Owen Sound Sun Times

South Bruce Grey Health Centre will share results of community consultations on health care, then take questions, at upcoming public meetings. SBGHC moved the inpatient beds from its site in Durham to its hospitals in Walkerton and Kincardine in the spring, saying it was to stabilize operations amid worsening staff shortages. Those challenges led [...]

The historial Negro Creek community, one of the first places escaped slaves from the Americansouth settledin Grey County, will be memorialized on land donated by a descendant of an originalBlack family there. The land is along Negro Creek Road, just east of Highway 6, south of Williamsford. About two acres was formally donated this month [...]

A recent tour showed why the fine details on historic legal documents do make a difference today

The greening of Beaver Valley Community School (BVCS) continues. Students and staff were joined by parents and guardians, volunteers, donating businesses, and a representative of Tree Canada on Thursday, Oct. 10, for the launch of the Backyard Habitat Project. Spearheaded by dedicated volunteer Arnis Pukitis and Grade 2 teacher Audrey Macdonald, the project was funded [...]

Nearly $100,000 worth of silver bars have been stolen from somebody's Meaford home. The thefts occurred over two years and the value of the lost silver is put at $95,992, according to an OPP news release. A request for more information has been made to Grey Bruce OPP. Police ask anyone who could help with [...]

Skeletons, graves and witches appear every year on Jamie and Shayna Kermer's lawn. That's just how they like it because Halloween's their favourite time of year, Jamie Kermer said, while untangling bunched up netting with his daughter, Kiera, Wednesday so it could be hung like a spider web. There were two pumpkins with elaborately carved [...]

People can ask questions of Owen Sound's council and staff about services, operations and governance and talk with representatives of other local services at an open house event Thursday, Nov. 7 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. City council asked staff to design this meeting by resolution in January, [...]

The Chi-Cheemaun is getting a well-deserved rest in Owen Sound after a busy summer sailing season. According to the Owen Sound Transportation Company, the Big Canoe carried a total of 68,087 vehicles and 186,866 passengers between Tobermory's Little Tub Harbour and South Baymouth on Manitoulin Island. That's 2.35 per cent more vehicles and 2.86 per [...]

The Owen Sound Police Service is accepting applications for the 2025 Citizens' Police Academy. The CPA provides an opportunity for interested community members to take a deep dive" into the world of policing operations in Owen Sound. The program runs for eight weeks on Wednesdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Owen Sound police [...]

Former Owen Sound North Stars Kennedy Coughlin, Kenna McKee and Tara Meikle helped their Queen's University teammates complete an undefeated season with a 15-4 win over Ontario Tech in the OUA gold medal game this past weekend. The victory earned the Gaels their fifth Patterson Cup as Ontario champions. A total of eight North Stars [...]

On Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, KT TKD (Kim-Thibodeau Tae Kwon Do) travelled to Toronto to compete in the Phoenix Memorial Cup and brought home several medals in sparring and pattern competition. The team earned nine gold, three silver and eight bronze medals in sparring. In pattern, KT TKD earned nine gold, three silver and nine [...]

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization wants to keep talking with Saugeen Ojibway Nation about what to do with more than spent nuclear fuel. Electors in South Bruce, which is within SON's traditional territory, voted on Monday in favour of being the host site for an underground vault to store Canada's used nuclear fuel, the highest-level [...]

A group opposed toburying high-level nuclear waste in South Bruce says it will keep fighting because having just 78 more votes in favour than against the project in Monday's referendum isn't a compelling" demonstration of community support. Bill Noll, the co-chair of Protect Our Waterways - No Nuclear Waste, said in an interview that that's [...]

A group opposed toburying high-level nuclear waste in South Bruce says it will keep fighting because having just 78 more votes in favour than against the project in Monday's referendum isn't a compelling" demonstration of community support. Bill Noll, the co-chair of Protect Our Waterways - No Nuclear Waste, said in an interview that that's [...]

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By a thin majority, the answer in South Bruce was yes. The referendum question - Are you in favour of the Municipality of South Bruce declaring South Bruce to be a willing host for the Nuclear Waste Management Organization's proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR)? resulted in 51.2 per cent, or 1,604, of voters saying yes, [...]

NWMO DGR safety statements irresponsible I am writing about the Deep Geological Registry (DGR) proposed for Teeswater by the NWMO as a way of managing all of Canada's high-energy nuclear waste. I can no longer remain silent as I have witnessed the reckless way that the NWMO has [dealt with] the public and municipal leaders [...]

Grey-Bruce pet owners once again have a local option for emergency vet care on weekends and holidays when most vet offices are closed. The new Bluewater Veterinary Emergency Clinic (BVEC) is now open and will operate at the North Heritage Animal Hospital (285 10th St. W. in Owen Sound) from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 [...]

South Bruce voters have until eight o'clock tonight to signal their willingness to host an underground vault for Canada's used nuclear fuel. Votes are cast either online or over the phone in the municipal referendum. Voter information letters with instructions were to have arrived in the mail approximately a week before the voting period. [...]

West Coast artist Helen Downing-Hunter was a newborn when the RAF Lancaster her father James Downing was piloting crashed in July 1944 while conducting nighttime air operations against Stuttgart, Germany, during the Second World War. But now, some 80 years later, it is through her late father's war heritage that she has connected with family [...]

In a game that featured nearly everything hockey has to offer, the defending Memorial Cup champion Saginaw Spirit got lucky last. Sebastien Gervais lost the puck on what proved to be the shootout-winning goal - in the eighth round of the skills contest - but it slid under Carter George and into the net to [...]

Nathan Day made 37 stops for his first-career shutout as the Flint Firebirds handed the Owen Sound Attack their fifth-straight loss, 3-0 inside the Dort Financial Center Saturday night. The Owen Sound Attack (3-7-1-1) are sliding down the Western Conference standings while the Flint Firebirds improved to 6-5-0-1 early in the season. All of the [...]

The director of Owen Sound Little Theatre's opening production of its 2024-25 season hopes everyone who sees the play rethinks what they consider normal. The Prom, which opens at the Roxy Theatre on Nov. 14, is a musical, but Corry Lapointe said the love story being told in the play also has an important message [...]

As a brisk autumn winds lashed the loneoak tree newly planted on the south lawn of the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre, its tawny-coloured leaves rustled and swayed vigorously, but remained attached. It showed why the oak is a symbol of longevity, strength, stability, endurance and justice, and reinforced the decision to plant it in [...]

Georgian College's president has raised concerns about the federal government's plans to reduce the number of temporary residents eligible to enter Canada and the impact that is having on colleges and communities, including those in Grey-Bruce. In an Oct. 4 letter to Grey County Warden Brian Milne, the college's president and CEO, Kevin Weaver, said [...]

A 45-year-old tourism organization is ceasing operations after its municipal partners decided to pull the plug, according to its volunteer board of directors. The South Georgian Bay Tourism Association's board announced Wednesday the cessation of operations for the local not-for-profit organization, formerly the Georgian Triangle Tourist Association. For 45 years, SGBT has played a vital [...]

The first building on the former Chatsworth Arena site will be a pavilion built by the agricultural society, part of what will be a future arena and community hub complex. Chatsworth Agricultural Society raised more than $200,000 since May for the pavilion, which will likely cost more than $260,000 once washrooms and a kitchen are [...]

Bruce County will promote a ride-sharing app as it works to improve transit options and lay the groundwork for a larger transit network. County staff continue to work on short-term transit recommendations outlined in the Bruce County Transit Demand Feasibility Study, completed in December 2023. Claire Dodds, the county's commissioner of community development, presented a [...]

Do you have concerns about what you see in the city but don't think anyone wants to hear about it? A series of seven facilitated consultations Nov. 8 -10 at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre might be for you. But it's not just a place to crab - people will put their heads together [...]

DGR deal puts NWMO in charge The key message from South Bruce Council for the last several months has been that the decision on whether to host the NWMO DGR would be based on the collective support for details of the proposed hosting agreement. Details are important, council told us. Understanding them critical, we are [...]

Jack Nesbitt is playing with a little extra motivation. For the NHL Draft-eligible centre, that little added spark helped produce his first Ontario Hockey League hat-trick performance on Thursday in a 7-5 win over the Owen Sound Attack before a crowd of 4,788 at the WFCU Centre. I think he knew," Nesbitt said of overage [...]

SENIOR GIRLS BASKETBALL Emma French and Olive Eikins combined for 14 of the Georgian Bay Thunder's 27 points as the Meaford school defended home court with a 27-11 win over the Grey Highlands Lions on Thursday. With the win, the Thunder improved to 3-2 on the year and moved into second place in the Bluewater [...]

Don Day said he got a good feeling after his new group, 100 Good Men Who Give a Damn, voted at its inaugural meeting to give the local Meals on Wheels program $10,500. With the enthusiasm of the men and the variety of them at different ages and stages of life, he said he thinks [...]

Grey County council has decided to keep a per diem in place for alternate members of council who fill in when regular representatives are absent. At its meeting on Thursday, council voted against a notice of motion by Owen Sound Deputy-mayor Scott Greig that called on the county to remove the per diem funding from [...]

Grey County had reached a tentative agreement with unionized workers at two of its long-term care homes. On Thursday, council ratified and approved the recommendations of its bargaining team to bind the new agreement with OPSEU Local 299. The two-year agreement is for 2024 and 2025 and covers workers at Lee Manor in Owen Sound [...]

Summerfolk is facing extreme financial pressure and will consider downsizing as it manages rising costs and its debt, operations manager Jaret Koop said. The future of next year's festival is not in doubt but changes are coming and the community's input at an upcoming town hall meeting will help shape the next festival, he said [...]

Grey Bruce OPP has located a deceased 41-year-old person after looking for a missing person named Eric in Meaford. Police expressed their condolences to the person's family and thanked the public for its help. Police said no further information would be released, in a post on X Thursday morning. Eric had last been seen on [...]

There is a movement afoot in Grey-Bruce to make Christmas a little brighter for thousands of children in developing and war-torn countries around the world. Operation Christmas Child shoebox collection season is underway in the region, with individuals and groups now packing shoeboxes, boot boxes and other similar-sized containers with toys, school supplies, hygiene items [...]

City council has asked for a report about whether to outlaw future drive-thrus with an interim control bylaw. Deputy Mayor Scott Greig proposed the report, preliminary to a future zoning bylaw update, which also could address drive-thrus. His motion at council's meeting Monday proposed that the move be looked at to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, [...]

Bruce County and Grey Bruce Public Health are launching a social media campaign to help inform seniors of government-funded dental care programs available to them. The campaign, which will include posters and other educational material in area communities, is being put on to educate residents about the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) and the Ontario [...]

Police have arrested a third suspect in a home invasion and gunpoint robbery that occurred in Hanover more than a year ago. On Sunday, a man who was wanted in the relation to the robbery on Oct. 15, 2023 was arrested without incident by the Nottawasaga OPP, Hanover police said in a news release. Dan [...]

A Georgian Bluffs resident faces several charges, including assault with a weapon against a spouse, following an intimate partner violence investigation. Just after 9 a.m. Sunday, Grey Bruce OPP responded to an address in Georgian Bluffs.Police learned the suspect had allegedly committed a criminal act against a partner, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news [...]

When a new concrete slab and new piping beneath the floor are installed at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre ice rink next spring, it will correct an ice quality issue since the facility opened in 1983. A thinner slab, combined with new pipes will allow faster heat transfer to make ice faster, and allow [...]

A South Bruce Peninsula resident has been charged with impaired driving after a vehicle crashed into a police cruiser on the weekend, policed said. Just before 10 p.m. on Saturday, Grey Bruce OPP received a traffic complaint about an impaired driver on Howdenvale Road in South Bruce Peninsula. Police located the vehicle and attempted to [...]

The occupants of a home in Varney escaped a fire in the middle of the night last week, but the residence was deemed a complete loss. Just after midnight on Friday, a passerby on Highway 6 reported a vehicle fire in the carport of the home. Due to the location of the vehicle fire, it [...]

A luxury hotel in Sauble Beach has opened to guests. It was announced on Monday that the four-storey, 21-room Sands Hotel at 119 Lakeshore Blvd. N. had opened in time for the Thanksgiving weekend on Oct. 12-14. The hotel's restaurant is scheduled to open in late November. We had a delightfully busy Thanksgiving Weekend, and [...]

The Owen Sound Attack added recently waived overage defenceman Alec Leonard from the London Knights for a conditional 14th-round pick in 2027. Leonard became one of the odd-man out in London after the Knights acquired overage goaltender Austin Elliott from the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League. Leonard has played in 197 Ontario Hockey [...]

An unfinished apartment building described as an eyesore" near the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre in Owen Sound has a new owner who plans to finish the project, with changes. Sound Lifestyles Ltd.purchased the Georgian Landing project, at 297 18th St. E. in Owen Sound, and will be the developer. Now it's called Bayshore Terrace and [...]

The city's need for purpose-built rental housing on the former Black Clawson Kennedy site trumped concerns over offering a million-dollar incentive to a slow-moving developer Monday night at Owen Sound city council. A majority of council voted to extend its expired offer to waive about $1 million worth of development charges for another six months [...]

A plan by volunteers to transplant a patch of trees at the Owen Sound hospital has been put on hold. NeighbourWoods North, the volunteer-run organization that has been working to naturalize the hospital grounds in recent years, have postponed their Operation Save Our Forest that was in the works for this Sunday. The initiative included [...]