Owen Sound Sun Times

In one sense the City of Owen Sound’s plan to increase the stock of available rental housing by waiving development fees for purpose-built rentals in 2019 has been a massive success. It’s anticipated that if just the builds completed, under construction and in the pre-consultation and site-plan phases all come to pass, a total of […]

A 101-year-old sailing ketch used by the Royal Canadian Navy during both the Second World War and Cold War periods is docked in Owen Sound. The ship is now a training vessel and the navy’s oldest commissioned ship. It’s used as a teaching platform to train Royal Canadian Navy sailors in navigation, sail handling, boat […]

The Grey Highlands Fire Department used its drone to help locate two people who became lost along the Beaver River when their tubing trip didn’t go as planned Saturday night. Fire Chief Marty Wellwood said the young adults had aimed to float down the river from Access Point 1 to Access Point 2, but on […]

Kaleb Lawrence never expected to hear his name called during the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. He was a year older than the majority of players selected, already having been passed over in his first year of eligibility. He only played in two Ontario Hockey League games in the past two seasons and was coming off […]

The Beautiful Joe Leash Free Dog Park in Meaford (35 Grant Avenue) has been closed this week for an archaeological survey. The park is expected to open again Wednesday. The dig, being conducted by ASI Heritage specializing in cultural heritage conservation, planning and management, is part of the municipality’s environmental assessment for the expansion of […]

Blue Mountain Resort announced Tuesday it is inviting artists to submit proposals of work for a new on-mountain art installation. The call for submissions launched on Indigenous People’s Day and closes on July 21, 2022. Blue Mountain has earmarked a large, open area at the top of the mountain where the work will be visible […]

The washroom at the Owen Sound Police Services building at 2nd Avenue West in the River District is now open to the public all year and around the clock according to a notice from the city. Owen Sound announced the move in a media release and in response to “a growing need for a washroom […]

The Terry Fox Foundation is looking for volunteers to organize the Wiarton Terry Fox Run on September 18. The foundation is seeking to fill the roles of run organizer and event volunteer for the annual Wiarton run. The Wiarton Terry Fox Run has contributed over $192,000 to the Terry Fox Foundation for cancer research. Now […]

A former businessman, mayor and top municipal staffer in Moosonee is joining the Municipality of Kincardine as the lakeside town’s new chief administrative officer. The municipality announced the hiring of David Henderson via media release Monday after council passed a bylaw making the appointment official. Henderson’s appointment is effective as of Aug. 2. “I am […]

Cedrick Guindon didn’t need to travel far for his first professional development camp. The Rockland native selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the fourth round of the National Hockey League Entry Draft Friday is now in Brossard, a suburb of Montreal just two hours from his home, where he’s taking the ice as part of […]

Kilian Academy athletes represented the region this past weekend in the 2022 Ontario NoGi Open International Jiu-Jitsu Championship at the Markham Pan Am Centre. Port Elgin’s Nick Mole continued his domination in Ontario’s Masters Lightweight (154.5-pounds) Division, adding the Ontario NoGi Champion crown to the Ontario Gi Champion title earned two months prior. “Nick is […]

Five emergency vehicle access points at Sauble Beach are expected to reopen this week after being closed ahead of the Canada Day long weekend due to permit issues. According to a June 30 notice signed by South Bruce Peninsula CAO Bill Jones published to the town’s website, the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority informed the town […]

U15 NORTH STARS WIN TWO After a break in the schedule last weekend for Canada Day, the Owen Sound Krueger Custom Steel North Stars under-15 (1) girls field lacrosse team was back at it in Kawartha Saturday. The N’Stars ended their regular season with a pair of wins. The first game finished with a score […]

A Bruce County man has been charged with possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose after using an axe to break a car window and damage a fence Sunday. According to a media release issued Sunday evening, Owen Sound Police responded to the 900 block of 2nd Avenue West shortly after 2 p.m. when someone […]

The Ukrainian Village of Owen Sound is ready to start welcoming families from the war-torn country to the city in the coming weeks. Renovations of the city-owned Rice House are wrapping up, and it is expected that by the end of July it may be the temporary home for between four and seven Ukrainian families […]

A group of citizens is being credited with extinguishing a grass fire in Owen Sound and ensuring the person who allegedly set it was caught. At about 7 p.m. on Saturday evening, a man was observed leaving the scene of the grass fire, which had been set in the field directly across from Georgian College […]

Owen Sound’s downtown River District came alive on Saturday as the Hottest Street Sale returned for the first time in three years. Thousands flocked to the event along 2nd Avenue East where they mingled with friends, took in the entertainment and activities, browsed the sales of the vendors and businesses and enjoyed some of the […]

A growing number of incidents of people misusing and damaging Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority properties has prompted the organization to warning that it plans to ticketiviolators. Unauthorized vehicles, dogs off-leash, illegal camping and dumping garbage are just some of the violations the conservation authority is seeing on the 21,000 acres it manages across its watershed, […]

A nationwide Rogers internet service outage that started early Friday morning stretched into the afternoon and was impacting many throughout Grey-Bruce, including municipalities, organizations and businesses. The service outage left customers without phone or internet service and by 3:30 p.m., work was still underway to restore the services. In an update posted to its social […]

Grey-Bruce has its first confirmed case of monkeypox. The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported the laboratory-confirmed case in a news release Friday. It said the person resides in Grey-Bruce, but most likely acquired the infection while visiting the Greater Toronto Area. The individual is isolating at home and health unit staff have determined the person […]

The emergency department at the Chesley hospital is closing for two nights due to a number of unexpected staff absences. The department in the South Bruce Grey Health Centre will temporarily close on Saturday at 5 p.m. until 7 a.m. on Sunday, and again at 5 p.m. on Sunday until 7 a.m. on Monday, it […]

While Grey-Bruce home sales dropped almost 41 per cent in June when compared to a year ago, the head of the local realtors association is reassuring buyers and sellers there is no bubble bursting in the local market. Steve Dickie, president of the Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound, which represents approximately 450 realtors […]

Georgian Bluffs council has approved spending up to $200,000 for drainage improvements in the village of Kemble after residents there raised concerns about flooding on their properties. During its committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, council moved to use the funds from its stormwater management reserve and working capital reserve to do the improvements […]

Former Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker has been named the president and CEO of the Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries. Walker is to begin his new role on Monday after he was selected to the position following a three-month search and interview process, according to a news release issued by the OCNI on Thursday. “Bill […]

Bill Walker will be honoured this evening for his work in serving Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound as MPP for more than a decade. A retirement celebration is being held for Walker beginning at 6 p.m. at the Cobble Beach Resort pavilion in Georgian Bluffs. Proceeds from the event, which will include dinner, speeches and an auction, will […]

Sauble Beach is getting a new permanent dog park. At its regularly scheduled meeting of council Tuesday, South Bruce Peninsula councillors approved a $17,257 contract with Owen Sound’s Ottewell Fencing to build a 250-by-150-foot fence beside the Sauble Beach Community Centre parking lot. In 2021, COVID-19 public health restrictions closed the Bannister Park ball diamond […]

According to cellphone data collected from Sauble Beach visitors over a three-year period, those who visit the lakeside town are often middle-aged Facebook users with six-figure incomes, pick-up trucks and traditional views on politics and religion. South Bruce Peninsula received the Sauble Beach Geofence Project report during a delegation from employees of Regional Tourism Organization […]

With the possibility of COVID-19 cases increasing in the fall, the Grey Bruce Health Unit is holding vaccine clinics over summer to help residents get up to date with their shots. Thousands of Grey-Bruce residents aged 60 and up are to become eligible in July and August to receive a second booster, based on the […]

Three North Stars helped Team Ontario claim the under-18 championship at the 2022 World Lacrosse Women’s Festival in Maryland Tuesday. Head coach Lyndsay Brooks and her Team Ontario under-17 squad, featuring Taryn Lee and Laine Nissen, who both play for the Owen Sound North Stars in the Junior Elite Women’s League (JEWL), topped the Akwesasne […]

The Hottest Street Sale is back and taking over Owen Sound’s River District this weekend. The 32nd edition of the event will take place on Saturday featuring music and entertainment, children’s activities, food vendors, plenty of shopping opportunities and more. It is returning to the city’s core for the first time since the summer of […]

Some infectious diseases experts are calling an uptick in virus transmission indicators a “summer wave”, but in Grey-Bruce the waters remain calm. Specialists now often use wastewater data to identify transmission trends in Ontario as testing for COVID-19, while consistent among those eligible, is no longer done widely enough to paint a detailed picture. Wastewater […]

A Kincardine councillor’s remark made during a meeting three months ago and called derogatory and vulgar by the authors of an integrity report has resulted in a reprimanded by council and a suspension of pay for 90 days, the harshest penalty council is able to impose under the Municipal Act. At its meeting on Monday, […]

A contract valued at $130 million to fabricate and supply replacement feeders for reactor units at Bruce Power’s Tiverton plant has been awarded to Cambridge-based BWXT Canada Ltd. “We have a Made in Ontario technology and are announcing this ten-year contract today with the confidence that BWXT and the men and women of United Steelworkers […]

On Tuesday, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced the hiring of Owen Sound native Curtis Sanford to the position of goalie coach for the club. The team announced the hiring via Twitter. The Leafs also promoted Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser, Ryan Hardy and Darryl Metcalf to the roles of assistant general manager. Sanford spent the past five […]

The Owen Sound Attack’s blueline will feature a 19-year-old puck-moving defenceman from Switzerland next season. Dale DeGray selected Luc Schweingruber from Bern, a team that plays in the country’s under-20 elite circuit, in this past Friday’s Canadian Hockey League Import Draft. The Attack passed on their second pick as the club expects breakout star Servac […]

Dozens of Ukrainians fleeing the war in their home country are expected to arrive in Grey-Bruce by the end of July, and a new resource has been launched to assist them as well as provide information to those in the area who want to help. The Grey Bruce Local Immigration Partnership has added a new […]

Former Durhamite and National Hockey League player Dean Hopkins has dedicated a bench at the Durham Arena to his former coaches who helped him along his way to the NHL. The bench, unveiled this past week inside the Durham Community Centre and Arena, features a plaque with the inscription: “The Dream Makers. A dedication to […]

The Owen Sound North Stars junior B club suffered a 17-9 loss to the Windsor Clippers on Canada Day completing a three-game sweep by the Clippers in the first round of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League postseason. The North Stars couldn’t overcome the offence of Malikye Good, Josh Rosa, Connor McManus, Xander Derkatz and […]

The Owen Sound Selects under-23 fastpitch team travelled to Woodstock this past weekend where they rolled off three-straight wins to capture back-to-back Ontario Amateur Softball Association Elimination Championships. In the team’s opening game, the Selects defeated the Belmore Sting 9-2. Clay Dolbear led the attack with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs. Brendan […]

“Never let your fire go out. When you let your fire go out, that’s when the chaos happens.” Saugeen First Nation Elder Shirley John’s words weaved through some of the stories shared at the Giche Namewikwedong Reconciliation Garden sacred fire and healing circle Sunday morning. As part of The Sound Waterfront Festival’s Truth and Reconciliation […]

A 50-year-old man from Burlington was pronounced dead after being pulled from Lake Huron near Sauble Beach Wednesday. According to a Grey-Bruce OPP media release, just after 8:16 a.m. on Wednesday emergency services responded to a report of an individual who entered the water in Lake Huron at Saugeen First Nation. The man was pulled […]

This is Gord Price’s last season soaring, somersaulting and tumbling through the skies in a supercharged Moscow-made 435-horsepower YAK 50. He’s 80 years old. It’s time to move on, or so he thought. In a promotional video created ahead of his 2022 airshow tour, scrolling words across the screen read: “In 2022, Gordon Price attempts […]

Canada Day celebrations were back at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park in Owen Sound Friday. People dressed in red-and-white swarmed the Summerfolk stage and surrounding area. Food trucks and vendor tents lined the pathways. Nary a Zoom online video conference in sight. No phone app needed to view the harbour front fireworks, and ice cream […]

One of the longest-running community bands in the province is set to return to the stage this summer. The Owen Sound City Band, led by Music Director Julia Richards, is now back to Celebrate 100+2 Years of performing Music in the Scenic City, resuming its traditional Monday evening concerts at Harrison Park, starting at 7:30 […]

Calissa Curry asked her customer if they would like their balloon dog with floppy or straight ears. The talented 12-year-old balloon artist was one of the several vendors and community groups set up at booths during the Waterfront Festival Kids and Youth Day at the Owen Sound Visitor Centre Thursday afternoon. The event kicked off […]

After a two-year hiatus, the Noon Hour Series is back and celebrating twenty-seven years of summer songs. This summer’s series features nine concerts with some of the city’s favourite local musicians and renowned special guests all taking place at Georgian Shores United Church (997 4th Ave E.) in Owen Sound. Admission is by donation. The […]

Newly elected Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers is taking on the role of parliamentary assistant to Ontario’s minister of finance. Byers was appointed to the job and sworn in on June 29. “I’m delighted to have the opportunity to work directly with Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy,” said Byers in a release. “I have known Peter […]

Wiarton’s Jonny Pickett said he’s living the dream and still dreaming big. Most days, the former Peninsula Shores District School student wakes up and rollerblades the lakeshore boardwalk in Toronto to practice at Volleyball Canada’s Ashbridges Bay training centre with the national program’s summer development team. It’s been a successful summer. Pickett and his beach […]

Police have charged a 21-year-old South Bruce man with attempted murder. Mason Stroeder, of the former Carrick Township, is scheduled to attend bail court in Walkerton Thursday. He also faces charges of assault a peace officer with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, resist a peace officer, flight from police, four […]

A Kincardine man police honoured recently for his part in life-saving efforts — of a man who died trying to save his cousins at Kincardine’s Station Beach in 2020 — said some people don’t understand the water is still dangerous there. Dave Jenkins noticed a man and his small children in the water the other […]