Owen Sound Sun Times

Grey Bruce Public Health has lifted the swim advisory for Southampton beach. Public health officials said new test results from a series of beach water samples showed that bacterial levels have returned to within the Ontario Ministry of Health's guidelines for safe swimming. We would like to thank the residents of Saugeen Shores and visitors [...]

The Grey Bruce Public Health board's municipal members remain board members, despite letters from the board chair announcing their termination. Grey County Warden Andrea Matrosovs confirmed the board members' status in an interview Friday, the morning after Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, temporarily took over control of the health unit Thursday [...]

An Anchors Away to Save the Bay" protest on the water is planned for Aug. 23 to protest a drilling rig's work in the bay.

The municipalities of Saugeen Shores and West Grey are receiving millions of dollars in provincial funding for water system infrastructure upgrades. Local members of provincial parliament announced in recent days that the Town of Saugeen Shores would receive almost $18 million in funding to upgrade Southampton's water pollution control plant, while the Municipality of West [...]

While paramedics respond to 911 emergencies as they happen, the community paramedicine program aims to catch people before they have a health emergency.

The Owen Sound Baysox and Ivy Rangers will meet in the North Dufferin Baseball League semifinals. In a rematch of the 2025 Strother Cup final, which the Baysox won in five games, the second-seed Owen Sound Baysox will play the third-seed Ivy Rangers. Owen Sound finished the year with a 17-5-0 record and dispatched the [...]

The Sioux City Musketeers selected John Alex Banks with the eighth-overall pick in the 2025 USHL draft.

The Sioux City Musketeers selected John Alex Banks with the eighth-overall pick in the 2025 USHL draft.

The new Computed Tomography scanner at the Owen Sound hospital is now operational. Brightshores Health System announced on Friday that the new state-of-the-art CT scanner began to serve patients earlier in the week, and that over the coming days it will gradually ramp up to 100 per cent capacity. The new scanner replaces the hospital's [...]

Local board chair says province directed that municipal reps be dismissed

Annual music and crafts festival began in the Scenic City in mid 1970s

The Durham Hospital Foundation aims to raise $1.2 million to replace its aging X-ray equipment. The Minutes to Care campaign launched with a $100,000 donation from a private donor. Durham Hospital has some of the shortest ER wait times in Ontario, with an average of just 42 minutes," said Tom Hutchinson, vice chair of the [...]

Organizers have lost track of some classmates and others have yet to respond.

The phone call came from the oldest of Anna Clarke's 11 children at their home in Holyrood. She said, well, she didn't say anything for a minute. I said What's wrong, Harm?' And she said, Mom, the house is on fire." All 11 children made it out of the home safely that Saturday morning, but [...]

Despite rains that fell in some areas of Grey-Bruce earlier this week, more area municipalities have implemented fire restrictions due to hot and dry conditions. The Town of the Blue Mountains on Thursday implemented a total fire ban that will remain in effect until further notice. The ban includes all fires, fireworks, and open-air burning, [...]

The South Bruce OPP are looking for suspects after an overnight break-in at a rural business along Bruce Road 1 in the Township of Huron-Kinloss. Police said that on Aug. 2, they attended the business after receiving a report of a break-in and arrived to discover that a storage shed on the property had been [...]

Police say porch at residence was on fire

Marine Heritage Society began offering boat tours to island in 2001

The Southampton beach has been posted unsafe for swimming due to high bacteria levels. Water sampling tests taken at the beach on Tuesday came back showing that bacteria levels exceed the Ontario Ministry of Health standards. The beach will remain posted until further samples show levels have returned to within the acceptable range for swimming [...]

Changes to city's drinking water temporary as Georgian Bay hits peak temperatures

A Mississauga man faces several charges after a vehicle crashed after the driver fled police in Grey Highlands on Tuesday evening. Just after 11:30 p.m., members of the Grey Bruce OPP responded to a report of a possible impaired driver in the area of Grey Road 4 and Concession 2 southwest of Flesherton. A black [...]

Event has been held at Cape Croker for 40 years

Dark comedy Loathe Thy Neighbour was filmed in area back in 2023

Kawartha Lakes, through Peterborough, Northumberland and Prince Edward County has received 90 per cent less than normal rain

Public Health has yet to comment on the move.

Police said one person was assaulted and sustained minor injuries in the incident

'I guess I'm for the ordinary people, the everyday people that say good morning to you on the street.' -- Ann Kelly, in a 1987 story about her retirement from The Sun Times.

Bruce Peninsula currently has high forest fire danger rating

The defending Mann Cup champions are moving on after completing a four-game sweep of the Owen Sound North Stars. The Six Nations Chiefs beat the North Stars 12-6 Saturday afternoon inside the Meaford and St. Vincent Community Centre. The Chiefs will now play the winner of the other Major Series Lacrosse semifinal between the Brooklin [...]

Stay hydrated. That was the advice for the sand sculptors at Sauble's Sandfest on a hot Saturday morning, and the trick to keeping their intricate creations together. This sand is wet, but it still takes so much water to build something," said professional sand sculptor Sharon Nesbitt, who has been building sandcastles at Sauble's Sandfest [...]

The sounds of pounding drums and chanting songs spilled out from the grounds of the James Mason Memorial Recreation Centre Saturday afternoon. Vehicles lined the side of French Bay Road near Chippawa Hill, as people from all over the province and country came in droves to the annual Saugeen First Nation Powwow. On a scorching [...]

The paddle-bike-run race was inspired by a similar race in New Zealand and takes participants through the rugged and beautiful Bruce Peninsula landscape.

Three others were taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

A local builder is working to fix the eyesore" across from the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Owen Sound has issued a building permit for the Bayshore Terrace development, a proposed 30-unit fully accessible retirement living community at 297 18th St. E. in Owen Sound. The Graham family purchased the stalled Georgian Landing project through [...]

Grey Bruce OPP have charged a 20-year-old Mississauga man with assault with a weapon after an altercation at a national park on the Bruce Peninsula. According to police, members of the OPP responded to a disturbance involving two people at a public site on Aug. 6. A bystander observed a male causing damage to public [...]

The latest Gather in Grey marketing video showcases Owen Sound's culinary offerings. The Gather campaign is a multiyear initiative by Grey County to highlight food and agri-business operators across the region, aiming to boost local tourism, promote the region's rich agricultural heritage, and foster economic growth. Gather in Owen Sound is part of a region-wide [...]

Members of the Ontario Provincial Police's west region laid 1,425 charges over the holiday weekend. The OPP's traffic campaign ran from Aug. 1 to Aug. 4 and targeted driving behaviours that contribute to traffic collision deaths, injuries, and property damage on roadways, including speeding, failure to wear a seatbelt, distracted driving and impaired driving. For [...]

The 37th Annual McDonald's Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular is right around the corner, and the fishing is just starting to get good. It's starting to go, I saw about 10 fish at the Mill Dam and someone sent a photo of a 17-pound fish they caught this morning at the hole (a not-so-secret fishing spot [...]

The Bruce Grey Music Hall of Fame's Class of 2025 includes inductees from the big band era to vintage rock'n roll, and many more. This year's Hall of Fame inductees include Max Clark, Steve Ritchie, Richard Knechtel, Ronnie and the Kool Kats and the Lloyd Kibbler orchestra. The five newest inductees to the hall were [...]

Pies are both a personal journey of perfection, and a great group activity

Patrick Stieber of Owen Sound won the Rotary Club of Wiarton's Shore to Shore Race on Monday. Originally named the Bluewater Marathon, the Shore to Shore race begins in Oliphant near the Lake Huron shoreline on the Bruce Peninsula and finishes in Wiarton near Colpoy's Bay. The 13-kilometre course features rolling hills and a fast [...]

Water-sampling results from the Kelso Beach area have shown bacterial levels exceeding Ontario Ministry of Health standards. As a result, Grey Bruce Public Health, in consultation with the City of Owen Sound, has posted Kelso Beach as unsafe for swimming. The beach posting will remain in effect until further samples show levels have returned to [...]

The picketing provision in the town's public nuisance bylaw says no one shall picket in or on a public place unless authorized by the town, with a set fine of $400.

The 2025 Walk for Wenjack series begins August 14 at Cape Croker Park in Neyaashiinigmiing and will expand to several other Bruce County communities. Community members are invited to gather at the park's Arbour at 1 p.m. for a meaningful walk in reflection and solidarity." This first walk marks the launch of Bruce County's annual [...]

The Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce is asking its members to complete a survey to better understand how U.S. tariffs are affecting its membership. The chamber said in an e-mail blast that its members' insights are essential in helping to advocate for policies that ensure key challenges in today's economic landscape are addressed. [...]

Barry More, a self-taught craftsman, built a 19th century Georgian Regency villa which is a popular tourist stop.

Dhane Smith now has seven goals through two games in the best-of-seven semifinals series.

The Georgian Bay Folk Society is inviting the community to a by-donation concert to help celebrate 50 years of Summerfolk. The Coming Home concert is set for Thursday, Aug. 14, leading into the Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival weekend. The all-ages show at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park is intended to welcome both longtime festival [...]

Bruce Power's James Scongack will chair the newly formed Nuclear Isotope Innovation Council of Ontario. Stephen Lecce, Ontario's Minister of Energy and Mines, announced the formation of NIICO at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. Ontario is proud to lead the world in the fight against cancer by harnessing the power of nuclear innovation to produce life-saving [...]

Election results were confirmed Aug. 1