Owen Sound Sun Times

Grey County is creating task forces to address two high-profile issues – climate change and a lack of affordable housing. Warden Paul McQueen said both topics are of common concern to all nine municipalities in the county. “As far as climate change, it’s front and centre right now in the sense of what’s happening out […]

The Blue Mountains council intends to start discussing Monday night how to fill its deputy-mayor position after the resignation of Odette Bartnicki, who was elected to a first term in the role in the 2018 municipal election. “Council has various choices. They could appoint someone or they could run a byelection,” Mayor Alar Soever said […]

A knowledge gap allows some less-than-ideal practices to continue along the shoreline from Sarnia to Tobermory, according to the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation in Goderich. Threats to this important strip come from cottage and community development, man-made rather than naturalized shorelines, beach grooming, marinas, shipping and light pollution. Climate change, invasive species and […]

When contemporary artist Erin Loree was given the opportunity to go into the vault at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery to select some works for the development of a new series of her own, she jumped at the chance. As a result the Toronto-based artist has created some unique oil on panel paintings and charcoal […]

A benefit concert for the Community Waterfront Heritage Centre, for an exhibit marking Owen Sound’s 100thanniversary as a city this year, will take place Jan. 25 at the Owen Sound legion branch. “This event will bring you back to the coffee house days of Lightfoot, Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel,” according to the centre. “Relive the […]

As Canadians watched the seconds tick off the clock while their national junior team skated to a 4-3 win over the Russians and an 18th IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship gold medal, the Attack’s head coach was hard at work. Alan Letang, Team Canada’s pre-scout coach, was in an office watching three separate feeds of […]

Owen Sound is seeking public feedback to help it prioritize the recommendations in its draft, five-year Greenwood Cemetery master plan. The document, presented to the community services committee Dec. 18, includes 16 recommendations – from establishing a dedicated area for natural burials to creating a Muslim section in the cemetery to developing a business case […]

An ongoing nursing shortage at its Chesley site prompted South Bruce Grey Health Centre to announce Wednesday that it will continue with reduced hours for the hospital’s emergency department beyond Feb. 1. The hospital corporation changed the hours from around the clock, seven days a week coverage to an 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily […]

Julian Smith, a member of the Canadian National Ski Team, National Development Centre-Thunder Bay, Georgian Bay Nordic and the Bruce Ski Club participated in all four events at the US Cross Country Ski Nationals held in Houghton, Mich. from Jan. 2-7. Smith was the top Canadian in a race of 198 male skiers – a […]

The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating after a man was taken to hospital with an injury following an incident in the town of Ripley on Monday evening. Just after 8 p.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of an intoxicated person causing property damage and disturbance in the town. Witnesses detained the man until […]

Police officers were kept busy across Owen Sound Tuesday and early Wednesday, including one incident in which a woman is accused of spitting on someone, hitting another person with a full beer bottle and attempting to enter vehicles in traffic. Other cases involved threats, impaired driving, a collision, mischief and an attempted break and enter. […]

The OSDSS Wolves senior boys hockey squad got goals from five different snipers Tuesday afternoon in a 5-0 shut out victory over the Georgian Bay Thunder at the Meaford and St. Vincent Community Centre. Wolves goaltenders Preston Downs and Jack Webster combined for the shut out. The victory was OSDSS’s first of the season and […]

The Sydenham Fall Fair will continue to bring the country to hundreds of schoolchildren in Owen Sound. After concerns were raised that 2019 could mark the end for what is believed to be Canada’s last remaining school-run agricultural fair, a group of dedicated volunteers have stepped up and are planning for the 167th annual event […]

Grey Bruce Health Services says it’s now only one provincial approval away from being able to seek bids for construction of its proposed new $65 million Markdale hospital. The hospital corporation recently submitted to the Ministry of Health & Long-term Care its Stage 4.1 documents, which include more than 300 detailed architectural drawings for the […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit has eliminated three management positions in response to an anticipated $1.1-million cut to the funding it receives from the provincial government. Public health spokesman Drew Ferguson said Tuesday the health unit will not be revealing the affected positions or departments – since that would identify the employees who have been […]

One person is dead after a crash in Arran-Elderslie on Monday evening. At 10:40 p.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a single vehicle collision on Bruce County Road 10 in the former Arran Township. Officers arrived to find the vehicle had left the roadway and entered the ditch. The driver was pronounced dead […]

Police are investigating after a person was stabbed in a downtown Owen Sound restaurant early Saturday morning. Two males became involved in an altercation inside the restaurant and during the altercation, one of the males was stabbed with a knife, sustaining injuries that are not considered life threatening, Owen Sound police said in a news […]

The community came through to help the United Way of Bruce Grey to address a $20,000 fundraising shortfall for its 2019 backpack program. In the final two days of the year – after issuing an urgent appeal for donations – the organization received about $17,500, said executive director Francesca Dobbyn. “So we came close to […]

Two Algoma Central Corporation lake freighters are spending the winter laid up in the Owen Sound Harbour. The 42-year-old Algoma Buffalo and 47-year-old Algoma Compass both arrived in the port last week said Peter Winkley, the company’s chief financial officer. The two vessels joined the MS Chi-Cheemaun, which docked for the winter on Oct. 21. […]

The 80th annual CFOS-Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast has surpassed its $30,000 goal and donations continue to pour in. As of Friday, just over $32,000 had been donated or pledged to the broadcast, which will benefit 23 local charities and organizations this year. Pledges can be paid and donations can be made until Jan. 31 […]

There ain’t much crystal clear this time of year in the OHL. And that’s been doubled-down in the absence of any clearly defined buyers and sellers in the Western Conference. “It seems like this year it’s a little bit quieter. Maybe everyone is sitting there thinking they’ve got a pretty good team,” said Attack GM […]

Get on the ice, in the locker room and inside the league offices with a weekly e-newsletter from Ryan Pyette, the premier reporter in the Ontario Hockey League. An injury derailed Pyette’s promising on-ice career, but “Pucks,” as he was known to teammates, has been digging in the corners for the past two decades to […]

West Grey police charged a 57-year-old Hanover man for drinking and driving after witnesses reported his bad driving and poor parking at a restaurant where he ordered a meal in Durham. Police were told on Friday, Jan. 3 that the man had made a right turn, passing in front of a vehicle travelling in the […]

Police were called to two collisions involving cattle in the same area of Georgian Bluffs two days in a row on the weekend. Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release Sunday evening that the owner of the animals attended both scenes and has been working to secure his cattle. As of Sunday evening it […]

Owen Sound police are looking for help finding a stolen gray 2009 Honda Jazz motorcycle. The Vespa-style motorcycle was taken from the victim’s residence in the 800-block of 2ndAvenue West between Friday, Jan. 3 at 10:30 a.m. and Jan. 4 at 4:30 p.m. The keys weren’t in it, police said in a news release. The […]

Owen Sound police and the OPP together apprehended a 30-year-old Owen Sound man who they say fled after attempting to steal money from a car wash early Saturday morning. City police responded to a report about a male attempting to break into a coin-operated vacuum at Buffy’s Car Wash, at 1820 20th St. E. in […]

Not too many teams have blown through the Western Conference-leading Guelph Storm, but the Owen Sound Attack went Kool-Aid man on the Royal City rumblers Saturday night leading 6-1 after the first period en route to a 7-5 victory at the Bayshore. It was the Attack’s first win at home since Dec. 4, snapping a […]

Paintings of crows were virtually flying off the walls Saturday at the opening of an exhibit to benefit Women’s Centre Grey and Bruce. Though many were sold, all will remain on display until month’s end in the Legacy Gallery at the Owen Sound Artists’ Co-op in downtown Owen Sound. The paintings are from a group […]

Another Festival of Northern Lights season has come to an end. The 308 lighted displays arranged along the Sydenham River downtown and the enlarged groups of displays in Harrison Park have been turned off. Attendance at the 32-year-old, volunteer-run event is growing, festival chair Jamie Walpole said. He estimated about 25,000 people drove through the […]

The Owen Sound Attack didn’t shy away from a barnburner with one of the league’s top offensive teams Friday night, and thanks to back-to-back goals scored by Matthew Struthers, the Owen Sound Attack came out on top 5-4 in Sarnia. The road win snapped a three-game losing skid while extending the Sting’s slide to six […]

The Owen Sound community came together one more time to celebrate the completion of a project that was made possible through the contributions of so many. Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort held the grand opening for its new space on Friday with dozens of people in attendance, including many of the volunteers, tradespeople, community […]

Famous for its sand, Sauble Beach will instead celebrate in the snow in a couple of weeks. Sauble Beach Winterfest 2020 will be held in the Lake Huron shoreline community on Jan. 17 and 18 with a number of events for people of all ages. “It is a chance to get all our locals together […]

It’s clear Oliver Clark is the leader and heartbeat of the Owen Sound Grey Motors United, and the soccer club recognized that fact by awarding him his seventh-straight most valuable player award at their team banquet over the holiday season. The 31st-annual team awards night was a celebration of the squad’s most recent season in […]

Ontario’s best under-23 fastpitch teams will once again meet at Owen Sound’s Duncan McLellan Park the weekend of July 10 for the 2020 OASA U23 Elimination tournament. The Ontario Amateur Softball Association recently revealed some of the communities that will be host to officially sanctioned tournaments in 2020, and Owen Sound was again tasked with […]

Owen Sound’s community services committee is recommending council not stand in the way of a plan by the St. Mary’s Catholic Church parish to demolish the church’s historic 148-year-old rectory and replace it with a new, accessible building. Deputy-mayor Brian O’Leary, the committee’s chair, cited two main reasons the committee is advising council to consent […]

A Port Elgin man has been charged with arson in relation to a residential fire on New Year’s Eve. Just after 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 31, emergency services were dispatched to a residence on Century Drive in Port Elgin concerning a fire. Officers with the Saugeen Shores Police Service arrived and ensured that all occupants […]

Markus Phillips is headed back to the Ontario Hockey League with the chance to win another championship. The L.A. Kings assigned the defender to the Guelph Storm on New Year’s Day after he had played five games with the Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League, and more recently, 20 games with the Kings’ ECHL […]

Grey-Bruce’s first baby of the decade made his grand entrance just 40 minutes into 2020, after his mother endured nearly 12 hours of labour. Axel Reign MacLachlan – the first child of Cassidy Reay and Sheldon MacLachlan – was born at the Hanover & District Hospital. Reay went to the hospital at about 6 p.m. […]

While 2019 proved to be a banner year for building in Owen Sound, city officials say they’re hopeful 2020 will be even better. “I’m as optimistic as I’ve ever been,” city manager Wayne Ritchie said in a year-end interview. “We have a lot of irons in the fire that are very close to being public, […]

About 600 to 700 children welcomed the start of a new year – and the new decade – Tuesday evening during the annual Owen Sound New Year’s Eve Family Celebration. The free event at the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre kicked off with family swim and gym times and several other activities and wrapped up […]

Police identified the pedestrian who died after a collision involving a transport truck east of the town of Meaford Monday. Grey Bruce OPP identified the deceased as Edith Clark, 66, of Meaford. Just after 1 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP was dispatched to the collision at Highway 26 east of the Third Line in Meaford. Mrs. […]

Police remain tight-lipped about the discovery of human remains east of Highway 6 in the Holstein area of southern Grey County on Dec. 24. A police news update released Monday night said a post-mortem exam had been done that day but police provided no further details about what was learned. Emailed questions concerning the case […]

The United Way of Bruce Grey is issuing an “urgent year-end appeal” for financial donations after its annual backpack program fell about $20,000 short of this year’s fundraising goal. Executive director Francesca Dobbyn said it’s “really rare” for the organization to send out such a request, especially at this time of year, but she felt […]

West Grey Police officers intercepted three drivers who provided breath samples registering a “warn” reading in roadside tests over the past seven days, according to a news release from the service. In Ontario, a blood-alcohol concentration of between 0.05 and 0.08 is commonly referred to as the “warn range”. If your blood alcohol concentration in […]

An Owen Sound man allegedly stole clothes and electronics then told staff “I’m not paying” and left a store on the city’s east side Sunday. Owen Sound police went to the store in response to a shoplifting complaint, a police news release said Monday. Staff reported a 36-year-old man had loaded up two bags of […]

City police charged a 42-year-old Owen Sound man after it was alleged he entered his neighbour’s residence, assaulted three female occupants he was familiar with there, then stole a pet Sunday. One female was sent to hospital with a broken rib, city police said in a news release Monday morning. Police were called at about […]

On Christmas Day, police charged a 42-year-old West Grey woman with several offences after they received a report about 5:30 p.m. of a dispute at a West Back Line residence. Police arrived there and learned an argument had taken place and that weapons had been involved, West Grey police said in a news release Monday. […]

Freezing rain and wind warnings for Grey-Bruce which are to remain in effect until early this afternoon prompted Hydro One to advise its customers to be ready for a potential, extended power outage. Shortly after 9:30 a.m., Hydro One’s outage map showed numerous outages across the province, including one on the peninsula, another along the […]

The Bayshore lore is almost no more as the Attack dropped a fifth-straight game at home Sunday afternoon. The club fell 4-3 to a decimated and winless-in-eight Barrie Colts team in front of 3,093 fans that are becoming increasingly worried about their chances of watching live playoff hockey in Owen Sound this season. After getting […]

The Bells of Christmas are now ringing in the Kitchener area. This holiday season, a Bells of Christmas program was started in Kitchener by a couple who saw the Owen Sound Bells of Christmas tree at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre lobby while they were in town visiting family. The program, which started four […]