner getting their registration fees back. The winner will [...]

The Owen Sound Attack needed that. A full and healthy lineup, a 60-minute effort, and a soft landing spot. The Attack rolled into Peterborough Thursday night and snapped a four-game losing streak over the rebuilding Peterborough Petes with a 4-1 victory. The Attack displayed their new aggressive style on the forecheck and outshot the Petes [...]