Owen Sound Sun Times

South Bruce Peninsula estimates its legal fees for 2021 will exceed the quarter-million-dollar budget set for those expenses by about $1.76 million due to an earlier-than-anticipated start for the Sauble Beach land dispute trial and unexpected costs to defend itself during a judicial review. Mayor Janice Jackson said a schedule for the Sauble Beach trial […]

Grey County council voted Thursday to reduce speed limits along Grey Road 17B, also known as the Drive-in Road at Springmount in Georgian Bluffs. Some use this route to bypass 10th Street and the Sunset Strip on their way to and from Highway 6. Road 17B sees 4,000 to 5,000 cars a day. Area residents […]

The region’s public health unit reported 15 new cases of COVID-19 in Grey-Bruce Thursday for the second day in a row. But both the number of active cases – now at 146 – and number of active high-risk contacts – now at 374 – dropped slightly from Wednesday’s 147 active cases and 390 high-risk contacts. […]

Owen Sound’s historic former courthouse and jail properties are going back on the market after the city received no bids for the sites during a request-for-proposals process. Council approved a community services committee recommendation this week to list the properties at 1235 and 1259 3rd Ave. E. for sale with Chestnut Park Realty or allow […]

They walk for exercise, to socialize and – for the past year – to help give back to the community. Members of Street Beats, created by members of Canadian Mental Health Association Grey-Bruce’s social, recreation and leisure site Union Place, meet weekday mornings at 9 a.m. to walk for 30 minutes to an hour through […]

In 46 years of Summerfolk, there have been a few constants — Kelso Beach Park is one. In the years that I was booked as a performer, I would see Summerfolk on my itinerary and the dusty heart of a prairie boy would beat a little faster. From the first time I came to play […]

All Grey-Bruce employers should have a vaccine policy that strongly encourages all eligible employees to get both COVID-19 shots, the Grey Bruce Health Unit announced Wednesday. Otherwise, staff may be unable to work, resulting in possible closure to the public, lost revenue and potentially lost clients. Employers should grant time off for employees to get […]

Georgian College is preparing to welcome more students back to its campuses. The college, which has a campus in Owen Sound, along with Collingwood, Barrie, Midland, Bracebridge, Orangeville and Orillia, said in a statement that direction received from the provincial government on the resumption of on-campus activities was welcome news. Georgian vice-president of academics Kevin […]

As it manages a major COVID-19 outbreak, Saugeen First Nation has received some help from a couple of youngsters who were cottaging in the area. Cohen George, 8, and his five-year-old sister Ella of Ancaster, Ont., raised $300 selling their painted rocks to help out the local First Nation. The two young cottagers recently met […]

Saugeen Shores police have issued a “community safety advisory” about a convicted sex offender, with several prior convictions relating to children, who now lives in Port Elgin. Mark Anthony Windrim, 40, will be residing in the area of Woodland Drive, according to a police news release. His most recent charges stem from an incident in […]

Canada’s nuclear safety regulator has ordered all of the country’s CANDU nuclear operators to check their pressure tubes for fitness after Bruce Power reported elevated readings in two of its nuclear reactors. Operating while pressure tubes with hydrogen equivalent (Heq) concentrations in excess of 120 parts per million violated terms of Bruce Power’s operating licence, […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported five new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The single-digit daily total comes as cases continue to trend down this week after 36 cases were reported on Friday. There were 20 cases on Saturday, 18 on Sunday and 11 added to the totals on Monday. But Grey-Bruce Medical Officer of […]

Four residential development plans approved Monday by Owen Sound council call for a combined 132 new housing units – a majority of which are to be rentals, with a plan to also include up to two dozen affordable units. Council gave conditional site plan approval to Barry’s Construction to build a five-storey, 79-unit apartment on […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is working on pursuing charges against some people who attended two large parties in the area recently. The health unit said Tuesday that many of the teens and young adults who attended the parties that resulted in outbreaks were forthcoming with information, but some were not cooperative. The outbreaks from […]

The days of Owen Sound owning a municipal airport could be numbered. City council voted 5-2 Monday to approve a staff recommendation to begin a six-step process to declare surplus and divest/sell the Owen Sound Billy Bishop Regional Airport, with the hope the new owner will continue operating it as an airport. They also set […]

A plan to turn the picturesque but storm-damaged Cabot Head Road into solely a walking and cycling trail has the money and stakeholder support to complete the job this year, says a coalition of Bruce Peninsula charitable organizations proposing it. The compacted gravel road leads to the popular Cabot Head lighthouse at the end of […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 11 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, with the region passing the 2,000-case mark for the pandemic. The new cases included three in West Grey, two each in Owen Sound and Grey Highlands, and one each in Arran-Elderslie, Chatsworth, South Bruce Peninsula and Georgian Bluffs. Grey-Bruce has now had […]

A Guelph man has been charged after what police are calling a violent domestic assault at the Durham Conservation Area campground on June 30. West Grey Police said in a news release on Monday that the victim suffered severe facial injuries after being struck with a weapon, and was then prevented by the accused from […]

Georgian Bluffs will hold off on developing its own policies regulating cannabis production and processing until after some other decisions are made by other levels of governments and the courts. At its committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, township council supported a staff recommendation deferring the creation of a policy and nuisance bylaw to […]

Squeaky sneakers are the typical soundtrack of any lacrosse training camp. The Owen Sound North Stars junior B club seemed happy to squish and splash through their first run in nearly two years at Kelso Beach Friday night. With most local indoor arenas out of commission or spoken for, a few dozen N’Stars took to […]

The Owen Sound Selects returned to Duncan McLellan Park in the Scenic City this past weekend. The Selects under-23 squad took on a team of alumni and local ballplayers to get some games under their belts. It won’t be a typical Selects season in 2021, with Softball Canada cancelling its national championships, but the team […]

Paralympic wheelchair athlete Josh Cassidy has done all he can to earn his place at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo later this summer. But he will have to wait a little while longer to learn if it was enough. On Sunday morning, Cassidy was host to a final Olympic qualifying wheelchair marathon race in Port […]

The Kemble Mountain Trail in Georgian Bluffs will remain closed for the time being after the municipality received a legal opinion on motorized vehicle access on it. During its committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, Georgian Bluffs Chief Administrative Officer Al Meneses told council that the legal opinion the municipality recieved determined that the […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 20 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, half of them in Owen Sound. Along with the 10 cases in the city, there were also three in Saugeen First Nation, two each in Chatsworth and Huron-Kinloss and single cases in Georgian Bluffs, Saugeen Shores and West Grey. There have now […]

The Township of Georgian Bluffs is expected to soon choose what direction it plans to go with the Wiarton-Keppel International Airport. A report is scheduled to come to Georgian Bluffs council in September that will outline its options for the airport going forward. At its committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, Georgian Bluffs Chief […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 36 new COVID-19 cases Friday. The newest cases were found in West Grey (9), Hanover (6), Owen Sound (5), Saugeen First Nation (5), South Bruce (5), Brockton (3), Meaford (2), and Grey Highlands. According to the health unit’s report, there are now 14 Grey-Bruce residents infected with the virus […]

Barry’s Construction is planning to build a five-storey, 79-unit apartment building on a vacant lot on 28th Street West. Graham Construction, meanwhile, is proposing to erect a three-storey, six-unit life-lease residential building overlooking Georgian Shores Marina, while Andpet Realty is set to add a 36-unit cluster townhouse development and 11 townhouse units to its East […]

A Calgary man facing first-degree murder charges in the deaths of two men, including of a young Wiarton man 27 years ago, was committed to trial in Alberta. Leonard Brian Cochrane was committed to trial in the Court of Queen’s Bench on July 8, after a preliminary hearing. His first appearance is expected to be […]

Neyaashiinigmiing will be receiving nearly $60 million in federal funding for a new water treatment plant that the band says will bring safe drinking water to Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. And down the road, there are high hopes of establishing a First Nations water operator training centre at Neyaashiinigmiing, Nawash Chief Greg Nadjiwon […]

Grey-Bruce entered Step 3 of the province’s reopening plan Friday despite an ongoing and deadly surge of the COVID-19 Delta variant. “It’s very concerning. This is a different level of transmission. A different level of severity. We have managed with full control over the last year, with robust case management, but the effect of the […]

City staff is recommending Owen Sound get out of the airport business. A report by city manager Tim Simmonds, set to be presented Monday night, recommends council provide notice of its intention to declare surplus and dispose of the Owen Sound Billy Bishop Regional Airport – either through direct sale or real estate listing – […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit said the region will move into a modified Step 3 just after midnight Friday morning and is strongly recommending residents adhere to Step 2 gathering limits and stick to restaurant patios. With cases, hospitalizations and deaths continuing to surge in the region, fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, the […]

Hanover police are praising the brave actions of a Good Samaritan who they say intervened after a woman was violently assaulted and kidnapped, then protected the victim, saving her from further injury and “possibly a very tragic outcome.” Hanover Police Service officers were called to a domestic dispute at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Callers reported […]

Chatsworth Township is holding a public meeting July 28 on a council decision to no longer put ice into the Desboro Community Centre, after hearing concerns from local residents and sports groups. The meeting, set for 7 p.m. at the arena’s outdoor pavilion, also comes after an online petition was launched to urge council to […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 21 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, and Public Health Ontario has reported 99 per cent of the region’s active cases are a result of the highly transmissible and more severe Delta variant. The newest cases were reported in Owen Sound (9), Brockton (3), Meaford (2), Saugeen First Nation (2), Arran-Elderslie, […]

A Priceville man died after a two-car crash on Highway 6 on July 9 in Southgate, Grey Bruce OPP announced Thursday. Emergency crews responded to the crash at Grey Road 6, where a driver with serious injuries was transported to hospital and was later pronounced deceased, an OPP news release said. Police identified him as […]

Saugeen Shores has nearly finished an out-of-court settlement concerning its share of Saugeen Ojibway Nation’s multi-billion dollar Bruce Peninsula claim, part of which a court is expected to rule on by month’s end. The municipality and neighbouring First Nations said in a news release Wednesday they’re “working together to finalize an agreement,” with Saugeen Shores. […]

With the province of Ontario headed into Step 3 of its reopening plan Friday, a few summertime sporting staples in Owen Sound are dusting off the equipment and running off the pandemic pounds. The Owen Sound Selects under-23 fastpitch team and Owen Sound North Stars junior B club are returning to activities this weekend. In […]

Just days after Forum Research began calling residents for an Owen Sound-sanctioned citizen satisfaction survey, city hall issued an alert about another company sending unauthorized text messages to mobile phones. The city says calls and text messages from “Tell City Hall” or tellcityhall.ca about a survey are not affiliated with Owen Sound or Forum Research. […]

Another Owen Sound Attack prospect has put pen to paper and signed a standard player agreement with the club. Thomas Chafe, the team’s third-round pick, 47th-overall in 2021, has committed to the Scenic City squad. The move means the Attack’s top-three selections from the 2021 and 2020 OHL Priority Selection have signed with the team. […]

Donations have helped Grey Bruce Health Services purchase over $700,000 worth of life-saving medical equipment. GBHS recently purchased 35 new defibrillators for all six of its hospitals in the area, the regional hospital in Owen Sound and rural hospitals in Lion’s Head, Markdale, Meaford, Southampton and Wiarton. “Every year across the GBHS hospitals we have […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 33 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday with two more confirmed virus-related deaths and three suspected deaths pending confirmation. The newest cases were reported in Owen Sound (9), Brockton (7), Saugeen Shores (4), South Bruce Peninsula (4), Hanover (3), Arran-Elderslie (2), Kincardine (2), Meaford and South Bruce. Dr. Ian Arra, Grey-Bruce’s […]

It’s been 27 years since cousins Shawn and Leslie Jones “took off” from Neyaashiinigmiing and never returned. Now Shawn’s mother is hoping a $10,000 reward posted anonymously for information about their fate will finally answer the question: What happened to them? Lynette Jones met this week with Nick Oldrieve, who co-founded a national volunteer-based investigative […]

Shuttered for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Grey Roots is now preparing to reopen the outdoor spaces at Moreston Heritage Village this Friday. “Staff have been hard at work to prepare for reopening and we can’t wait to see guests in the village once again,” said Jill Paterson, manager of museum and archives. Admission […]

Northern Bruce Peninsula Fire Chief Jack Burt is crediting working smoke alarms for helping to save a husband and wife from an early morning cottage fire in Tobermory Tuesday morning. Burt said the couple awoke to the sound of the alarms before seeing a “huge orange glow” coming from the back of the cottage. The […]

The Grey Bruce OPP is urging boaters to stay safe on the water after fielding 35 marine-related calls since May 1. According to a police media release, those heading out on the water can expect routine contact with officers checking for marine-related compliance. Police want boaters to follow all marine-related laws, including wearing an approved […]

The Grey Bruce OPP charged four different drivers with stunt driving in Grey-Bruce this past Friday. All of the accused had their vehicles impounded for 14 days and their licenses suspended for seven days. The drivers were all issued a provincial summons to attend court in Owen Sound. A 40-year-old from North York was stopped […]

A merlin swooped in and killed the last remaining piping plover chick at Sauble Beach Wednesday. The attack happened at about 11 a.m., putting an end to a nesting season story that has been full of ups and downs this year at the South Bruce Peninsula beach. “I’m quite upset about it. There’s a whole […]

A dedicated proactive policing unit is back on the city’s streets. The Owen Sound Police Service has revived its Community Oriented Response (CORE) Unit, disbanded several years ago due to staffing shortages. Police Chief Craig Ambrose said a decision late last year to add two more full-time officers to the department’s roster paved the way […]