Owen Sound Sun Times

BARONS BACK-TO-BACK POLLOCK CHAMPS For the second-straight season, the Hanover Barons are Pollock Division champions. The PJHL squad ousted the upstart Fergus Whalers in five games to take the best-of-seven division championship series. It's been another dominant season for the Barons, who finished atop the division in the regular season and cruised through the postseason. [...]

A youth has been arrested and police continue to work to apprehend other suspects involved in a theft at a convenience store on Owen Sound's west side on Friday. Five masked people entered a store and immediately began placing items in their backpacks before fleeing the store, Owen Sound police said in a news release. [...]

The personal five-point outing was great. But Denver Barkey's most important job Sunday had nothing to do with scoring.

Gardening is for everyone, organizer says

Efforts to restore power, clean up downed trees continue

"The problem that I see is the pendulum's probably swung too far," city police chief said.

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Grey Bruce OPP charged a 16-year-old driver after a serious collision involving a farm tractor and an SUV on Grey Road 9 in Southgate Township Friday afternoon. A 39-year-old driver from Durham was transported to a trauma centre for injuries later deemed not life-threatening. Police charged the 16-year-old, of Conn, who was driving the tractor, [...]

If anybody is going to hang with the London Knights in the playoffs, they better play right until the buzzer

A motion at Grey County to mark Agnes Macphail Day in the county was deferred on Thursday due to the absence of the councillor who put the motion forward. At council's last meeting on March 13, West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles served a notice of motion that he planned to ask the county to proclaim [...]

Grey County plans to go to the public with a proposal to transfer several county roads running through settlement areas to the lower tiers, along with a handful of exchanges of rural roads between the county and its municipalities. During its committee of the whole meeting on Thursday, county council gave approval in principle to [...]

Nationally, opinion polls show Liberals are now in the lead

Private landowners can support effort

Annual report on freedom of information requests received by city committee

Grey County has followed suit with Owen Sound and will reduce the tax ratio for its multi-residential property class. County council approved a motion on Thursday to bring forward its 2025 tax policy bylaw after reducing the multi-residential tax ratios, considered the final step in setting the county's taxation policy for 2025. The reduction of [...]

The Municipal Innovation Council, formed in 2020 as a collaborative effort of most of Bruce County's lower-tier municipalities, is winding down operations this month. The time was right at the five-year mark. We have some great projects that we can illustrate the value of the partnership with, but it was a good time to integrate [...]

The driver of a commercial vehicle was charged with impaired driving after a crash closed Highway 10 in Chatsworth early Wednesday morning. Grey Bruce OPP received a report just after 4:30 a.m. that a commercial vehicle had crashed into a hydro pole along the highway. Officers determined the driver of the transport truck involved was [...]

The Owen Sound Attack could count themselves among the greatest underdog stories ever told if they somehow manage to beat the London Knights.

Bruce nuclear site expansion called a big dream, but an achievable one. This is an installment in our How Canada Wins series.

Bruce Power is investigating and the Saugeen Ojibway Nation has raised concerns after a large number of a fish known as gizzard shad died after becoming trapped in the nuclear power plant's intake channel last month. The operator of the generating station near Tiverton announced on Feb. 14 that it had removed its Unit 2 [...]

Police are now looking to speak with a person who was at a Markdale business at the same time as a suspect who is alleged to have committed a robbery. The incident occurred at approximately 9:15 p.m. on March 20 at a business on Toronto Street. The suspect entered the business, told the victim it [...]

Human remains found in the area of the Southampton harbour have been identified as belonging to Brendan Martin. A postmortem conducted at the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service identified the remains after they were discovered by members of the Saugeen Shores Police Service during a search on March 16. Martin's family and members of the Please [...]

An arrest has been made after over $1,000 worth of alcohol was stolen from the LCBO in Meaford on Jan. 8. A 24-year-old Brampton man was located, arrested and charged on March 11 thanks to tips from the public, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release. The accused has been charged with theft under [...]

Two youths from Scarborough have been arrested and charged in relation to a theft and assault at a business on the Sunset Strip just west of Owen Sound last summer. A 17-year-old was charged with two counts of robbery with violence and two counts of assault with a weapon, while a 15-year-old was charged with [...]

A team at the University of Waterloo hope to expand their wetland research and develop a collaborative relationship with Ontario landowners

The plow company has a plant in Mount Forest

LFP's Ryan Pyette handicaps the first-round matchups of the OHL playoffs, which kick off on Thursday.

Shawn Everitt, a longtime employee of The Blue Mountains, is Meaford's newest chief administrative officer (CAO). Meaford officials announced Tuesday that Everitt will begin in the role at the start of a two-year contract on April 8. He has more than 30 years of municipal experience from The Blue Mountains, where he has held leadership [...]

Rules to get those yellow stickers have been tightened since October, 2024

City also provides space to store the displays and helps with set-up and tear-down

Carney had rolled out a similar GST cut for first-time home buyers on homes sold at or under $1 million

Hostile threat actors will be using more sophisticated methods than in the 2021 election that will be even harder to detect, according to Canadian security officials

Owen Sound council voted Monday to extend the GOST transit service, which connects Owen Sound and Guelph, by one year to March 31, 2026. The provincially funded service - Guelph-Owen Sound Transit - was to have ended at the end of this month but some funding remains unspent and with higher than expected fare revenue, [...]

But helping renters will add $36 to homeowners' tax bills

The Sacred Heart Crusaders turned heartbreak into gold. A year after going 0-3 at the regional high school championship, the Walkerton school's varsity boys' hockey team went undefeated at the 2025 OFSAA championships and won the A/AA provincial title in Sudbury. The Crusaders went 6-0 at the 16-team provincial tournament and outscored opponents 30-12, winning [...]

1100-1200 cows are needed per digester, but other livestock manure will work, along with field waste such as soybean and corn stalks, or cover crops

Oxenden's Julian Smith is celebrating winning a silver medal with teammates at the Canadian Ski Nationals this past Friday in Canmore. Smith, who trains at the National Team Development Centre in Thunder Bay, competed in a relay race on March 21 with Ontario teammates Katy Semeniuk, Luke Allan, and Anna Stewart. Teams of four (two [...]

The Owen Sound Attack have earned the right to play in the Ontario Hockey League's postseason for the 14th straight year. That's the second-longest active playoff streak in the OHL behind the London Knights, whom they'll face in the first round. It was close. Owen Sound didn't clinch a playoff spot until the final day [...]

Canadian voters have the opportunity to participate in what could be a very closely contested federal election. Here's how

A ceremony in Markdale on Sunday marked the 135th anniversary of the birth of political trailblazer and icon Agnes Macphail by honouring other women who have made a difference in the local community. About 50 people attended a tribute to Macphail put on by the Friends of the Grey Highlands Museum at Annesley United Church. [...]

Concerns about the impacts of a crippling trade war hung over a meeting of Grey-Bruce political leaders and agricultural industry representatives who gathered in Elmwood on Saturday. About 80 people attended the 17th annual politicians' meeting of the Bruce and Grey Federations of Agriculture, an event held to enhance the communication between the various levels [...]

The election campaign comes while Canada finds itself embroiled in a historic trade war with the United States

The Owen Sound Attack took care of business Saturday night. Now they wait. With a 4-2 win over the Guelph Storm inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre, the Attack have guaranteed themselves at least one more game. If the Sarnia Sting beat the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Sunday afternoon in the Soo, Owen Sound's [...]

The Bluewater District School Board is seeking applications to fill the vacancy on its board of trustees. With the trustee's seat for the Township of Southgate and Municipality of Grey Highlands declared vacant, candidates from across Grey and Bruce counties are now invited to apply for the position prior to an April 4 deadline. The [...]

By Sunday night, the Owen Sound will know their fate - in, out, or a historic tiebreaker game in Owen Sound.

Boat owner and Nawash Fisheries staff lead cleanup

Grey Bruce Public Health officials believe measles case has been contained

Owen Sound's River District has added its voice to other business improvement association voices in Ontario by promoting a Shop Main Street Canada campaign. The campaign encourages participation of individuals and businesses by updating their social media profiles to include Shop Main Street Canada's support local logo, shopping and dining locally, choosing Canadian-made products and [...]