Owen Sound Sun Times

Owen Sound has accepted a plan after staff took a measured and proactive" approach to implementing the strong mayor powers that were recently bestowed on the city's head of council by the province. On Monday, city staff presented a report that detailed a number of procedural updates reflecting the intent of the strong mayor powers, [...]

Sr. B NORTH STARS START PLAYOFFS FRIDAY The Owen Sound North Stars will open up the Ontario Series Lacrosse league postseason Friday in Brooklin. The North Stars finished the regular season with a 7-9 record, finishing fourth in the six-team circuit. The Merchants topped the league with a 14-2 record. The two squads will play [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars beat the Peterborough Lakers, 10-9, this past weekend inside the Eddie Bush Memorial Arena in Collingwood. The North Stars held on in overtime to take the win after the second-place Lakers stormed back late in the Saturday-night contest. Greg Elijah-Brown scored the only goal in the overtime period. Isiah Moran-Weekes, [...]

Owen Sound Coun. Marion Koepke will replace Mayor Ian Boddy on the Owen Sound Police Service Board. Koepke was acclaimed to the board at a city council meeting on Monday after she was the lone nominee put forward. At council's last meeting on July 7, Boddy presented a notice of motion asking for the city's [...]

The Owen Sound Transcontinental North Stars under-19 team won bronze at the Ontario Women's Field Lacrosse provincials this past weekend. The North Stars, competing in the B Division, finished with a 3-1 record at provincials and earned a stop atop the podium. Ryann Seaman's 11-goal outpouring led the North Stars' offence, while Ella McCoubrey and [...]

Owen Sound council has moved ahead with the sale of part of the 21st Street East unopened road allowance to Barry's Construction, which plans to build rental apartments there. Owen Sound council passed a bylaw Monday to stop up and close and declare surplus the section of the 21st Street East road allowance that runs [...]

Sandra Watson and Frederick Wipp of Lion's Head won $1 million in the April 29 LOTTO MAX draw. The pair won the lottery's MAXMILLIONS prize. The winning ticket was purchased at Peninsula Pharmacy on Main Street in Lion's Head. LOTTO MAX players in Ontario have won over $9 billion since 2009, including 115 jackpot wins [...]

Everyone knows about The Grotto, Sauble, now Saugeen Beach, and Blue Mountain resort, but there's plenty of other fun to be had in Grey-Bruce. With the staycation" becoming popular again this summer, as Canadian tourists stay north of the border in protest of Trump's tariffs and threats of annexation, it's time to explore some hidden [...]

Organizations are being invited to submit expressions of interest in the city-owned residential property

Former Owen Sound Coun. Peter Lemon is to be honoured in a future affordable housing build in the city. On Monday, Owen Sound council made it a requirement of a city donation of land to the local non-profit housing authority that the building or complex constructed on the land be named after Lemon, who passed [...]

Owen Sound Fire said there is evidence of forced entry and unlawful occupancy in several of the buildings at the site of the fire.

A wild and violent outburst inside a West Grey Police Service cruiser has resulted in nine criminal charges, according to police. According to a media release, on July 18, West Grey officers arrested a man for public intoxication in the Municipality of West Grey. Police said the man was uncooperative during the arrest, and that [...]

Rental cap and principal residence requirements to be removed for properties zoned Core Commercial

The Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are seeking the public's assistance in locating a stolen, dark green all-terrain vehicle (ATV) in the Grey Highlands area. Police said they were notified that a green Honda Foreman ATV had gone missing from 10 Sideroad on Sunday morning. The vehicle was left on the roadside due to [...]

Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a double theft from a commercial property in the Township of Georgian Bluffs. On Sunday, between 6:17 p.m. and 6:24 p.m., two vehicles were observed entering the back lot of the property located near Highway 6 and 21. Surveillance footage shows both vehicles gained access through an [...]

Catholic school development to be first to access city services extended to area to spur growth

This month, the best player in major junior hockey chose a new development path.

Two men died in a serious collision near Feversham on Sunday morning. Grey Bruce OPP said they are investigating the fatal multi-vehicle collision that occurred shortly after 10 a.m. on Grey Road 31. Police said two pick-up trucks were involved in a head-on collision. The drivers of both vehicles, a 22-year-old male from Southgate and [...]

Jessey The Elf defended his jingle-bell-topped crown in the Olympic distance event at the Subaru Triathlon Series in Owen Sound on Sunday. Elf - his legal name after he changed it because of his love for Christmas - finished in a time of 2:06:23 to take his second straight Scenic City title. I really love [...]

For 40 years Mark Perry helped share local stories and put people on television, from future NHLers to beer-league heroes and everything in between.

The walk in memory of Jeff Courage who died by suicide in 2019 has become the CMHA's biggest local fundraiser.

Grey Bruce Public Health submitted the bat for testing following a possible human exposure.

Boat will go on permanent display at Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre

Anthony Lippett nearly drowned in Lake Huron almost 30 years to the day after his father went missing nearby while canoeing.

The ceremony is a show of respect and honour between a town and military force.

NORTH STARS FALL IN BROOKLIN Sean Westley scored three goals as the Brooklin Lacrosse Club topped the Owen Sound North Stars 10-5, Wednesday night inside the Iroquois Park Sports Centre. Steve Orleman earned the win in net. Owen Sound's Brayden Mayea netted a pair of goals for the second-straight game, while Tanner Buck, Jackson Webster [...]

A quartet of young Owen Sound Attack players and prospects received a call from Hockey Canada recently. Earlier this week, Hockey Canada announced its summer rosters for the organization's under-17 and under-18 selection camps. The camps will help Hockey Canada's management select the final rosters for Team Canada ahead of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup and [...]

South Bruce Peninsula is likely to sign an agreement with St. Catharines for fire dispatch services when its agreement with the Owen Sound police expires at the end of the year. The move comes after South Bruce Peninsula joined forces with other Bruce County fire departments to seek out a new fire services dispatching contract. [...]

Police recovered more than $100,000 worth of stolen property after locating a stolen U-Haul truck in an investigation spanning two counties this month. The Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), and Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), in partnership with Dufferin CSCU and Grey Bruce OPP Crime Unit, have charged a 51-year-old man from Southgate and [...]

People "released to the sidewalk" are sometimes faced with starting over without identification, transportation, money, immediate medical needs or shelter, a new report says

The Owen Sound Attack signed Nicholas Sykora to a player agreement Wednesday. The Attack selected the 18-year-old son of NHLer Petr Sykora in the third round of the 2025 OHL Priority Selection. He split time between the USHL's Omaha Lancers and Sioux City Musketeers last season and is committed to Quinnipiac University for the 2026-27 [...]

South Bruce Peninsula councillors unanimously supported a proposed 60-acre solar farm near the intersection of Bruce Road 14 and Pleasantview Road. Council received a delegation from Roberto Caputo on behalf of Compass Greenfield Development, where Caputo is the senior director of development, at a meeting Tuesday. The company proposes to develop an approximately 11 MWac [...]

A driver was flown to hospital in London after a two-vehicle crash closed an intersection southwest of Teeswater this morning. Police received a report of the collision, at Con. 4 and Sideroad 20 in South Bruce, at about 7 a.m. Wednesday, South Bruce OPP said in a news release. One driver was flown to a [...]

Arran-Elderslie council has rejected a zoning bylaw amendment application for a 400-megawatt battery storage facility on a property southeast of Tara. Council voted unanimously on Monday to refuse the application by the proponent of the Tara BESS facility, which is proposed for a 40-acre leased parcel of land on the southwest corner of Arran Concession [...]

The Subaru Triathlon Series returns to the Scenic City on Sunday, and the athletes who take to Kelso Beach at Nawash Park will have a chance to qualify for the 2026 World Triathlon Championship in Spain. Owen Sound's course includes both Olympic and sprint distances. Owen Sound's triathlon is one of 12 races in Ontario [...]

Etobicoke resident facing several charges, including impaired driving, assaulting a peace officer and stunt driving

Two people who were stopped from paying for purchases using counterfeit $20 bills in Meaford have been identified. Grey Bruce OPP Const. Kody Lyons said via e-mail on Monday that the individuals had been identified and the investigation was ongoing. No charges had been laid. On July 9, Grey Bruce OPP issued a news release [...]

A 32-year-old Owen Sound man has drowned after the canoe he was in capsized on Lake Huron off Howdenvale on Monday. Emergency services, including Grey Bruce OPP, the South Bruce Peninsula Fire Department and Bruce County Paramedic Services, were called to the South Bruce Peninsula community at approximately 6 p.m. Three individuals had been canoeing [...]

An Owen Sound resident has been charged with careless driving causing bodily harm in relation to a collision in Georgian Bluffs that left a motorcyclist with serious injuries last month. The 39-year-old is scheduled to appear in Provincial Offences Court in Owen Sound on Aug. 11. On June 23, just before 4 p.m., members of [...]

The late owners of the 37-acre Bourgeois Farm wished to see property preserved

The unemployment rate for the region that includes Grey and Bruce counties increased to 4.3 per cent in June. The Four County Labour Market Planning Board announced on Friday that the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region went up 0.4 percentage points in June, but even with the increase the region still had [...]

Police called to farm on Sunday evening after child went missing while swimming with family

The Owen Sound Creative Playgrounds North Stars JEWL women's lacrosse team finished just off the podium after dropping both games at the provincial championship tournament in Peterborough this past weekend. Owen Sound fell 10-5 to the Halton Hills Bulldogs in Friday's semifinal before losing 12-8 to Kawartha in Saturday's bronze medal match. The bronze medal [...]

'Tell the world we love them. I'm not even kidding,' band member says after performing at Banditfest 2025.

The Owen Sound North Stars kept their playoff dreams alive Saturday night in Meaford. The North Stars edged the Brampton Excelsiors, 7-6, and improved to 6-8-0 on the season, pulling them into a tie with the Cobourg Kodiaks for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Major Series Lacrosse League with just over two [...]

'There are a few things in this life that you cannot take for granted. And that is the good times and the life.' -- Jorge Gonzalez, Wiarton Ribfest

'They come out for the comradery and the community, and they come out to have some of the best local shopping that you could possibly get.' -- River District co-ordinator

The sentence is to be the least intrusive which can address the sentencing principles" -- Justice Julia Morneau

An environment-focussed exhibition is presented every two years

A by-invitation-only meeting of stakeholders to discuss downtown safety amid the ongoing homelessness, drugs and mental health crisis in Owen Sound is taking place July 28 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Harmony Centre. Owen Sound council will be host for a facilitated meeting to discuss safety and business conditions," city manager Tim Simmonds' June [...]