Owen Sound Sun Times

'I'm just feeling very grateful that it's over and done with. We have finally been able to reclaim what has always been ours.' -- Shawnessy Thompson, Saugeen First Nation

'It can feel a little daunting for some to get out on the trails if they're not familiar' -- youth hike leader Jeannine Kralt

A Walkerton man is in custody and facing charges.

'I don't honestly know. It just grew right from the get-go.' -- novice giant pumpkin grower Terry Weber, when asked how he did it.

A pair of USHL transplants helped the Saginaw Spirit outpace the Owen Sound Attack on Saturday afternoon. Egor Barabanov and Nikita Klepov each scored a pair of goals as the Spirit topped the Attack 7-5 inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. With back-to-back losses, Owen Sound is now 4-2-0-0 on the year, while Saginaw [...]

Owen Sound will fail to go 68-0-0-0 again this year. The Kitchener Rangers ended Owen Sound's undefeated bid with a 4-3 win inside the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Friday night, less than a week after losing 5-2 to Owen Sound in the Attack's home opener. Kitchener improves to 4-1-0-0 on the year, while the Attack will [...]

The navy is short some 1,600 sailors

The Canadian Football League is eliminating the rule that awards a team a point for missing a field goal. But it was the difference in Friday afternoon's high school football game in Owen Sound. The Owen Sound Wolves topped the Saugeen Royals 7-6 at OSDSS in a closely contested defensive battle marred by turnovers. Wolves' [...]

A renowned bear expert is making a stop in Owen Sound next week for a talk about the genetically isolated and unique population of black bears that call the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula home. Wildlife biologist Dr. Martyn Obbard, an emeritus research scientist with the Ministry of Natural Resources who studied both black bears and polar [...]

BASKETBALL Two undefeated teams met in Meaford on Thursday, with the Georgian Bay Thunder coming out on top, 35-32 over the St. Mary's Mustangs. The Mustangs and Thunder traded leads several times in the seesaw game, with Georgian Bay leading 21-13 at the half before St. Mary's stormed back to tie the game, 27-27, heading [...]

New Bluewater schools planned for Dundalk, Port Elgin and Kincardine, and Bruce-Grey Catholic board school in Owen Sound

Local impacts of new U.S. tariffs on wood products are unclear but 'potentially devastating'

Inter-community service provider fully expecting seasonal service to return next summer

A Hanover resident was defrauded out of over $100,000 in an online romance scam, according to town police. Police said the victim is out approximately $117,000 since 2021. These cases are becoming more frequent, with total losses reported in the hundreds of thousands of dollars every year that involve many victims in our community. With [...]

The Beaver Valley Bruce Trail Club and Grey Sauble Conservation Authority are teaming up this weekend to celebrate at Eugenia Falls. The Beaver Valley Bruce Trail Club (BVBTC) and Grey Sauble Conservation Authority (GSCA) will be on site at Eugenia Falls from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, which is Bruce Trail Day. The day's [...]

An elderly person from Lion's Head is dead after a collision between a water truck and passenger vehicle near Mar on Thursday. Highway 6 remained closed near Mar, north of Wiarton, Thursday afternoon while Grey-Bruce OPP investigated a collision resulted in a water truck going up in flames, police said in a news release. The [...]

They hang from the lamp posts, lurk in the bushes, gather on the street corners, and watch from the windows. Watching. Always watching. The scarecrows have invaded the town of Meaford once again, and the townsfolk couldn't be happier. The quirky and unique autumn event was of life support a few years back, but an [...]

Brothers who fled Russia over fear of political persecution begin university studies in Poland

Twenty-five volunteers collected 17 bags of garbage over nearly 1-kilometre of shoreline during a cleanup in Owen Sound Sunday. It was World Rivers Day and the city was one of six communities to participate in the first Great Lakes Coastal Cleanup, an event co-ordinated by the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, a release [...]

Neighbouring municipal and First Nations communities celebrated the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Tuesday. Near Southampton, Saugeen Shores and Saugeen First Nation joined together on a temporarily closed Zgaa-biig-ni-gan Bridge in a moment of reflection and togetherness. The town also closed Victoria Street North from Thompson Street to Clarendon Street between 9 and [...]

September saw a record number of meals served in the dozen years the charity has been feeding people, no questions asked.

'We believe that we'll have strong absorption,' Geoff McMurdo said of the uptake of the units.

After a perfect 4-0 start to the 2025-26 season, the Owen Sound Attack cracked the Canadian Hockey League's Top-10 rankings in Week 2. The Attack made their debut on the Canada-wide list at No. 10, and are one of just three CHL teams that remain undefeated with at least four wins. The other two are [...]

'Residential school is something that no race of people should have ever endured.' -- Greg Nadjiwon, former Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation chief

Keystone started as an Owen Sound hospital outpatient program 50 years ago.

Georgian's programming at its John Di Poce South Georgian Bay campus in Collingwood remains paused.

Facility expected to be a major gathering place for area residents

The Owen Sound Attack are still perfect through four regular-season games. The Scenic City Skaters edged the Barrie Colts, 5-4, Sunday afternoon inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre to improve to 4-0-0-0 on the year. Landon Jackman, the Attack's true rookie from the St. Louis area, scored the game-winning goal in his first Ontario [...]

The Strother Cup is back in New Lowell. The Knights held on to win 5-4 over the Owen Sound Baysox in a wild Game 7 on Saturday at New Lowell Recreation Park to reclaim the North Dufferin Baseball League championship. Owen Sound, who finished just one point behind the Knights in the regular season and [...]

A small group gathered on the steps of Owen Sound city hall on Saturday to rally against privatization of health-care in Ontario. About 25 people took part in the Grey Bruce Health Coalition event, some holding signs in support of public healthcare and against privatization of services. Speakers shared details about their own experiences with [...]

Owen Sound's returning veterans cut the ribbon on the newly refreshed Bayshore with a stellar performance Saturday.

Durham base is the first of five Grey County is planning to build over the next four years

Also, Grey County council votes down industrial DC holiday

'They helped us tremendously during the rough times that we had,' Reynold Buchen said of OSHaRE, while waiting to see a doctor there Friday.

Meaford is seeking candidates to fill a vacant seat on its council. Longtime councillor Steve Bartley resigned after almost 11 years. He and his wife have downsized and moved to Chatsworth. At a meeting on Sept. 22, council selected the call for nominees" method to fill the vacancy, rather than hold a byelection. Applications are [...]

'Yes, we need to phase out door-to-door delivery. It's going to happen. It's just the way it goes,' Canada Post customer Tim Muzzell said outside the Owen Sound post office Friday.

Work to develop a regional transit network serving Grey, Bruce, Dufferin and Wellington counties is continuing, with a target of having the system operational by the fall of next year. On Thursday, Grey County council received a report that provided an update on the initiative to develop a unified regional transit network that is being [...]

Owen Sound's city hall will be the setting for an Ontario Health Coalition protest on Saturday. The local Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) contingent will gather at the municipal office (808 2nd Ave. E.) at 11 a.m. on Sept. 27 to protest the Ford government's move to privatize healthcare, according to OHC executive director Natalie Mehra. [...]

County asking province to cover costs associated with new directives

The high school sports scene is in full swing with Bluewater Athletic Association action taking off this past week. FOOTBALL On Friday, Sept. 19, the Owen Sound District Wolves beat the upstart Kincardine Knights 26-6 at the Bruce County Rugby Club in Tiverton. Then, in a rematch of last year's championship game, the OSDSS Wolves [...]

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"It kind of fits my style, being the villain."

With Rockwood Terrace rebuild ongoing, councillors concerned about taking on more debt

Police charged a 21-year-old from Brockton with impaired driving, dangerous driving and two counts of flight from police Wednesday. South Bruce OPP got an impaired driver complaint in Brockton about 4:54 p.m. and located a driver, who then fled the traffic stop at high speed, a police news release said. Police continued to receive additional [...]

Two men accused of exposing themselves and wearing fake wristbands at Lucknow's Music in the Fields festival in August are facing criminal charges. South Bruce OPP said in a news release Thursday that officers charged two 25-year-olds from Clinton with committing an indecent act and fraud under $5,000. On Aug. 23 about 11:30 p.m., South [...]

The city working group is only deciding whether the name should be changed, not what it should be renamed.

As many as 1,500 to 2,000 volunteers are relied upon by the 45 members of the Owen Sound and Area Association of Volunteer Administrators.

Markdale's Sidney Sicard was named the first runner-up in the Ontario Queen of the Furrow competition at this year's International Plowing Match in Niagara. Fourteen women from across Ontario competed for the crown. The new Ontario Queen of the Furrow is Victoria Kolb of Caledon, representing the Peel Dufferin Plowman's Association. Kolb was crowned by [...]

A Canadian curling battle of the sexes is coming to the Port Elgin Plex next year. Olympic gold medalist Brad Jacobs and three-time world champion Rachel Homan will face off in a three-day event from September 25 to 27, 2026. The Battle, sponsored by Bruce Power and presented by Holiday Inn Express & Suites, is [...]

Funds are expected to allow for the removal of about 288 very high and high hazard trees in the city