Owen Sound Sun Times

The exhibit focuses not on the past 25 years but on the history of the municipality as a whole and of the individual hamlets and villages.

Work has started on a new round of high-priority hazard tree removals in Owen Sound. The city has contracted Mulmur Tree Service to take down approximately 288 high and very high hazard trees identified in the city's updated tree inventory. Director of community services Pam Coulter confirmed on Wednesday evening that the company had started [...]

The Owen Sound Tourism Development Fund has announced $93,000 in grants for 10 local organizations and project leads in its first full disbursement since the fund was established. The funding recipients are the successful applicants from the fall 2025 intake of the fund, created to enhance tourism, cultural vibrancy and year-round visitations in the city. [...]

'We're setting the foundation not just for now but for the future.' -- Hanover Mayor Sue Paterson

The Bells of Christmas returned to the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre this year, and more than 150 area seniors will benefit. Ann Mrs. Claus" Kelly, the founder of the Bells of Christmas gift-giving campaign, died in August. The Owen Sound Attack honoured her legacy by continuing the popular holiday event. The Bells of Christmas [...]

By now, most people know about the changes to recycling coming in 2026. But it's more than just being able to throw coffee cups in the blue box with a clean conscience. Starting on Jan. 1, Circular Materials, a national not-for-profit organization that helps producers meet their obligations under the new provincewide recycling system, will [...]

It's not the first time David Bedkowski has been benched. No, no. Oh my gosh, no." He tells a story about his rookie year in Oshawa. It takes place in London, and it's Teddy Bear Toss night at the biggest rink in the league. My first shift of the game, they score, and the teddy [...]

Jared Woolley joins the long list of London Knights skaters who have plunged the dagger deep into the hearts of Owen Sound Attack fans. Woolley capped off a two-goal effort Wednesday night with the overtime winner as the Knights skated to a 5-4 win over the Owen Sound Attack at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community [...]

Bruce Peninsula National Park is offering up the opportunity for a less busy, tranquil experience for anyone interested in visiting over the winter. Parks Canada is reminding the local community that the park, which is extremely popular from mid-June to mid-September with parking reservations regularly selling out, remains open through the winter for those wanting [...]

'Influenza A percent positivity is now higher than in any of the past three seasons, with increases across all age groups.' Public Health Ontario as of Dec. 6

A public survey has launched to gather input from residents for a regional study that could help shape a regional transit system for Bruce, Grey, Dufferin and Wellington counties. The survey, open until Jan. 25, is being conducted by the four counties along with Saugeen Mobility and Regional Transit (SMART). It asks residents about how [...]

Charge documents show Robert Evans Jr. is also known as Michael Jones.

120 acres being protected at Tamarack Corner and Alguire preserves

Ian Boddy looked back on the successes of 2025 at Monday's council meeting

No team in the Ontario Hockey League has allowed more goals this season than the Owen Sound Attack.

Owen Sound has moved some new capital projects into its plans for the next couple of years, including the installation of lacrosse turf at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre next year, and restoration work on the Centennial Tower in 2027. At its meeting on Monday, city council approved including a number of new projects [...]

Owen Sound council has joined the chorus of voices raising concerns about the provincial government's proposed conservation authority consolidations. At a special meeting on Monday, council approved a staff recommendation to support maintaining local, independent, municipally governed, watershed-based conservation authorities. Deputy-mayor Scott Greig, who is a member of the local Grey Sauble Conservation Authority, said [...]

Festival of Northern Lights volunteers won't let a thief in the night spoil their holiday spirit. Early Monday morning, a person arrived at the Festival of Northern Lights kiosk at Harrison Park with a screwdriver and a pair of pliers and tried to remove the metal donation box. When that didn't work, the person left [...]

Owen Sound council has agreed to lease a portion of the former CN Station to a nearby developer to be used as a sales office. On Monday, council directed staff to bring forward a bylaw to enter into an 18-month lease with Kingsley Management Inc. to use a vacant portion of the building at 1155 [...]

Owen Sound is planning to lease a property it owns in the downtown to the Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey for a new program the organization has developed. At its meeting on Monday, council directed staff to bring forward the necessary bylaw for a three-year lease with the Women's House for the use of [...]

The driver of a fire truck faces charges after a student and firefighter suffered minor injuries in a collision involving a fire truck, school bus and delivery van in Owen Sound on Monday. According to the Owen Sound Police Service, the collision took place at the intersection of 14th Street West and 2nd Avenue West [...]

The Owen Sound Attack are losers of four straight with two tough Midwest Division games on the schedule this week before the holiday break.

The Owen Sound Attack are losers of four straight with two tough Midwest Division games on the schedule this week before the holiday break.

The Simcoe Muskoka Health Unit said laboratory test results have confirmed that the water is free from contamination and is safe to drink.

Local business leaders are invited to an information session in January to sort out the new recycling landscape in Owen Sound. The Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce, together with Miller Waste, will hold the session for chamber members on Jan. 14 at the chamber office (1051 2nd Ave. E) from 9 a.m. to [...]

'It's nice to realize that life wasn't as easy as it is now, that people had to work for everything.' -- Cathy McLay, a visitor at Moreston by Candlelight

'It's just nice to see people in the parade that you also see in the community.' -- local teacher Kim Moffat

The county release says the budget accounts for financial pressures beyond direct control of the county."

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The advisory could be in place for approximately five days, the municipality said Friday.

'I think it's just really remarkable that the justice system has brought these men here today. I'm just really impressed with that," a city resident who watched the court proceedings said.

When Ryan Bartley was a young aspiring baseball player, he hit the road to Hamilton for high-performance training. Now, Bartley is bringing it home. The Owen Sound Baysox founder, fielder, pitcher, coach and all-around baseball builder recently moved his Diamond Baseball and Fitness business to a larger location (625 6th St. E, entrance in the [...]

The Collingwood and The Blue Mountains OPP are increasing their presence in Collingwood, Thornbury and Blue Mountain Village. The recently created Community Engagement and Enforcement Team (CEET) is a proactive community initiative that enhances foot and bicycle patrols in areas with dense retail and business communities, police said. The patrols are partly in response to [...]

The Grey Sauble Conservation Authority's Echoes of the Marsh program, which protects at-risk turtles, is getting a boost. The Greenbelt Foundation will provide new funding for the program, which is a multi-layered conservation initiative" designed to protect at-risk turtle species, particularly the common snapping turtle and painted turtle in the Bognor Marsh Management Area. Those [...]

Flesherton's Grey Highlands Secondary School received a $15,000 grant for a high-tech biodiversity monitoring program. The grant is from The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group's Learning Engagement and Accelerator Fund (L.E.A.F.) and will be used to launch H2-Oh! What's in the Water? - a program engaging secondary school students in biodiversity monitoring with environmental DNA (eDNA). [...]

Police expressed thanks to the Owen Sound community for its 'patience and continued support as this investigation has continued

Owen Sound beat Barrie three times earlier this season. The Colts got their revenge with a 6-1 drubbing of the Scenic City Skaters Thursday night.

City firefighters have already distributed some toys, but they could always use more

Writers say attacks on school boards are an attack on democracy; tenants need more protection

Grey county council pulled the plug on a countywide library system idea more than a decade ago, at the CAO's recommendation.

Menace, addiction and human despair have overwhelmed small towns and cities. Some say it's getting worse. Some just want to leave.

A month out from the trade deadline, Owen Sound Attack GM Dale DeGray is erasing his team's top-line centre from its future plans. Tristan Delisle, 18, announced this week he's taking his talents to Michigan Tech, committing to the three-time NCAA champions (1962, 1965, 1975) via a social media post. First, I want to thank [...]

Days geared to certain commodity groups have come and gone but beef, dairy and crops have remained.

'. . .(R)ather than being the loving, inclusive, tolerant father and husband that he attempted to paint himself, he believes he's smarter than most people.' -- Assistant Crown attorney Meredith Gardiner

Donations will pay for new automated medication dispensers, which are a simple and safe way to ensure people get the right medication, the foundation says.

The test results are in, and local school board officials say they are pleased with positive trends in Grey-Bruce. The Bluewater District School Board said it continues to see an overall upward trend in the newly released standardized test results from the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO). The Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board also [...]

Bruce County Public Library's digital library is available 24/7.

Owen Sound Attack NHL draft-eligible forwards Pierce Mbuyi and Cole Zurawski will get a chance to showcase their talents in January. The Ontario Hockey League invited the two 17-year-old scorers to its 2026 Connor McDavid OHL Top Prospects Game (Presented by Enbridge Gas). Forty of the OHL's top NHL Draft eligible prospects will participate in [...]

Carter George will once again represent his country on junior hockey's biggest stage. Hockey Canada released its training camp roster on Monday ahead of the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championships, and George is one of three goalies to make the list. Team Canada will participate in a camp at the Gale Centre in Niagara Falls, [...]

No charges will be laid in a three-vehicle crash northeast of London that killed four teenage student-athletes and their teacher in May, Ontario Provincial Police say. It was about 4:30 p.m. on May 23, a Friday, when the collision happened at the rural intersection of Thorndale Road and Cobble Hills Road. Police at the time [...]