Owen Sound Sun Times

Most public schools are closed Friday and all Catholic schools are closed.

Grey Road 14 remains closed in both directions between Southgate Road 3 and Highway 89 as a result of the collision that involved a snowplow.

The return of colder temperatures after a slight warmup expected to cause ice accumulation again

Subsidized lifeguard training is available through the YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce if applicants apply by Jan. 28. Funding, through a Canadian Tire Jumpstart grant, is for anyone aged 13 to 25 in Grey-Bruce who wants learn to be a lifeguard. Course materials will be covered for everyone who is admitted to the training [...]

Charges faced by three suspects in the 2023 death of Owen Sound restaurateur, Sharif Rahman, are making their way through the court process.

The Ontario government has announced more that $9.5 million in funding for water infrastructure projects in three Grey-Bruce municipalities. Projects in South Bruce Peninsula, Arran-Elderslie and Hanover are among 127 projects provincewide that will receive funding through the $700-million Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program's Health and Safety Water Stream to support access to safe drinking water, [...]

A hacking fraud, and all that came next, had little human involvement

The snow keeps coming on, and more is on the way, according to weather reports on Thursday. Environment Canada has issued snow squall warnings for much of Grey-Bruce through Friday night, with additional snowfall of 20 to 40 centimetres possible and gusts up to 60 km/h. The snow and strong winds are expected to reduce [...]

The Coldest Night of the Year is once again coming to Owen Sound and communities throughout Grey-Bruce to raise money for those facing homelessness. On Saturday, Feb. 28, Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) walks will take place in Owen Sound, Meaford, Grey Highlands, Saugeen Shores, and Kincardine. Last year, the weather lived up to [...]

Robert Busby Evans appeared by video Wednesday in an Owen Sound courtroom.

Young minds and the local environment will both benefit from a grant that has been received by the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority. Hydro One's Energizing Life Community Fund has provided a $25,000 grant that will support GSCA's Wetland Education for a Resilient Future, a hands-on program designed to teach students about wetland conservation, species at [...]

Snow squalls and winter storms eased overnight Wednesday, preventing a third straight snow day at many schools across the region. Bluewater District School Board announced early Wednesday morning that three schools on the peninsula would remain closed. Those schools included Bruce Peninsula District (Lion's Head), Peninsula Shores District (Wiarton), and St. Edmunds (Tobermory). Several school [...]

While home sales picked up in Grey-Bruce in 2025, it remains a buyer's market with the number of new listings outpacing sales over the past year. Statistics recently provided by the OnePoint Association of Realtors, show that home sales in Grey-Bruce totalled 2,311 units in 2025, which is up 6.6 per cent from 2024. But [...]

Equipment being deployed by West Grey to remove blockages

Recent tests revealing contaminants such as animal tranquilizers in the local street drug supply are causing added concern for Grey-Bruce health officials and their partner agencies and organizations. Over the past few weeks, Grey Bruce Public Health and the Wellness Centre at Saugeen First Nation have both issued community alerts over the presence of an [...]

Thousands of children in Grey-Bruce are home for a second straight day, while several roads remain closed across the two counties due to winter weather conditions. The blizzard warning that was in effect across the two counties on Monday, had been downgraded to a yellow-level snow squall warning, according to Environment Canada's colour-coded weather alert [...]

Four people in the same vehicle were all arrested and charged after a traffic stop in Port Elgin last week. Just before 11 a.m. on Jan. 13, Saugeen Shores Police Service officers conducted a traffic stop on Elgin Street for a possible suspended driver. The stop resulted in all four of the occupants in the [...]

Festival entries open to youth in Grade 7-12 living in Grey-Bruce

A Chatsworth man is one of two people who have been charged in relation to the theft of telecommunications wire. Throughout 2025, the theft of telecommunications wire had been a recurring issue in the Grey-Bruce, Wellington and Dufferin OPP detachment areas, police said in a news release issued on Monday. Someone had been cutting poles [...]

Adaptive grazing will increase water-holding capacity, species, and carbon sequestration

Public being advised to avoid travel and outdoor activities due to forecasted blizzard conditions

Owen Sound Attack head coach Scott Wray is choosing sunny ways over dark clouds with his team riding a five-game losing streak.

Budget facts presented Friday when Owen Sound's 2026 municipal budget was finalized: The average household will see a total tax bill of $4,747, an increase of $214 or $18 per month. About 73 per cent of the tax bill is for city services. The rest is for county and provincial education use. A 5.5 per [...]

Ryan Brown has some big shoes to fill on the London Knights power play, but he looked the part Saturday in Owen Sound. The 18-year-old from Newmarket scored a pair of power-play goals as the London Knights defeated the Owen Sound Attack 5-4 inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. It's good to get a [...]

'You recognize everybody. You say hi to everybody. And there's a real sense of community, especially at these events.' -- Jessie Miller, Hepworth

'Our citizens are still some of the lowest family incomes in the province. That's a fact we have to deal with. We represent the people of the city and we have to make the responsible decisions.' -- Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy.

Hanover's revenue from the gaming facility at the racetrack has surpassed $25 million since it opened. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) announced on Friday that it had made the Oct. 1-Dec. 31 third-quarter payment to the town for being host to Playtime Casino Hanover. The payment totalled $278,809, bringing the town's payment for [...]

Municipal leaders from across the province will meet in Toronto for the annual Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) conference starting this weekend. Delegations from both Grey and Bruce counties will attend to discuss matters affecting their constituents, including housing, healthcare, transportation and more at the conference, which runs from Jan. 18 to 20. Grey County [...]

This year 11 vendors with 19 different soups are to take part

Six Grey County farmers completed trials this year

It is all an educated guess with a huge pablum-smeared omission

Bed and Breakfast establishments in Northern Bruce Peninsula will soon be regulated in a manner similar to short-term accommodations. Council passed a bylaw to manage bed and breakfasts at its meeting on Monday after a 30-day public comment period, during which a draft of the proposed bylaw was shared on Let's Talk NBP. The draft [...]

My Dad's Group, an 11-week parenting workshop for men, will begin winter sessions in Owen Sound Jan. 19 and in Hanover Jan. 20. January can be a time of new beginnings for people," Men's Program supervisor Jon Farmer said in a news release. It's a chance to connect with other dads, deepening your learning, find [...]

Hanover police charged a 36-year-old man of no fixed address after officers discovered a commercial property break-in. A police news release about the break-in issued Tuesday said police noticed an insecure commercial property about 3 a.m. Jan. 4. It had been forcibly entered and no suspect was around. A suspect was identified during an investigation [...]

A winter storm that rolled through southern Ontario late Wednesday and early Thursday closed schools as well as some roads in Grey-Bruce. The Bluewater District, Bruce Grey Catholic District and Providence French Catholic school boards closed their schools across Grey-Bruce on Thursday because of the weather conditions. Some roads were also impacted with closures on [...]

City police charged a Guelph man after an attempt was made to deposit a fraudulent $40,000 cheque in an Owen Sound bank. Police were called on Jan. 12 to a local bank. A bank account had been opened using fraudulent identification and bank employees worked quickly to identify that the cheque was fraudulent, police said [...]

Former Owen Sound North Stars are shining bright in the National Lacrosse League this season. Lion's Head native Rob Hellyer has scored 14 goals and added 23 assists in six games with the Ottawa Black Bears this season, which is good enough to put him in a tie for third place in the league's scoring [...]

NHL Central Scouting named six Owen Sound Attack players to its midterm rankings ahead of the 2026 NHL Draft. Pierce Mbuyi (No. 44), Cole Zurawski (No. 47), Wesley Royston (No. 51), Elliott Arnett (No. 127), Julian Brown (No. 197), and Nicholas Sykora (No. 221) all featured in the ranking of top North American skaters. Meanwhile, [...]

Owen Sound chamber and other chambers of commerce will meet with Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Paul Vickers on Jan. 23 on this issue.

The Town of South Bruce Peninsula is getting a new website as the platform its current site operates on nears its end of life. At its meeting on Tuesday, council awarded the contract to design, develop and implement its new corporate website to Interkom Inc. The cost of the contract is $25,000 plus HST, along [...]

A report notes that nearly half of the over 4,000 new homes will need to be rentals, affordable or deeply affordable units to meet the growing demand.

Town received eight bids for the project, which will see a former grocery store renovated

Lamont didn't finish Grade 9 but today she holds four degrees.

Grey Bruce OPP, Inter Township Fire Department and Georgian Bluffs teaming up to present event

Remains found in November on shoreline in Saugeen First Nation

Cold temperatures and fast-moving water could produce frazil ice in the Main Saugeen River in West Grey, flood advisory warns.

Owen Sound Transit is replacing two 30-minute runs with 45-minute runs to help keep the service on time in the early and mid-afternoon, starting Feb. 2. The six-month pilot project, suggested by the bus contractor, will involve two 45-minute runs: one from 12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m., followed by regular 30-minute service at 15 and [...]

A special council meeting starting at 9 a.m. Friday is for council to ask questions about Owen Sound's draft budget.

Former Ryerson history professor, Ron Stagg, argued in a deputation to council Monday night that Egerton Ryerson has been mischaracterized amid a 'woke' culture.

Reasons for refusal include health concerns about the new equipment and concerns about exposure to legal liability.