Owen Sound Sun Times

A new school year is just around the corner and with it feelings of excitement and apprehension. The majority of students in Grey-Bruce will return to in-person learning on Sept. 7, the Tuesday after Labour Day Monday. The Ministry of Education, earlier this month, released a 26-page back-to-school guide. The document laid out a back-to-school […]

People have begun voting at the Owen Sound returning office with 20 days still to go in the federal election campaign. About six voters a day have been coming to the returning office to cast ballots ahead of voting day on Sept. 20, said Bonnie Stevenson, the returning officer for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound. The 36-day election […]

South Bruce OPP have identified the three people who died in a crash south of Teeswater on Thursday. Police responded to the two-vehicle collision between a commercial vehicles and a passenger vehicle at the intersection of Bruce Rd. 4 and Conc. 2 in the Municipality of South Bruce at 2:45 p.m. on Thursday. The driver […]

Owen Sound is seeking federal-provincial funding to cover nearly two-thirds of a $2.5-million project aimed at improving its filtered water quality. Council authorized staff Monday to apply for Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) Green Stream funding for Owen Sound water treatment plant filtration system improvements. The work is to involve replacing the filter media […]

City council rejected several recommendations Monday that would have restricted the kinds and length of queries the public can pose during its public question period. Council quashed staff recommendations to allow only questions related to items on that meeting’s agenda, reduce from five to two minutes the time limit for people to present a statement […]

Owen Sound firefighters towed a boat with engine trouble back to shore Monday afternoon. Owen Sound Fire & Emergency Services was dispatched to Owen Sound’s harbour after the Canadian Coast Guard was contacted about 1:51 p.m., acting Owen Sound fire department Capt. Mark Young said Monday. The 26-foot fibreglass Four Winns boat had engine trouble […]

Cédrick Guindon stepped onto the ice at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre as a member of the Owen Sound Attack for the first time Monday morning. The Attack’s first-round pick in 2020 lost a rookie season in the Ontario Hockey League to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the players who hit the ice for […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported four new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. The new cases included two each in South Bruce and South Bruce Peninsula, according to the daily situation report, which includes testing and case counts up to midnight on Sunday. There are 21 active cases in Grey-Bruce, along with 49 active high-risk […]

No annual Labour Day parade will take place in Port Elgin again this year due to pandemic concerns. Instead, local labour leaders will meet in downtown Owen Sound, at the gazebo by the Sydenham River, across from the art gallery between 2:30 and 4 p.m. for a “muted” gathering, the Grey Bruce Labour Council announced. […]

Tickets are almost sold out for the Meaford International Film Festival this weekend, which has moved to a drive-in format to screen two past movie favourites. Three tickets remain for the 2012 documentary, Searching for Sugar Man, which will close the festival Sunday. The Oscar-winner is about two South Africans’ search “for their unlikely musical […]

Police are investigating after a pair of near-identical break-ins at Martin’s Bicycle Shop over the weekend, where a rock was thrown through a glass door and a bike was stolen. The second break-in happened on Monday morning at 2:24 a.m., when police responded to an alarm and discovered that a rock had been thrown through […]

Two new COVID-19 cases were reported in Grey-Bruce on Sunday. There are now 19 active cases in the two counties with the new cases in Grey Highlands and Saugeen Shores. The Grey Bruce Health Unit is also following 42 active high-risk contacts associated with the cases, according to Sunday’s situation report, which includes testing and […]

Owen Sound police are looking for a vehicle and driver after a pedestrian was struck and injured in the city’s downtown on Saturday morning. The collision occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m. at the intersection of 10th St. E. and 2nd Ave. E. The pedestrian was crossing against traffic and was struck by an eastbound vehicle. […]

Scott Graham figures he has fished in the Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular every year it has been held. On Saturday he found himself in uncharted territory at the 33rd installment of the event, sitting at the top of the leaderboard with a 24.29-pound salmon he caught earlier in the morning. “I have been on the […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported three new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. The new cases are in The Blue Mountains, Saugeen Shores and South Bruce. There are now 17 active cases in the two counties along with 42 active high-risk contacts associated with them, according to the health unit’s situation report, which includes testing […]

On the eve of his planned marathon on Saturday, teenaged cancer survivor Jesse Walker was feeling that same kind of nervousness he felt in 2018 before he had a cancerous tumour removed. But just like he bravely faced that battle more than three years ago now, the 17-year-old Balmy Beach resident battled through the pain […]

A motorcyclist was airlifted to a Hamilton-area hospital with serious non-life-threatening injuries following a single-vehicle collision on Grey Road 32 in Grey Highlands on Aug. 23. According to a police media release, at approximately 4:30 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP, Grey County Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and the Grey Highlands Fire Department responded to a single […]

Grey Bruce OPP have charged a 79-year-old Georgian Bluffs woman with several offences after failing to remain at the scene of an accident on Aug. 23, according to a police media release. The police said at 3 p.m., Aug. 23, the OPP and Grey County EMS, as well as the Inter Township Fire Department, responded […]

The beach in Southampton has again been deemed safe for swimming after tests taken Thursday showed results with acceptable bacteria levels. The Grey Bruce Health Unit had posted the beach as unsafe for swimming on Thursday following tests conducted on Monday that came back showing higher than acceptable bacteria counts. The bacteria counts, which were […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported five new COVID-19 cases Friday. The newest cases were found in South Bruce (3), Hanover and Kincardine. There are now 24 confirmed active cases in Grey-Bruce and 42 high-risk contacts being followed by the health unit. As of just before midnight Thursday, there were three local COVID-19 patients being […]

Bruce Power said it is contributing to a “Made in Ontario” economic recovery by awarding a contract valued at approximately $40 million to BWXT Canada Ltd., located in Cambridge. The contract involves engineering and fabrication of four moderator heat exchangers, which are used to remove heat from the moderator system of CANDU nuclear reactors. “Over […]

There was no shortage of generosity at the Owen Sound Hospital Foundation’s 30th Annual Charity Golf Classic held at Legacy Ridge Golf Club on Aug. 13. With a sold-out tournament, golfers spent a day on the course raising funds for the Owen Sound Regional Hospital Foundation. Funds were raised through golf registrations, sponsorships, donations and […]

Christine Fraser-McDonald isn’t one to let her lifelong congenital heart condition keep her from living an active life. In fact, her active life may be part of the reason she’s here today. “They found out they had to rebuild my aorta because it was such a disaster, and I think I tried to die on […]

The Shore to Shore Race from Oliphant to Wiarton is returning for 2021. The Rotary Club of Wiarton has been given the green light to hold this year’s race on the Thanksgiving Weekend. “It has such a history,” said Kathy Christie, one of three race directors for the event. “I think the runners are really […]

Hanover’s Larry Milligan was first in line to have a fish weighed when the Georgian Shores Marina scale opened at 10 a.m., and officially kicked off the 33rd Annual Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular. Milligan’s salmon weighed in at just over 10 pounds. The Hanover fisherman earned a $25 gift card to the Boot and Blade […]

Three people have died after a two-vehicle crash south of Teeswater on Thursday afternoon. At 2:45 p.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a serious two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Bruce County Rd. 4 and Conc. 2 in the Municipality of South Bruce. Officers responded along with members of the Huron County OPP, […]

A Stokes Bay man pleaded guilty to 11 charges and received a six-month sentence considered time served Thursday in the Ontario Court of Justice. But David William Hillyer, 40, will remain in custody because he has outstanding, unrelated charges, including two attempted murder charges after a firearm incident in Tobermory March 31. Those charges weren’t […]

For the second time this week, the Grey Bruce Health Unit reported no new COVID-19 cases. Without any new cases to add to the data on Thursday, there are now 22 confirmed active cases in Grey-Bruce and 37 high-risk contacts being followed by the health unit. As of just before midnight Wednesday, there were three […]

Grey County is hitting pause on its plan to build a new 128-bed Grey Gables in Markdale. Council approved in a 50-40 weighted vote Thursday a motion by Owen Sound Deputy-mayor Brian O’Leary to place the long-term care redevelopment project on hold “until such a time as Grey County decides otherwise.” The vote, held during […]

“Do you want to talk hockey?” That is how Owen Sound Attack GM Dale DeGray answered his phone Thursday morning. For most of the past year, he’s spent more time discussing the latest public health trends and virus-transmission controls. “I’m a hockey guy, and I’ve been doing this for 16 years. I’m ready to get […]

Police charged a 19-year-old Etobicoke man with aggravated assault at Sauble Beach after police were called to a stabbing Wednesday night. Grey Bruce OPP and Bruce County paramedics responded about 10 p.m. to a report of a stabbing on Main Street. One person was sent to hospital with injuries police said were not life-threatening. Police […]

Southampton Beach has been posted unsafe for swimming after higher than acceptable bacteria counts were found there Aug. 23. Swimming in areas which have higher than acceptable bacteria counts can lead to illness, especially if the water is swallowed, a Grey Bruce Health Unit advisory issued Thursday said. Saugeen Shores staff have posted warning signs […]

Facing a “land shortage crisis,” Hanover is asking the province to step in to help the town engage in discussions with its two municipal neighbours – Brockton and West Grey – regarding potential municipal boundary adjustments aimed at providing the town with more developable land. A delegation of Hanover council and staff requested the assistance […]

The 9th Line Kite Festival will take place Sept. 18 and 19 on a farm in Grey Highlands. Dave Meslin is organizing the first-time local event, which will be similar to the one he founded in 2010, Toronto Windfest, held on Woodbine Beach, the part-time Eugenia resident said Wednesday in an interview. The festival will […]

More candidates have joined the federal election race in Grey-Bruce ridings. In Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, high school teacher Christopher Neudorf has been announced as the NDP candidate, while registered practical nurse Michelle Lawrence will be running under the Green Party banner and Reima Kaikkonen has been named as an independent candidate. Neudorf, who lives in Owen […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported two new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, one in the Saugeen First Nation and one in Kincardine. It’s the first case of COVID-19 reported at Saugeen First Nation since a deadly outbreak sparked by the Delta variant infected over 120 community members. There are now 27 confirmed active cases in Grey-Bruce […]

Pent-up demand for trees to spruce up properties this spring helped the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority bring in more than $84,000 in tree sales this year. COVID-19 forced the conservation authority to cancel last year’s tree sale event and this year’s was modified to only offer pre-sales. Pick-up was arranged by pre-booking a 15-minute interval […]

A driver has been airlifted to a London hospital with life-threatening injuries following a two-vehicle collision in the Township of Chatsworth on Wednesday afternoon. At approximately 1:15 p.m., Grey-Bruce OPP, Grey County Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and the Chesley Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle collision involving two vehicles on Grey Road 3 and […]

South Bruce OPP has identified the driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal collision Sunday west of Walkerton. According to a police news release, Vivian Hilmi, 56-years-old, of Scarborough, was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced deceased. South Bruce OPP arrived just before 3 p.m. to the scene of the motor […]

The Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy submitted a formal written offer to the Municipality of Grey Highlands to acquire the municipally-owned lands at the former Talisman Resort. According to a news release, the EBC submitted its offer on Aug. 20. “If accepted by Grey Highlands, EBC intends to preserve these provincially and nationally important lands in perpetuity […]

An arrest warrant is being sought by the Owen Sound Police for a 35-year-old man accused of assault with a weapon stemming from an altercation Sunday that sent a victim to the hospital. According to a police news release, an assault between the two parties first occurred on Aug. 20, which ended when bystanders intervened […]

South Bruce OPP is investigating a fatal collision involving a pickup truck and a motorcycle on Highway 21 near Kincardine Tuesday afternoon. The two people on the motorcycle at the time of the crash were taken to a local hospital where the passenger was pronounced dead. The driver of the motorcycle was then flown to […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported no new COVID-19 cases Tuesday. With no added infections, the health unit is now reporting 28 active and confirmed cases in the region and 34 high-risk contacts. As of just before midnight Monday, there were three local COVID-19 patients being treated at hospital in the region with one patient […]

Police charged a 27-year-old Walkerton man following an online child sexual exploitation investigation. Police searched the man’s home and seized several electronic devices. Police charged him with two counts of possession of child pornography and one count of making available child pornography. He was to appear in Walkerton bail court Tuesday. The OPP Child Sexual […]

August 24, 2021

The Township of Georgian Bluffs will hold a pair of virtual sessions to gather feedback on the trail system in the municipality. The sessions are being held as the township looks at its trail system as a whole to improve the experience of recreational users. The sessions will be held on Aug. 31 from 7 […]

The Ontario Lacrosse Association is withholding its blessing of the Brampton Excelsiors move to Owen Sound until the parties involved in the team’s 2018 transfer provide proper documentation. In an Aug. 19 letter to Major Series Lacrosse Commissioner Doug Luey, current team owner Joe Norton, former owner and Brampton Excelsiors Lacrosse Club president Ziggy Musial, […]

Police are searching for the driver of a red sport-utility vehicle they believe was involved in collisions with a cyclist and a stationary car Monday. About 3 p.m. a vehicle hit a cyclist on Grey Road 1, near Indian Acres Road in Georgian Bluffs, then left the scene. The cyclist was taken to hospital with […]

It’s banner season for the Selects. The Owen Sound Selects under-23 squad topped Tavistock 11-1 to win the 2021 OASA Under-23 Elimination tournament in Cambridge this past weekend. With Softball Canada cancelling its national championships amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament is the marquee local event for Ontario’s under-23 fastball teams. The Selects Riley Manion […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported four new cases of COVID-19 Monday. The newest cases were found in Grey Highlands, The Blue Mountains, Meaford and West Grey. As of just before midnight Sunday, there were 33 confirmed active COVID-19 cases in the region and 46 high-risk contacts being followed by the health unit. Four COVID-19 […]