Owen Sound Sun Times

Storms socking it to Grey-Bruce over several days continued Thursday with more lake-effect snow squall warnings. But calmer weather is coming. Many schools have been closed and buses cancelled at least a couple of days this week, granting Snow Days to kids in both the public and Catholic separate school boards. At Bruce Grey Catholic [...]

Ever sat at home wondering how you might fare on the popular British comedy gameshow, Taskmaster? Now's you're chance. This winter the Library in Owen Sound is putting its own twist on the gameshow that pits teams of people against each other to compete in pointless and ridiculous tasks. To enter, register a team of [...]

Comedian and CBC Radio host Ali Hassan is coming to the library in Owen Sound this February as part of the Owen Sound Memoir Series. The two-day event (Feb. 2 to 3) will feature the talented stand-up comedian reading from his memoir Is There Bacon In Heaven? Hassan will also lead a memoir-writing workshop. It's [...]

The soup is on and it will soon be game on to determine whose is the favourite. A total of 11 vendors are putting their souper talents to the test as the Alzheimer Society of Grey-Bruce presents its Soup's On fundraiser at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre on Jan. 27. The friendly competition, which [...]

Every Monday and Wednesday for almost a year now, volunteers have cooked meals in Wiarton for homeless people, those struggling to pay for food and elderly people who may be shut in or can no longer cook. They've organized themselves into groups of two or three to cook, 29 volunteers in all, and have prepared [...]

The OPP executed a search warrant near Priceville on Tuesday that resulted in the seizure of almost $70,000 in tractors, equipment and tools. In relation to an ongoing property crime investigation, members of the Grey Bruce OPP Community Street Crime Unit obtained search warrants for two properties along Conc. 4 in West Grey, police said [...]

In some form, and for nearly two decades, Darren Rumble has coached hockey. From the American Hockey League to all three of the Canadian Hockey League's Western, Ontario, and Quebec/Maritime circuits. Click through enough Google results and stumble across the time he helped coach the Icelandic national men's team to a bronze medal at the [...]

South Bruce Peninsula council wants a staff report about a Friends of Sauble Beach plan to finish installing ropes and posts and creating new walkways through the dunes. The project aims to protect the dunes from people tramping through them in areas they shouldn't be. Last fall, Friends volunteers completed installing posts and rope barriers [...]

Grey Bruce Public Health is reminding residents about the importance of getting the flu vaccine, with elevated Influenza A activity in the region. Surveillance data has indicated a surge in Influenza A cases at both the local and provincial levels, and residents can still protect themselves from the respiratory virus by getting the vaccine, the [...]

Ron Oswald is being remembered for his tireless dedication to the community and his ability to calmly navigate the challenges he faced as a municipal leader. The first mayor of Arran-Elderslie and former Bruce County warden died Thursday, Jan. 11 at the Village Retirement Community in Hanover at the age of 91. Mark Davis, who [...]

One week in May is scheduled for the Appeal Court for Ontario to hear arguments in South Bruce Peninsula's appeal of a decision which found Saugeen First Nation owns most of the north beach at Sauble Beach. The case will be heard starting May 27 in Toronto and will be available for viewing on Zoom, [...]

Eat Local Grey Bruce faced bankruptcy in early 2023. Now the local co-operative is ringing in the New Year with a donation-matching campaign thanks to an anonymous corporate sponsor. The anonymous corporate donation pledges to match donations from the community up to $1,000 until the end of February. In addition, Eat Local is offering a [...]

Owen Sound council has approved a two per cent budget levy increase for the River District Board of Management. On Monday, council was presented with the budget that had been considered by the River District board at a public meeting on Jan. 10. The total levy for the budget is $260,208, up from 2023 when [...]

A longtime Wiarton and District Chamber of Commerce member and insurance professional is the newest council member for South Bruce Peninsula. Councillors appointed Paul Deacon to the vacant seat during a special meeting Tuesday afternoon in which 12 applicants had the opportunity to give a three-minute pitch for the position. The applicants included Deacon, John [...]

Meaford and the Bluewater District School Board plan to swap land to turn a portion of the the former high school track and field property at 87 Aiken St. into community parkland. The school board deemed the track and field property surplus the adjacent Georgian Bay Secondary School was closed in 2021. The municipality targeted [...]

Owen Sound residents will continue to pay $2.50 to put a bag of garbage at the curb on collection day. On Monday night, council voted against a motion to amend its fees and charges bylaw to increase the cost of a bag tag to $3.50. The motion was defeated 5-2 in a recorded vote. Instead, [...]

Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation offered comfort to community members after an elder was cremated outside the custom of the First Nation, according to a notice to the community. The nature of the concern was not spelled out in an online Jan. 10 notice to the Bruce Peninsula community at Neyaashiinigmiing but it said [...]

Many schools were closed and buses kept off the roads in Grey-Bruce Monday after a winter storm with snow squalls hit the area over the weekend, closing many area highways Sunday. The Bluewater District School Board announced Monday morning that GC Huston Public in Southampton,Port Elgin-Saugeen Central, Northport Elementary in Port Elgin,Saugeen District Senior in [...]

The Ottawa 67's scored five goals in the second period including three on the power play to propel the Eastern Conference club to a 6-4 win over the Owen Sound Attack inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Saturday afternoon. The Attack (18-18-2-1) are now riding a three-game skid into the teeth of the surging [...]

Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith has advanced TC Energy's $4 billion-plus pumped storage proposal in Meaford and asked for more information before making a final decision. The Ontario Pumped Storage project would draw water from Georgian Bay into a gigantic reservoir atop the Niagara Escarpment at night, when electricity is cheaper, then release it back [...]

The Owen Sound Leeder and Associates of RBC Dominion Securities Junior Attack representative under-11 team kept their 21-game point streak alive Friday inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre with a 4-2 win over the Halton Hills Thunder. The Jr. Attack are having a remarkable season with a record of 18-0-3 on the year. That [...]

Owen Sound Billy Bishop Regional Airport's new owner says he plans to revive the facility and broaden its appeal. Rick Horwath said he purchased the airport in December from a businessman who bought it from the city of Owen Sound a few years ago. Horwath vowed to reopen the airport restaurant, host gatherings there, promote [...]

Expansion of natural gas into parts of central and southern Grey-Bruce won't be completed this year due to Ontario Energy Board review processes, gas company EPCOR has announced. The gas utility asked in June for approval to bring natural gas infrastructure in Brockton, West Grey and Chatsworth and expand gas service in Arran-Elderslie and Kincardine, [...]

Reduce, reuse, recycle. . . repair. Soon a fourth R' will join the list of options for those looking to promote sustainability near Owen Sound. Earlier this week the Georgian Bluffs Climate Action Team and Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library announced a partnership and the upcoming launch of a repair cafe. Opening [...]

Owen Sound Attack rookie goaltender Carter George is the top-ranked North American goalie ahead of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft according to NHL Central Scouting. George, 17, is listed as six-foot-one and 188 pounds. He has a 13-13-2 record with the Attack this season, a 3.11 goals-against average, a .912 save percentage and three shutouts [...]

Owen Sound police charged a 32-year-old man of no fixed address with 31 criminal offences after responding to early Thursday morning reports of someone trespassing and entering unlocked garages and vehicles. Police said they began receiving reports at 4:30 a.m. of a suspicious male in the area between 10th Street West and 14th Street West. [...]

The Owen Sound District Wolves beat crosstown rival St. Mary's 72-47 Thursday afternoon to stay perfect on the season. With the win, the Wolves improved to 6-0 and remain atop the senior boys' North Division bracket in the Bluewater Athletic Association high school league. Riley Jacobs-Gamble led the way for the Wolves with 34 points [...]

Georgian Bluffs is moving towards allowing backyard hens in residential areas, but in-town residents will have to wait a little while longer before they are gathering breakfast from their backyard. At a committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, Georgian Bluff council directed staff to proceed with an option to permit poultry in residential areas [...]

Ontario is giving $900,000 over the next three years to the Owen Sound Police Service to help prevent repeat and violent offenders from committing serious crimes while out on bail, the government announced Thursday. TheBail Compliance and Warrant Apprehension Grant program is giving police in Ontario a total of $24 million to helpestablish dedicated bail [...]

Pickleball fever has taken over Georgian Bluffs and there are now plans in the works to establish a pickleball club at the Kemble Community Centre. Local pickleball proponent Bret Shepley was at a Georgian Bluffs committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday where he outlined a plan to introduce an organized pickleball program at the [...]

Despite a stellar performance from Carter George and a pair of power-play goals, the Owen Sound Attack still managed to lose handily to the Flint Firebirds, 5-3, inside the Dort Financial Center Wednesday night. And that's been the story for Owen Sound much of this season - great special teams, standout play from George, and, [...]

Home prices fell by 7.7 per cent to $640,044 on average in 2023 over the year before, the December Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound update says. When just looking at December, the value of all homes sold was $55.3 million, down sharply by 19.6% from the same month in 2022. Yet the average [...]

The dust has settled on the 58th annual Grey Bruce Farmers' Week conference and trade show, and organizers are calling it a big success once again. Co-ordinator Lorie Smith called the event, which featured seven days of presentations, workshops and networking, a whirlwind marathon that they have been working on full tilt since November. The [...]

Dale DeGray said sticker shock and Memorial-Cup-induced inflation left him on the outside looking in during this year's trade deadline extravaganza. If you don't have those assets in the cupboard, or aren't willing to part with them, then you can't partake in the festivities," DeGray said after the Ontario Hockey League's trade deadline passed at [...]

Bellwyck Packaging, whose origins date from 1916 in Owen Sound, has been acquired by U.S.-based MAX Solutions Inc., which has Canadian connections. Max Solutions Inc. announced the acquisition in a news release Monday. Company officials were not available for comment. Bellwyck has plants in Owen Sound, Langley, B.C., and Toronto, where it is headquartered. Bellwyck [...]

Grey Bruce OPP says a white and green all-terrain vehicle is missing after storage unit break-ins in Wiarton between Jan. 6 and Jan. 7. The 1993 Kawasaki KSF ATV was in a storage unit on Industrial Drive in Wiarton. Police investigated and discovered 22 more storage units had their locks removed and were entered, a [...]

One of Ontario's top beach towns is once again aiming to prove it's a winter wonderland as well. Sauble Beach's Winterfest 2024 returns to the Sauble Beach Community Centre and Main Street area from Jan. 19 to 20. It's the annual event's 44th year, although the COVID-19 pandemic forced cancellations in 2021 and 2022. Winterfest [...]

While the unemployment rate for the area that includes Grey-Bruce climbed by 0.7 percentage points to 4.4 per cent in December and the economy lost 800 jobs, the head of the local labour market planning board says there are hidden positives to talk about too. The economic region lost 1,700 full-time jobs but gained 900 [...]

The Hanover Police Services Board has announced a five-year contract extension for Chief Chris Knoll. The contract extension means Knoll is expected to remain the Hanover Police Service's police chief until 2028. The board is extremely pleased with Chief Knoll's leadership of the service, his commitment to community policing and his dedication to the safety [...]

More checkpoints meant more charges this year for the Ontario Provincial Police's annual enforcement campaign targeting drunk drivers. Police across the province recently wrapped up the festive season's Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) campaign which ran from Nov. 16, 2023, until Jan. 1, 2024. Across the OPP's west region, officers conducted 2,446 RIDE events, laid [...]

Amy Stein has designed a farm co-ownership model she to offer affordable access to land amid skyrocketing land prices to help establish new ecological farms. After coming into some money, the Wharton MBA grad, who lives with her husband in Grey County, purchased four farm properties, three of which are in Grey-Bruce. There are eight [...]

Mild temperatures and a lack of snow created challenges for local volunteers out hoping to spot their feathered friends during this season's Christmas bird counts. Local bird count compilers reported that during the counts held across Grey-Bruce in recent weeks there was little action around feeders, while open waters on the bays and lakes of [...]

Grey Bruce OPP is investigating a report of a theft of a utility trailer and tools. Police were told the light grey, 10-foot trailer was taken on Jan. 5 between 10:30 and 11:45 a.m. from a residence on Grey Road 7 in Grey Highlands. Items stolen which were in the trailer include Milwaukee skill saws [...]

A lack of wintry weather didn't deter the crowds from getting into the holiday spirit at the 2023-24 Festival of Northern Lights. Organizers believe the mild weather and lack of snow this season may have led to more people coming out to enjoy the Owen Sound holiday tradition. Festival chair Jamie Walpole said Sunday, the [...]

Harry Lumley came into the world two years after his hometown Owen Sound Greys won the Memorial Cup. On Saturday night, the Owen Sound Attack paid tribute to that championship club by wearing special jerseys inside the arena named after the Stanley Cup-winning goaltender. Unfortunately, the Attack have struggled mightily at The Lum" this season [...]

The Owen Sound Police Service has a few spots remaining in its upcoming Citizens Police Academy. The program, which starts Jan. 17 and runs seven consecutive Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 9 p.m., is an opportunity for interested community members to take a deep dive into the world of policing operations in Owen Sound. Each [...]

Hellbent on revenge, the Niagara IceDogs played what may have been their best game of the season for 90 per cent of Friday night's contest against Owen Sound just over a week after suffering a 10-2 drubbing at the Bayshore. Unfortunately for the IceDogs, Deni Goure had other plans. The 20-year-old centre who set a [...]

The long ordeal has come to a close for a Meaford family whose autistic son spent almost 16 months in the psychiatric unit at the Owen Sound hospital. But while Sean and Michelle Crooks are grateful that their 24-year-old son Aidan now has a home of his own and is getting the supports he needs, [...]

Elm Street at the south end of Wiarton has reopened to traffic after reconstruction work along an approximately two-kilometre stretch of the road last year. The Town of South Bruce Peninsula announced on Thursday that the roadwork on Elm Street between Berford Street and Thompson's Sideroad had wrapped up for the season and that the [...]

South Bruce OPP credits a caller for reporting a suspected impaired driver Thursday morning in Lucknow. At 9:48 a.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a suspected impaired driver. Officers located the vehicle along Campbell Steet and noted the driver showed signs of impairment, a police news release said Friday. The 35-year-old driver from [...]