Owen Sound Sun Times

Saugeen Shores police say they seized a “large quantity” of suspected fentanyl Friday while searching a vehicle in Port Elgin. Just over 53 grams of the opioid was seized, according to a police news release. “The presence of deadly fentanyl in our community puts many people at risk, from persons suffering from addiction to first […]

For a second straight day, five new local cases of COVID-19 were reported Sunday by the Grey Bruce Health Unit. They bring to 41 the number of active cases in the two counties, according to public health’s daily situation report for Sunday. Two of Sunday’s new cases were from West Grey, while single cases were […]

Work for the new $69 million Markdale hospital is well underway. Grey Bruce Health Services officials expect the foundation to be finished in August. Work on the exterior walls is slated to begin by year’s end. “Construction is proceeding quite well thus far. We hope to have the facility open in 2023 to the public,” […]

Residential Hospice of Grey Bruce says it has paused – not cancelled – its project to build a satellite location in Walkerton and no agreements have been made to transfer funds already donated for the project to another organization. Board chair Paul Rowcliffe, in a letter to local media Wednesday, said while some groups have […]

Grey County is being asked to increase its $1 million contribution to the Markdale hospital project by 15 per cent. Centre Grey Health Services Foundation officials made the request Thursday, shortly after the county delivered on its original pledge – made in 2005 – during a virtual cheque presentation at a committee of the whole […]

Five new cases of COVID-19 were reported Saturday by the Grey Bruce Health Unit. Three of the cases are from Owen Sound, while single cases were reported from both West Grey and Arran-Elderslie. The Grey Bruce Health Unit says there are now 35 active local cases of the novel coronavirus and 64 active high-risk contacts. […]

A fourth person has been charged with first-degree murder in connection to the death of 22-year-old Kody Hunter of Holland Centre. Mackenzie Paterek of no fixed address was arrested Thursday by the Grey Bruce OPP and Owen Sound Police Service, under the direction of the OPP’s Criminal Investigation Branch, according to a police news release. […]

Police say a suspect in a break-and-enter in Owen Sound is also facing assault charges after spitting blood onto an officer’s face during his arrest. The Owen Sound Police Service was contacted Friday after the owners of a westside house returned home at about 7 p.m. to find their residence had been forcibly entered. The […]

Several hundred people gathered in front of Owen Sound city hall Friday evening, where flags were flying at half-mast, for a vigil to show solidarity with the Muslim community and condemn what police say was a hate-based attack that killed four family members in London, Ont. Waleed Aslam, one of the event’s organizers, said he […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported four new COVID-19 infections Friday. The four newest cases were reported in Georgian Bluffs, Hanover, Owen Sound and South Bruce. The health unit is now following 30 active confirmed cases in the two counties including three identified as a variant of concern. There are also 56 high-risk close contacts […]

Whether it was for a pint on the patio or a new pair of underpants, many Owen Sound businesses catered to the needs of their customers face-to-face Friday for the first time in months. Ontario entered Step One of the government’s Roadmap to Reopen plan just after midnight early Friday morning. For most, reopening meant […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported seven new COVID-19 infections Wednesday. Three of the newest cases were found in South Bruce while two were in Brockton and one each were in South Bruce Peninsula and West Grey. The health unit is now following 28 active confirmed cases in the two counties including five identified as […]

Several more COVID-19 cases stemming from an outbreak at a 10th Street rooming house in Hanover have been confirmed The Grey Bruce Health Unit said 16 people at the Forum rooming house have now tested positive for the virus. The outbreak was first reported late last week after someone from outside Grey-Bruce who stayed there […]

Owen Sound’s Bill Booey says he’s already purchased a new vehicle with the $100,000 he won on an instant-win Bingo scratch ticket. “It’s a beautiful machine with all the bells and whistles and I’ll enjoy every moment in it,” he’s quoted as saying in a news release from the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corp. Booey […]

Trail runner Steve Kenny said he was feeling good on the eve of the longest, most intense run of his life. The 41-year-old Owen Sound resident is attempting to set a “fastest known time” record for running the 890-kilometre Bruce Trail, which he’s planning to complete from Queenston to Tobermory. “I’m at a really good […]

A group opposed to the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s proposal to possibly build a used nuclear fuel bunker in South Bruce held its second annual parade Tuesday through parts of southwestern Ontario. The Protect Our Waterways – No Nuclear Waste (POW-NNW) group said a record number of residents and ratepayers showed up to drive their […]

An unlikely pair of piping plovers has begun nesting at an unlikely time at Sauble Beach. A 10-year-old female plover named Nancy, who normally spends her spring seasons at Wasaga Beach, has linked up with a one-year-old male named Beau. The duo recently created a nest and Nancy laid her first egg in it Monday, […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported two new COVID-19 infections Wednesday. The newest cases were found in Hanover and Huron-Kinloss. The health unit is now following 21 active confirmed cases in the two counties including four identified as a variant of concern. The health unit is also following 44 high-risk close contacts associated with the […]

The sweet smell of barbecue will be once again wafting from Victoria Park. After holding a drive thru beef barbecue last fall after it was forced to cancel its annual Owen Sound Fall Fair because of the pandemic, the Owen Sound Agricultural Society is doing it all again on June 20 when it will hold […]

Bruce County council wants to know what measures the Grey Bruce Health Unit Board of Health has put in place to limit expenditures in 2021. Earlier this month, Bruce County council approved a letter inviting the board of health to appear as a delegation during its upcoming budget review process “to provide an overview of […]

The evening after four Muslim Canadian family members were killed in a hate-motivated attack while walking in London, Ont., Waleed Aslam says he arrived home to see his young family strolling back from a visit to Kelso Beach Park. Aslam’s wife was pushing their daughter in a stroller and his son was pedalling a new […]

With the 11th-overall pick in Wednesday’s Ontario Hockey League Under-18 Priority Selection, the Owen Sound Attack selected winger Zennon Edwards from the Whitby Wildcats. Edwards last played with the Wildcats under-16 team in 2019-20, recording 42 points (25G – 17A) in 35 games played. He added five goals in eight playoff games that season, and […]

The region that includes Grey and Bruce counties posted its lowest unemployment rate, in May, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region fell two percentage points from April, from 6.1 per cent to 4.1 per cent. It is the first time the unemployment rate […]

Police have identified the two people who died in a boating incident in Northern Bruce Peninsula on Saturday. The two people who were recovered from French Bay, southwest of Miller Lake along the Lake Huron shore, have been named as Shonethan Spencer, 21, of Scarborough, and Ali Haider Shakir Faleeh, 24, of Richmond Hill. Grey […]

Owen Sound is set to increase a list of city fees, from facility rental and campground charges to internment and death registration costs. Council provided notice Monday night of its plan to approve a new, updated fees and charges bylaw, recommended by city staff. The new charges are to take effect July 1. Council reviews […]

Police are interested in viewing any video surveillance leading to the Willow Creek trestle bridge west of Paisley, after the structure was heavily damaged by a suspicious fire on the weekend. The South Bruce OPP and South Bruce OPP Crime Unit are continuing to investigate the cause of the fire, and are looking for video […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported no new COVID-19 infections Tuesday. The health unit is now following 20 active confirmed cases in the two counties including five identified as a variant of concern. That’s one fewer active cases than was reported Monday. The health unit is also following 47 high-risk close contacts associated with the […]

Owen Sound will be taking the pulse of the community this summer. A citizen satisfaction survey, set to launch July 12 and close July 30, is intended to gauge public opinion on a wide range of topics, from property taxes and council decision-making to municipal programs and services and customer service, council heard during a […]

An Owen Sound-based hydrogen company has received $4.8 million in federal funding to advance its technology. Sustainable Development Technology Canada announced in late May that Hydrogen Optimized would receive the funding toward its $12 million project to advance, scale and commercialize its large-scale green hydrogen production systems. President and CEO Andrew Stuart said Monday that […]

FedDev Ontario announced $1.2 million in direct support of 100 tourism-dependent businesses in Grey and Simcoe counties Tuesday. It’s said the money will help maintain 225 jobs in the region. “With today’s funding announcement, FedDev Ontario is delivering targeted support to about 100 businesses to prepare for a more resilient future. This investment is ensuring […]

Owen Sound’s first rainbow crosswalk will include four additional colours to represent members of the transgender community as well as Black, Indigenous and people of colour. Dennis Kefalas, director of public works and engineering, said stripes of baby blue and pink – the colours of the transgender pride flag – along with black and brown […]

Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy says he thinks council will soon change the name of Ryerson Park, whose namesake is considered a primary architect of Canada’s residential school system for First Nations’ children. In the interim city staff removed the large wooden Ryerson Park sign Tuesday after Boddy made the request at Monday’s city council […]

Case counts are waning and the provincewide shutdown will start coming to an end Friday. Step One of Ontario’s “Roadmap to Reopening” will come into effect just after midnight on June 11, Health Minister Christine Elliott announced Monday. Public health units throughout Ontario reported the lowest daily total of new COVID-19 infections since September of […]

A longtime stalwart of Owen Sound’s classic vehicle, military and museum communities has passed away. Bob Alexander, a Korean War veteran, died on Saturday at the age of 91. Whether it was at the Bluewater Garage at the Grey Roots Museum and Archives, driving around town in his 1947 Ford pickup, chatting with friends over […]

June 07, 2021

A pilot program is being launched in Bruce County to allow farmers and producers to recycle their agricultural plastics like twine, bale wrap and bunker covers. Beginning this week, farmers will be able to pick up collection bags at four sites in Bruce County that they can fill with the materials and return to the […]

June 07, 2021

Three new cases of COVID-19 were being reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit on Sunday. The cases reported on Sunday were in Brockton, South Bruce and The Blue Mountains. Two cases were reported in Grey-Bruce on Saturday, one each in Hanover and Kincardine. There have now been 1,365 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Grey-Bruce, […]

For his 85th birthday Bob Kay was told that a friend would be stopping by his Mallory Beach home. An old friend did come by, but the Royal Canadian Air Force veteran was surprised when it was a flypast visit from a Harvard Mk. IV, the same aircraft he trained in as a teenager. “It […]

One of Paisley’s historic trestle bridges has been ravaged by fire. The bridge on the Bruce County Rail Trail, which runs over the Willow Creek about a kilometre west of the village, was heavily damaged by the blaze late Saturday afternoon. The fire is “definitely suspicious,” Paisley Fire Department Acting Chief Dave Teeple said Sunday […]

Bayleigh Hooper of Chatsworth is Tokyo-bound. The 22-year-old rower and the rest of her PR3 mixed coxed four crew won the final at World Rowing’s Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Gavirate, Italy, on Saturday, which secured their berth in the Tokyo Paralympic Summer Games at the end of August. “Honestly it is kind of surreal,” […]

Two people are dead after police responded to a report of a vessel in distress southwest of Miller Lake in Northern Bruce Peninsula on Saturday morning. At approximately 6:30 a.m., police were dispatched to the vessel in distress near Donald Road, which is located at Pleasant Bay on the Lake Huron shoreline. Two deceased individuals […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. The two cases – one in Hanover and one in Kincardine — came a day after 12 cases were reported locally, most of which were linked to an outbreak at a rooming house in Hanover. As of Friday, 11 cases were associated […]

After selecting a big-bodied forward with their first pick on Day 1 of the OHL Draft, the Owen Sound Attack picked hulking defender Conor Thacker with their first selection on Day 2. The Oakville Rangers triple-A product was the first of 10 new prospects the Attack selected Saturday during the second half of the OHL […]

An Owen Sound man is being credited with likely averting a tragedy after he pulled another man from the Sydenham River in Owen Sound on Friday evening. Owen Sound Police, Grey Couny EMS and the Owen Sound fire department responded to the river near 7th Street East. When paramedics arrived they found a 49-year-old man […]

Owen Sound’s newest top-prospect won’t have to travel far for training camp. With the eighth-overall pick in the 2021 OHL Priority Selection, the Owen Sound Attack drafted Orillia’s Colby Barlow. “That’s always good,” Attack GM Dale DeGray said about the proximity. “It means we’ll have some more fans in the stands too.” He can probably […]

A COVID outbreak in a Hanover rooming house caused Grey-Bruce’s new cases to spike Friday. Cases current to midnight Thursday added 12 new cases, including nine in Hanover and one each in Arran-Elderslie, Brockton and Owen Sound, the health unit’s daily situation report said. By late Friday afternoon, there were 11 cases linked to the […]

A series of art installations around downtown Owen Sound this month are designed to bring awareness about those who are deafblind. The installations, known as yarn bombing, were being done Friday on the cutout of Tom Thomson paddling his canoe outside the art gallery, along with the Percy England Parkette at the north end of […]