Owen Sound Sun Times

The developer of the historic courthouse and jail in Owen Sound has filed a notice of intent todemolish some non-heritage and accessory structures at the property. The demolition proposal was approved by the city's community services committee at a meeting on Dec. 18, but still needs to be endorsed by city council. If the request [...]

The Owen Sound Attack signed a skilled 17-year-old forward with an NCAA commitment this week. Michael Dec put pen to paper on a standard player development and education agreement with the Attack. He will be an affiliated player and thus limited to appearing in 10 games during the 2024-25 season. The St. Andrew's College centreman [...]

New funding for a hospital in Collingwood may benefit those in eastern Grey County. Simcoe-Grey MPP Brian Saunderson and provincial Minister of Health Sylvia Jones recently announced up to $95.5 million in funding to build a new Collingwood General and Marine hospital. Once opened, the new hospital in Collingwood will include 132 inpatient and fully [...]

Planning for a proposed 160-bed long-term-care home and surrounding community in The Blue Mountains has stalled. The Blue Mountains announced in a statement to its website that talks with developer SkyDev and long-term-care manager peopleCare have ceased. The project slated to develop a retirement living community alongside a 160-bed home and surrounding workforce housing, daycare [...]

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Bruce Power said 2024 proved a productive, safe and successful year for the nuclear power generator, its surrounding communities, and the nuclear industry as a whole. In its year-end review, Bruce Power said the highlights included continued work on the life-extension program and major component replacement project, which will refurbish the site's nuclear fleet and [...]

A new 120-room hotel is being proposed for the east side of Owen Sound. Owen Sound officials have received a zoning bylaw amendment application from Heritage Mall Limited Partnership to permit the development of the hotel at 1750 16th St. E., which is located on the northeast area of the mall property east of the [...]

Bruce Power and its suppliers have donated $320,000 to local holiday initiatives including toy drives, food banks and soup kitchens. Partnering with its employees, suppliers, the United Way Bruce Grey and the community at large, $55,000 was raised for 19 local toy drives and hamper programs, while the company also donated $2,000 to each of [...]

The Grey-Bruce Board of Health recently announced the appointment of Nicholas Saunders as chair. His one-year term began Dec. 20. Saunders is the first Indigenous chair of the local board of health and the health unit said he's likely the first Indigenous person to serve as chair in the province. I welcome the opportunity to [...]

Bruce County continues to work through updating its official plan after receiving feedback from residents and stakeholders, and continuing engagement with provincial ministries, local municipalities and First Nations communities. Planning and development manager Monica Morrison provided an update to Bruce County council on the plan on Dec. 19 as staff continues to refine the plan. [...]

A second columbarium has been installed at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Georgian Bluffs. The new 48-niche columbarium, made from granite quarried in Ontario, is now in place next to another columbarium that was installed in 2019. The first columbarium is full, Georgian Bluffs said in a news release. Mount Pleasant Cemetery is at the crest [...]

Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy says city officials made some huge decisions in 2024, including important deals with its neighbouring municipalities, new services for its own ratepayers and renewed agreements with its community partners. Boddy gave his update during city council's last regular meeting of the year. Each year is a little bit different, but [...]

Arran-Elderslie grabbed the bull by the horns in 2024 when updating the Paisley Community Centre. The municipality completed a half-million-dollar renovation to refurbish and refresh the community hub. The work redesigned the second floor of the community centre and made the building more accessible with a new elevator. As part of that work, the town [...]

An Owen Sound man is a cool million richer after winning a top prize in a limited-time OLG game last summer. The OLG announced on Monday that Barry Anstett, 56, had won the $1 million prize in the Aug. 29 main draw of the Triple Millions lottery game. I was at the store when I [...]

The Grey Bruce OPP has a new canine on the force. A three-year-old Belgian malinois/Dutch shepherd named Siebe and handler Const. Dean Ferris have joined the Grey Bruce OPP's Canine Unit. Ferris is a five-year veteran of the OPP who served as a frontline officer before becoming a canine handler. Siebe's qualifications include tracking lost, [...]

Some changes are coming to the Owen Sound Transit system in 2025. Along with fare increases approved by council in early November, a pilot project that begins on Jan. 6 will move a portion of the East Bayshore Route to the Crosstown Route. The change will see the Crosstown Route extend east along 8th Street [...]

Carter George, Carson Bjarnason and Jack Ivankovic are vying to be Canada's No. 1 netminder going into the tournament that starts on Boxing Day.

Owen Sound's soup kitchen reached a new high - 200,000 meals served this year as of last week, breaking last year's 146,000 meal total, executive director Colleen Trask Seaman said Saturday, shortly before opening the kitchen doors for take-out meals. It's one local organization struggling to meet increasing demands this holiday season. The shortfall at [...]

Former Owen Sound mayor Stew Taylor, a popular city politician, champion of OHL hockey, school teacher, principal and long-serving justice of the peace, died Dec. 20 of pancreatic cancer. Mr. Taylor died in Chapman House hospice in Owen Sound. He was 77. His most lasting and visible contribution to the city might be his [...]

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 at the end of the Chatsworth Santa Claus parade on Saturday. 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 [...]

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 [...]