Owen Sound Sun Times

Ontario is allowing more people to get COVID-19 booster shots and online local bookings start Nov. 6. The Grey Bruce Health Unit announced details of the expansion of eligibility for third shots and its plans to deliver them. People are eligible the year they turn 70 or older, as are all hospital and acute-care staff, […]

Owen Sound is looking to spend up to $7,500 to install an interpretive plaque at the 15-foot grandmother sturgeon metal sculpture at the Gitche Namewikwedong Reconciliation Garden. Council approved a motion Monday from Deputy-mayor Brian O’Leary that directs staff to contact the garden committee regarding an interpretive plaque or “other educational device” and then report […]

After being on ice for more than a decade, snowmobile racing is returning to Grey-Bruce. The Canadian Snowcross Racing Association is planning to bring its season opener weekend to Sauble Speedway on Jan. 7-9, 2022. Speedway general manager Joe Chisholm said Wednesday that he is excited at the prospect of bringing a different kind of […]

The Tom Thomson Art Gallery and adjacent Rice House properties could accommodate a new 37,000-square-foot gallery, says a consultant’s report, which concludes that’s how much floor space the city-owned facility would require to meet its current and future needs. Grant Diemert of G.M. Diemert Architect Inc. presented those findings to the city’s facility expansion ad […]

A project to help find people who wander off so they can be returned home as quickly as possible is expanding in Grey-Bruce. Kim Wideman, client services co-ordinator with Victim Services Bruce Grey Perth, explained Wednesday that the Project Lifesaver service has been available in the South Bruce OPP coverage area since last year. It […]

A 29-year-old West Grey man has been charged with several drug trafficking offences following a month-long investigation by the West Grey Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Unit. The investigation led to a search warrant being issued and executed. In the process, police seized a large quantity of fentanyl, crystal methamphetamine and cannabis. According to a West […]

David Beattie faces more time in jail for his manslaughter and indignity to a body convictions when he’s sentenced on Nov. 19. The 25-year-old has spent the equivalent of about 5 1/2 years in presentence custody, a figure which includes enhanced credit for serving time before sentencing, as is commonly granted. But both Crown or […]

Rural residents with reservations about the COVID-19 vaccines are being invited to connect with their vaccinated peers to ask questions and engage in constructive dialogue. Dan Stuckless, a University of Waterloo pharmacy student working on the project with Dr. Feng Chang and the Gateway Centre of Excellence for Rural Health in Goderich, said Tuesday the […]

Grey and Bruce county officials are welcoming planned provincial legislative changes aimed at strengthening the province’s long-term care system. Among the changes in the legislation are increased fines for homes that break the rules, steps that make it easier to take over homes that don’t comply, rules around ensuring residents receive sufficient direct care and […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported three new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday. Two of the newest cases were found in Arran-Elderslie while a single new case has been reported in Kincardine. As of just before midnight Monday, there were 33 active COVID-19 cases in the two counties along with 139 associated high-risk contacts. Three residents […]

Saugeen Shores’ long-time fire chief will soon become Owen Sound’s top firefighter. City council approved a staff recommendation and bylaw Monday night to appoint Phil Eagleson as the new chief of Owen Sound Fire & Emergency Services, effective Nov. 22. “On behalf of members of council, I would like to welcome Chief Eagleson to Owen […]

Two brothers who have put in thousands of hours at OSHaRE during the COVID-19 pandemic and a well-known, long-time community volunteer are being honoured by the city. Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy named Thom and Pat McDonough as co-winners of the city’s 2021 volunteer of the year award and Jan Chamberlain as senior of the […]

The impending sale of Owen Sound’s Billy Bishop Regional Airport to a “life-long aviation enthusiast” with a history of restoring properties is good news for property taxpayers, facility users and the soon-to-be new owner, city officials say. Council unanimously passed a resolution and bylaw Monday to sell the 28-year-old, city-owned facility in rural Meaford for […]

Grey-Bruce added four new cases of COVID-19 Monday, the Grey Bruce Health Unit reported in its daily situation report. Three cases in Hanover and one in Chatsworth brought the cumulative total of COVID infections since the start of the pandemic in Grey-Bruce to 2,417 cases. There were 33 active COVID cases identified by the health […]

Grey Bruce Climate Action Network issued its first annual report detailing its advocacy work and local municipal climate action over the past year. “Scientists and governments have been talking about this for 40 years. And we’re now in a crisis,” Marilyn Struthers said in an interview Monday. She’s a member of a climate action group […]

Two people were charged with impaired driving in Owen Sound on Sunday evening, including one who was involved in a collision. Owen Sound police said in a news release they were contacted by someone shortly before 6 p.m.about two people passed out in a vehicle in the 100 block of 11th Street West. Police arrived […]

The former Owen Sound emergency room physician who had her certificate of registration suspended by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario last week spoke at a rally in Collingwood on Saturday. It was the first such local event held since Dr. Rochagne Kilian had her certificate suspended by the CPSO, but she said […]

Life can be tough sometimes, but Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor Kaleb Dahlgren said it is important to “enjoy the grind.” Dahlgren spoke to about 270 people at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre on Sunday, an event put together by the Junior Optimist Club of Owen Sound and District, along with the Optimist Club […]

Hockey games are frenetic and early on during a long season it can be hard to determine which moments matter and which moments are blips rather than trends. On Saturday, the game was trending in an ugly direction for the Owen Sound Attack. The Attack stumbled out of the gate and found themselves stuck 3-1 […]

The Guelph Storm continued their offensive onslaught in the month of October at the expense of the Owen Sound Attack Friday night in the Royal City. After beating Owen Sound 7-3 back on Oct. 13, the Storm shellacked the Bears 9-4 inside the Sleeman Centre in the rematch. Twelve different Storm players signed their names […]

Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association (CWOSSA) championships have returned and local athletes are enjoying early success. Earlier this month, the Owen Sound District Sound Secondary School (OSDSS) boys’ golf team finished second in Cambridge at the CWOSSA championship with Kincardine District’s John Graham leading the charge in the individual high school category. Graham advanced […]

As a consequence of a social event at which 17 people so far were infected with COVID-19, the number of related, high-risk contacts in Grey-Bruce has spiked. Now there are 203 high-risk contacts of people confirmed to be infected with COVID, up from 114 the day before. Not all can be said to stem directly […]

Owen Sound is warning residents about a recent scam in which people are posing as officials with the city. In the scam, people telephone residents, and may come to the door stating that they need to come into the home to check that the water is safe to drink, the city said in a news […]

Bruce County plans to institute an infrastructure renewal capital levy beginning next year to fund some major bridge projects. During a corporate services committee meeting on Thursday, county council members approved a staff recommendation to implement the 1.5 per cent increase to the county levy next year. Staff is also recommending that the infrastructure levy […]

Cape Croker Park won three Ontario Tourism Resiliency Awards and Owen Sound Tourism’s Savour Owen Sound 2020 won one. Cape Croker Park, at Neyaashiinigmiing on the Bruce Peninsula, won as an independent tourism business in two of the three provincial award categories — two Sustainability awards (in overall and Winter categories) and one in Collaboration. […]

City council is to consider a deal to sell the Owen Sound Billy Bishop Regional Airport to a buyer who will continue to operate it as an airport, according to a staff report going before council Monday. The report, prepared by city manager Tim Simmonds and included in the agenda for Monday’s meeting, said the […]

Bruce County is proposing a development charge for new construction that would see just under $6,400 added the cost of a new home in the county. On Thursday, the county’s corporate services committee held the required public meeting on the proposed county charge as part of a process that has been ongoing since the beginning […]

There was an explosion of new COVID-19 cases reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit Thursday, most of them related to the same social event which took place days ago. Fifteen new cases have been confirmed, including eight in Kincardine, six in Hanover and one in South Bruce. Most were unvaccinated. Dr. Ian Arra, the […]

Any Grey Bruce Health Services employees and physicians who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 25 will be “put on leave without pay,” hospital spokeswoman Mary Margaret Crapper said Thursday. The rule would not apply to those with an approved medical exemption. “We are considering our next steps,” she added in her emailed response to […]

Since moving to Owen Sound in the summer of 2018, swimming in Georgian Bay has become a beloved pastime for artist Kristine Moran. Her new solo exhibition at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery, swimming at the edge of utopia, is largely influenced by Moran’s swimming experiences, including all the sensations, rhythms and mental states that […]

NorthFIRE Circus is returning to Owen Sound just in time for Halloween. The aerial circus group and the Bass Witch Coven are presenting their latest Theatre on FIRE show, The Witches, at Kelso Beach Park Friday and Saturday evening. Described as a collaborative fusion of aerial circus and fire dance, the show is set to […]

South Bruce OPP charged three drivers with drinking and driving offences at three separate collisions in less than a week. Police charged a 30-year-old West Grey man with impaired driving, driving with an excess blood-alcohol level, possession of a controlled substance and careless driving at an accident scene Oct. 22 along Bruce Road 4 in […]

Chapman’s Ice Cream has put up $50,000, its contribution towards prize money for a Habitat for Humanity national annual student writing contest to raise money for local Habitat for Humanity branches. Kids in grades 4, 5 and 6 are invited to enter the Meaning of Home writing contest which opens Jan. 3. Students are invited […]

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has suspended the certificate of registration of former Owen Sound emergency room physician Dr. Rochagne Kilian. The interim suspension order is effective as of Oct. 27 at 11:59 p.m. and was directed by the college’s Investigations, Complaints and Reports Committee (ICRC). In a release, the CPSO said […]

The London Knights rolled into the Bayshore Wednesday evening and kept rolling en route to a 4-1 win over the Owen Sound Attack. With the win, the London Knights improve to 7-0 with four of those wins coming against Owen Sound. The Attack fall to 2-5-0-1 on the year. These two teams will square off […]

As people hoarded toilet paper and paper towel at the start of the pandemic in early 2020, Judi Bond got an idea. The 67-year-old retired creative director for a Toronto ad agency and her family started saving the paper rolls to make some kind of sculpture with them, a symbol of life during the ongoing, […]

Owen Sound Little Theatre is preparing to pull back the curtain again on one of its productions, after a 20-month intermission because of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the local theatre company has been active with virtual events, some smaller shows including Summerfolk and some youth programming, it is planning to welcome a larger crowd back […]

One case of COVID in someone at Hanover Heights Elementary School means an entire Grade 1 class must isolate for 10 days. It’s not deemed an outbreak because it would take more than one confirmed case linked to the school for that. The kids were sent home as a precaution. They’re too young to be […]

Police have identified the man who died at the Grotto on the Bruce Peninsula Oct. 20. Rahul Makhija, 23, of Scarborough, died after emergency responders were called about 4:15 p.m. to the popular tourist attraction in Bruce Peninsula National Park, Grey Bruce OPP said. Dr. George Harpur, a coroner who examined the body, said in […]

An outreach worker who supports temporary foreign agricultural workers in Grey-Bruce has thank-you bags to give them. But she needs help finding the workers first. Sharon Safra, who works with KAIROS-WE C.A.R.E for International Foreign Workers, said in an interview Tuesday she has found no easy way to locate these workers and so she hopes […]

An incident in which an unmapped watermain was struck during construction work, resulting in the death of thousands of brown trout at a hatchery in Kincardine, is being seen as a hiccup in what has been an otherwise successful stocking program. On the morning of Oct. 15, a construction crew working along Huron Terrace in […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported two new COVID-19 infections Tuesday in Grey-Bruce. The newest infections have been found in Kincardine and Hanover. According to the health unit’s situation report, there were 13 active cases and 85 associated high-risk contacts in Grey-Bruce as of just before midnight Monday. Two Grey-Bruce residents with COVID-19 are hospitalized […]

Hydrogen Optimized Inc., the Owen Sound-based developer of green hydrogen technology, announced this week it achieved a milestone for its RuggedCell hydrogen electrolysis process. Last Thursday, the company “achieved a breakthrough in developing the world’s largest green hydrogen production systems with the successful demonstration of its high-current water electrolysis technology,” the company announced Tuesday. A […]

Two people have been charged after police responded to a report of a break-in in progress in Southgate last week. Grey Bruce OPP, with the assistance of the OPP K9 Unit and the OPP Emergency Response Team, responded to the call on Southgate Sideroad 21 at about 8:45 a.m. on Oct. 18. Two people were […]

The lifting of capacity restrictions in Ontario restaurants, bars and gyms Monday was a cause to cheer, but some local operators also said COVID-19’s effects may linger and losses may take years to make back. “I’ve been waiting for this one for 18 months!” Rockford Family Restaurant owner Debbie Seifried said. The provincial announcement Friday […]

Two classes at Kincardine District Senior School have been dismissed due to a confirmed case of COVID-19. The Grey Bruce Health Unit announced on the weekend that two cohorts, or classes, at the school had been dismissed. More than one case would trigger an outbreak. A notice on the school’s website dated Friday said the […]

Ontario is maintaining its Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund program envelope at $500 million for 2022, which will see millions flow to local municipalities next year. Municipalities in Grey-Bruce will receive more than $23 million through the OMPF, which is the province’s main general assistance grant to municipalities. The province committed to maintaining the OMPF structure […]

A citizen out walking his dog is being credited with helping Hanover police catch a fleeing suspect. Hanover Police Service arrested a 32-year-old Chesley man around 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon in the 300 block of 10th Street. The arrest occurred after a foot chase that ended when the suspect was tackled by a citizen […]

Cpl. Brian Kay says the smell of rust told him something wasn’t right with the Boeing 707 he was inspecting at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in 1990. The Owen Sound native, who was serving at the time as an airframe and aviation technician with the Canadian Armed Forces 8th Air Maintenance Squadron, encountered the odour […]

Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a missing Neyaashiinigmiing man. The Grey Bruce OPP says Ryan Boortz-Jones, 35, was last seen at a home on Pit Road at Neyaashiinigmiing at about 4:50 p.m. Saturday. He is described as being about six feet, two inches tall, weighing about 165 pounds. He has brown hair and […]