Owen Sound Sun Times

While COVID-19 has snuffed out Wiarton’s annual celebration of weed and curling this winter, organizers are still planning to again celebrate the harvest with their Fall Fair Grower’s Competition. The annual Wiarton Bongspiel — Canada’s first event to combine curling and cannabis after the drug was legalized for recreational use in October 2018 — had […]

After just one case of COVID-19 was in Grey-Bruce on Saturday, eight more cases of the virus were confirmed in the region on Sunday. Of the new cases on Sunday, three were in Grey Highlands and two were in Huron-Kinloss, with single cases in Southgate, Arran-Elderslie and West Grey. Saturday’s lone case was in Southgate. […]

As the Bluewater Quilters’ Guild and its members have continued to help people in need during the COVID-19 pandemic, they have also been reminded of how local quilters helped others overseas more than 75 years ago. In late October, the guild received an e-mail out of the blue from an avid quilter in Scotland, with […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported one new case of COVID-19 in the region on Saturday. The case in Southgate brings the total number of cases in the two counties since the pandemic began to 319. The lone case comes after the health unit reported double-digit case counts over the previous three days – 12 […]

Bruce County is holding a free virtual event aimed at helping businesses face the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The county is holding its Bridges to Better Business event on Wednesday, featuring Terry O’Reilly of CBC’s Under the Influence as the keynote speaker. During the event, called Jump the Fence: The Power of Counterintuitive Thinking, […]

A Christian school in Tara has closed temporarily while its board works with the Grey Bruce Health Unit on its COVID-19 protocols and procedures. The health unit put out a news release on Friday afternoon that said the board of Glad Tidings Christian School in Tara had decided to close the school effective immediately out […]

The Saugeen Ojibway Nation Environment Office has asked South Bruce Peninsula to halt its parking improvement work along Lakeshore Boulevard in Sauble Beach until the municipality receives consent from Saugeen First Nation. South Bruce Peninsula is preparing to cut back encroaching sand dunes and install a concrete-block retaining wall along Lakeshore Boulevard from the Crowd […]

For the second straight day, the Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 10 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. The health unit reported two new cases in each of Kincardine, Grey Highlands, Arran-Elderslie and West Grey. Owen Sound and Southgate each had one new case. With the new cases there have been 318 cases confirmed in […]

Meaford’s dragon slayers will once again try to court the town’s business big-wigs in the hopes of injecting cash into their start-ups and expansion plans. This year’s Meaford Chamber of Commerce Meaford Dragons production is going virtual on Dec. 2 via Vimeo on Demand. Modelled after the popular CBC television show Dragon’s Den, the Meaford […]

Brockton is working with the Ontario Fire College to bring firefighter training closer to home. The partners are planning to establish a regional fire training centre at the Walkerton Fire Hall to allow for in-house training for the Walkerton and Elmwood Fire Departments, and serve other departments across Bruce County and the surrounding area. Brockton’s […]

The puck has dropped on the Owen Sound Attack’s Attack Hunger campaign presented by IG Wealth Management and in support of the Salvation Army Food Bank in Owen Sound. And while this year the campaign has adapted its operation around the COVID-19 pandemic and the postponement of the OHL season, donations of food and money […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 10 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday and a COVID-19 outbreak at Golden Dawn Senior Citizen Home in Lion’s Head. A staff member has tested positive for COVID-19 at the long-term care facility. Dr. Ian Arra, Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health, said so far no other staff or residents at […]

While it is still very early in the budget process, Grey County is starting out with a proposed net levy increase of 2.18 per cent in 2021. On Thursday, Grey County’s director of corporate services, Kevin Weppler, provided county council with an overview of the 2021 budget that staff has been developing. Council is scheduled […]

Most Bruce County tourism-sector businesses earned significantly less revenue in the second quarter of this year over that of last year, amid the first lockdowns due to COVID-19, a county survey conducted in October says. “These businesses were the first to feel the impact and will likely take the longest to recover,” said a Bruce […]

Hanover police displayed a stun gun but didn’t fire it when a suspect refused to submit to arrest. Police were called to the 500-block of 10thAvenue to investigate reports of a “disturbance” late at night Nov. 21. Witnesses identified a suspect, whom police approached, a police news release issued Thursday said. There was a brief […]

While COVID-19 is forcing ski resorts and outdoor sports clubs in Grey-Bruce to adjust their operations for the first full winter of the pandemic, retailers are seeing a surge in demand for skis, snowboards and outerwear. Mark Anderson, a partner at Squire John’s in The Blue Mountains, said this has been the best November on […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 12 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. The new cases were reported in Arran-Elderslie (7), Kincardine (2), Hanover, Owen Sound and Southgate. A previous preliminary positive case has now been confirmed as a false positive and removed from the report. That leaves one preliminary positive and one indeterminate case to […]

A Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities sports relief fund grant has been used to purchase 53 pairs of snowshoes for elementary and secondary students at Saugeen District Senior School. The $8 million fund announced by Jumpstart Charities in September was created to help sport and recreation organizations continue to deliver programs throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and […]

A 58-year-old man originally charged with murder in the deaths of two men in Collingwood nearly two years ago was committed to trial on manslaughter charges instead Wednesday. In an audio appearance in the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie, Cameron Gardiner was committed to trial in the Superior Court of Justice. A judicial pretrial […]

Infighting, political involvement, legal threats, and a social media barrage have filled the past week since the planned move of the Brampton Excelsiors to Owen Sound leaked online and was later confirmed by all parties involved. And despite the noise, it seems clear now that the move will go ahead after it receives the final […]

COVID-19 is with us and will be with us for the foreseeable future. It has brought about dramatic and drastic change. We only need look at the Kiwanis Santa Claus Parade in Owen Sound to see that. What was going to be a celebrator 75th year for the parade, became a “drive by” parade to […]

Farmers can expect improvements to Canada’s business risk management (BRM) programs for agriculture if the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-food has its way. On Nov. 17, the 12-member committee headed by Liberal Pat Finnigan, a life-long greenhouse grower in the Miramichi region of New Brunswick, adopted a short, succinct report and […]

Georgian Bluffs is ready to go to Grey and Bruce counties to plead its case for the Wiarton-Keppel International Airport to become a regional facility. On Tuesday, the lower-tier municipality held an online public meeting about the facility and its future within the municipality. During the meeting, which included participation from dozens of members of […]

Hanover police charged a Toronto woman with fraud after car dealership staff became suspicious after she sought $70,000 in new vehicle financing. A police news release said car dealership staff on Nov. 19 reported suspicions about her identity documents produced through email. The next day the 31-year-old woman closed the deal to purchase a new […]

A 73-year-old Meaford man accused of attacked young adults and damaging cars with a baseball bat after they’d set off fireworks July 4 was granted a peace bond in the Ontario Court of Justice. Court documents show the peace bond was issued and three charges of assault with a weapon and three mischief over $5,000 […]

This year’s CFOS-Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast will go on despite COVID-19. The event will hit the airwaves Sunday, Dec. 6, as it has every year since 1940, from 1 to 8 p.m. But this year’s broadcast will be significantly different. The entire event will be broadcast from two studios at Bayshore Broadcasting, one of […]

Police charged two people after receiving a report of someone running with what looked like a rifle on William Street in Wiarton Sunday at 9:37 a.m. No gun was found but Grey Bruce OPP established a containment area around a William Street residence. Police contacted the occupants and both left the home without incident. Police […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported three new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday. Two of the newest cases were found in Southgate with one case reported in Kincardine. Two preliminary positive cases and one indeterminate case were listed on the report as well. Further testing is needed to confirm those cases. They will be added to […]

Bruce County’s museum is continuing its holiday tradition of giving children a chance to visit with Santa Claus, but it’s doing it this year in a COVID-friendly way. “We feel that there’s been so many changes and adjustments in our children’s lives that it’s really important to have some of that normalcy when possible and […]

A $50,000 donation from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization has enabled the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority to create a new program that will provide funding to landowners to properly decommission and upgrade their water wells. The Water Well Improvement Program is aimed at protecting groundwater quality, since wells can be a direct conduit of contaminants […]

The Owen Sound Salvation Army received a record amount of donations during Saturday’s drive-through Kiwanis Owen Sound Santa Claus parade. Family services co-ordinator Alice Wannan said never before has the organization received so many donations of non-perishable food items and cash for its food bank during a parade. “Despite the obvious COVID-19 safety protocols in […]

The Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week conference is going fully virtual for its 55th anniversary in January. “With a new look and format – delivered right to producers’ farms, offices, kitchen tables or tractors,” said a press release confirming the move to the online world. Plans to move the conference online on a temporary basis have […]

Police charged a 26-year-old Owen Sound man on Monday with mischief after five places of worship were vandalized with spray paint this weekend. Owen Sound police said in a news release that he faces five charges of mischief to religious property and an additional mischief under $5,000 count, after police identified him as the suspect […]

After admitting he offered cannabis-infused edibles for sale at an ice cream shop in Dornoch before doing so was legal, a man was sentenced this week in the Superior Court of Justice to an eight-month conditional sentence. Ahmad Maqsood, 65, of West Grey pleaded guilty in Walkerton Monday to possession for the purpose of trafficking […]

Three new cases of COVID-19 were reported to the Grey Bruce Health Unit Monday, bringing to 50 the number of active cases in the two counties. Two of the new cases were from Southgate, with the third from The Blue Mountains. On the weekend, five new cases of COVID-19 were reported to the local health […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported three new cases of COVID-19 Monday. Two of the newest cases were reported in Southgate and one was found in The Blue Mountains. A preliminary positive case and indeterminate case were also listed in the Health Unit’s report, as were eight probable cases of COVID-19. There are now 50 […]

Some work is to begin at Sauble Beach this week to widen a section of the parking area along Lakeshore Boulevard. On Nov. 17, South Bruce Peninsula council approved the project, which will see the dune sands cut back and a concrete block retaining wall installed along a section of the roadway from the area […]

Grey Bruce OPP charged a 24-year-old Toronto man with stunt driving on Highway 6 on Nov. 15. Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release Monday he was driving more than 140 kilometres per hour in an 80 km/h zone. A stunt driving charge may be laid when speeds are 50 km/h or more above […]

A 24-year-old man from the Greater Toronto Area has been charged after the deaths of two passengers in a car that hit a tree in The Blue Mountains Sept. 3. Collingwood and The Blue Mountains OPP issued a news release Monday to announce it charged Venoth Jeyaruban, of Whitchurch-Stouffville. He faces two counts each of […]

Organizers are confident this year’s Christmas toy drive will fill the increased need brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The local food bank has served 144 new and first-time families since March, said the Salvation Army’s Alice Wannan. Wannan expects most if not all of those families have children who would appreciate a brand-new toy […]

Police say an Arran-Elderslie man defecated on a restaurant floor and threatened an employee after the customer entered the closed dining area and was asked to leave. Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release Monday the incident happened at a restaurant on Highway 6/21 in Georgian Bluffs at 6:04 a.m. on Nov. 20. “The […]

With the arrival of winter weather, Safe ‘n Sound Grey-Bruce will soon be extending the hours of its downtown Owen Sound drop-in centre. Executive director Toni McGregor Callaghan said the non-profit organization – which offers homelessness prevention, harm reduction and system navigation services – will be launching a pilot project Nov. 30 that will see […]

Grey Bruce OPP charged a driver with firearm and drug offences after responding to a possible vehicle fire at Saugeen First Nation last week. Police were dispatched at 12:16 p.m. to a possible fire involving a car stuck in a swamp on Nawash Drive on Nov. 18. Police said they found several illegal items in […]

A man who police said threw a claw hammer through the windshield of a vehicle behind his vehicle was held for bail on assault and mischief charges last week. Kyle Todd, 29, of Allenford faces three counts of assault with a weapon and two mischief charges. According to a Grey Bruce OPP news release Monday, […]

Owen Sound police are investigating vandalism at all four limestone churches at “Salvation Corners” and the nearby synagogue, committed sometime over the weekend. St. George’s Anglican Church, Church of Nazarene, Georgian Shores United Church, and First Baptist Church and Beth Ezekiel Synagogue, 313 11thSt. E., all were defaced by a spray painted “X,” police said. […]

Public health reported five new cases of COVID-19 in Grey-Bruce Sunday, a day after reporting 16 new local cases in the two counties. The 21 new weekend cases bring to 53 the number of active cases in Grey-Bruce. The number of high-risk contacts associated with active cases also jumped by 20 per cent over the […]

Public health says it’s working the Bluewater District School Board to address a case of COVID-19 associated with Hillcrest Elementary School in Owen Sound. The family of the person who tested positive has been contacted by the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s COVID-19 case and contact management team, which is working with the family and school […]

The clowns, stilt walkers, elves and others who participated in Saturday’s Kiwanis Owen Sound Santa Claus parade continued waving and spreading Christmas cheer to passing vehicles long after the drive-through event was scheduled to end. Parade chair Tim Brown estimated 1,000 vehicles came through the static parade, which was to end at 9 p.m. but […]

Grey County’s former warden is challenging the incumbent for the seat at the head of county council. Hanover Deputy-mayor Selwyn Hicks, who was warden in 2019, and Grey Highlands Mayor Paul McQueen, who has served in the role for the past year, have both declared their intention to seek the position for a second time […]

Public health reported 16 new cases of COVID-19 in Grey-Bruce Saturday, bringing the number of active local cases to 56 – the highest active count since the pandemic began. The number of high-risk contacts associated with active cases also climbed, from 234 Friday to 257. Dr. Ian Arra, Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health, said this […]