Owen Sound Sun Times

Free Christmas meals over the holidays start Monday, with a roast beef dinner with all the trimmings at Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort soup kitchen. There will be stockings for their guests and special desserts, executive director Colleen Trask Seaman said. On Christmas Eve, the SOS market will be at OSHaRE. The Grey Bruce [...]

Santa waved from his horse-drawn white buggy to hundreds who waited for him Saturday at the end of the Chatsworth Santa Claus parade. Kids sat in snow banksand everyone was bundled up amid the frigid temperatures. Santa met the kids later at the legion to hear their Christmas wishes. Highway 6 in Chatsworth was closed [...]

Georgian Bluffs has awarded the engineering contract for a proposed watermain extension that would supply water from Owen Sound to the residents of the small municipal water system in Pottawatomi Village. At its committee of the whole meeting on Dec. 4, Georgian Bluffs council awarded the contract for engineering services to WT Infrastructure Solutions Inc, [...]

The Chippewas of Nawash intend to establish a gas station, with electric car charging and more, just south of Wiarton in 2025. It's been one year since Wiarton, which calls itself the gateway to the Bruce Peninsula, has been without a gas station. It and has little charging infrastructure too. The Chippewas of Nawash service [...]

A local university student studied lemurs in Madagascar this summer and has tracked turtles on the Bruce Peninsula. Alex Adair, a 19-year-old from Owen Sound who's in his second of four years studying wildlife biology and conservation at Guelph Univesity, this past summer went to Madagascar to join a research team led by Guelph University's [...]

After close to 40 years with the local public education system, Bluewater District School Board director of education Lori Wilder is retiring. The Bluewater board of trustees accepted Wilder's retirement letter in an in-camera session on Tuesday, before the announcement was shared at the regular meeting of the board and board staff were informed via [...]

For an Owen Sound Attack team that went through all the growing pains that come with having a young lineup, the holiday break has come at a welcome time. The team entered a span of 10 days off without game action on a three-game skid, including two straight shutout losses, and general manager Dale DeGray [...]

Most who stopped to talk in downtown Owen Sound Thursday expressed relief and compassion for beloved city restaurateur Sharif Rahman's family. But others also called for vengeance the day after police named three United Kingdom citizens as suspects, charged in connection with what police allege was the manslaughter death of Rahman, a community-minded 44-year-old husband [...]

The Owen Sound Attack are limping into the holiday break after their second straight shutout loss and third defeat in a row. Owen Sound fell 4-0 to the Barrie Colts in front of 2,135 fans at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre on Wednesday night. The loss dropped Owen Sound's record to 9-19-2-3 (W-L-OTL-SOL), leaving [...]

A Hanover man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of another Hanover man. The OPP and Hanover Police Service announced Thursday they had charged 31-year-old William Beckman of Hanover with first-degree murder. The deceased has been identified as 57-year-old Colin Campbell of Hanover. Beckman remains in custody and is scheduled to appear [...]

Owen Sound is working with the Scenic City Order of Good Cheer on a project at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park that will replace the playground and renew the splash pad there. The city announced on Wednesday that the project partnership would be moving ahead with a total estimated cost of $500,000, with the Order [...]

Three citizens of the United Kingdom have been charged in connection with the death of Owen Sound restaurant owner Sharif Rahman in August of 2023. Owen Sound police and members of the Ontario Provincial Police announced the charges at a news conference in Owen Sound Wednesday afternoon, when they also explained why information about the [...]

Joel Loughead has been named the Ontario Green Party candidate for the riding of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound in the next provincial election. Loughead, a Grey Highlands councillor, was selected as the candidate at a nomination meeting held by the party in Owen Sound on Monday. Natasha Akiwenzie of Neyaashiinigmiing was also running for the position. A [...]

One person is dead and another is in custody as police conduct a homicide investigation in Hanover. Police said there is no threat to public safety after a person was taken into custody by the Owen Sound Police Service in relation to the incident. Further details about the identities of those involved had not been [...]

A woman has been found not criminally responsible in the death of an infant. Nancy Brubacher, 31, of Grey Highlands had originally been charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault, which was updated to murder when the child succumbed to related injuries, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release at the time. On Dec. [...]

A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle on the highway south of Owen Sound. Just before 9 p.m. Tuesday, Grey Bruce OPP responded along with the Inter Township Fire Department and Grey County Paramedic Services to the scene of the collision on Highway 6&10. Police determined that a pedestrian was walking on [...]

Grey-Bruce municipalities with their own police services are raising concerns about not receiving the additional funding their municipal peers who contract the OPP for policing are being granted. The mayors of Owen Sound, Hanover and West Grey have sent a joint letter to Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers requesting equitable funding for municipal policing. Saugeen [...]

Owen Sound council has voted down a proposal that would see it look into establishing a lobbyist registry. Council voted 7-2 in a recorded vote on Monday against a motion directing staff to explore the development of a draft lobbyist registry bylaw, with some citing the initiatives as cumbersome and unnecessary with the current checks [...]

Owen Sound council gave final approval on the following business licences at its meeting on Monday (Dec. 16): Bayshore Physical Therapy, a physical therapy business has relocated to 1300 16th Ave. E. Walker Family Insurance, an insurance services business located at 619 10th St. W. Andre Rodrigues is the new owner of King's Service Centre, [...]

An initiative is underway to provide accommodation in Owen Sound for medical students, with an end goal of attracting more doctors to the area. On Monday, Owen Sound council agreed to a memorandum of understanding that supports apartnership with the Rural Ontario Medical Program (ROMP), Brightshores Health System and the County of Grey to fund [...]

The Green Party of Ontario will hold a nomination meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in Owen Sound. Two people are running to be the party's candidate for the Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound. The meeting will take place at Harmony Centre, 809 4th Ave. E. Joel Loughead, a Grey Highlands municipal councillor, and Natasha Akiwenzie, of Neyaashiinigmiing, whose [...]

The local postal union president says the government is undermining workers by effectively ordering Canada Post workers back to work during peak mailing season. You have a corporation that's unwilling to negotiate with us now," said Melissa Simpson, president of Owen Sound Local 582 of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, in an interview Saturday [...]

Santa's helpers were busy filling bags to fulfillChristmas wishes Saturday. Owen Sound firefighters have a store space at Heritage Place Shopping Centre that they've filled with toys, just like a toy shop. With each child's wish list in hand, they went shopping for toys similar if not exactly as requested. Each bag will contain [...]

Fire destroyed the former Colonel Clarke Tavern building north of Stokes Bay late Friday night. The popular Bruce Peninsula watering hole closed more than a decade ago. It has been used as a seasonal residence and short-term rental, Northern Bruce Peninsula Fire Chief Jack Burt said Saturday. He spoke with the owner and confirmed it [...]

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Keys to a new house, the 20th Habitat for Humanity Grey Bruce home built at Neyaashiinigmiing since 2018, are in the hands of its new owner. This has allowed me to give my son housing security and allows me to continue to raise him in this loving community," said Shaelyne, a member of the Chippewas [...]

Two Grey Transit Route bus service changes are coming, Grey County announced in news releases. GTR Route 2, with two runs down and two runs back between Owen Sound and Orangeville, Monday to Friday, will continue running until March 31. Bus service on part of that route, between Dundalk and Orangeville, was to have ended [...]

Police laid 12 impaired driving charges in the first 21 days of the 2024 OPP Festive RIDE campaign in Grey-Bruce, compared with 19 impaired charges in the same period last year. Eight impaired charges were laid in the South Bruce OPP detachment after 69 RIDE or Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere spot checks in the current [...]

The Old Greys Hockey Club are proud to announce that they have an eighty-year-old defenceman on their active roster. Harold Sutherland turned eighty in November and still patrols the blue line with high skill and a large dose of tenacity, all mixed together. Harold and other players of this vintage started out on natural ice [...]

City hall staff so far have found about $950,000 in operational savings during an ongoing service review. More than $700,000 of the total is annual savings and the rest is one-time savings. We assume over the next few years of this council with service review we will hit that $2 million mark in savings," city [...]

Two now resolvedcases of measles and six other probable cases in two Grey-Bruce households have been linked to an outbreak in New Brunswick. Grey-Bruce Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ian Arra said Thursday that the cases reported to the health unit in late October and November have been epidemiologically linked to a large outbreak that [...]

Grey Roots Museum and Archives will continue to be the site of a high school agricultural program after a pilot project there has been called a success. Grey County council passed a motion Thursday to allow the Bluewater District School Board's Agricultural Specialist High Skills Major Program to continue to operate at the museum near [...]

It's a snow day. With blizzard conditions expected to continue throughout the region today, Bruce-Grey Catholic District schools, French Catholic schools and Bluewater District School Board schools are closed. A blizzard warning is in effect for Owen Sound, Blue Mountains, Northern Grey County, Saugeen Shores, Kincardine, Southern Bruce County, Hanover, Dundalk, and Southern Grey County. [...]

Bruce Power has pledged $1 million toward a proposed affordable housing project in Bruce County on top of more than $350,000 it has already committed to a number of other housing initiatives in Grey-Bruce. The company's chief operating officer and executive vice-president, James Scongack, made the announcement at Bruce County council on Dec. 5, where [...]

The law firm of Hookey & McCue is working hard for you. Landen Hookey and Sam McCue combined for seven points Wednesday night to lead the Owen Sound Attack to a 6-4 win over the Guelph Storm inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Hookey netted his third career hat trick, and the second already [...]

Brightshores' annual Guardian Angel fundraising campaign aims to gather enough money for a new CT scanner. Annual mailouts seeking donations this time of year have been delayed by the continuing postal strike. But Brightshores Health System Owen Sound Foundation hopes donors will still be there. The Guardian Angel campaign normally has a $400,000 goal. We're [...]

Owen Sound council's draft operating budget finished where it started, with a proposed 2.65 per cent tax levy increase, but with some changes Monday. The council review Monday was followed by a look at the capital budget Tuesday. Final approval will be after a public meeting in January. As it stands, the city property [...]

Bruce County is applying for membership in an organization that assists municipalities attract investment in agri-food processing. Bruce County council directed staff on Dec. 5 to prepare an application for the county to join the Ontario Food Cluster next year. The organization is a partnership of 15 municipal governments and municipal organizations that works alongside [...]

Fay Ellen Harshman, a local entrepreneur and community benefactor, died Sunday in her home, surrounded by her family. She was 86. She was well known as the owner of multiple Tim Hortons franchises and as a member of the Super Six" business group that purchased the then-Owen Sound Platers to prevent the OHL team from [...]

The hospital in Durham now offers outpatient mental health and addiction care thanks to a collaborative partnership between South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC), Brightshores Health System and the Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce. Brightshores will provide outpatient mental health and addiction services at the Durham hospital site, supported by CMHA Grey Bruce. Services [...]

Brockton is asking Bruce County to share the costs of the Walkerton courthouse. At a meeting in November, Brockton council passed a motion requesting that Bruce County pay the annual costs of court security and prisoner transportation services not covered by the province. Fiona Hamilton, Brockton's director of legislative and legal services, submitted a letter [...]

C. Fay Roote won a byelection to fill a vacant seat on Saugeen First Nation council on Dec. 5. Roote received 74 votes among the 212 valid ballots and two rejected ballots cast. There were 10 candidates running and the next nearest vote-getter was Bert A. Ritchie, with 38 votes, the statement of votes posted [...]

Saugeen First Nation feels vindicated' by an appeal court decision that upheld a decision that it owns much of the north beach at Sauble. The rights of the Saugeen people have been vindicated," Chippewas of Saugeen Chief Conrad Ritchie said in a news release. After generations of struggle this is a victory that belongs to [...]

Ontario's appeal court has dismissed appeals of a decision that found Saugeen First Nation owns much of the north end of Sauble Beach. The Court of Appeal for Ontario also denied South Bruce Peninsula's request to appeal Superior Court Justice Susan Vella's May order that required the town to pay Saugeen $1.67 million and pay [...]

On Monday, the Owen Sound Attack announced the signing of six-foot-seven goaltender Trenten Bennett. The Attack's 14th-round pick in 2022, Bennett will serve in a backup role to Matthew Koprowski while Carter George is at Hockey Canada's selection camp and likely the IIHF World Junior Championship until early January. Bennett is signed as an affiliate [...]

One person died and another was airlifted to hospital after a four-vehicle collision south of Flesherton on Highway 10 Sunday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to a motor vehicle collision between Road 180 and Road 190 in Grey Highlands about 3 p.m. A 53-year-old driver from Toronto was pronounced dead at the scene and another driver [...]

Spirits were bright as the Kemble non-motorized Christmas Parade marked its 22nd year with one of itsbiggest turnouts yet. Horses, ponies, dogs and goats were joined by plenty of humans dressed as everything from reindeer to unicorns, to lobsters and even birdseed as they made their way down the main drag of the tiny, [...]

The Wiarton and District Chamber of Commerce was certainly spot on when it chose Snowflake Wonderland as the theme for this year's Santa Claus Parade. Crowds of hardy Bruce Peninsula folks huddled along a snow-covered Berford Street in the middle of a snowstorm on Saturday evening as the close to 40 entries made their way [...]

Just what the doctor ordered. With the Owen Sound Attack struggling to score and suppress shots - in comes the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds - who are struggling to score and get shots on net. The result was a much-needed 3-1 victory for the Bears in front of 2,806 who braved the snowy Scenic City [...]