Owen Sound Sun Times

A jury in Owen Sound found Ralph Rudowski guilty Friday of murdering Janice West, his 61-year-old friend and neighbour in her Wiarton home. Second-degree murder brings an automatic life sentence but formal sentencing and the time he must serve before parole eligibility remains to be determined at a sentencing hearing March 23. A presentence report […]

A Hanover woman has been charged after identification and chequebooks that were stolen from vehicles across central and southwestern Ontario over the summer. On Nov. 9, West Grey Police Services arrested the 29-year-old woman on an unrelated matter, but upon searching her they located the stolen property. The ID and chequebooks had been taken in […]

Saturday December 7, 2019

Georgian College marine engineering and power engineering instructor Andrea Lucano still remembers watching the news after the Montreal massacre on Dec. 6, 1989. She was not yet in high school when 14 women were gunned down at l’Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal engineering school, but she remembers in the months and years afterwards that the message […]

A Sauble Beach man is dead after what Huron County OPP called a devastating multi-vehicle crash northeast of Brussels, Ont., Thursday night. Dead is Jamie Hill, 62, a South Bruce Peninsula firefighter and business owner. Another Sauble Beach man, Liam Fletcher, 21, remained in hospital Friday with what police called life-threatening injuries. The OPP, Huron […]

It was the luck of the draw that produced the 2020 warden of Bruce County, who was chosen after three tie votes failed to produce a winner. It was a tightly contested race between Kincardine Mayor Anne Eadie,and incumbent Warden Mitch Twolan, Mayor of Huron-Kinloss. Three secret ballots were held, each resulting in a tie […]

Ralph Rudowski admits he killed Janice West, but he never intended to, his lawyer said in her summation to the jury in his second-degree murder trial Thursday in Owen Sound. Superior Court Justice John R. Sproat began his charge to the jury after the lawyers summed up their arguments and he was to finish instructing […]

Family fun will be taking over Harrison Park this weekend. The Festival of Northern Lights hold the Festival in the Park throughout the park on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., featuring a variety of activities for the whole family. This is the third year the festival will run the event, in partnership with […]

Saugeen Ojibway Nation’s members will vote Jan. 31 on whether to allow a vault to be built deep in the rock beside Lake Huron to store low- and mid-level nuclear waste at the Bruce nuclear site. Chief Greg Nadjiwon, at Neyaashiinigmiing on the Bruce Peninsula, said SON’s vote will decide whether to allow Ontario Power […]

Two people were pronounced dead at the scene of a crash near Chesley early Thursday afternoon. South Bruce OPP said in a news release they received a report of a two-vehicle collision along Bruce County Road 10 in Elderslie Township at about 1:30 p.m. Bruce County paramedics, the Chesley Fire Department and a member of […]

A Walkerton man has won $500,000 playing the lottery. Lynval Baylis, a 50-year-old poultry barn worker, won the MAXMILLIONS prize in the Nov. 26 LottoMAX draw. “When I scanned my ticket, I couldn’t believe it,” Baylis said in a news release from the OLG. He called winning the prize “a life changing experience” and plans […]

South Bruce OPP continue to look for a man who was last seen in Brockton on Sunday morning. Ian Cooke, 24, who was last seen in Brant Township, is described as five feet, 10 inches tall, weighing 135 pounds with shoulder length dirty blond hair. He has blue/green eyes and drives a green Ford Explorer […]

Georgian Bluffs will reduce the speed limit on Concession 21 near Wiarton from 80 km/h to 60 km/h. On Wednesday, Georgian Bluffs council passed a motion to reduce the speed limit on the concession road between Zion Church Road and Elm Street on the southeast side of Wiarton. The change comes after council received a […]

Georgian Bluffs is remaining tight-lipped about why two senior staff members are on paid leaves. Rick Winters, the municipality’s chief administrative officer, and Dan Wood, its roads supervisor, have both been on paid leaves of absence since Nov. 22. Mayor Dwight Burley said Thursday that he couldn’t give specifics about the situation. “All I can […]

Six people face drug charges after a search warrant was executed at a property in Hanover. On Monday, members of the OPP Community Street Crimes Unit, South Bruce OPP, Hanover Police Service and West Grey Police Service executed the search warrant at a property along 12th Street. As a result, police seized methamphetamine and fentanyl […]

Saugeen Shores police have found surveillance video of a suspect vehicle in a suspicious person investigation from early November. On Nov. 2 the Saugeen Shores Police Services Criminal Investigations and Drug Unit commenced an investigation about a suspicious vehicle and driver. At approximately 3 p.m. on Nov. 2 the male driver of a vehicle asked […]

For most people, Christmas preparations these days run the gamut from stringing up lights on doorframes and hanging wreaths at the door to creating nativity scenes for the mantle and selecting just the right candles to set the holiday mood. However, for many of us, the Christmas preparations of our youth centered around one activity […]

Matthew Struthers – who else – scored the overtime winner in his first game back with the Owen Sound Attack to top the Niagara IceDogs 6-5 Wednesday night at the Bayshore. Sure, Owen Sound gave up a two-goal lead with less than 10 minutes remaining in the game. And sure, they gave up a two-goal […]

Hundreds of teachers and other educational workers in Grey-Bruce walked off the job on Wednesday for a one-day strike they say is a necessary measure to fight cuts they say will have a direct negative impact on the education of students. Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Association members who work for the Bluewater District School Board […]

City council has decided to increase Owen Sound’s development fees, while exempting purpose-built rental units from the charge as a way to encourage more affordable housing. Council voted 5-3 to adopt Coun. Richard Thomas’ motion to cap the rates at $8,000 for new single-family homes, which is about $1,000 more than the current charge. Thomas […]

The race for Grey County’s warden for 2020 was atypical from start to finish. It began with a councillor challenging an incumbent who was seeking a second, one-year term – something that hasn’t happened since 2007 – and ended with the winner being decided by random draw after a tied council vote. That winner was […]

Eight students were taken to hospital where they were treated for minor injuries and released after a collision involving a school bus in Owen Sound on Tuesday morning. Just before 9 a.m., the two-vehicle collision occurred at the intersection of 8th Avenue East and 16th Street East. The school bus was travelling north along 8th […]

The St. Mary’s Mustangs made a statement Tuesday afternoon in a Bluewater Athletic Association senior boys basketball season opener with a 62-9 shellacking of city rival OSDSS. “You never really know what to expect when starting a season, but we think we have a really good team this year and we feel we’ve done a […]

Despite stretches of lights-out goaltending by goaltender Bryden Lindsay, the St. Mary’s Mustangs shooting gallery beat the Georgian Bay Thunder 8-2 in Bluewater Athletic Association varsity boys hockey action Tuesday in Meaford. With the win, the Mustangs improve to 2-0 on the year while the Thunder fall to 1-1. The ‘Stangs are outscoring opponents 14-4 […]

City council has decided against voicing an opinion on Grey County’s plan to seek additional long-term care beds for its Grey Gables home. In a 5-3 vote, council rejected Coun. Richard Thomas’s motion to direct Mayor Ian Boddy to write to Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker to express the city’s opposition to the proposal to […]

Owen Sound police have charged a maintenance worker after discovering a hidden camera in a multi-unit dwelling on the city’s east side. Police obtained a search warrant to uncover a video camera, which had been surreptitiously installed in an imitation heating vent that afforded a view of the washroom of an apartment, city police said […]

Owen Sound will mark the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre with an outdoor ceremony at Georgian College Friday at noon. The college location this year was chosen specifically to include engineering students who attend the college, vigil co-organizer Joachim Ostertag said Tuesday in an interview. Thirteen of the 14 women who were gunned down […]

With tears in her eyes, Sonja Ostertag said Owen Sound council’s response to her Fridays for Future delegation on climate change was “stronger” than she had anticipated. “I’ve been working so hard on this for 10 years and this is the first time I feel like I’m part of a breakthrough,” she said following the […]

Teachers will be picketing seven high schools in Grey-Bruce on Wednesday, if a one-day walkout by Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation of Ontario members goes ahead. As of 4 p.m. on Tuesday, there was no indication of a tentative agreement being reached between the union and the province, which the union has said is the […]

The Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort has held its first dinner in its new digs and the benefits of the new location are already being seen. OSHaRE opened its doors to more than 90 people for a warm meal in its newly renovated 5,000-square-foot location, which includes a commercial kitchen. On the first night […]

The OPP is looking for the public’s help in finding a missing Brockton man. South Bruce OPP want to locate 24-year-old Ian Cooke of the former Brant Twp. to verify his well-being it said in a news release from police. Cooke was last seen on Sunday morning in the former Brant Twp., the release said. […]

Ralph Rudowski admitted on the first day of his second-degee murder trial that he caused Janice West‘s death and was ready to plead guilty to manslaughter, but maintained he didn’t intend to murder her. Defence lawyer Jill Gamble put those admissions on the record in front of a 12-member jury in the Superior Court of […]

A petition of support is being undertaken for the planned Owen Sound to Guelph intercommunity transit service. The petition will be available until Wednesday at city hall, the Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library, Grey County administration building, Owen Sound transit terminal, and online at Owen Sound director of public works and […]

December 5, 2019

The Bluewater District School Board will close all of its elementary and secondary schools on Wednesday if there is a walkout by members of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation of Ontario. The board issued a letter to parents and guardians on Monday afternoon, notifying them of the school closures if the OSSTF and the […]

There’s a bright blue cast on his left arm, but Aidan Dudas said he should be ready to go by the time Hockey Canada hits the ice in Oakville for the national junior team’s selection camp. Dudas was one of 31 players invited to the pre-tournament camp on Monday. The camp will run from Dec. […]

A Huron-Kinloss man has been charged in connection with a fatal single-vehicle crash involving a pick-up truck in Southgate in late July. John Franken, 26, was arrested on Nov. 26 and has been charged with dangerous operation causing death, dangerous operation causing bodily harm, impaired driving, operation causing death, operation causing bodily harm and public […]

Over-age forward Matthew Struthers will finish his Ontario Hockey League career where it all began. The Milton native was traded to the Attack Monday afternoon in exchange for three draft picks. Headed back to the North Bay Battalion are the Attack’s second-round pick in 2022, third-round pick in 2023, and sixth-round selection in 2024. The […]

Over a dozen local authors will gather for an annual event that celebrates the written word. The authors will gather at the Ginger Press book shop and cafe in downtown Owen Sound on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the 34th annual Authors’ Open House, where they will take about their recent books […]

The upstart Owen Sound Rugby Club has been named Rugby Ontario’s Minor Rugby Club of the Year for its Under-7, Under-9 and Under-11 programs. The club said it was honoured to receive the award at Rugby Ontario’s Hall of Fame and Awards Banquet in late November, and thanked its players, sponsors, coaches, executive and rugby […]

JUNIOR ATTACK Minor midgets maul Milton The Owen Sound Subaru Junior Attack minor midgets downed the Milton Winterhawks AE squad 7-0 in Tri-County Minor Hockey League action on Friday night. Nolan Andrews netted the hat trick in the win, while Jaiden Whitlock, Tyson Morrison, Sky Berfelz and Landen Humphries added singles. Noah Hemstock posted the […]

While the weather outside may have been frightful for part of Sunday, the atmosphere inside the Roxy Theatre in Owen Sound remained delightful during the 80th annual CFOS-Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast. About 25 acts performed on stage during the seven-hour event, which was broadcast live on the radio and will raise money for 23 […]

Higher-than-average growth in Grey County in 2019 is expected to help the upper-tier municipality keep next year’s budget increase below two per cent, despite rising costs in each of the county’s departments. Corporate services director Kevin Weppler told county council Thursday that the staff-recommended 2020 budget requires a levy increase of $2.7 million or 4.73 […]

“The whole time I was thinking: If I get this puck, I’m going to bury this one.” Barret Kirwin gave 3,008 Owen Sound Attack fans something to cheer about Saturday at the Bayshore to close out a rough month of November. The Barrie native potted his second goal of the game in overtime to give […]

The next stop on Jakob Lee’s hockey journey will be Merrimack College and the J. Thom Lawler Rink in North Andover, Massachusetts. The 20-year-old Owen Sound native recently committed to the NCAA Division I school and will enrol in time for the 2020-21 season with the Warriors. Lee had previously committed to Canisius College in […]

A new 34-week pre-apprenticeship program at Georgian College’s Owen Sound campus will be “life-changing” for the 20 participants, a Bruce Power official said during a recent funding announcement at the school. “This is about opening a door to a skilled trades career,” said Scott Clark, senior director of labour relations. “The candidates that come out […]

It has been the tale of two different Attack teams when Owen Sound steps inside the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium this season. Sometimes within the same game. The Attack were rolling the last time they went head-to-head against the Blueshirts in Kitchener on Nov. 1. Winners of seven of their last 10 games the Attack beat […]

It looks like there will be a race Tuesday night to determine Grey County’s next warden. Current Warden Selwyn Hicks and Grey Highlands Mayor Paul McQueen have both confirmed their plans to seek the job for the 2020 term. Hicks, the deputy-mayor of Hanover, said a “huge learning curve” awaits new wardens, but now that […]

The Bluewater District School Board is putting parents on notice that they may need to prepare for disruptions at its schools if high school teachers and other education workers walk off the job on Wednesday. The board put out a notice to parents on Friday advising them that the planned escalation of job action by […]

Arynn Fisher says her family lost everything in a fire that destroyed their raised bungalow near Wiarton, including all of the Christmas presents they had purchased for their three children. “I’m in complete shock and so is my husband. He’s not doing very well – lots of tears and we’re just in shock and I […]