Owen Sound Sun Times

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 80 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. The newest cases in Wednesday’s report – current as of midnight Tuesday – include 13 in Owen Sound, 12 in Saugeen Shores, eight in Kincardine, seven in The Blue Mountains, six in Neyaashiinigmiing, five each in Georgian Bluffs and Southgate, four each in […]

More people bought and ate beef from the grocery store while locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic. “When the numbers go up, people buy more meat,” said Jennie Hodgen, a senior account manager at Merck Animal Health who was a keynote speaker during Beef Day Wednesday for the virtual viewers of Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week. […]

A 27-year-old man is facing charges after a truck was stolen Tuesday afternoon while its owner stopped into a business on Owen Sound’s west side briefly. The owner of the truck had left the vehicle unlocked with the keys inside, according to an Owen Sound Police Service news release. Just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, a […]

New COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared at Owen Sound hospital and at Pinecrest Manor in Lucknow. The Grey Bruce Health Unit declared both outbreaks Monday. The hospital outbreak is on 6-2, the medicine unit, and involves three patients, with two staff who tested positive but not technically considered part of the outbreak. “Unit 6-2 has […]

Grey-Bruce Christmas bird counts have wrapped up for another year. In Grey-Bruce there were about 10 counts again in 2021 ranging from the Kincardine, Hanover and Meaford areas in the south all the way up to Tobermory at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula in the north. The Owen Sound count on Dec. 18 was […]

Local school boards are preparing for a return to remote learning after the Ontario government announced that schools would remain closed for at least the next couple of weeks. Premier Doug Ford announced Monday that the government was delaying the return to in-class learning until at least January 17. The move was made in response […]

Dale DeGray continued to wait for the results of his team’s COVID-19 tests Tuesday. The long-time general manager knew that the results of those tests, and a slew of other factors out of his control, would decide whether his team could take the ice early in the new year. The entire Attack team ensured another […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported another record number of new daily COVID-19 infections Monday, with 188 cases confirmed within the 24-hour period ending at 11:59 p.m. Sunday. New cases were reported from each municipality in Grey-Bruce, with Saugeen Shores logging the most cases at 43. Thirty-six of the new cases were from Owen Sound, […]

As the province plans to return Ontario to a modified Step 2 of its COVID-19 reopening plan starting Wednesday, there are concerns locally about how the new measures will impact businesses, low-income workers and others. The measures, which Ontario Premier Doug Ford says are aimed at blunting a surge in Omicron cases and prevent hospitals […]

Another COVID-19 case has been resolved in a staff member at the Rockwood Terrace long-term care home in Durham. There are now four active cases among residents of the home and three active cases among staff, according to an update provided by Grey County on Monday. Six resident cases and four staff cases are considered […]

The Festival of Northern Lights has gone dark for another year. The last night of the 34th annual festival was on Sunday and board of directors chair Jamie Walpole said it was another successful year for the popular attraction. “It was really busy,” said Walpole. “It was a very, very busy year with lots and […]

In an effort to curb the rapid spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Monday that the province will be reinstating capacity limits and other measures set out in Step 2 of its reopening plan and delaying by at least two weeks the resumption of in-class learning. Government […]

Another 86 COVID-19 cases were reported in Grey-Bruce on Sunday. There were 15 new cases in Owen Sound and 14 in Saugeen Shores. Arran-Elderslie and South Bruce each added seven cases, while South Bruce Peninsula added six and Kincardin and the Blue Mountains each added five. Other municipalities with new cases included Hanover (4), Meaford […]

The Bluewater District School Board has forwarded a letter to parents with some details about Ontario’s plan to return to in-person learning on Wednesday. In the letter signed by Education Minister Stephen Lecce and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore, it said health and safety in schools is a top priority and the […]

A Bruce County man has been charged after a residence was broken into in Southampton and a vehicle was stolen early Sunday morning. Just before 5:30 a.m., Saugeen Shores police received a call of a break and enter in progress at a residence. A man had forced his way into a home and demanded the […]

Due to a limited supply of the Pfizer vaccine, Grey-Bruce residents over the age of 30 will be provided with doses of Moderna in the coming weeks. Based on provincial supply and direction, the Grey Bruce Health Unit will be operating with a limited supply of the Pfizer vaccine in the coming weeks, the health […]

Cassandra Abbott, Cory Wallace and their two children were preparing to ring in 2022 together Saturday night, when plans suddenly changed. The Chatsworth couple, who were soon expecting their third child, decided they would let Celeste, 7, and Roman, 6, stay up late so they could welcome in 2022 together as a family. But as […]

It isn’t uncommon for the waters off Southampton to be full of swimmers on a hot summer day. But it is perhaps a little more unusual for those same waters to be full of people in January. With the water temperature at about 5.4 C, dozens of people braved chilly Lake Huron for a New […]

Grey-Bruce added 187 new COVID-19 cases on New Year’s Day. It is the highest single-day case count reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit, with the previous daily high set on Thursday when 158 cases were reported. Saturday’s Situation Report, which includes case counts up to midnight on Friday, included 33 new cases in Owen […]

A resident of Rockwood Terrace has died after contracting COVID-19, Grey County long-term-care director Jennifer Cornell announced in an update Friday. The county-run long-term-care home in Durham has been in outbreak since it was declared by the Grey Bruce Health Unit Dec. 22. “I am saddened to report one resident who has been battling COVID-19 […]

A Southgate man faces charges after a serious crash between a pickup truck and a buggy in Grey Highlands in mid-December. The 41-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday and charged with three counts of dangerous operation causing bodily harm in relation to the crash on the afternoon of Dec. 16. The accused has been released […]

Grey-Bruce added 82 new COVID-19 cases and an eighth COVID hospital patient to its totals on New Year’s Eve, the public health unit reported. A second local case of the Omicron variant appeared on Friday’s situation report, but hundreds more are likely, based on lab indicators and epidemiology, it said. All figures reported were current […]

Grey Bruce OPP charged a couple of drivers at recent impaired-driving spot checks. Wednesday at a RIDE or Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere spot check on Highway 21 in Georgian Bluffs, police detected signs of impairment with a driver about 1:20 a.m. After tests at the detachment, a 32-year-old Blue Mountains man was charged with driving […]

Two staff at Lee Manor have tested positive for COVID-19 but no COVID outbreak has been declared there. The Grey County long-term-care home already has had a declared respiratory outbreak in 2 South, one of five living areas of the home, since Dec. 27. No COVID has bee n found there, nor the flu or […]

Grey-Bruce set another new daily COVID-19 case count record on Thursday, with 158 new cases reported. The previous daily high for Grey-Bruce came on Christmas Eve, when 101 new cases were reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit. Of the new cases, 29 were in Owen Sound, while 22 were in Kincardine. The Blue Mountains […]

Work has resumed on the dramatic redevelopment of the Saugeen First Nation amphitheatre site, which aims to create a tourism magnet and 40 or 50 jobs for community members in a couple of years or so. The first phase of the project got back on track at the end of October, after a nine-month break […]

The Owen Sound Attack games against the Kitchener Rangers scheduled for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day have now been postponed. The Ontario Hockey League announced on Thursday that due to COVID-19 protocols affecting the clubs, both teams have suspended team activities and the home-and-home has been postponed. The Attack were to be in […]

What started out as an idea for a little New Year’s Day fun between two neighbours in Southampton has turned into something much bigger. Jeff Cody and Larry Leonard are planning to hold a polar bear dip at the beach in Southampton on Saturday and have put out a call for anyone who is capable […]

New COVID-19 cases in Grey-Bruce dropped significantly, down to 20, but that’s likely because fewer people may have sought a test, there was reduced testing capacity and results are slower coming, Dr. Ian Arra said Wednesday. After a week when dozens of daily cases has been common, Wednesday’s health unit report of 20 cases was […]

With 83 more COVID-19 cases reported Tuesday and active known cases now at 505 in Grey-Bruce, a few more local people have also been admitted to hospital with the disease this month. No Grey-Bruce resident was in hospital at the end of November due to COVID-19. Each week, more have entered hospital: There were two […]

The Owen Sound Attack’s holiday break has been extended by COVID protocols once again. The Ontario Hockey League announced the postponement of the Attack’s Tuesday night game against the Barrie Colts and Jan. 5 game, also against Barrie. Both games were set to take place inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. In all, seven […]

South Bruce Grey Health Centre would be happy to participate in any review that would assist in getting the number of nurses at the hospital corporation back to a level to allow it to return the Walkerton emergency department to an around-the-clock service, says CEO Michael Barrett. “For South Bruce Grey, we would appreciate any […]

There’s a respiratory outbreak at Lee Manor, but tests have ruled out COVID, the flu and RSV so far. The outbreak was declared Monday by Grey Bruce Health Unit staff. It affects 2 South, one of five living areas in the Grey County-owned Owen Sound facility, each containing 30 residents. Six residents and four staff […]

After a daylong budget meeting this month, Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy proclaimed that the city must become “more aggressive” at growing its property tax base and attracting new investment. The comments came on the heels of a staff presentation to council on a recent municipal comparative study by BMA Management Consulting that showed Owen […]

Monday saw 76 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit “but there is a bright side to this,” the local medical officer of health said. Record-high double-digit case counts began last week, when 58 cases were reported Wednesday, 59 Thursday, 77 Friday and 101 were reported Saturday, Christmas Day. A relatively few […]

Ontario’s police watchdog has invoked its mandate after a vehicle fled from police in Saugeen Shores on Christmas Day and then slammed into a home, causing serious injuries to a female passenger. A person in the home also sustained minor injuries in the collision, which happened on Bricker Street in Port Elgin. The Saugeen Shores […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit says 19 new local COVID-19 cases were reported on Christmas — a day assessment centres in both Owen Sound and Kincardine were closed. Both Grey Highlands and Huron-Kinloss had three new cases apiece, while West Grey, South Bruce Peninsula and Kincardine each had two new cases, according to public health’s […]

Santa Claus didn’t let the COVID-19 pandemic prevent him from bringing some holiday cheer to children and others spending Christmas Eve at the Owen Sound hospital. The jolly old elf traded his sleigh for the Owen Sound Fire Department’s new Sutphen 100-foot mid-mount aerial platform truck for part of Friday evening, so he could wave […]

City police charged two men with impaired driving-related charges in separate incidents in Owen Sound on Christmas Day. Owen Sound Police Service Sgt. Craig Matheson said police were called to a large east-side parking lot at about 6:40 p.m. after a car had driven over a curb and into a treed area and then hit […]

South Bruce Peninsula is planning to use senior government grants and reserve fund dollars to pay for a $4-million project to upgrade four blocks of Mary Street in Wiarton in 2022. Council voted Dec. 21 to approve a $3.88-million bid from Harold Sutherland Construction to replace underground infrastructure and reconstruct the street from Claude Street, […]

More residents and staff tested positive for COVID-19 Friday in an outbreak at Rockwood Terrace in Durham, according to Grey County, which has announced new restrictions and protocols at all three of its long-term care homes. The Grey Bruce Health Unit declared an outbreak at Rockwood Terrace Thursday after one resident and two staff on […]

For the fourth day in a row, Grey-Bruce set a record for new daily cases of COVID-19 Saturday. The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 101 new cases of the virus on Christmas Day, which easily surpassed the previous daily record of 77 new cases set on Christmas Eve. Fifty-nine new cases were reported Thursday, while […]

For the third straight day, Grey-Bruce has set a new daily COVID-19 case mark with 77 new cases of the virus reported on Christmas Eve. The new mark comes after the Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 59 new cases on Thursday and 58 new cases on Wednesday. Of the new cases reported on Friday, 20 […]

With more than a month until donations have to be in for the annual CFOS-Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast, a large donation has come in to already make this year’s broadcast the most successful ever. As of Wednesday, close to $69,000 had been raised through the broadcast, which celebrated its 82nd year earlier this month. […]

Bruce County has put its support behind calls by some of its lower-tier municipalities for a third-party review of the service reductions to the emergency departments at the hospitals in Walkerton and Chesley. On Thursday, the county’s executive committee called for a third-party review of the service reductions enacted for the emergency departments at the […]

Both Grey-Bruce and the province recorded their highest daily COVID-19 case counts Thursday since the pandemic began 21 months ago. Fifty-nine new cases of the virus were reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit, surpassing the previous record daily high of 58 new cases set Wednesday. Meanwhile, the province logged 5,790 new daily cases, which […]

The need has never been as great as it has been this holiday season for local organizations helping the less fortunate in the Owen Sound area, and the community has responded in a big way. With just a few days to go with its Christmas Kettle Campaign, the Owen Sound Salvation Army has seen about […]

While the latest COVID-19 wave has created some uncertainty around the schedule of events at the Roxy Theatre in Owen Sound, organizers are planning to move forward with a New Year’s Eve show there. The Beckett Family New Year’s Eve Show is set to hit the stage at the theatre on Dec. 31. There are […]

A COVID-19 outbreak has been officially declared at Rockwood Terrace after three positive cases of the virus were linked to the Grey County-owned long-term care home in Durham. Grey County issued a news release Wednesday night to say the Grey Bruce Health Unit has now declared the outbreak. The county says one resident and two […]

A Grey-Bruce resident was recently scammed out of approximately $200,000 and police are urging locals to remain vigilant. Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release on Wednesday that the victim became involved in the matter after receiving a voicemail on their residential landline claiming they had won a lottery prize. Through their investigation, police […]