Owen Sound Sun Times

All 52 snowmobilers who came through a city police spot check on a trail at the rear of Harrison Park were in compliance with document requirements, had valid trail permits and were sober, an Owen Sound police news release said. The spot check was done with the help of the Eastside Snowmobile Club’s district president […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported Saturday that 14 local people are hospitalized due to COVID-19, unchanged from the day before. Ten people are in a local hospital and four are hospitalized outside Grey-Bruce. A COVID outbreak at Wiarton hospital, declared Jan. 20 in the in-patient and complex continuing care unit, ended today. Ontario reported […]

A residential developer is proposing to use Minister’s Zoning Orders to fast-track approvals for a long-term plan to build 1,000 to 2,000 housing units in the burgeoning community of Dundalk. Shakir Rehmatullah, president of Flato Developments, presented a conceptual plan to Southgate council on Jan. 19 and at a virtual public information session Jan. 27. […]

The Town of the Blue Mountains and Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care have teamed up for what they’re calling an innovative partnership aimed at adding 160 new long-term care beds and attainable housing in the area. The ministry and municipality will try to chip away at two housing crises with one stone by packaging the […]

The Attack’s power play found pay dirt three times Friday night in Kitchener and propelled the Bears to a 5-2 win over the Rangers. Coming into the game, the Owen Sound man-advantage units were operating at just a 17.3 per cent clip and near the bottom of the league. Statistically, they fare even worse when […]

Both the provincial and regional high school sports championships have been cancelled for the winter season. OFSAA and CWOSSA made the announcements on their respective websites this past week amid the current COVID-19 restrictions and back-to-school uncertainty. In a statement, OFSAA President Carolyn Chesney said 2022 winter championships and festivals scheduled for February and March […]

No new COVID-19 related deaths were reported in Grey-Bruce Friday. Six deaths have been reported in the past week, including three on Wednesday. Ten residents with COVID-19 are being treated at a local hospital while four are being treated at hospitals outside of the region. The Grey Bruce Health Unit clarified in its daily situation […]

With Revera Inc. set to break ground next winter for a new long-term care home in Hanover, the province has announced the approval of 32 additional beds for the facility. The proposed new The Village Seniors’ Community, which is to replace the current 70-bed The Village Long-term Care Home, will now have 128 beds, Long-term […]

A celebration of the unwilling and frustrated erupted at the southern doorstep of Owen Sound Friday morning. There appeared to be a few hundred people who are not in favour of accepting government mandated double-vaccination requirements for truckers to enter the United States, and a whole lot more. They showed up to send off a […]

Grey County is now the official owner of a building on 14th Street West in Owen Sound that it plans to convert into a 12-unit supportive housing facility. Director of housing Anne Marie Shaw said the county’s purchase of the 396 14th St. W. property for $1.2 million closed Jan. 20. The county has now […]

Mack Guzda and the Barrie Colts showed little mercy in an 8-0 drumming of the Owen Sound Attack at the Sadlon Arena Thursday night. The Attack stepped into a buzzsaw with the Colts on an offensive tear and Guzda stopping everything in sight. Just a few nights earlier, the Colts steamrolled the Wolves in Sudbury, […]

Another death due to COVID-19 reported Thursday by the Grey-Bruce Health Unit brought the total to 34 local deaths during the pandemic. There have been six deaths reported among Grey-Bruce residents in the past week, representing 21 per cent of the total deaths attributed to the pandemic virus. Dr. Ian Arra, the medical officer of […]

The Ontario Hockey League has handed down a four-game suspension to Attack captain Mark Woolley for his hit on Ty Voit in a Jan. 21 game against the Sarnia Sting. Woolley has already missed one Attack game, so he’ll be eligible to return on Feb. 1 against the Kitchener Rangers. The hit to Voit appeared […]

Twelve teams will compete at The Plex in Port Elgin for the chance to become the Ontario men’s representative at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier – the national curling championship. The Port Elgin Chrysler ’22 Ontario Tankard organizing committee announced the expanded field in a media release Wednesday. Originally slated as a competition between eight […]

Grey County is planning to form a task force to identify gaps in local mental health and harm reduction supports and develop strategies to address them. Chatsworth Mayor Scott Mackey presented a motion during a committee of the whole meeting Thursday to create a mental health and addictions task force, noting there’s evidence of a […]

Labour shortages in child-care, green hydrogen technology development and creating more sustainable communities — including through affordable housing, were key areas addressed when Grey-Bruce municipal representatives met with their provincial counterparts this week. Local officials took part in a number of delegations through the annual Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference on Monday and Tuesday, which […]

Three more local COVID-19 related deaths were reported Wednesday. Dr. Ian Arra, Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health, said two people died at the hospital and the other died at a long-term care home. One person was fully vaccinated, one person was unvaccinated, and the other had a single dose of the vaccine at the time […]

Bruce Power announced this week it’s closer to producing the medical isotope Lutetium-177, used to target cancers such as neuroendocrine tumours and prostate cancers. An Isotope Production System has been installed in nuclear reactor Unit 7 at Bruce Power, along the Lake Huron shoreline in Bruce County. The company says it is the first power […]

Wiarton’s famous weather-predicting groundhog will make its triumphant return to shadow prophesy next week. The newly minted and non-albino Wiarton Willie will let the world know on Feb. 2 at 7:55 a.m., via live stream, whether to expect six more weeks of winter or early spring during the 66th anniversary of the event. To watch […]

Crews are to clear snowbanks in parts of downtown Owen Sound overnight Wednesday. Operations are to begin at 8 p.m. Vehicles parked in the downtown must be moved from parking spaces by that time to allow access for snow removal equipment, the city said in a news release. Winter overnight parking restrictions are in place […]

Owen Sound has stuck a fork in a proposal to serve as a host city for a Poutine Feast tour this summer. Council rejected in a 4-4 vote Monday a staff recommendation to approve, in principle, allowing the free-entry event to take place in the 800 block of 1st Avenue East from July 14 to […]

The latest cold snap has led the City of Owen Sound to continue to partner with Safe ‘n Sound to extend operating hours for those needing to warm up. Safe ‘n Sound at 310 8th St. E. will be open Tuesday night from 5 p.m. to midnight and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. […]

Bruce County councillors have committed funds toward initiatives to grow Indigenous cultural awareness and develop an Indigenous reconciliation plan. At its meeting on Jan. 20, the county’s executive committee approved a commitment to spend up to $150,000 to support a county Indigenous Reconciliation Planning Initiative. The first $60,000 is already included in the 2022 budget, […]

For the second day in a row, another COVID-related death has been reported in Grey-Bruce. Dr. Ian Arra, Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health, confirmed in a text message Tuesday the latest person to die was neither a long-term care resident nor hospitalized. Arra has previously declined to declare vaccination statuses of the deceased citing privacy. […]

Owen Sound artist, wood-turner and furniture maker Stephen Hogbin died Jan. 13, seven months after a cancer diagnosis. The 79-year-old was recognized internationally by collectors, educators and professional organizations for his influence in studio wood turning and furniture making. “Stephen’s reputation is huge and people were in touch from all around the world, on a […]

City council is asking staff to come up with ways to trim Owen Sound’s draft 2022 budget by another $90,000 and bring this year’s property tax hike back to 2.51 per cent. That was the estimated increase when council last met to discuss the proposed operating and capital budgets in early December. However, at Monday’s […]

Two people were injured after a crash at Springmount between a passenger vehicle and an OPP cruiser. Grey Bruce OPP responded to the crash at the intersection of Highway 21 and Grey Road 18 at about 1 p.m. after receiving the report of the two-vehicle collision. The drivers of both vehicles were taken to hospital […]

A 29th local COVID-19 death was reported Monday, involving someone who caught the disease in Grey-Bruce and died while outside the area. The person’s vaccination status is unavailable from the Grey Bruce Health Unit due to privacy laws, Dr. Ian Arra, the local medical officer of health, said by text. The health unit also reported […]

Two men have been charged after a RIDE program on Highway 21 in Bruce County early Saturday morning led to the seizure of a loaded firearm and drugs. At about 1:45 a.m., Grey Bruce OPP were conducting the RIDE program when a vehicle entered it and an investigation began into an outstanding warrant and failing […]

Two of Dave Gunson’s trucks will join a trans-Canada “Freedom Convoy” Friday to protest new federal rules which required Canadian and U.S. truckers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter Canada as of Jan. 15. “Truth is the antidote” is written on one of Gunson’s trailers, while Canadian flags will fly on the other. […]

A donation of more than $93,000 is going toward the Adult Day Away Program of the Home and Community Support Services Grey-Bruce. The James Goreski Private Foundation has donated $93,456 that will go to assist in revitalizing the program at six locations throughout Grey and Bruce counties. “We are so grateful for this generous support […]

Some snowmobile trails have started to open in Grey County, while trails in Bruce County may not be too far behind. Trails in the Meaford area were the first in the region to open at the start of the weekend, with the Thornbury, Dundalk, Markdale, Chatsworth and Owen Sound areas close behind with limited riding […]

January 24, 2021

The fault lines of poor special-teams play and an inconsistent effort shook the Owen Sound Attack in a Sunday afternoon tilt with the Sarnia Sting. The Attack were stuck 4-0 in the third period thanks to a sleepy start before a late three-goal swing nearly wrote the Bears a comeback story. However, in the final […]

There are now eight Grey-Bruce long-term care and retirement homes with COVID-19 outbreaks after another outbreak was declared over on the weekend. The Grey Bruce Health Unit has declared the outbreak at Pinecrest Manor in Lucknow over after outbreaks at both Lee Manor in Owen Sound and Grey Gables in Markdale ended this weekend as […]

While the COVID-19 pandemic has managed to put a halt on any festivities around celebrating the Sauble Ski Club’s 40th anniversary, it certainly hasn’t dulled the enthusiasm of those wanting to hit the trails. With many activities again shut down due to the latest surge in cases of the Omicron variant of the virus, cross-country […]

Two snowmobilers received three-day licence suspensions and were warned about riding on closed trails after being stopped in Owen Sound on Saturday. The Owen Sound Police Service were conducting a RIDE check at the snowmobile trail in the area of the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre when two snowmobilers were stopped and a roadside demand […]

COVID-19 outbreaks at a pair of Grey County-run long-term care homes were declared over on Saturday. The outbreaks at Lee Manor in Owen Sound and Grey Gables in Markdale are now both over, but an outbreak at Rockwood Terrace in Durham is continuing, along with outbreaks at eight other long-term care and retirement homes in […]

The Port Elgin Tankard is set to go ahead as scheduled if all goes to plan in Ontario. Thursday’s announcement by the provincial government introducing a planned phased-in lifting of COVID-19 restrictions means spectators will be able to watch the Port Elgin Chrysler ’22 Ontario Tankard at 50 per cent capacity at The Plex in […]

Fourteen Grey-Bruce residents are in hospital due to COVID among 247 active, known cases. Of the 14 in hospital, two are receiving treatment outside of Grey-Bruce. That’s one fewer case in a hospital out of the area than was reported Thursday. There remain 11 long-term care or retirement homes with outbreaks and Wiarton hospital’s outbreak […]

The new hospital in Markdale will have seven in-patient beds, not four as originally approved, Grey Bruce Health Services announced. The health ministry supported the expansion request, utilizing room within the building’s “flex space,” included in the design should more beds be approved, president and CEO Gary Sims said in a news release. “As a […]

The Hepworth Shallow Lake Royal Canadian Legion Branch 586 in Hepworth was destroyed by an early morning fire Friday. Branch president Karie Cole said just before 10 a.m. that the building had been completely destroyed by the blaze. She said she was at the scene at 5 a.m. and the building was fully engulfed. “It […]

Firefighters were battling a large, stubborn blaze early this morning at the Hepworth Shallow Lake Legion building in Hepworth, which is also home to the Bruce Grey Music Hall of Fame. Damage appeared extensive and the building may be unsalvageable. Information about the cause and degree of damage was not immediately available as firefighters […]

The Owen Sound Attack bounced back in Barrie Thursday night after a sub-par weekend in the Soo. Backup goaltender Corbin Votary backstopped the Bears to a 3-2 win inside the Sadlon Arena. The Napanee native made 31 saves on 33 shots and was reminiscent of Dominik Hasek at times in the third period, frustrating the […]

New COVID-19 outbreaks have been declared at the Seasons Retirement Community in Owen Sound as well as in the in-patient and complex continuing care unit at the Wiarton Hospital. A Grey Bruce Health Services spokesperson said Thursday afternoon that they were early in the investigation of the outbreak at the Wiarton hospital. As of Thursday […]

The Ontario government announced on Thursday that it would ease restrictions at restaurants, cinemas, non-spectator areas of sports and rec facilities including gyms, and other venues beginning Jan. 31. The move was announced as the government has said in recent days that key public health indicators are starting to show signs of improvement. Marcia Cunningham, […]

The evidence is in and the trial to resolve a 30-year dispute over ownership of a popular sandy strip of Sauble Beach is moving on to final arguments. Superior Court Justice Susan Vella heard from 18 witnesses in a trial which started Nov. 23, broke for the Christmas period, and resumed in the new year. […]

With the sale of the Sauble Area Medical Clinic building to South Bruce Peninsula, the not-for-profit group that owned it is donating $1 million of the proceeds to buy equipment for the hospitals in Wiarton, Owen Sound and Southampton. The Sauble Family Health Team still works in the building, at 672 Main St. E. in […]

Georgian Bluffs has put its proceeds from the sale of the Wiarton-Keppel International Airport into reserves. On Wednesday during its committee of the whole meeting, council approved a staff recommendation to use a portion of the funds from the sale to pay off the outstanding balance of $205,000 on a loan the municipality took out […]