Owen Sound Sun Times

Following what staff described as a “generally successful” paid-parking pilot program at Memorial Park in Meaford, council will now discuss expanding the program in 2022. During Monday’s committee of the whole meeting, councillors approved a motion to recommend the permanent continuation of the paid-parking program at Memorial Park while directing staff to expand the program […]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford made a stop in Dundalk Monday, where he was photographed at a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new health clinic. The government’s final approval for the 17,000-square-foot South East Grey Community Health Centre in Dundalk has not been granted yet and Ford didn’t announce whether it would be. But Southgate Mayor John […]

Blue Mountains Deputy-mayor Rob Potter is being remembered as someone who worked tirelessly for the community, even as his health deteriorated in recent months. Mr. Potter died Sunday at the age of 65. Blue Mountains Mayor Alar Soever said Tuesday that he enjoyed working with Mr. Potter and his commitment to the community was second […]

The owner of two American Bully dogs deemed by West Grey to be pit bulls and seized earlier this year is taking the municipality to court. After an eight-month dispute, Nove and Dexter are home with the Wheeler family in Varney, but now Deanna Wheeler is seeking nearly $35,000 to recoup boarding costs and for […]

The city will be referring to Owen Sound’s 9.86-hectare waterfront park as “Kelso Beach at Nawash Park” as it works to create a new 10-year master plan for the west-side site. Community services director Pam Coulter said the park — which is on traditional Anishinaabe territory, near the original Nawash village, and home to the […]

South Bruce OPP are asking for the public’s help finding a trailer containing tools and equipment estimated to be valued at more than $35,000. On Thursday, just before 8:30 a.m., police received a report of a theft of a trailer from Main Street North in Elmwood. Sometime between midnight on Nov. 5 and 8 a.m. […]

Grey Bruce Health Services now says any staff member or physician who is not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 3 “will no longer be employed” with the hospital corporation. The updated vaccination policy does not apply to employees with an approved medical exemption. “We must be able to reassure the public that we are […]

Three people have been charged after police received a report of a theft at the Port Elgin WalMart on Nov. 9. The Saugeen Shores Police received the report of the theft and a detailed description of the vehicle was provided by staff at that time, it said in a news release. Police located a vehicle […]

Opening ceremonies return for the 34th annual Festival of Northern Lights on Saturday, starting at 6 p.m. by the farmers’ market in downtown Owen Sound. The lights and related entertainment, on the east side of the river this year, will come at the end of a day of family-friendly events starting at 2 p.m. along […]

In an effort to find new ways to produce revenue, Owen Sound will look into a tax on hotel, bed & breakfast and other short-term stays. City council unanimously approved a motion during budget deliberations Friday that directs staff to present a report “sometime in 2022” regarding a potential municipal accommodation tax for stays under […]

Hanover police have arrested a man and closed nearly 30 cases. On Nov. 9, following an in-depth investigation by the Hanover police that culminated with a foot-chase and subsequent arrest of a suspect in the downtown, the man was charged with criminal offences that include multiple counts of break and enter, possession of stolen property […]

A precautionary boil water advisory for Lion’s Head remianed in effect Monday after a water main break on the weekend. Northern Bruce Peninsula, in consultation with the Grey Bruce Health Unit and Ontario Clean Water Agency, issued the advisory after the break Saturday night. At about 10 p.m. the water main break in the municipal […]

A mother and daughter from Durham have been arrested and charged after a series of thefts from Owen Sound businesses on Sunday. An alert store employee observed two women stealing several items from an eastside retail business, Owen Sound police said in a release. The employee contacted the Owen Sound Police Service and watched the […]

The Owen Sound Santa Claus Parade is back following its traditional route, but at a different time than what people may be used to. The Kiwanis Club of Owen Sound will present their 76th annual parade on Saturday, but instead of their usual morning start time, the event has been moved to 5 p.m. “Our […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported three new COVID-19 cases in the region on Sunday. The new cases were in Brockton, Saugeen Shores and South Bruce, according to Sunday’s Situation report, which includes case counts and vaccine data up to midnight on Saturday. There are 29 active cases in Grey-Bruce, along with 248 active high-risk […]

The days are growing colder just as the Owen Sound Attack are heating up. The Bayshore Boys won their third-straight game 3-1 over the Guelph Storm Saturday night in Owen Sound. It’s their fifth-straight game with a point. The team hasn’t dropped a Saturday night contest at home since back on Oct. 9 against the […]

Grey-Bruce added two new COVID-19 cases on Saturday. There are now 30 active cases of the virus in the region after cases were confirmed in Hanover and Saugeen Shores, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s latest Situation Report, which includes case counts and data up to midnight on Friday. There are 244 active high-risk […]

A draft development plan extension request went back to Grey County council on Friday after residents at Lora Bay raised concerns and the extension wasn’t supported by the Town of The Blue Mountains council. On Friday, Grey County council approved the one-year extension to Dec. 12, 2022 of the draft plan of condominium’s lapsing date, […]

Grey County has hired an all-encompassing architect firm for its new Rockwood Terrace long-term care home in Durham at a cost of more than $2.5-million. During its regular meeting on Friday, Grey County council endorsed a resolution from its Long Term Care Redevelopment Task Force to award a contract for just over $2.5 million to […]

The Owen Sound Attack scored four-unanswered goals in a dominant third period to come from behind and beat the Kitchener Rangers 4-2 at the Aud Friday. In what was undoubtedly the best period of hockey this season for the Attack, four different goal scorers netted even-strength markers and Mark Woolley battled Roman Schmidt in a […]

The St. Mary’s Mustangs high school football dynasty lives on. The ‘Stangs shutout cross-city rival Owen Sound District 9-0 to win a seventh-straight Bluewater Athletic Association football title Friday afternoon at Victoria Park. “It’s so surreal. It’s insane. To be playing in your last game . . . we just wanted to leave it all […]

Grey County is moving to purchase a building on 14th Street West in Owen Sound to serve as transitional and supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness. At its meeting on Friday, Grey County council passed a resolution that pursuant to the terms of a conditional agreement of purchase and sale, the county purchase the land […]

Owen Sound plans to discuss the future of a policy that exempts purpose-built rental housing projects from paying development fees, which has resulted in the city conditionally waiving just over $1 million in the fees in the past two years. Council voted unanimously at a capital budget session Friday to direct staff to present a […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported seven new COVID-19 cases on Friday and the dismissal of some more classes at local schools. The new cases included two in West Grey and one each in Arran-Elderslie, Brockton, Grey Highlands, Hanover and Saugeen Shores. The health unit also announced Friday that a cohort – or class – […]

A 17-year-old has been charged with uttering threats after an incident in Kincardine on Thursday that resulted in a hold and secure at Kincardine District Senior School. Just after 1 p.m. police received information that threats were being made by an individual in Kincardine, South Bruce OPP said in a news release. The local school […]

The Bells of Christmas are back, with hopes of spreading Christmas cheer by providing gifts to lonely seniors at Owen Sound-area long-term care and nursing homes. The Christmas tree, adorned with approximately 150 crocheted bells, was set up in the lobby at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre on Friday morning. It is the sixth […]

Retired Master Warrant Officer Steve Lehman says seeing the large crowd — particularly the many young children — at Owen Sound’s Remembrance Day ceremony shows the sacrifices of veterans are not forgotten. “I don’t want to get a lump in the throat or teary-eyed, but it warms the heart,” he said in an interview shortly […]

Grey-Bruce added five new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, while another school has had a cohort dismissed because of a case of the virus, this one at Georgian Bay Community School in Meaford. The new cases reported in the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s Situation Report on Thursday, includes two in Southgate, and one each in […]

Georgian Bluffs is looking at going to a pay-per-use approach for municipal water customers next year, rather than its current lump sum system. Council directed staff on Nov. 3 to prepare a report on a charge-per-usage water billing system. The direction came after the municipality held a public meeting to give residents an opportunity to […]

November 11, 2021

It looks like Owen Sound will not be pursuing a consultant’s recommendation to extend its transit service to the Sunset Strip. City staff is not exploring the proposal further given the feedback received during an operations committee discussion on a final transit route optimization study, prepared and presented by transit planner Dennis Fletcher & Associates, […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported one new COVID-19 case Wednesday, found in a South Bruce resident. The single added case means there are now 32 active infections in the two counties and 176 associated high-risk contacts. Two residents with COVID-19 are hospitalized locally and 23 residents have died with the virus since the start […]

Lion’s Head educator Breanna Heels says she feels like a winner despite not receiving the Varkey Foundation’s $1-million Global Teacher Prize Wednesday. “To be totally honest, I couldn’t even believe I was Top 10. That was incredible to me and I did not expect to win today,” she said in an interview after taking part […]

After more than 20 months of waiting, the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will soon finally hit the Roxy stage. Postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Owen Sound Little Theatre production that was originally slated to run in late March 2020 will open on Nov. 17, and the cast and crew couldn’t […]

Police have recovered a number of items that were stolen in a series of thefts in southern Bruce County last week, including all-terrain vehicles, tools, a generator and a skid steer. Between Nov. 4 and 7, the South Bruce OPP received 14 reports of thefts. The items stolen included all-terrain vehicles, assorted tools, a space […]

South Bruce Peninsula has put out a call for proposals to develop the town-owned lands around its planned town hall and community hub at the north end of Wiarton. A request for proposals has been issued for those interested in developing the lands that are part of the 22-acre site at the corner of Berford […]

Home sales slowed in Grey-Bruce last month as the number of new listings on the market also fell off. The Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound reported that home sales totaled 301 units in October, which was down 21 per cent from October 2021. There were just 291 new listings last month, which was […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported no new cases of COVID-19 in the region Tuesday. The number of active local cases now sits at 35 and there are also 196 active high-risk contacts. Three Grey-Bruce residents are currently in a local hospital with a confirmed case of the virus. Public health says there have been […]

Owen Sound could soon be embarking on a $9.3-million, multiyear project to reconstruct most of Alpha Street. City staff is recommending in the $15.1-million draft capital budget for 2022, which council is set to discuss Friday, that Owen Sound retain an engineering consultant next year to produce detailed designed drawings for the project and then […]

The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating a collision on Sunday afternoon in which a man died after the vehicle he was in was struck by another vehicle that fled police. At approximately 1:25 p.m. Sunday, a West Grey Police Service officer attempted to stop a driver in the area of Priceville, the SIU said […]

Grey Bruce Health Services will soon require visitors to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination to enter its hospitals. The policy, which is to go into effect Nov. 15, will not apply to patients or anyone with an approved medical exemption, the hospital corporation says, and exceptions can be granted in some situations. GBHS announced […]

The unemployment rate in the economic region that includes Grey-Bruce dropped to just three per cent in October — the lowest rate so far this year and below the number seen in any other part of Ontario. It is also well below the provincial unemployment rate, which fell to 7.4 per cent last month. “With […]

The Owen Sound Junior Attack squad nearly won it all at their hometown Silver Stick tournament. During a weekend that saw 43 teams compete in 80 games over four age divisions at the International Silver Stick regional tournament, the youngest Junior Attack wouldn’t lose until the championship contest against the Centre Wellington Fusion. Four Jr. […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported three more confirmed cases of COVID-19 Sunday, two in West Grey and one in Southgate. Active cases are listed at 36 and another 180 cases are high-risk contacts, all being followed by health unit staff. Case counts are current to midnight Saturday. Grey-Bruce has recorded 2,448 confirmed COVID infections, […]

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker’s private member’s resolution recognizing Ontario’s medical isotope industry has received all-party support. His private member’s resolution was introduced and passed Nov. 3. The resolution says the Ontario government should “recognize the supply of medical isotopes used to diagnose and treat cancer and sterilize medical equipment as a key strategic priority […]

An Owen Sound Global Day for Climate Justice organizer on Saturday criticized city council for promising to prepare a report on city greenhouse gas emissions and a plan to reduce them, then failing to deliver. Sonja Ostertag and others spoke to about 60 people at a local rally like those held in cities around the […]

A farm-based micro-brewery that uses old techniques won this year’s Meaford Chamber of Commerce Dragon’s Den competition. The Still Fields Brewery is on 22 acres of a larger parcel along the 3rd Line in Meaford, which Steve Ormsby’s great-grandparents first farmed. The dragons, or judges, each with $1,250 of their own to give, listened to […]

Moments after getting a generous dollop of shaving cream smeared all over his face during a televised post-game interview Colby Barlow took a moment to think about his answer to a trivia question. Who holds the Owen Sound Attack record for most goals by a rookie? “Pretty sure it’s 22. Bobby Ryan,” he answered correctly. […]