Owen Sound Sun Times

Local school boards continue to gear up for the return to classes in mere weeks and they expect the vast majority of students will be at their desks when the new year begins. Bruce-Grey Catholic School Board director of education Gary O’Donnell said the board’sregistration survey has indicated eight per cent of families will opt […]

Grey County Warden Paul McQueen says he’s invited Ontario’s transportation minister to visit the area this fall to further discuss the need for long-term provincial planning to improve traffic flow and address other concerns, such as increased volumes and speeding, on local highways. McQueen said he extended the invitation to Minister Caroline Mulroney during a […]

Police were using a helicopter to search the West Rocks area for a missing Owen Sound man on Thursday. Just after noon on Thursday, Grey Bruce OPP issued a news release that they had responded to a report of a missing person. Joshua Thompson, 27, was last seen leaving his residence on 4th Avenue East […]

Another day has passed in Grey-Bruce without a positive COVID-19 test result appearing on the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report. A preliminary positive test result still awaits confirmation. If the preliminary positive test is confirmed through further testing it will be added to the region’s total of 127 confirmed cases to date. If […]

A federal grant has enabled the United Way of Bruce Grey to revive its financial literacy program amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Reaching Home federal homelessness funding – aimed at helping communities address the impacts of the pandemic on those at risk of or experiencing homelessness – will finance the program until March 31. “We […]

More than 5,000 cars full of hopeful hikers and daytrippers have been turned away from the Grotto at Bruce Peninsula National Park since Aug. 3. Most had driven hours from the GTA only to be sent away at the cusp of the reservation-only parking lot near Cyprus Lake. On Aug. 9 alone, 752 cars were […]

Police seized fentanyl and an imitation firearm after arresting a man in Owen Sound on Tuesday. The 32-year-old Sauble Beach man was arrested after he was found breaching multiple bail conditions by attending the residence of a victim of domestic violence and not complying with his house arrest, the Owen Sound Police Service said in […]

An Owen Sound man has been arrested and charged after a robbery at a convenience store in Port Elgin on Tuesday. At about 8:45 a.m. the man entered the convenience store and told the employee he was going to steal items, and while in full view he concealed them. He threatened the employee when confronted, […]

Canada’s minister of environment and climate change has earmarked $6 million aimed at the restoration of ecosystems and the recovery of species at risk in Fathom Five National Marine Park and the Bruce Peninsula, Georgian Bay Islands and Thousand Islands national parks. At Bruce Peninsula National Park, that money will help build on the work […]

A Scarborough man has been charged after a confrontation at a restaurant in Hepworth. Just after noon on Sunday, Grey Bruce OPP were dispatched to a disturbance at the restaurant on Bruce Street, where a group of young adults were confronted by two older adults and they argued, police said in a news release. The […]

August brings on the year’s best eating: field tomatoes and sweet corn, the first of the early apples that carry with them a promise that has not failed me in a lifetime of eating apples that firmer, sweeter, juicier fruit will appear within the next 30 days. Peaches and nectarines, plums and garlic, carrots and […]

Police in Hanover have been receiving reports of thieves sneaking into backyards under the cloak of darkness and stealing marijuana plants. In the latest incident Sunday, Chief Chris Knoll said the culprits scouted out a home earlier in the night and returned with a shovel in hand around 3:45 a.m. The thieves dug up two […]

Mark Gancevich says the cascade of fast-moving stormwater that surged over his southern Bruce County property during Sunday’s rainstorm washed out 65 feet of lakefront and retaining walls behind his cottage, uprooted trees and heavily damaged his patio and watercraft. “It happened over the course of maybe an hour,” he said Tuesday. “My culvert and […]

The Ontario Minor Field Lacrosse League has officially cancelled its 2020 season. “Although there was a great deal of initial optimism after the July 24 Return to Activity guidelines came out, we regretfully announce that despite our best planning efforts, the 2020 fall field season will not be able to proceed,” an OMFLL release said. […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit, according to its daily situation report Tuesday, but a preliminary positive test still awaits confirmation. If the preliminary positive test is confirmed through further testing it will be added to the region’s total of 127 confirmed cases to date. If not, […]

The Owen Sound Aquatic Club held a virtual award ceremony recently to “recognize and validate the efforts of the OSAC swimmers for their hard work, commitment, dedication and success”. Some OSAC swimmers will move onto the varsity ranks at Ontario universities next year. Zach Miekle and Bonnie Slocombe are headed to Queen’s University while Alex […]

Hanover Police and the local Hanover Canadian Tire store recently teamed up to replace a 10-year-old’s bicycle after his was stolen in July. A 26-year-old male was later arrested for the theft of the BMX-style bike that was parked at a local business in Hanover, but the stolen bike was never recovered. On Aug. 14, […]

The Saugeen Shores Police Service said in a news release Monday that they’re going to patrol the harbour and beach areas in Saugeen Shores and start cracking down on offences. The release said Saugeen Shores officers have recently received several complaints from people in the area. Groups of youths have been observed swimming in the […]

Grey Bruce OPP charged seven more motorists along Highway 6 on the Bruce Peninsula with stunt driving over the weekend. The seven motorists were issued a provincial summons to attend court, a seven-day driver’s licence suspension, and had their vehicles impounded for seven days. On Aug. 14, Grey Bruce OPP stopped a white car on […]

Clean-up and restoration work continued Monday in several Bruce County communities along the Lake Huron shoreline after a heavy rainstorm washed out roads, flooded properties, parks and streets and caused water to rush into basements and crawlspaces early Sunday. Lightning from the same storm struck a century-old cottage on one of the fishing islands west […]

In late August, we have moved from deep anxiety over COVID-19 to a kind of numbness. May people are no longer thinking of “How can I mitigate COVID” but “How can I get back to normal?” The truth is, we won’t, we aren’t and we have no idea when we will. A lot of my […]

By Dr. Ian Arra As the Medical Officer of Health for Grey Bruce, I want to thank you for the great efforts you have invested in keeping your family and our community safe over the past few months. I want to support you and your family as you consider the decision to send your child […]

A preliminary positive test result popped up on the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report Monday, but no new confirmed cases of the virus were listed. If the preliminary positive test is confirmed through further testing it will be added to the region’s total of 127 confirmed cases to date. If not, it will […]

Grant applications for the planned $27 million YMCA recreation centre and $6 million Lamont Sports Park submitted by Saugeen Shores were turned down recently, but the town is exploring other options for funding the projects. The unsuccessful applications were made through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (CIP), which according to a town’s media release […]

A well-attended garden tour organized by the Island View Drive and Area Ratepayers Association raised nearly $7,000 for the Chapman House Residential Hospice of Grey-Bruce. Tour organizers Sherry Grant and Marie Simpson, alongside ratepayers association president Ken McPherson, recently presented the hospice with a cheque for $6,771.52 representing all proceeds of the Aug. 8 garden […]

There were no COVID-19 confirmed in Grey-Bruce over the weekend. On Sunday afternoon the Grey Bruce Health Unit issued its daily situation report reporting no new cases of the virus in the previous 24-hour period. It was the third day in a row that there were no cases of COVID-19 in Grey Bruce The current […]

Georgian Bluffs teen Jesse Walker has been overwhelmed by the community support in his own fight against cancer, and now he is doing something to help others battling the disease. Walker, who had a cancerous tumour removed just two years ago, is running a half marathon on August 22 to raise money for childhood cancer […]

For the second day in a row, the Grey Bruce Health Unit was reporting no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Grey-Bruce on Saturday. The current cumulative total of cases remained at 127, while six of those cases remain active. A total of 115 people have recovered, while another six have been referred to other […]

The homeowner of the Sauble Beach property where a 17-year-old girl died in a fire on Saturday says everyone has been left shaken by the loss of an energetic teenager. The woman, who at this time wished not to be identified, said Sunday afternoon that the girl who died was her 18-year-old son’s girlfriend, and […]

Two people were injured in a rollover crash near the community of Dobbinton on Thursday evening. South Bruce OPP received the report of the single-vehicle crash at 8:43 p.m. on Bruce Rod 10 in Arran-Elderslie. Officers attended along with members of the Chesley Fire Department and Bruce County Emergency Medical Services where they found the […]

The Owen Sound Police Service is one of the first agencies in Canada to adopt Next Generation 911 at its call centre. The service completed 911 transfer tests this week, which finished a long process of becoming NG 911 compatible. Owen Sound Police Chief Craig Ambrose said the milestone further improves the safety of residents […]

A five-day streak of new positive COVID-19 tests being reported in Grey-Bruce was broken Friday, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report. The first full day clear of cases since last weekend means the region’s total number of people to have been infected with the virus remains at 127, with six known […]

Grey-Bruce municipalities are welcoming about $11 million in relief funding to help them deal with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, local members of provincial parliament announced emergency funding through the Safe Restart Agreement between the Canadian and provincial government. Along with the general relief funding, three Grey County municipalities will receive funds […]

A Scarborough woman has been identified as the person who died in a crash just south of Tara on Tuesday evening. On Friday, South Bruce OPP named Preeti Phatak, 27, as the deceased in the crash, which occurred at about 7:30 p.m. at the intersection of Bruce Road 10 and Concession 6 in the former […]

Ontario Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries Lisa MacLeod continued her eight-week circuit through a number of the province’s tourism waypoints with a stop at Grey Roots Museum & Archives Thursday morning. And the minister dropped off $413,000 in support of local operators before heading back to Queen’s Park. The funding announcement came […]

Another new COVID-19 case has been reported in Meaford, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report released Thursday afternoon. The health unit has reported a single new COVID-19 case in the region each day for the past five days, including a case reported in Meaford Wednesday. There are now six active cases […]

Grey County Emergency Medical Services will not change its response time targets for 2021 after having met all but one of those targets in 2019 and the first half of 2020. On Thursday, during its committee of the whole meeting, Grey County council approved a report on the 2021 response time performance plan from director […]

There was outrage, jaw-dropping statistics, heart-wrenching stories, and signs – lots of signs. But the Ontario Provincial Police, a Bruce Peninsula safety committee and local politicians seem to be at a loss about what to do next to make Highway 6 safer for motorists. A number of stakeholders gathered virtually Wednesday night through the internet […]

A group of rural community members in Meaford is closer to finding a permanent home for its church and school. At its committee of the whole meeting on Thursday, Grey County council supported an amendment to its official plan to allow the development of a private school and place of worship known as Georgian Heights […]

A Bruce County man has been charged with break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence and assault in connection with a break-in at a Port Elgin convenience store in the early morning hours Wednesday. Saugeen Shores police officers were dispatched at about 2:20 a.m. Aug. 12 to a break and enter that […]

A provincial minister is touring Grey-Bruce announcing funding for culture, heritage and tourism in the region and calling on those in the community to continue to support the sector as it continues to be hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ontario Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries Lisa MacLeod was in Southampton at the […]

One new COVID-19 case was reported Wednesday in Grey-Bruce, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s most recent daily situation report. The newest case is a person in Meaford. It’s the fourth straight day a new case has been added to the region’s data. The region’s total case count now stands at 126 with five […]

There are plenty of ideas floating around the historic Norgoma these days, but first, it has to get to Tobermory’s Little Tub Harbour. In a literal sense, Mike Goman of Tobermory Real Estate Investors Inc. (TREII), the company spearheading the proposed move of the M.S. Norgoma from its current location in Sault Ste. Marie to […]

The real estate market in Grey-Bruce remains red hot with July’s home sales posting the second-highest monthly sales ever. The Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound saw 413 units sold last month, which was up close to 38 per cent from the same month a year ago and behind only May 2017. In the […]

The passenger of a vehicle died in a crash near Tara on Tuesday evening. Police say the deceased was a passenger in a vehicle that had collided with a transport truck at the intersection of Bruce Road 10 and Concession 6 in the former Arran Township. The identity of the person was being withheld pending […]

The high water levels of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron has meant the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority is seeing more permit applications to do work along the shoreline. GSCA chief administrative officer Tim Lanthier said Tuesday that his staff have been busier the past couple of years working with residents and municipalities who are looking […]

Five local police services will soon receive over $300,000 in combined additional funding to help combat human trafficking in Grey and Bruce counties. Police services from Owen Sound, Hanover, West Grey, Saugeen Shores and Neyaashiinigmiing First Nation, in partnership with Grey Bruce Public Health and Victim Services Grey Bruce will receive the money through the […]

For the third straight day a new COVID-19 case has been reported in Grey-Bruce, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report. The most recent case was recorded in The Blue Mountains, according to the health unit’s data. There are now four active cases in the region, with 125 total COVID-19 cases to […]

The Bluewater District School Board is requiring that all students planning to return to school in September be registered in the coming days. On Friday, the board provided an update on its return to school plans, with the requirement that parents and guardians register any children who plan to attend, so that they will be […]

A sexual assault suspect attempted to take an officer’s handgun after he was taken into custody following a vehicle pursuit, according to Hanover police. On Saturday, members of the Hanover Police Service responded to reports of a disturbance where they observed a suspect vehicle leaving the scene. Police directed the driver to stop, but he […]