Owen Sound Sun Times

The City of Owen Sound is again partnering with the YMCA Grey Bruce Owen Sound for their annual New Year's Eve Family Celebration. Festivities will take place at the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre from 1 to 4 p.m. on Dec. 31. Admission is free, with donations accepted at the door. Activities include public skating [...]

The New Year's Day Polar Bear Dip is returning to Southampton for a fifth year. Organizers are again planning to hold the dip at the beach by the flag at the base of High Street. The dip, which is weather dependent for safety reasons, is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. Everyone is invited [...]

Grey and Bruce counties have agreed to a series of skills and attributes public health board members will collectively bring to a reconstituted board. The special advisors appointed to oversee the province's intervention at Grey Bruce Public Health announced in an update on Friday that the counties had reached a final agreement on a skills [...]

An affordable housing non-profit has made a conditional offer to purchase the former Centre Grey Hospital in Markdale. Affordable Housing in Grey Highlands (AHIGH) announced on Tuesday that it had made the offer to Brightshores Health System for the property's listed price of $600,000. The organization hopes to learn by Dec. 30 at the latest [...]

Owen Sound netminder Carter George expected to play pivotal role

Bruce Power is looking back on a productive and foundational year." The company's operations and project work in 2025 helped to set the table for a bright future in our communities and beyond as it continues to drive the economy, power a third of Ontario's homes, businesses and hospitals, and build for the future," the [...]

Province OKs funding, location not yet announced

A city working group has recommended a name change for Ryerson Park in Owen Sound. The city's community services committee approved a motion Wednesday to recommend that city council ratify the working group's recommendation to rename the park. The committee also recommends that council follow its naming and renaming policy to rename the park, with [...]

The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority has spoken out against a proposal to consolidate the province's conservation authorities. The conservation authority, which encompasses 4,675 square kilometres in the counties of Bruce, Grey, Huron and Dufferin counties, said Friday it had reviewed the Ontario government's proposal to amalgamate the 36 conservation authorities into seven regional organizations, and [...]

A woman and child who police were attempting to locate have been found. In an update posted to social media just before noon on Sunday, police said the missing 21 year-old woman and a child who had last been seen in Clavering had been found safe. The Bancroft OPP issued an appeal earlier to the [...]

Annual event makes its way down Garafraxa Street

The Owen Sound Attack are losers of six straight heading into the Christmas break and some much-needed time off for the struggling team.

The Hepworth Shallow Lake branch of the Royal Canadian Legion has closed until further notice and Ontario Command has appointed trustees to administer the branch following the resignation of its executive. A letter posted on Branch 586's Facebook page on Thursday stated that Ontario Command's Provincial President Lynn McClellan was suspending the powers of the [...]

A motorist has been charged with careless driving after an Owen Sound police pick-up truck was struck from behind at a red light. The collision occurred at approximately 12:20 p.m. on Thursday at the intersection of 9th Avenue East and 8th Street East. There were no injuries as a result of the collision, police said [...]

A Brampton resident is facing animal cruelty charges after allegedly throwing a puppy during a dispute with another person in Paisley on Thursday night. Just after 10 p.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of intimate partner violence in the village in Arran-Elderslie. Their investigation revealed that a dispute had occurred between two people at [...]

Get your "calls to the hall" in before Dec. 31. The Class of 2026 will be officially inducted during a ceremony on May 8, 2026.

Branding strategy seen as way to honour history and past work while charting a new, inclusive path forward

The exhibit focuses not on the past 25 years but on the history of the municipality as a whole and of the individual hamlets and villages.

Work has started on a new round of high-priority hazard tree removals in Owen Sound. The city has contracted Mulmur Tree Service to take down approximately 288 high and very high hazard trees identified in the city's updated tree inventory. Director of community services Pam Coulter confirmed on Wednesday evening that the company had started [...]

The Owen Sound Tourism Development Fund has announced $93,000 in grants for 10 local organizations and project leads in its first full disbursement since the fund was established. The funding recipients are the successful applicants from the fall 2025 intake of the fund, created to enhance tourism, cultural vibrancy and year-round visitations in the city. [...]

'We're setting the foundation not just for now but for the future.' -- Hanover Mayor Sue Paterson

The Bells of Christmas returned to the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre this year, and more than 150 area seniors will benefit. Ann Mrs. Claus" Kelly, the founder of the Bells of Christmas gift-giving campaign, died in August. The Owen Sound Attack honoured her legacy by continuing the popular holiday event. The Bells of Christmas [...]

By now, most people know about the changes to recycling coming in 2026. But it's more than just being able to throw coffee cups in the blue box with a clean conscience. Starting on Jan. 1, Circular Materials, a national not-for-profit organization that helps producers meet their obligations under the new provincewide recycling system, will [...]

It's not the first time David Bedkowski has been benched. No, no. Oh my gosh, no." He tells a story about his rookie year in Oshawa. It takes place in London, and it's Teddy Bear Toss night at the biggest rink in the league. My first shift of the game, they score, and the teddy [...]

Jared Woolley joins the long list of London Knights skaters who have plunged the dagger deep into the hearts of Owen Sound Attack fans. Woolley capped off a two-goal effort Wednesday night with the overtime winner as the Knights skated to a 5-4 win over the Owen Sound Attack at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community [...]

Bruce Peninsula National Park is offering up the opportunity for a less busy, tranquil experience for anyone interested in visiting over the winter. Parks Canada is reminding the local community that the park, which is extremely popular from mid-June to mid-September with parking reservations regularly selling out, remains open through the winter for those wanting [...]

'Influenza A percent positivity is now higher than in any of the past three seasons, with increases across all age groups.' Public Health Ontario as of Dec. 6

A public survey has launched to gather input from residents for a regional study that could help shape a regional transit system for Bruce, Grey, Dufferin and Wellington counties. The survey, open until Jan. 25, is being conducted by the four counties along with Saugeen Mobility and Regional Transit (SMART). It asks residents about how [...]

Charge documents show Robert Evans Jr. is also known as Michael Jones.

120 acres being protected at Tamarack Corner and Alguire preserves

Ian Boddy looked back on the successes of 2025 at Monday's council meeting

No team in the Ontario Hockey League has allowed more goals this season than the Owen Sound Attack.

Owen Sound has moved some new capital projects into its plans for the next couple of years, including the installation of lacrosse turf at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre next year, and restoration work on the Centennial Tower in 2027. At its meeting on Monday, city council approved including a number of new projects [...]

Owen Sound council has joined the chorus of voices raising concerns about the provincial government's proposed conservation authority consolidations. At a special meeting on Monday, council approved a staff recommendation to support maintaining local, independent, municipally governed, watershed-based conservation authorities. Deputy-mayor Scott Greig, who is a member of the local Grey Sauble Conservation Authority, said [...]

Festival of Northern Lights volunteers won't let a thief in the night spoil their holiday spirit. Early Monday morning, a person arrived at the Festival of Northern Lights kiosk at Harrison Park with a screwdriver and a pair of pliers and tried to remove the metal donation box. When that didn't work, the person left [...]

Owen Sound council has agreed to lease a portion of the former CN Station to a nearby developer to be used as a sales office. On Monday, council directed staff to bring forward a bylaw to enter into an 18-month lease with Kingsley Management Inc. to use a vacant portion of the building at 1155 [...]

Owen Sound is planning to lease a property it owns in the downtown to the Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey for a new program the organization has developed. At its meeting on Monday, council directed staff to bring forward the necessary bylaw for a three-year lease with the Women's House for the use of [...]

The driver of a fire truck faces charges after a student and firefighter suffered minor injuries in a collision involving a fire truck, school bus and delivery van in Owen Sound on Monday. According to the Owen Sound Police Service, the collision took place at the intersection of 14th Street West and 2nd Avenue West [...]

The Owen Sound Attack are losers of four straight with two tough Midwest Division games on the schedule this week before the holiday break.

The Owen Sound Attack are losers of four straight with two tough Midwest Division games on the schedule this week before the holiday break.

The Simcoe Muskoka Health Unit said laboratory test results have confirmed that the water is free from contamination and is safe to drink.

Local business leaders are invited to an information session in January to sort out the new recycling landscape in Owen Sound. The Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce, together with Miller Waste, will hold the session for chamber members on Jan. 14 at the chamber office (1051 2nd Ave. E) from 9 a.m. to [...]

'It's nice to realize that life wasn't as easy as it is now, that people had to work for everything.' -- Cathy McLay, a visitor at Moreston by Candlelight

'It's just nice to see people in the parade that you also see in the community.' -- local teacher Kim Moffat

The county release says the budget accounts for financial pressures beyond direct control of the county."

Sudbury 7, Owen Sound 6 (SO) - story, photo gallery and video

The advisory could be in place for approximately five days, the municipality said Friday.

'I think it's just really remarkable that the justice system has brought these men here today. I'm just really impressed with that," a city resident who watched the court proceedings said.

When Ryan Bartley was a young aspiring baseball player, he hit the road to Hamilton for high-performance training. Now, Bartley is bringing it home. The Owen Sound Baysox founder, fielder, pitcher, coach and all-around baseball builder recently moved his Diamond Baseball and Fitness business to a larger location (625 6th St. E, entrance in the [...]

The Collingwood and The Blue Mountains OPP are increasing their presence in Collingwood, Thornbury and Blue Mountain Village. The recently created Community Engagement and Enforcement Team (CEET) is a proactive community initiative that enhances foot and bicycle patrols in areas with dense retail and business communities, police said. The patrols are partly in response to [...]