Owen Sound Sun Times

Local affordable housing champion Ken Thomson, whose dedication he attributed to his upbringing as a foster child, died at home Tuesday. He was 85. His 32 years of work with the Owen Sound Municipal Non-Profit Housing Corp. and Owen Sound Housing Company was recognized with awards in 2019, when he stepped down as chair. Combined, […]

Heathcote’s Rod Crane will help Canada’s Para Ice Hockey team at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing as the Canadians look to return to the podium. It will be Crane’s first trip to the Paralympic Games after competing with Team Canada at the last two world championships and earning two silver medals. Crane grew […]

Brenda Bamford of Wiarton has watched with sadness and shock with much of the rest of the world as the war in Ukraine has unfolded over the past week. As she watched the almost constant images of the fighting and families fleeing for their lives towards their country’s borders, she decided she had to do […]

The war in Ukraine is hitting home for Ashley and Lesya Chapman – literally. Lesya Chapman, who was born and raised in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, said on Tuesday there is a feeling of helplessness, but she is doing all she can to help her home country and her family. “It is absolutely devastating […]

Barry’s Construction has city approval to start building a $17 million, five-storey rental apartment building at 530 28th St. W. Owen Sound’s building department has issued a building permit for the 79-unit apartment building, which will include 12 accessible units with barrier-free washrooms and door operators. There will be one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Completion […]

Summer events in the city this year will include a reimagined Canada holiday weekend event, the Sound Waterfront Four-Day Festival. It will take place Thursday, June 30 through Sunday, July 3 and will combine Harbourfest and Canada Day events. It will aim to celebrate Canada Day “in a more diverse and inclusive” way, a report […]

The Women’s House Serving Bruce and Grey and Bruce County will present a virtual International Women’s Day event on March 10. The two organizations will present Career Development: The Golden Thread from 6 to 7:30 p.m., featuring keynote speaker Sarain Fox, a dancer, choreographer, stylist, activist, brand ambassador, television host and content producer. Held on […]

Owen Sound council turned down a call for a made-in-Owen Sound affordable housing plan, citing the city’s co-operation with Grey County and the resulting millions of dollars it provided for city housing in this council’s term. Two weeks ago, Coun. Carol Merton read a notice of motion calling on the city to develop a municipal […]

There are now six Grey-Bruce COVID-19 cases hospitalized, one less than was reported on Sunday. In its situation report for Monday, the Grey Bruce Health Unit reported that five local cases were hospitalized in Grey-Bruce, while one was hospitalized outside the region. There remain four outbreaks at local long-term care and retirement homes, including Central […]

Westario Power has introduced a new service that allows customers to track and control their electricity use to save money on their hydro bills. On Friday, a preview of Green Button technology was held in Walkerton by Westario Power officials, Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith and local MPPs. The service lets customers download their hourly […]

Arson and mischief charges have been laid after a fire at a motel in Port Elgin on Sunday that left a firefighter and a motel employee with minor injuries. A 39-year-old man of no fixed address has been charged with arson – disregard for human life, mischief endangering life and failing to comply with a […]

Talk about going crazy for a cause. Nearly a dozen dippers braved Georgian Bay Sunday at Fred Raper Park in support of Save Georgian Bay, a group of residents in opposition of a pumped storage hydroelectric project being proposed by TC Energy at the 4th Canadian Division Training Base in Meaford. On a day when […]

Supporters of the Safe ‘N Sound drop-in centre in Owen Sound raised about $60,000 in this year’s Coldest Night of the Year Walk held virtually and culminating Saturday night. Forty-five teams with 205 walkers smashed the goal of $40,000, led by the CMHA Wild Wellness Warriors captained by Jackie Ralph who raised $6,130. The total […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 50 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, though the health unit specified new cases currently only reflect infection in those eligible for testing. They do however, the health unit said, provide an accurate representation of transmission trends in the community. The seven-day average of daily new cases in Grey-Bruce […]

Sam Sedley plays the hero on a night Mark Woolley’s charity championed a cause while raising funds to send kids with Type 1 diabetes to Diabetes Canada D-Camps. Sedley’s overtime winner Saturday earned the Owen Sound Attack a hard-fought 3-2 win over the Guelph Storm on Woolley’s Warriors night. While celebrating with the shockingly loud […]

Police evacuated Hanover and District Hospital late Friday night after the hospital received a bomb threat. Patients were evacuated to a secure location and later transferred to Walkerton and Durham hospitals Friday night, the HDH said in a press release. Families of the evacuated patients were notified of the situation. According to a Hanover Police […]

Mark Woolley is easy to pick out in a crowd of hockey players. He’s six-foot-three, always in the mix, and wears the ‘C’ for the Scenic City club. What’s not always apparent, and what he would have been well within his right to keep to himself, is that Woolley suffers from Type 1 diabetes. Instead, […]

The Owen Sound Attack snapped an eight-game losing skid in style Friday night handing their Midwest Division rival the Kitchener Rangers a 6-2 loss at The Aud. Just when it seemed like the Attack had forgotten how to put the puck into the net with any regularity the offence boiled over and sunk more goals […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit has modified its recommendation from last July to employers to require proof of vaccination among their employees in non-essential service, due to improving pandemic indicators. Instead of recommending requiring vaccination, it’s now merely “encouraging” employee vaccination, particularly third doses, Arra said in an interview Friday. He said he didn’t know […]

A Markdale-area woman was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday for criminal negligence causing death after chasing a motorcyclist in her Hummer H3 on May 29, 2019, resulting in a collision and the rider’s death. Sally Darosa, 44, of 735556 West Back Line, was convicted after a trial last year in Walkerton’s Superior Court […]

There’s a renewed momentum growing in Grey Highlands to ensure the history of an early Black pioneer community at Priceville is remembered and celebrated with national historic site status for its role in settling the area. The Old Durham Road Black Pioneer Cemetery at the corner of Grey Road 14 and Durham Road B is […]

An Owen Sound man faces charges of uttering threats and resisting a peace officer after an incident in Wiarton on Tuesday. At about 8:15 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP received a report of an aggressive person on Mary Street, it said in a news release. Police arrived on scene and located the person. Officers determined that […]

An Arran-Elderslie man has been charged with two counts of assault following an incident in South Bruce Peninsula on Monday. At approximately 1 a.m., Grey Bruce OPP received a report of an intoxicated person causing a disturbance on Bruce Street in South Bruce Peninsula. Police arrived on scene and located the person, who was arrested […]

Trillium Foundation funding has been announced for some projects in Grey-Bruce. On Friday, Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker announced $725,300 through the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Community Building Fund capital stream for three local projects. The Blue Water Curling Club in Owen Sound will receive $164,600 to replace outdated mechanical equipment of their ice plant, the […]

A Grey County man has been charged with impaired driving following a collision in Owen Sound on Thursday evening. In the early evening hours a citizen came across a single-vehicle collision in the north end of the city, and ad concerns about the driver who claimed he attempted to avoid hitting a dog, Owen Sound […]

A telephone survey in March will seek to understand to what degree people experience racial discrimination in Grey-Bruce. It’s one of many initiatives to educate the community and to better support new immigrants to the area, which Grey Bruce Local Immigration Partnership co-ordinator Deepikaa Gupta told Grey County council about Thursday. Attraction, integration and retention […]

Georgian Bluffs council has been presented with a 2022 draft budget containing a 3.22 per cent municipal tax rate increase for 2022. In a special council meeting on Tuesday, township staff presented the draft budget with the increase that would result in a municipal tax increase of $54.05 on the average home assessed at $290,000. […]

Concerns around the Emergencies Act and how it could impact their insurance led organizers to cancel a planned “Freedom Convoy” between Owen Sound and Listowel on Saturday. And even though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced late Wednesday afternoon that the act measures had been revoked, the convoy planned for this weekend will remain cancelled with […]

Desperate for a slump buster the Owen Sound Attack didn’t need the London Knights to roll into town Wednesday evening. The division-leading Knights have owned Owen Sound this season. London entered the contest 7-0 against the Attack on the year. Brett Brochu and Luke Evangelista have been Bayshore boogeymen. Brochu entered Wednesday night’s game 7-0 […]

Another Grey-Bruce resident has died from COVID-19. The Grey Bruce Health Unit announced the death in its situation report on Wednesday. It is the 42nd death in the region since the pandemic began. Of the deaths, 32 have been in Grey-Bruce, while nine were among residents who acquired the infection within Grey-Bruce but died outside […]

The Owen Sound Regional Hospital Foundation has received $1 million from the estate of a Hanover man. On Tuesday, the organization received a cheque for $1 million after Mervyn Pfeffer named the foundation sole beneficiary in his will. Pfeffer died on Sept. 18, 2021 at the age of 88. “It’s a tremendous gift – one […]

A teen was arrested and charged and a pellet pistol was seized after an incident led to a hold and secure at John Diefenbaker Senior School in Hanover on Tuesday. At about 2 p.m., police officers responded to the school after receiving an “unconfirmed, third-hand report” of a student possibly in possession of a handgun, […]

There remained 10 local people in hospital with COVID-19, according to the Grey Bruce health Unit’s Situation Report on Tuesday. The number has remained the same for the past four days, and is three fewer than were reported in hospital on Friday. Nine of the local cases are hospitalized in Grey-Bruce, while one is hospitalized […]

A liver transplant involving Owen Sound Police Service co-workers was successful and both continue to recover almost a week after the surgery. Jason Helm, who received a portion of Cory Fernando’s liver in the transplant on Feb. 16 at Toronto General Hospital, said on Tuesday that the surgery went well with no complications and he […]

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff expressed disappointment that the Canadian government has chosen to pass a motion to approve the use of the Emergencies Act. Ruff said Tuesday morning that he thought Monday evening’s vote shouldn’t have gone ahead after police cleared protesters and vehicles blocking the streets of Ottawa over the weekend. “I honestly […]

A downright shellacking at the hands of the Guelph Storm has pushed the Owen Sound Attack’s losing skid to seven games. The Storm rudely welcomed the Attack into the Sleeman Centre Monday afternoon with a 7-1 defeat. This after the Owen Sound Attack kindly agreed to fill in for a Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds after […]

There were 10 local residents in hospital due to COVID-19, one of whom is being treated outside Grey-Bruce, according to the health unit’s daily situation report issued Monday. That’s the same number as was reported Saturday and Sunday and three fewer in hospital than was reported Friday. There remained five long-term care or retirement homes […]

Grey Bruce Health Unit reported Sunday that 10 residents were in hospital due to COVID-19, one of whom is being treated outside Grey-Bruce. That’s the same as was reported Saturday and is three fewer in hospital than was reported Friday. There remained five long-term care or retirement homes with outbreaks this weekend, one fewer than […]

Snow squalls and closed roads didn’t stop the Royal Distributing Cup races at Sauble Beach Saturday. Police closed all Grey-Bruce roads for most of Saturday. Racing went ahead but the pro racing did not proceed Saturday due to track conditions. Pros did run with an altered format Sunday. Weather affected the event “drastically” Saturday also […]

If grief has five stages maybe a hockey team endures three periods of emotion during a losing streak. Frustration. Rationalization. Hope. Attack assistant coach Jordan Hill walked through the valley of yet another loss after being handed a sixth-straight ‘L’ by the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, 4-1, in front of a weatherbeaten home crowd Saturday […]

Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 10 residents are hospitalized due to COVID-19, one of whom is being treated outside Grey-Bruce. That’s three fewer in hospital than was reported Friday. There are now five long-term care or retirement homes with outbreaks, one fewer than Friday. Local COVID deaths remain at 41. The now-abbreviated daily health unit […]

All roads in Grey-Bruce will be closed today, according to the OPP. The OPP West Region communications centre announced in a tweet at about 11 a.m. that all roads in both counties would close due to poor weather and bad driving conditions. It was not immediately clear when or for how long. Environment Canada issued […]

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker announced Friday evening that he will not run in the upcoming provincial election. A letter announcing his decision is below. … To the people of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, Today, having dedicated the past 10 years of my life to be the MPP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound and with mixed emotions, I am […]

As the pandemic wanes, people need some help to change their risk perception of the virus after nearly two years of vigilance, Dr. Ian Arra said Friday. While it’s not yet time to let our guard down, we’re getting closer, he said. And the health unit’s daily situation report reflects this, by better showing the […]

Rising housing costs and general price increases are leaving less money for food, causing more people to rely on community food programs, said Paul Wagenaar, the United Way’s food security co-ordinator. Stigma against people who use these services must be broken and more affordable and safe housing is needed, he told Grey County councillors in […]

South Bruce OPP is investigating a fatal fire in Teeswater discovered early Friday morning. The fire was reported at 4:38 a.m. at a residence on Clinton Street. One person found inside the residence was taken to hospital and pronounced dead, police said in a news release. Police are withholding the person’s identity until next of […]

Anticipating Family Day gatherings this long weekend, the Grey-Bruce medical officer of health is asking people not to let their guard down just yet. Dr. Ian Arra noted the provincial government’s accelerated easing of public health precautions took effect Thursday and people are “itching to gather this weekend and get back to normal.” In a […]

Meaford may swerve away from plans proposed late last year to expand paid parking in the municipality for tourists and non-residents. Council planned to expand its paid parking program this year to David Johnston Park and the harbour after a pilot program last summer at Memorial Park generated just over $15,000. However, at Monday’s committee […]

To limit visits to hospital emergency rooms to health emergencies, certain groups of people who either have COVID-19 or think they do — but it’s not an emergency — now have an alternative to get assessed by a doctor. Grey Bruce Health Services has been asked by Ontario Health to expand its Owen Sound COVID-19 […]