Owen Sound Sun Times

Police in Hanover seized more than half a kilogram of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $60,000 on Thursday. At approximately 1 p.m. members of the Hanover Police Service arrested a 36-year-old Palmerston man in relation to a drug trafficking investigation. The suspect was found to be in possession of methamphetamine, it said in […]

No one was injured in a fire Thursday afternoon that completely destroyed a family’s two-storey home near Wiarton. Inter Township Fire Department Deputy-chief Andy Redmond said the house on Zion Church Road in Georgian Bluffs was “fully involved” by the blaze by the time emergency crews arrived around 12:30 p.m. “A male and a child […]

Ontario Court Justice Julia Morneau will decide on Dec. 18 whether the young Owen Sound man who admitted he was motivated by “bias” based on religion when he vandalised the city’s mosque last summer should go to jail. Brandon Hodder, 22, pleaded guilty last month to two counts of mischief motivated by bias based on […]

A Meaford man has been charged with failing to remain and obstructing a peace officer in connection with an incident where a cyclist was struck by a vehicle on Oct. 18 in the Municipality of Kincardine. The 51-year-old man is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 11 to answer to the charges. Just after […]

Grey Bruce Health Services has submitted an application to Grey Highlands for a building permit to construct the long-awaited new Markdale hospital. Mayor Paul McQueen made the announcement at Thursday’s Grey County council meeting, saying the submission is exciting news for a project that’s been “a long time coming.” GBHS is also working through the […]

A new program set to be launched by the Active Lifestyles Centre Grey Bruce will see seniors helping seniors get the answer to just about any question they may have. The Seniors ASK volunteer program will go live on Monday, helping Owen Sound-area seniors and caregivers find the answers to any questions they may have […]

Despite opposition from Owen Sound’s representatives, Grey County council opted Thursday to apply for 62 additional beds for Grey Gables as part of a plan to build a new 128-bed long-term care facility onto the existing home. The motion, recommended by the long-term care committee of management, revises council’s previous plan to seek 96 new […]

Impaired driving charges laid by the Grey-Bruce OPP had almost doubled in 2019 up to mid-September compared to the same time period a year earlier. From Jan. 31 to Sept. 19, Grey-Bruce OPP officers charged 132 drivers with impaired driving, up from just 67 drivers over the same time period in 2018, an increase of […]

Saugeen Shores police believe there is no legitimate threat to the safety of the students and staff at Saugeen District Secondary School in Port Elgin after a graffiti message in relation to a bomb was discovered at the school on Wednesday. Saugeen Shores Police Service was contacted by the staff at the school at approximately […]

Two Owen Sound artists say they have taken a “leap of faith” that a new community-access “makers space” will not only survive, but thrive in the city’s downtown. Jeweller Morag Budgeon and metal worker Alan McIntosh are using their own funds and “sweat equity” – supported by some community donations – to spearhead the establishment […]

Owen Sound police have charged a former occasional high school teacher with the Bluewater District School Board for alleged historical sexual misconduct involving a minor while employed by the board. Police charged Mark Bowers, 35, of Owen Sound with sexual assault, sexual exploitation and uttering threats in Owen Sound. He was arrested Nov. 21 and […]

The province’s plan to increase secondary school class sizes will not only impact learning in the classroom but jeopardize student safety, says Owen Sound District Secondary School wood shop teacher Tim Woods. “The government is putting our children at risk,” he said Wednesday during an information picket in Owen Sound by local public elementary teachers […]

A Eugenia restaurant chef is featured in a series of five-minute documentary shorts called “Forage,” shot by a filmmaker raised in Markdale. The camera follows Shawn Adler over 14 episodes as he forages for an ingredient in the forest and elsewhere, then makes something with it that you could make at home, Toronto filmmaker Jesse […]

A 31-year-old man is facing 10 charges after police say he stole an unlocked pick-up truck in Owen Sound and used it to commit other crimes throughout the city Tuesday. The Owen Sound Police Service says the man of no fixed address ended up causing about $20,000 in damages to the truck, a fence behind […]

The St. Mary’s Mustangs varsity boys hockey team found their legs quickly Tuesday in a 6-2 victory over the Grey Highlands Lions in Flesherton. The two high school squads squared off in the home of the minor Golden Hawks for the Bluewater Athletic Association opener. “It feels good to get that one out of the […]

Coming face to face with a life-limiting illness is one of the most challenging experiences a family is likely to ever face. Thankfully, for those in Grey Bruce there is help available in the form of the Victorian Order of Nurse’s (VON) Hospice Palliative Care and Bereavement Programs. “Hospice is one way you can ensure […]

The first $5,000 raised at this Sunday’s 80th annual CFOS-Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast will be donated to the Residential Hospice of Grey Bruce to support bereavement support services at Chapman House. That includes the organization’s biweekly facilitated drop-in Bereavement Café, which executive director Alex Hector says is aimed at providing emotional support to those […]

Two events in the city will pay homage to Canada’s famous flying ace Thursday. For one night only, Billy Bishop Goes to War, an award-winning Canadian Musical is back at the Roxy Theatre. The two-man show hits the stage at 7:30 p.m. featuring actor Matt Evans portraying Owen Sound’s hometown hero and 15 other characters, […]

Teachers at public elementary and high schools across Ontario, including those in Grey-Bruce, began the first phase of a work-to-rule campaign on Tuesday. Teachers with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation of Ontario and Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario both began the job action, which they say targets ministry and school board administrative tasks and […]

Owen Sound has modified the heating system and installed carbon monoxide detectors in the Harrison Park community hall before reopening the building, which it temporarily closed after a gas leak Nov. 6 led to 19 people being sent to hospital as a precaution. Pam Coulter, director of community services, said two CO alarms are now […]

Juno Award-winning musician Ian Sadler will be accompanying the Georgian Bay Concert Choir behind the historic 2,300-piece Casavant pipe organ at Georgian Shores United Church Saturday for a rare full performance of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. Sadler, who has performed the famous oratorio more than 200 times for choirs across Canada and in Europe, said […]

MINOR HOCKEY Flesherton midgets win Regional Silver Stick Flesherton beat South Bruce 7-1 in the Midget ‘C’ championship game to qualify for International Silver Stick in Forest Jan 10-12. The club started out last Tuesday, with a frustrating 2-2 tie against TCDMHA, having trouble solving their goalie. Flesherton then headed back to Wingham on Wednesday […]

The struggling Owen Sound Attack went toe-to-toe with one of the league’s best Sunday in Windsor only to lose in overtime. The conference-leading Windsor Spitfires fell behind three times in the contest but kept coming back until the final goal off the stick of Jean Luc Foudy gave the Spits the only lead they would […]

-Designed by more than 50 University of Waterloo students (Waterloo Warriors), mainly from engineering, with help from math, planning, and peace and conflict studies. – Selected in first stage of U.S. Department of Energy 2020 Solar Decathlon Build Competition, awarded U.S. $25,000. Final competition stage during Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC in July 2020. […]

A pedestrian suffered a life-threatening injury in Markdale when struck by a pickup truck Thursday afternoon. Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release that the collision at Highway 10 and Grey Road 12 in Markdale was reported about 2:30 p.m. The truck was turning left from Grey Road 12 into the southbound lane of […]

The Friends of Cabot Head group has a work party planned at the lighthouse Nov. 30 and you’re invited. The tourist attraction has been closed for three years while measures were taken to remove contaminated soil and lead paint from the lighthouse itself. Work is pretty much done but now comes the task of beginning […]

Owen Sound auxiliary police officers are collecting non-perishable food and monetary donations for the local Salvation Army at local grocery stores over the coming weeks. “All of the food collected will assist local families in need over this holiday season,” the auxiliary police announced in a news release. Last year, the community helped raise more […]

Among those celebrating the soon-to-open six new Habitat For Humanity-built homes at Neyaashiinigmiing Saturday was Melissa Millette. When Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation Chief Greg Nadjiwon looked fondly at her and remarked to her during the community feast that she’d won the lottery, he wasn’t really kidding. Millette’s four-bedroom, two-bathroom, 1,560-square-foot bungalow, solar-powered, air-source […]

Another lull and another loss for the Owen Sound Attack Saturday. The Flint Firebirds scored five unanswered goals in the second and third periods to evaporate an Attack three-goal lead. Owen Sound fired 18 shots in the third period, but the Firebirds held on to win 5-4 inside the Dort Federal Event Center in front […]

They don’t keep standings for raising money or give out trophies for caring but the Owen Sound Garb and Gear Junior Attack minor peewees are already champions in the eyes of their community. Friday night before puck drop against the Halton Hills Thunder the Junior Attack presented a cheque for $5,250 to the Bluewater office […]

The province’s plan to merge the Grey Bruce Health Unit with the Huron and Perth health units won’t happen by the province’s initial April 1 deadline, if it happens at all, the local medical officer of health said Friday. The provincial budget had announced Ontario would replace its 35 public health units with 10 new regional public […]

The Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre and Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre will play host to the third-annual Northern Lights Lady Classic in Owen Sound this weekend. The action started Friday in the three-division, 17-team house league tournament. Teams from Owen Sound, Kincardine, Collingwood, Chatsworth and London will compete for the atom crown. Peewee teams […]

A proposal for Owen Sound to spend $55,000 in property tax revenue to create two green roofs at city hall survived a split council vote during 2020 capital budget deliberations. Coun. John Tamming asked council to remove the project from the draft $22.8-million budget, but Mayor Ian Boddy cast the deciding vote to defeat that […]

The second period sunk Owen Sound Thursday night in Saginaw. A four-goal middle frame staked the Spirit to a 5-1 lead after 40 minutes, and despite a desperate comeback effort in the third period, the Attack would lose their fourth-straight 5-4. It’s been a strange statistical story this season for the Bayshore Boys. For some […]

He’s a bit of an unwitting throwback. “It’s just a different time. Kids aren’t as crazy as they used to be, maybe, it might just be millennials or something – I don’t know.” Andrew Perrott has a presence on the ice for the Owen Sound Attack. When Quinton Byfield came to Owen Sound he was […]

Meghan Calhoun has always been fascinated with swimming. When she was four-years-old, she would stare at the members of the city’s aquatic club in the other pool during her swimming lessons. At 10, she joined the Owen Sound Aquatic Club’s (OSAC) developmental program and began to excel – especially in the butterfly stroke. Soon though, […]

Something that touches the emotions has the power to reach people deeply and make an impact, said the 2019 YMCA Peace Medal winner Thursday at the Y in Owen Sound. Founding artistic director Joan Chandler accepted the award on behalf of her not-for-profit theatre company, Sheatre, which was recognized for its “peacemaking work, which has […]

The American College of Surgeons has recognized Grey Bruce Health Services for the quality of its surgery outcomes, one of a dozen hospitals in Canada and 88 hospitals in North America and beyond to be honoured. The ACS’s National Surgical Quality Improvement program is a world-renowned scientific approach to reducing infection, illness and death related […]

November 21, 2019

The Grey Bruce Health Unit has announced the area’s first lab-confirmed case of the flu. Influenza B was found in a Meaford resident and serves as a reminder for people to get vaccinated by health care providers and at most pharmacies, the health unit said in a news release Thursday. Again this year, public health […]

Owen Sound police charged a 26-year-old man with weapons-related offences for allegedly pointing what turned out to be a replica pistol at someone during a fight downtown early Thursday morning. Police were called just after 1 a.m. by a citizen who reported a disturbance near 3rd Avenue and 8th Street East. A complainant identified a […]

Hanover police charged a 30-year-old woman with attempted child abduction after police say a six-month-old infant was temporarily taken from a waiting area at a medical clinic Tuesday. About 2:15 p.m. the infant in a car-seat carrier was “temporarily taken from the mother’s care in the waiting area. The mother and others quickly intervened and […]

Bruce County’s updated housing and homeless plan has set targets to boost affordable housing. By the end of 2020, it will replace 15 rent-geared-to-income units and add 10 affordable and 10 “modest market units” in Kincardine and develop a navigational and visual tool to promote affordable housing to developers. Staff will visit eight municipal council […]

Bruce County updated its affordable housing and homelessness plans this summer, amid recent increases in demand for affordable housing. “Housing in Bruce County, particularly along the lakeshore, has become unaffordable, not only for low-income individuals and families, but among middle-income earners,” the plan says. The plan shows the waiting list to get into Bruce County’s […]

City council will further examine a request by Barry’s Construction to buy a portion of Timber McArthur Park near Saint-Dominique-Savio school and transform the land into 16 narrow building lots. It directed staff Monday to proceed with seven steps in a recommended approach for repurposing parkland, as outlined in Owen Sound’s recreation, parks and facilities […]

Cowan nets lone Hawks tally The Owen Sound Shannon Deckers of Remax Ice Hawks peewee-B team travelled to Mount Forest Tuesday night. Mount Forest scored two goals in each period to beat Owen Sound 6-1. Sarah Cowan scored for the Ice Hawks on a nice top-corner wrist shot. Sarah VanDrunen and Aimee Dubosq played in […]

A second operator plans to start running a transportation service between Owen Sound and Guelph, as the city prepares to launch its own government-funded service on the same route. Kasper Transportation of Thunder Bay has announced that beginning in late February it will launch the new route from the Scenic City to the Royal City […]

The transgender pride flag has been raised for the first time at Owen Sound city hall in recognition of the annual Trans Day of Remembrance, which is Wednesday, Nov. 20. Joan Beecroft of PFLAG Canada, Donald Anderson of Grey Bruce Pride and city Coun. Carol Merton, representing the mayor and Owen Sound council, spoke during […]