Owen Sound Sun Times

Twelve of southern Ontario’s top men’s curling rinks have gathered in Bruce County for the chance to represent the region at next month’s national championship. The Port Elgin Chrysler ’22 Ontario Tankard presented by Bruce Power kicks off Wednesday evening at the Plex with an opening ceremony followed by the first draw of the competition. […]

Police say a missing Grey Highlands man may be making his way to Ottawa. Grey Bruce OPP first asked on Jan. 29 for the public’s help to locate Robert Hamilton, a 67-year-old last seen 7:30 a.m. in Markdale the day before. Police renewed that request Tuesday and released more information. “It is believed that Hamilton […]

A Bruce County Public Library bookmobile should be rolling down county roads again this year. Bookmobiles are an old idea some libraries are using to increase access to library materials and services. There used to be a Bruce County library bookmobile into at least the 1950s. The new one will be a modern version, serving […]

Another three local people have reportedly died of COVID-19. The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported the deaths on Tuesday, raising the local death toll from the virus to 39. Grey-Bruce actually didn’t see its first death from the virus until almost a year into the pandemic, on Jan. 30, 2021. With the additional deaths on […]

Local health board chair Sue Paterson said the health unit is preparing to resume normal operations as part of post-pandemic recovery this year. The mayor of Hanover was returned by acclamation as chair for a second term at the Feb. 4 Grey Bruce Health Unit board of health meeting. She looked ahead in an interview […]

South Bruce Peninsula provided its fourth $25,000 annual payment on Feb. 1 toward its $100,000 pledge to the local hospital foundation to support youth mental health, Bruce Peninsula Hospitals Foundation announced. The town pledged the money after the hospital foundation approached council four years ago to help fund a Grey Bruce Health Services effort to […]

Owen Sound has introduced a backflow prevention program intended to protect the city’s drinking water system from possible contamination. On Jan. 10 the city passed a bylaw that requires backflow preventers on water services for industrial, commercial and institutional properties. Matt Prentice, the city’s manager of public works, said Monday that in a year the […]

Two more local people have died due to COVID-19. The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported one death Saturday and another Monday. The local toll stands at 36 since the start of the pandemic about two years ago. At total of 12 local patients are hospitalized due to COVID: Nine in a local hospital and three […]

Summerfolk organizers have started to run the business side of their operations more like a business, the president of the Georgian Bay Folk Society said Monday. Starting next week, six volunteers, each with a list of 10 businesses, will fan out across Grey-Bruce to solicit sponsorships for the 47-year-old Owen Sound festival, which is planning […]

The London Knights scored three unanswered goals in the second period en route to their seventh-straight victory against the Owen Sound Attack this season. The final score was 8-3, but only after the Knights scored three empty-net markers and a last-second Landon Sim tally with the Attack goaltender back in the net out of necessity. […]

Another Grey-Bruce resident has died with COVID-19 according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit. The health unit’s Saturday situation report listed the new death. There are now 35 reported local deaths since the start of the pandemic including nine residents who died outside of the region. Meanwhile, a COVID-19 outbreak at Parkview Manor in Chesley […]

Westway Capital has teamed up with The Planning Partnership as the group of GTA-based investors works to move from visioning to building at the former Talisman Resort near Kimberley. Grey Highlands council unanimously approved a bylaw on Feb. 2 that paves the way for Westway to purchase the municipally owned upper Talisman lands and former […]

Charmaine Jenner (Tauchkwe), a self-taught local artist from Neyaashiinigmiing, will have her painting of a crane installed on the old general store in Oxenden as a community-funded symbol of grassroots reconciliation efforts. A group of neighbours are raising $10,000 to commission and install the piece after it was selected by a jury of local residents […]

Call them the comeback kids. The cardiac crew. The Owen Sound rebound. Call it what you want, the Owen Sound Attack did it again. A come-from-behind win snatching victory from the jaws of defeat against the Guelph Storm for the second time in as many nights, and this time at home in front of in-the-flesh […]

The NHL All-Star game is in Vegas this weekend, but in the junior ranks, it was getting weird and wild in Guelph Friday night. The Owen Sound Attack scored two goals less than a minute apart and with less than two minutes left in the game to come from behind and beat the Guelph Storm 2-1 […]

The Tom Thomson Art Gallery has made a donation of its 2022 fundraising calendars to local long-term care homes to celebrate the success of its recent calendar campaign. Calendars have been donated to 19 long-term care homes across Grey and Bruce counties after over $25,000 was raised through the campaign for exhibitions and programming at […]

Bruce County Warden Janice Jackson said in a statement Friday the county agrees it made mistakes after a court found the county breached terms of a bequest by purchasing a former rectory property in Southampton. She said the county purchased the property “to expand the archival services of the museum. Our goal has always been […]

Owen Sound has introduced QR codes at development sites so that residents and businesses can easily access detailed information about planning applications. With the province requiring municipalities to provide notice of applications, traditionally the city has posted notice in local media and via Canada Post. But the planning department at the city has introduced the […]

With a daunting task to rebuild ahead of them, members of the Hepworth-Shallow Lake branch of the Royal Canadian Legion have started a fundraiser to help them move forward following a fire last month. A GoFundMe started on Wednesday by Branch 586 president Karie Cole had already raised more than $3,500 towards a $50,000 goal. […]

Bruce County breached terms of the Krug trust by improperly using its funds to buy a former Anglican rectory in Southampton, for purposes other than solely for a new county archives building, a judge has found. Superior Court Justice G. D. Lemon’s Jan. 31 decision also said the county failed to provide “proper and transparent […]

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit has charged a Hanover police constable with sexual assault after investigating an incident said to have happened in 2017. In a media release, Director of the Special Investigations Unit Joseph Martino said there are reasonable grounds to believe the officer committed criminal offences in Hanover. The SIU received the complaint on […]

Two vaccination clinics specifically for children five to 11 will operate this weekend at East Ridge Community School in Owen Sound. The clinics are scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. No appointments are necessary. According to statistics posted on the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s website, 56 per […]

Grey Highlands and a GTA-based group of investors have entered the closing period on a $2.5 million deal for the municipally owned portion of the former Talisman resort lands. Meanwhile, a community organization dedicated to the protection and environmental sustainability of the lands at the former resort is taking the municipality to court over the […]

The MP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound says the country is divided and protests in the nation’s capital are proof of that. But Alex Ruff added that while it is important to address the protesters and listen to their concerns, reported acts of racism, ignorance and harassment are inexcusable. “The country is divided and it is very […]

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Conservative MP Alex Ruff says his party remains united and he hopes to see a new leader in place by summer after Erin O’Toole stepped down as leader on Wednesday. Ruff said from Ottawa on Thursday that there were some challenges the party faced that O’Toole was unfortunately unable to bring resolution to, […]

A dispute over a farm wagon between former friends ended when one drove over the other with a tractor, killing him, a Walkerton court heard Wednesday. Ronald Oscar Seifried, 60, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Justice to dangerous driving causing death, and to the criminal offence of failing to remain and offer assistance, […]

Bruce Power and the Nuclear Innovation Institute have signed a memorandum of understanding that could eventually see a fusion power plant constructed in Ontario, perhaps even locally. On Wednesday, the organizations announced the MOU with British Columbia-based General Fusion to evaluate the potential deployment of a fusion power plant in the province, including in the […]

Owen Sound Police seized 127 grams of fentanyl, 33 grams of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, oxycodone pills, $7,000 in cash and a conducted energy weapon as the result of a traffic stop and several search warrants this week. On Tuesday, police arrested a 45-year-old Owen Sound man after making a traffic stop in the 1100 Block […]

COVID-19 vaccination clinics are scheduled for the Keady Community Centre and Walkerton Community Centre on Thursday. Both clinics will operate from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. No appointments are required for either clinic. First or second doses are available for children ages five to 17 while those 18 and older can receive a first, second […]

So long, winter. Wiarton Willie predicted an early spring Wednesday morning in crisp resolution as the famous festival went virtual again amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Janice Jackson joined Willie on stage to translate the marmot’s 66th annual prediction. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker, Bruce Power CEO Mike Rencheck, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First […]

Get ready for an early spring, South Bruce Peninsula Mayor Janice Jackson told the world after consulting Wiarton Willie early this morning. The prediction, with a new groundhog sporting brown fur instead of previous incarnations’ albino white, came shortly after 8 a.m. in a ceremony livestreamed from Wiarton. Plans to return to a pre-COVID-19 festival […]

Welcome to the Ontario Hockey League Marcus Vandenberg. For the first time in over a month fans were allowed inside the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium and treated to an impromptu debut Tuesday night as the Kitchener Rangers defeated the Owen Sound Attack 3-2 thanks to the 17-year-old goalie call-up. Vandenberg was called upon just past the […]

The Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce’s Fresh Roots Café is up and serving food, beverages, and much more for both the staff who work there and customers who come through the doors. “More than anything it was a way to employ more people, give opportunities for people to expand their skills and really feel […]

Glenn Howard may be heading into the Port Elgin Chrysler ’22 Ontario Tankard as the favourite according to Curling Canada rankings, but it’s John Epping who is looking to return to the Brier in 2022. The 2021 Ontario Tankard was cancelled due to COVID-19. The last time southern Ontario’s top teams battled to represent at […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit will operate a vaccine clinic at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday as it continues to target areas of the region with low vaccination coverage. On Tuesday, the health unit offered vaccines in Durham, and on Thursday, clinics will be held in Keady at the […]

Fries, cheese curds and gravy will be on the menu in South Bruce Peninsula this summer. Just over a week after Owen Sound council turned down a proposal for Poutine Feast to be held in the city’ downtown, South Bruce Peninsula council on Tuesday supported a special events application for the festival to operate in […]

A COVID-19 outbreak at a local long-term care home is over, but one has been declared at another home. The outbreak at Mapleview Long-Term Care Home in Owen Sound was declared over by the Grey Bruce Health Unit on Sunday. That outbreak was first reported on Jan. 9. But a new outbreak was also declared […]

Saugeen Shores Police are investigating instances of hate motivated mischief in Port Elgin. On Friday, police received a report of incidents of mischief at the Lamont Sports Park and the nearby snowmobile trail route, according to a a news release. Someone spray-painted trail signs and markers, while other signs and markers were damaged and stolen […]

The future of the Hepworth-Shallow Lake Royal Canadian Legion will be discussed at a legion executive committing meeting Monday, a little more than a week after fire destroyed its building in Hepworth. Legion past-president Bill Vanstone said Sunday in an interview that he expects the executive to consider “whether we’ll exist and carry on.” Then […]

COVID cases have peaked in Grey-Bruce, the local medical officer of health said Sunday. Dr. Ian Arra made the observation when asked about the number of health-care workers infected with COVID-19, which reached 401 Sunday and has soared from from 128 on Jan. 1. “It reflects the significant increases in cases in the community,” Arra […]

Police issued a plea Saturday night for help to find 67-year-old Robert Hamilton of Grey Highlands. He was last seen in Markdale on Friday at 7:30 a.m. He’s 6′ 1”, 150 pounds, has short grey hair and is balding, wears a beard and moustache and has green eyes and wears glasses, a Grey Bruce OPP […]

In a sense, it’s a real shame. Perhaps the Owen Sound Attack’s best 60-minute effort of the entire season happened on the night they were supposed to play on a national stage. Hockey Day in Canada was set to broadcast snippets of the action as the Owen Sound Attack took on the Guelph Storm at […]

All 52 snowmobilers who came through a city police spot check on a trail at the rear of Harrison Park were in compliance with document requirements, had valid trail permits and were sober, an Owen Sound police news release said. The spot check was done with the help of the Eastside Snowmobile Club’s district president […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported Saturday that 14 local people are hospitalized due to COVID-19, unchanged from the day before. Ten people are in a local hospital and four are hospitalized outside Grey-Bruce. A COVID outbreak at Wiarton hospital, declared Jan. 20 in the in-patient and complex continuing care unit, ended today. Ontario reported […]

A residential developer is proposing to use Minister’s Zoning Orders to fast-track approvals for a long-term plan to build 1,000 to 2,000 housing units in the burgeoning community of Dundalk. Shakir Rehmatullah, president of Flato Developments, presented a conceptual plan to Southgate council on Jan. 19 and at a virtual public information session Jan. 27. […]

The Town of the Blue Mountains and Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care have teamed up for what they’re calling an innovative partnership aimed at adding 160 new long-term care beds and attainable housing in the area. The ministry and municipality will try to chip away at two housing crises with one stone by packaging the […]

The Attack’s power play found pay dirt three times Friday night in Kitchener and propelled the Bears to a 5-2 win over the Rangers. Coming into the game, the Owen Sound man-advantage units were operating at just a 17.3 per cent clip and near the bottom of the league. Statistically, they fare even worse when […]

Both the provincial and regional high school sports championships have been cancelled for the winter season. OFSAA and CWOSSA made the announcements on their respective websites this past week amid the current COVID-19 restrictions and back-to-school uncertainty. In a statement, OFSAA President Carolyn Chesney said 2022 winter championships and festivals scheduled for February and March […]