Owen Sound Sun Times

Police and paramedics are expressing concerns about a South Bruce Grey Health Centre proposal to stop bringing people experiencing a mental health crisis to the Durham hospital after 3 p.m. For now, it's business as usual until agreements are put in place, said Kevin McNab, Grey County's director of paramedic services. There has been discussions [...]

Police charged a 15-year-old after nude photos of someone younger than18 years were posted on social media. South Bruce OPP charged the youth from the former Huron Township, part of Huron-Kinloss Township, with publication of child pornography, publication of an intimate image without consent, and assault. The teen, who cannot be identified under the Youth [...]

Police closed a section of 10th Street East Thursday afternoon after a transport truck collided with a cyclist. According to a media release, the 35-year-old female cyclist suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to hospital. The bicycle was significantly damaged. Owen Sound Police closed 10th Street East between 2nd Avenue East and 3rd Avenue East [...]

The Peterborough Lakers showed why they're the heavy favourites in a quarterfinal series against Owen Sound in the second period of Game 1. The Lakers smothered the North Stars and chased starting goalie Kaleb Martin from Owen Sound's net with a 7-0 frame en route to a 12-5 victory and 1-0 lead in the best-of-five [...]

A beloved Wiarton doctor is calling it a career and hanging up the stethoscope after 40 years. Dr. John Van Dorp hopped in the car with his wife Geneva Thursday morning and headed to Blythe to take in some theatre. I went to a seminar a number of years ago about preparing for retirement, and [...]

Danuta Valleau is this year's Ontario Senior of the Year Award winner in Georgian Bluffs. The Georgian Bluffs resident was nominated by the township for volunteering in many ways but particularly concerning climate action. Last year she won the township's Lifetime Volunteer Award. Thank you, Danuta, for your tireless efforts in promoting environmental stewardship, youth [...]

As in 2012, some importers have been purposely mislabeling broiler chicken meat as spent fowl in order to circumvent import controls

Police say no one was injured when an impaired driver crashed into a Shallow Lake home on Sir Johns Crescent just before midnight Wednesday. The homeowners were sitting in the room that the vehicle hit, Grey Bruce OPP said in a release. A photograph of the aftermath shows a heavily damaged car on the front [...]

A local program that temporarily houses and prepares homeless people to live independently is now provincially funded. It's a huge commitment from Ontario Health for Grey-Bruce," said Stephen Musehl, CEO of Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce. The Ontario government agency has committed $853,600 annualized funding for the program. We've all seen the opioid crisis, [...]

Brockton council has appointed Kym Hutcheon to the deputy-mayor's chair after James Lang resigned in the wake of an integrity commissioner's report of a complaint from staff at Walkerton's arena. Hutcheon's council seat will be declared vacant at the Aug. 13 council meeting. Council accepted Lang's official resignation after the integrity commissioner report was presented [...]

The YMCA of Owen Sound and Grey Bruce is kicking off Drowning Prevention Week with a free family-friendly event on Sunday. From 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the YMCA Health, Fitness and Aquatics 10th Street facility, several organizations will gather to raise awareness and educate the community on the importance of water safety, all [...]

It will be a homecoming of sorts when Adam Jones walks into the Peterborough Memorial Centre Thursday night alongside his North Stars to take on the Lakers in Owen Sound's return to Major Series Lacrosse postseason action. Jones played in three Mann Cup tournaments with the Lakers and helped the storied Senior A lacrosse franchise [...]

A rainbow crosswalk at Ecole Saint-Dominique-Savio was damaged last Friday and city police are looking for help finding those responsible. Someone defaced the walkway, a welcoming symbol of LGBTQ2S+ rights, with white spray paint. Police say two suspects entered the school property Friday, July 12 just before 4:30 a.m. Both wore dark hoodies and dark [...]

A group of business people, property owners and community members with an artistic sensibility have banded together to help inject some colour and life into Meaford's downtown. Meaford Downtown is a new non-profit organization dedicated to rejuvenating Meaford's downtown core and harbourfront. Funded wholly by donations, and independent of the municipal government, chamber of commerce [...]

The cleaner is first walked through the various rooms and pens in a pig barn with a joystick to program the computer system

Colby Barlow, Carter George and a pair of Attack prospects will soon wear the red-and-white of Team Canada at summer selection camps. Barlow and George are among the 42 players Hockey Canada invited to its under-20 summer evaluation camp in Windsor, from July 28 to 31. The players hope to earn a spot on the [...]

A 64-year-old man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death for turning his pickup truck in front of Bailey Durocher's motorcycle just north of Durham two years ago. Luciano Da Silva, of Utopia, Ont., just west of Barrie, pleaded guilty on June 18 in the Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound. Sentencing is [...]

Owen Sound police charged a woman with theft after a Pride banner was taken from Georgian Shores United Church Saturday. Police said Tuesday in a news release that a 41-year-old, of no fixed address, was charged after a citizen photographed the suspect trying to conceal" the banner in her bag on Saturday, July 13. [...]

Banditfest, a teen-run outdoor youth music festival, will take place at the Owen Sound Farmers' Market building all day Sunday. Eleven hours of music by 15 bands will kick off at 11 a.m. and end at 10 p.m., rain or shine, said Olive Borowski, one of the event organizers. Grey-Bruce bands will be joined by [...]

SCENIC CITY TRIO EXCEL WITH TEAM ONTARIO The Team Ontario under-17 squad finished with a perfect 4-0 record at the two-day MidAtlantic Summer Club Championships in Edgewood, Maryland this past weekend. Three Sound North Stars Junior Elite Women's Lacrosse (JEWL) team members, Bree Wilkins, Taryn Weppler and head coach Lyndsay Brooks, are with Team Ontario. [...]

Fifteen volunteers searched the Lake Huron shoreline Sunday for signs of two men missing since 1995 and one man missing since January, but had no luck. Kirk Weidemannand Erwyn Cecil Rody"Lippettwent for an evening fishing trip in the lake July 21, 1995 and never returned. They left their Brucedale Conservation campsite about 8 p.m. Their [...]

Fraser McGruer, a respected local boat builder who with partners also developed Owen Sound marina and a once-popular restaurant there, has died at age 86. He died June 26 of complications from a leg infection, said his eldest son, Christopher McGruer. A come-and-go memorial service is scheduled for Aug. 10 from 2 to 4 p.m. [...]

The North Stars wanted to play their best lacrosse when it mattered most, but after opening up their return to Major Series Lacrosse with eight straight losses, it looked like the season could be a wash. Now, having gone 3-1 in their final four games of the season, Owen Sound is looking to make some [...]

Sr. B NORTH STARS SPLIT The Owen Sound North Stars senior B team wrapped up the regular season in the Ontario Series Lacrosse loop with a 14-9 loss to Six Nations Saturday and a 9-6 win over Hamilton Sunday. Both games took place at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. The North Stars finished in [...]

Lawrence Gregg has called Paisley home for all of his 84 years in that time he has come to know a lot of people. As the small central Bruce County village marked its 150th anniversary with a giant Homecoming celebration on the weekend he saw many familiar faces, including some he hadn't seen in a [...]

Owen Sound's River District was alive with activity on Saturday as thousands ventured down for the annual Hottest Street Sale. Close to 200 vendors lined sections of 2nd Avenue East and 9th Street East, as the public shopped for bargains, enjoyed food and beverage options, and were entertained by the music of area performers and [...]

By the time the Meaford Harbour 5-km run and walk began at 9 a.m. on Saturday, the sun was beating down and the temperature had passed the 20 Celsius mark. But that didn't stop a team of five dedicated Meaford firefighters from taking on the race, each wearing a near complete set of bunker gear, [...]

Owen Sound Police Service is reminding people to lock their vehicles after police received numerous reports of thefts from unlocked vehicles in the city in recent days. The investigation into the thefts over the previous two days led to the arrest of six Owen Sound residents who face a total of 42 charges, Owen Sound [...]

A driver has been charged after a two-vehicle crash on Owen Sound's east side on July 7 sent five people to hospital. The collision occurred at the intersection of 8th Avenue East and 20th Street East at about 8 p.m., when a mid-sized Kia SUV that was travelling west on 20th Street. A Volkswagen SUV [...]

Ignace Township council has made its decision: the community, between Thunder Bay and Kenora, would willingly be a host to a nuclear waste repository. Ignace and South Bruce are the final two candidates for a deep geological repository, or DGR, to house the waste. Roger Dufault, chair of the Township of Ignace's resident ad hoc [...]

Owen Sound's committee of adjustmentwill consider a plan to build a new Catholic high school on vacant land on the city's eastern fringe. A 1,012-student Catholic high school is proposed for along 28th Avenue East, about300metressouth of 16th Street East,documentson the city's website show. The hearing Tuesday may be watched online via a link on [...]

Two Saugeen Shores Lifesaving Club athletes have been selected to represent Canada at the upcoming Lifesaving World Championships in Australia. Team Canada selected Izzy Speiran to join its youth women's team for the championships in Gold Coast, while Hayden Kaake was chosen for the youth men's team. Luna Abbott is an alternate for the Canadian [...]

The investigation into Sharif Rahman's death continues, police say, and they ask for the public's help to solve the case. Rahman, 44, died a week after an Aug. 17, 2023, assault outside his downtown Owen Sound restaurant, The Curry House. Police are looking for three suspects but there have been no arrests. The investigation into [...]

A survey of people not born in Canada who live in Grey-Bruce found their top priorities are a lot like those of us all. The survey included 120 responses from immigrants living in Grey-Bruce in 2023. Highlights were shared with Grey County council Thursday. The full 51-page survey was included as a link to the [...]

A 77-year-old is believed to have suffered a medical event immediately before a two-vehicle head-on collision in Owen Sound Wednesday. According to police, emergency services responded to reports of a collision in the 100 block of 3rd Avenue West just after 6 p.m. Wednesday. Police said the 77-year-old Owen Sound man was driving a 2006 [...]

Owen Sound police have determined a man's death outside an apartment fire June 30 warrants no charges. The cause of death of the 58-year-old man found on the sidewalk in front of a 3rd Avenue East apartment was injuries he sustained in a fall, Owen Sound Police Chief Craig Ambrose said Wednesday. Police have not [...]

Home sales appear to be slowing down as the summer season winds up in Grey-Bruce. Meanwhile, composite home prices remain virtually unchanged year-over-year. The REALTORS Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound said home sales remained subdued in the month of June in its latest report. There were 1,595 active listings on the market at the [...]

Danish government officials and Danish livestock farmers have reached agreement, judging by widespread reports, on details of a proposed tax on methane emissions from that nation's ruminants. Beginning in 2030, Danish farmers are to pay a tax of 300 kroner ($59.38 CAD) per ton of carbon dioxide equivalent, rising by 2035 to 750 kroner ($148.46), [...]

The remnants of Hurricane Beryl are expected to bring 40 to 50 millimetres of rain across Grey Sauble Conservation Authority watersheds with some areas receiving up to 80 millimetres. Much of the rain is expected to fall Wednesday and taper off by early Thursday morning. The GSCA issued a watershed conditions statement and flood outlook [...]

OWEN SOUND LOCAL PLAYING FOR TEAM BELGIUM Owen Sound's Brittany Stephens is playing for Team Belgium at the European Women's Lacrosse Championships in Portugal. Stephens started playing lacrosse with the Owen Sound North Stars girls' field lacrosse program in 2010 before playing NCAA lacrosse at The University of Findlay in Ohio. Stephens later coached with [...]

Another Owen Sound Attack prospect signed on the dotted line and will continue their hockey development in Owen Sound next season. On Monday, the Owen Sound Attack announced the signing of Easton Mikus, 17, from Thunder Bay. Mikus, six-foot-one and 187-pounds, is a centre who played with the Thunder Bay North Stars of the Super [...]

Owen Sound police are asking for the public's help to confirm Brandon Sawyer's well-being on behalf of his family. The 36-year-old man was last known to be in Owen Sound in mid-June, a city police news release said. He's white, 5' 10'', with brown hair and an average build. Anyone with information as to his [...]

The Team Ontario under-17 squad features two athletes and one coach from the Scenic City. Owen Sound LAXers Bree Wilkins and Taryn Weppler joined head coach Lyndsay Brooks with their Team Ontario teammates to finish a perfect 4-0 at the two-day MidWeek Confidential tournament in Conshohocken, Pa. earlier this week. Team Ontario started the tournament [...]

A 68-year-old motorcycle driver from Brockton died in a collision with a deer in the former Brant Township Tuesday morning. Police, paramedics and firefighters responded to a report of a collision involving a motorcycle and deer. A 68-year-old from Brockton was transported to a local hospital by Bruce County Emergency Services, where they were [...]

South Bruce OPP charged a 24-year-old from Hanover after investigating a report of a serious assault. Police said in a release that they were dispatched on July 8 to a call about a serious assault at a property on Bruce Road 4 in Brockton the day before. It was determined that the suspect assaulted the [...]

Owen Sound council agreed Monday to plant an oak tree in front of the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre in memory of Sharif Rahman, a community-minded local restaurateur and Y member. Rahman, 44, died a week after an Aug. 17, 2023, assault outside his downtown restaurant, The Curry House. Police have been investigating his death [...]

Owen Sound council renewed its operating agreement with YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce on Monday. The charitable organization will continue to offer its health and fitness programs and provide exercise facilities at the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre for the next 20 years. The city could not manage and operate the YMCA facility at [...]

A rezoning application to permit apartment buildings as part of a larger development in Owen Sound awaits a city staff recommendation, now that a public meeting was held Monday night. Tenth Avenue Estates is a proposed85-unit life-lease residential development which is to include 22 townhouses and twoapartment buildings - one3 storeys containing 29 units, [...]

The village of Paisley is gearing up for a big homecoming celebration this weekend. The Arran-Elderslie community that was incorporated in 1874 will mark its 150th anniversary with afull lineup of entertainment and events beginning Friday evening and running until Sunday. The festivities kick off late Friday afternoon with a volleyball tournament at 5 p.m. [...]