Owen Sound Sun Times

The Keady Young Guns finished as finalists at the 2022 Ontario Broomball Association (OBA) Intermediate Ladies provincial championship in Arnprior this past weekend. Their performance earned the silver medal after losing to the Rampage in the second final of the double-elimination tournament. The Young Guns fell to the Rampage, 2-1, in the opening game of […]

The Kincardine hospital redevelopment campaign is getting a $2 million injection of funds from the nearby nuclear power generator. Bruce Power announced Monday it is donating $1.5 million to the Building Health Care for Generations Kincardine Hospital Redevelopment Capital Campaign, while the company’s supplier partners will donate an additional $500,000 to the campaign through Bruce […]

A former chief administrative officer for the City of Guelph and Town of Minto has been appointed CAO for Bruce County effective April 18, the county announced Monday. Derrick Thomson comes to the county with more than 30 years of experience in “community-building, change management, budget administration, strategic planning and innovation,” a county media release […]

The Attack’s Nick Chenard is the Ontario Hockey League’s Goaltender of the Week after going 2-0-1-0 with a 1.99 goals-against average and .944 save percentage. Chenard, who was a runner-up for last week’s distinction, made 101 saves for the Attack in three games, helping them extend their run of consecutive games undefeated in regulation to […]

Despite his surname, the bar has been set pretty high for Attack rookie Colby Barlow. After taking the Orillia native with the eighth overall pick in the 2021 OHL Priority Selection, Attack GM Dale DeGray called the pick a “slam dunk”. He called him the team’s first pure shooter, at least in the DeGray era. […]

Regular daily COVID-19 updates from the Grey Bruce Health Unit will end Monday. There were 26 new cases of COVID-19 reported Sunday and 27 new cases Saturday, on par with the 26-case seven-day average. The cases reflect known new cases up to midnight the day before. Monday’s report will have Sunday’s data and will bring […]

February’s regional unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.6 per cent, with 700 net additional jobs, the Four County Labour Market Planning Board says. The Grey, Bruce, Huron and Perth economic region had the second lowest unemployment rate in Ontario in February. The provincial unemployment rate was also unchanged over January, at 6.1 per cent, both […]

The Owen Sound Attack are heading back to the Scenic City after a three-in-three road trip as one of the hottest teams in the Ontario Hockey League. The Attack got back into the win column Saturday night with a decisive 5-1 win over the Saginaw Spirit after earning points in both of their previous two […]

Hepworth-Shallow Lake Royal Canadian Legion members have unanimously endorsed their executive’s recommendation to rebuild the branch building. If fundraising permits, it will be bigger and better, branch president Karie Cole said. The vote was taken last Thursday involving 27 of about 80 total legion members. There wasn’t any discussion at all, Cole said in an […]

Firefighters helped ship staff put out a boiler room fire early Saturday morning on the Chi-Cheemaun ferry, which is dry docked in Thunder Bay. The fire was contained to the boiler room deep within the ship but damage to the boiler room and the electrical system was extensive, a news release from Thunder Bay Fire […]

Jaden Lindo holds on tightly to his first tangible hockey memory. A memory of the time someone tried to break him. The time he came to realize, then a child, a Black hockey player, he would need to stiffen his resolve if he was going to make it in the sport he loved. The son […]

The Saginaw Spirit earned the extra point Friday night in Round 8 of the shootout to take the 7-6 win over the Owen Sound Attack inside the Dow Event Center after a wild 65 minutes of hockey. The game looked to be over with 54 seconds left on the clock following Josh Bloom’s empty-net goal […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit will resume elementary school immunization clinics for routine vaccinations later this month. The decision comes as the COVID-19 pandemic situation improves and public health measures lift, the health unit noted in a news release Friday afternoon. “The Grey Bruce Health Unit is pleased to be returning to schools to offer […]

Grey County, Owen Sound and some other local municipalities will end their COVID-19 emergency declarations Monday. The Grey Bruce Health Unit will also stop issuing daily updates about the pandemic, to coincide with the county’s decision. The county declaration, in place since March 26, 2020, will officially end at 12:01 a.m. March 14. The city’s, […]

Ontario appeal court judges have reserved their decision concerning South Bruce Peninsula’s appeal of its two convictions for damaging endangered piping plover habitat. The judges heard from lawyers for the town, the provincial Crown and one shared by Environmental Defence and the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, which were granted intervenor status, during a virtual hearing […]

Blue Mountain is going big over March break. The first-ever Big Air Show is set to take flight next week with athletes performing stunts and tricks off a 50-foot ski jump. The mountain resort is calling the show the biggest on-hill spectacle yet. “We are so excited to see the return of outdoor spectator events […]

Some companies struggle to navigate ‘opaque’ bargaining code with Google and Facebook

The Owen Sound Attack’s six-game winning streak has become a seven-game point streak as the Bears fell to the Windsor Spitfires, 2-1, in overtime Thursday night inside the WFCU Centre. With the win, the Spitfires improve their own winning streak to three games and bolster their season record to 30-14-3-3. Owen Sound falls to 25-23-3-2 […]

Six local teams will battle at the Ontario broomball provincials this weekend in Arnprior. The Ontario Broomball Association (OBA) senior provincial tournament begins Friday and runs until Sunday. The Kilsyth Phantoms will compete in a field of four teams for the OBA Elite Men’s provincial title. The Grey Bruce Storm are featured in a seven-team […]

Masks will no longer be required in most settings as of March 21, but there is a case to be made for face coverings both in the near future and a post-pandemic world, Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health said Thursday. Dr. Ian Arra said distance is the most effective way to reduce the spread of […]

Employers are invited to register to participate in one of three in-person job fairs planned for late March and early April in Grey County. These job fairs will take place in Hanover March 30 at the P & H Centre, March 31 in Owen Sound at the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre and April 5 in […]

It’s pothole season in the city and if you spot a pothole, there’s an online form to use and number to call to report any to municipal staff. To report a pothole or other road issue, fill out the city’s Report a Concern Form online, or call 519-376-4274, ext. 4. Provide the exact location of […]

More than 30 years after her birth mother vanished, Alannah Hatt is hoping to finally get some answers. The Georgian Bluffs woman was only about two months old when her mother, Kristina Rhodes, went missing on Oct. 18, 1991. Rhodes was about 18 years old when she disappeared. It is believed she went missing while […]

Owen Sound resident Olga Gura lost contact with family members in a heavily shelled suburb of Kyiv three days ago. They’d fled their apartment and were staying in a bomb shelter when she last reached them. Their area was “almost levelled.” She tries to maintain contact with family and friends in Ukraine and scans the […]

The provincial government is scrapping mask mandates in most settings as of March 21 and looking to do away with remaining COVID-19 regulations by the end of April. Ontario’s chief medical officer of health announced the impending changes to COVID-19 protocols in a media conference Wednesday. Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health said Wednesday he supported […]

As work on the Saugeen First Nation amphitheatre project progresses, an open house will be held for members of Saugeen and the broader community on March 25 from 1 to 3 p.m. Saugeen members have been using dry-stone construction skills they’ve developed during the reconstruction of the amphitheatre. They’re completing that and are working on […]

A woman was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing death for administering a drug to a woman she was trying to help break from her heroin addiction. Jessica Leigh Morrison, 45, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound on Feb. 16 to administering ibogaine […]

The storm-damaged docks at Lion’s Head harbour should be replaced by mid-May, now that Northern Bruce Peninsula council has approved the work, said Ryan Deska, the municipal community services manager. Damage from a storm last September prompted Northern Bruce Peninsula staff to look at options. Monday council voted to replace the entire dock structure with […]

A well-known local artist and author of Ukrainian descent is auctioning off two of his works with all the funds going toward aiding the people of Ukraine. Allen Smutylo of Big Bay said Tuesday that as he watched Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfold he wanted to be able to help in some way. “It is […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is reporting an increase in the number of deaths in Grey-Bruce related to COVID-19 due to a change in reporting by the province. On Tuesday, the health unit reported 52 deaths among Grey-Bruce residents, an increase of seven from a day earlier. The new figure included an additional four deaths […]

People wishing to recycle electronics containing sensitive data may bring them to the Owen Sound legion next week for a free, police-sponsored opportunity to dispose of them safely. Owen Sound Police Services announced an electronics recycling day will be held Wednesday, March 16 at the legion from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event coincides […]

Bruce and Grey counties are hoping for more provincial help developing the public transportation system in the region. The counties are requesting a delegation with Ontario’s Minister of Infrastructure Kinga Surma when they head to the Ontario Good Roads Conference in Toronto from April 10 to 13, where they plan to ask for the extension […]

The teens at the centre of a police investigation into allegations someone with a bat threatened them for not wearing masks in a Saugeen Shores grocery store earlier this year have offered their side of the story. According to court documents, police charged Piergiorgio Donnini, 56, of Saugeen Shores, with committing mischief Jan. 6 for breaking a […]

March 8, 2022

Nobody wants to hear the word contagious two-plus years into a global pandemic unless, of course, you’re the Owen Sound Attack on a six-game heater. There was a moment in the Attack’s most recent win Monday night, a 5-3 victory over Midwest Division rival the Guelph Storm inside the Bayshore when the bench erupted. It […]

The province’s Special Investigations Unit has found no reasonable grounds to believe that a West Grey Police Service officer committed a criminal offence in connection to a crash that left a man dead and two other people with serious injuries in November. The file into the incident that occurred around 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 7 […]

Earth Day events at the Owen Sound Farmers’ Market are being planned now and organizers are looking for help. The event is to take place on Saturday, April 23 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. “We hope to involve a diverse number of community groups to participate in a celebratory, child-friendly event that includes a […]

A Eugenia man is more than $157,000 richer after a recent lottery win. Kevin Kirkpatrick, 60, won the January 1 Lightning Lotto jackpot of $157,306.60, the OLG announced on Monday. Kirkpatrick, who is retired, said in a news release that he is a regular lottery player, but only plays Lightning Lotto occasionally. “It was New […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported two new COVID-19 infections Monday as public health indicators continued to trend down after the weekend. Reported cases do not accurately reflect virus transmission in the region but provide an accurate representation of the trends of transmission in the community, the health unit said. There have now been 45 […]

A small group of women are making a major difference for those in need in the Owen Sound area. Last fall, the women from Neyaashiinigmiing started up their Love You No Matter What tailgate soup kitchen in downtown Owen Sound, with a goal of reaching out to people from their community living in the city […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 46 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, while other key indicators in the region have remained unchanged over the past two days. The health unit reported 18 new cases of the virus on Saturday, along with 28 new cases on Sunday. While new cases do not reflect actual caseloads […]

A steady stream of people took advantage of free COVID-19 rapid antigen test kits and facemasks being handed out at Heritage Place mall on Saturday. The tests and masks were being provided by Bruce Power to be distributed for free to those who wanted them. With 1,440 boxes, each containing 30 kits, there were plenty […]

A woman faces several charges after a car fled a RIDE check in Owen Sound and crashed into a snowbank late Saturday afternoon. Shortly after 5 p.m., Owen Sound Police Service officers were conducting the RIDE program on 14th Street West when a driver failed to stop and fled the area at a high rate […]

The annual celebration of pi and pie is fast approaching. Three local organizations are again teaming up to hold their International Pi (Pie) Day fundraiser on March 14. It has become an annual event for the Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort, Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce and United Way of Bruce Grey, where […]

Make it five straight wins for the surging Scenic City skaters who took it to the Saginaw Spirit and bagged a 5-0 victory at the Bayshore Saturday night. Nick Chenard earned his third-career shutout stopping all 27 shots, and the three players featured on the team’s new all-rookie line of Servac Petrovsky, Cedrick Guindon and […]

They’re rocking in Rockland. Rockland’s Cédrick Guindon scored all four goals as the Owen Sound Attack extended their winning streak to four games with a 4-3 win over the Guelph Storm Friday night at the Sleeman Centre. The rookie’s 21st goal of the season capped off a back-and-forth game between the Midwest Division rivals just […]

With his first solo exhibition, now showing at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Southampton Indigenous artist Brent Henry wanted to shine a light on a dark part of Canada’s history. And by highlighting that legacy of Canada’s Indian Residential School system in his show Zoongide’win/Strong Heart, Henry is optimistic it will help spur reflection, healing […]

Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health, Dr. Ian Arra, issued a reminder Friday that though he rescinded his local “class order” with self-isolation requirements, Ontario’s self-isolation requirements remain. They require people who test positive for COVID-19 to isolate for at least five days if fully vaccinated or are younger than 12 years, or at least 10 […]

More visitors will be allowed in all six Grey Bruce Health Services hospitals starting Monday, the hospital corporation announced. Two visitors will be permitted for most situations and they no longer need to be the same two visitors. Out-patients may have one support person if required. Proof of two-dose vaccination remains a requirement to enter […]

Two Owen Sound men have been charged after reports of an altercation involving about six people in the city’s downtown Thursday night. Just before 8:30 p.m., Owen Sound police began receiving calls about the disturbance. As officers were arriving in the area, they received more information from witnesses indicating a knife and a handgun had […]