Owen Sound Sun Times

OPP divers were on their way to Owen Sound harbour Thursday after a submerged vehicle was reported at the end of the pier just north of the grain elevators. The area was cordoned off with yellow tape, while police, firefighters and paramedics stood by on a cloudy but calm morning which threatened more rain, following […]

Construction of a temporary bridge has started in Paisley as the Teeswater River Bridge replacement project continues. According to a Bruce County media release, vehicles are still able to drive to and through Paisley while bridge construction is underway and local businesses will remain open throughout the project. However, from August 2 of this year […]

Grey Bruce Health Services is pleading for patients with minor issues to avoid going to the ER if they have alternatives. Short-staffing and increased demand for care in emergency rooms prompted the hospital corporation reminder that emergency departments are for “urgent health issues,” a news release issued Wednesday said. “GBHS is seeing an increase in […]

Bruce County council has elected not to video- or audio-record its executive committee closed meetings, contrary to one of several Ombudsman Ontario recommendations made to improve county closed meeting transparency. In a report in May, Ombudsman Ontario found three Bruce County executive committee meetings — typically attended by all county mayors — were improperly closed to the public, which violated the Municipal […]

The stage is set and the schedule is now finalized. The Owen Sound Bug Juice North Stars open the Ontario Series Lacrosse league postseason Saturday night at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre where they’ll host the Oakville Rock in Game 1 of the first-round best-of-five series. Game time is set for 7 p.m. In […]

A tornado watch is in effect for most of Grey-Bruce this afternoon and into the evening. Environment Canada issued its tornado watch at 12:10 p.m., for the Bruce Peninsula, Sauble Beach, Tobermory, Hanover, Dundalk, Southern Grey County, Owen Sound, The Blue Mountains, Northern Grey County, Saugeen Shores, Kincardine and Southern Bruce County. According to Environment […]

A total of 11 girls’ field lacrosse players from the Owen Sound North Stars program will take part in the Ontario Summer Games this week in Mississauga. The participating players include Madison Playter (Team Orange), Laine Nissen and Courtney Scott (Team Grey), Gillian Warren and Bree Wilkins (Team Red), Edyn Beyer, Aliyah Bonterre, Brooklyn Doyle, […]

Hepworth’s Landon Lorenowicz once again took gold in the 14-year-old teenage boys’ gi combined 69-kilogram division at the 2022 Next Gen Toronto Jiu-Jitsu tournament this past weekend. The event hosted at the Toronto Metropolitan University featured 719 athletes competing for gold including two athletes representing Kilian Academy. Fresh off being crowned Ontario champion a week […]

Police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle that fled the scene in Eugenia on Tuesday night. Just after 10 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP, Grey Highlands Fire department and Grey County EMS responded to a report of a collision involving a motor vehicle and four pedestrians on Inkerman Street in […]

With a month until the nomination period closes for the fall’s municipal elections, there are some mayoral races taking shape in Grey-Bruce. West Grey, Meaford, Georgian Bluffs, Southgate and Huron-Kinloss all have multiple candidates running for mayor so far. The official nomination period for the municipal and school board election runs until Aug. 19 at […]

After two straight virtual Terry Fox Runs the event is headed back to Harrison Park this year. The in-person run set for September 18 has a fundraising goal of $17,000. In 2020 and 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, public health measures aimed at reducing transmission of the virus prevented large gatherings and forced Terry Fox […]

Grey County has received nearly $150,000 to help small businesses take their products online through the Digital Service Squad program. In a media release distributed Tuesday, the Grey County Business Enterprise Centre announced it is the recipient of a $147,000 Digital Main Street grant to operate a two-year program providing small business owners with the […]

Joey Hishon just recently learned he was using the wrong hockey stick. After 15 years. In those 15 years, he scored 20 goals and notched 47 points as a rookie with the Owen Sound Attack. He led the Attack in scoring en route to an Ontario Hockey League championship. He was selected in the first […]

Grey Bruce OPP are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle Monday evening on Highway 6-21 in the Township of Georgian Bluffs. According to a police media release, the OPP, Inter Township Fire Department and Grey County EMS were dispatched to the scene of the collision west of Owen Sound at approximately 5:12 p.m. […]

An upgraded CT scanner model to the one that was previously planned for is to be installed at the Kincardine hospital. The Siemens “X.Cite”CT scanner, the newest Health Canada-approved single source Computed Tomography scanner, is to be installed in a new 2,000-square-foot addition at the hospital, which is currently under construction. The new model is […]

UNITED FALL TO LEAGUE LEADERS The Owen Sound Grey Motors United dropped a 5-3 road game to league-leading Kitchener Riverside in Kitchener and District Soccer League action Sunday evening. Scott MacDonald, Aaron Illman and Logan Black scored the goals for Owen Sound. The United’s record now stands at 1-3-2 (win-loss-tie) United’s next action is Sunday, […]

The Owen Sound Creative Playgrounds North Stars under-19 team finished their first Junior Elite Women’s Lacrosse season as silver medalists Saturday. After two big wins last week in both the quarterfinal and semifinal matches, the N’Stars earned the opportunity to compete for the JEWL gold medal against the top-ranked and undefeated Oshawa Lady Blue Knights […]

West Grey Police Service confirmed Sunday evening that police had arrested the man they had been searching for whom they’d publicly warned was considered armed and dangerous. According to a West Grey Police media release, multiple units of the West Region OPP and Central Region OPP responded to the area of Walter’s Falls at approximately […]

In memory of beloved Owen Sound librarian Andrew Armitage, there’s a call to the community to create a repository of all published works related to Grey-Bruce. Armitage, 82, died last November and on Sunday, friends, neighbours and other admirers shared stories about him, read some poetry and played a song. There were old photos and […]

A 53-year-old Owen Sound man died in a collision involving the motorcycle he was riding Saturday about 11 p.m. A Grey Bruce OPP news release said the single-vehicle crash happened on Highway 21 in South Bruce Peninsula. The motorcycle driver, Troy Sisco, was pronounced dead after lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful. Tara Fire Department and Bruce […]

An experiment in democratic participation is unfolding in Grey Highlands. A non-partisan group of citizens let by Dave Meslin is aiming to boost municipal voter turnout from a paltry 36 per cent in 2018 to at least 50 per cent, by promoting the election like a company would advertise a big sale. And it seeks […]

The Owen Sound Bug Juice North Stars have secured home-floor advantage for the first round of the playoffs. With a 12-9 win over the Oakville Rock Saturday afternoon at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre, the North Stars finished the regular season with a 9-6-1 record and made sure they wouldn’t be caught from behind […]

A little more than one year after a suspicious fire closed the former Willow Creek trestle bridge near Paisley, the bridge is about to be repaired. Half the deck boards and the railing burned off in the fire on the bridge, which is part of the 80-kilometre Bruce County Rail Trail, from Port Elgin to […]

The Owen Sound Creative Playgrounds North Stars under-19 team will play for the Junior Elite Women’s League championship tonight in Oshawa at the Civic Fields. And the only thing standing in the way of the N’Stars’ championship dream is the undefeated and top-ranked team playing on their home field. Oshawa and Owen Sound face off […]

Police are searching this afternoon for Kodie Hearsum, a 34-year-old West Grey man whom police say is considered armed and dangerous. Police are investigating a homicide, Grey Bruce OPP announced in a news release about noon Saturday. Police released two photos of Hearsum, whom they called a suspect. There is an increased police presence in […]

The mood was upbeat, the music was pumping and the sun was shining when about 100 people set out with purpose Saturday morning on a leisurely five-kilometre walk down to the bayshore. The purpose was to remember Jeff Courage — a 21-year-old former West Hill student who took his life in November 2019 — and […]

The Mission Zimbabwe team sponsored by Hanover’s Hope Community Church is departing for Zimbabwe from Toronto Sunday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic grounded the group’s annual international trip. The three-member team departs from Pearson International Airport on July 17 and will arrive in Zimbabwe’s capital of Harare after a planned 20-hour trip. […]

A development company behind a proposal to build a waterfront hotel and spa as well as eight residential buildings at 226 Boucher St. E – the site of the former Stanley Knight flooring factory in Meaford – is now appealing its application to the province. Meaford officials announced in a media release Thursday that the […]

Saugeen Shores plans to paint a truth and reconciliation crosswalk at Victoria Street North and Landsdown in front of G.C. Huston Public School in Southampton. Council approved a motion brought forward by John Divinski in a vote at its July 11 meeting. The motion recognized the close relationship between the school and the residents of […]

The Tom Thomson Art Gallery in Owen Sound is launching three new exhibits in celebration of its 55th anniversary this summer. On Tom Thomson’s 145th birthday – August 5 – the art gallery is holding a signature evening reception. “For more than 55 years, the art gallery has brought us inspiring exhibitions featuring regional and […]

The Saugeen Shores Police Service Criminal Investigations Branch is seeking the public’s help identifying two people suspected of assaulting and robbing a young female victim. On Wednesday, July 13 at approximately 2:45 p.m. the victim was walking on Market Street near Nodwell Park, between Highland Street and Geddes Street. police said in a news release. […]

It’s heating up in the local lacrosse world as a head-to-head matchup to determine home floor advantage in the Ontario Series Lacrosse league playoffs is set for Saturday afternoon in Owen Sound after the Oakville Rock were hit with a three-game forfeit for using an ineligible player. With one game remaining in their regular season, […]

Anyone 18 and older is now eligible for a second booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario, while infants and children are now able to receive a newly approved Moderna vaccine. The province announced the expanded eligibility for second booster doses Wednesday in a move made to provide an extra layer of protection for […]

Last weekend I did something I hadn’t done in over two years. I went to a folk festival—the Mariposa Folk Festival, to be exact. Mariposa is older than Summerfolk-–this was its 60th year. What a great experience! The festival was a sellout and the crowds were joyous. It was a thrill to wander from stage […]

Owen Sound Little Theatre is busy preparing a big 2022-23 season featuring some familiar favourites and locally-written shows. This year’s productions include Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, You, Me and a Bit of Driftwood, The Game’s Afoot, and Gorgeous, Gallivanting Goddesses. Beauty and the Beast will run from Nov. 10 to 12, Nov. 17 to […]

The first annual Walk for Courage sponsored by Owen Sound Fitness is set to take place this Saturday in Owen Sound. The Walk for Courage is a fundraising event in memory of Jeff Courage, a former Owen Sound resident and West Hill Secondary School student who was a staff member at Owen Sound Fitness and […]

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 […]