Owen Sound Sun Times

The goal for contractors, donors and volunteers is to make sure Andy McCaffrey and his wife Barb return to their Owen Sound home, hopefully by Christmas, and with enough money left over for presents. The couple’s home was heavily damaged in a fire earlier this month while the pair were at the hospital tending to […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit Sunday, and still no known active cases in the region. The last known COVID-19 patient in the area recovered Thursday. The last reported new COVID-19 case in Grey-Bruce was on July 9. Public health units across the province reported 164 new […]

The Hanover Police Service shared an image of a flare gun Saturday that had been modified to shoot .22 calibre ammunition and was recently destroyed by the police service after being seized during an arrest. Hanover Police Chief Christopher Knoll shared the image on his Twitter feed as an example of the dangers police officers […]

Stunt driving charges on the Bruce Peninsula are on pace for another record year according to the Bruce Peninsula Safe Communities Committee (BPSCC). COVID-19 shutdown measures have slowed the tourism season on the peninsula, but not the drivers who are travelling along the main road between Wiarton and Tobermory. The Grey Bruce OPP had already […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in the region Saturday according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report. There hasn’t been a recorded case of the disease in Grey-Bruce since July 9, and there are no known active cases in the region. The total regional case count throughout the pandemic stands […]

When the Tom Thomson Art Gallery reopens this month, visitors will have the opportunity to take in some shows that are similar in that they feature an abundance of brightness and colour, yet are different in the media used and the way they are being presented. For emerging Saugeen First Nation artist Emily Kewageshig the […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Grey-Bruce Friday, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report, and no known active cases in the region. Also, an international visitor who failed to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in Canada was charged by the Grey Bruce OPP for failure to comply […]

Most of Ontario moved into Stage 3 of the provincial government’s COVID-19 recovery plan Friday. For some in Owen Sound, that meant getting back into a routine. Owen Sound Fitness and Training owner Joshua Burnett opened his doors to the public at 5:30 a.m. Friday, exactly four months after he was made to shut down […]

A pedestrian brandished a weapon and stole the vehicle of a driver who stopped on Bruce Road 10 in Arran-Elderslie Thursday, police said Friday. Sometime between 9:45 and 9:55 p.m. Thursday a motorist stopped along the road in the former Arran Township to check on a pedestrian. The pedestrian brandished a weapon and demanded the […]

A focused patrol in the village of Berkeley in Chatsworth led to dozens of charges against motorists. Police had received several complaints from residents about motorists speeding through the village on Highway 10, often at highway speeds, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release. There is a reduced speed of 50 kilometres per hour […]

The stunt driving charges on the Bruce Peninsula continued on Wednesday. After police charged eight drivers with going at least 50 kilometres per hour over the posted speed limit on Tuesday, another six drivers were stopped on Highway 6 on Wednesday and charged with the offence. All of the drivers were issued a provincial summons […]

An Owen Sound police officer retrieved an imitation firearm from the bay after a suspect was seen tossing it in the water. Police were called to the area of the grain elevators in Owen Sound on Wednesday afternoon about a man brandishing a handgun and concealing it in his waistband. As police arrived and confronted […]

For the first time in months, the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report has a clear active case count. The Grey-Bruce region has gone a week now without a new COVID-19 case reported to the health unit, and as of 3:30 p.m. Thursday the last active case had recovered. The total case count remains […]

While the stage at the Roxy Theatre remains quiet due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the action continues behind the scenes at Owen Sound Little Theatre. A virtual summer theatre camp for kids has started up and has been well-received so far, while a virtual magazine is in development to connect local little theatre members and […]

The plan to bring the Norgoma to the Bruce Peninsula involves turning the ship into a restaurant, museum and tourist attraction in Tobermory’s Little Tub Harbour. Mike Goman said Wednesday that the idea to bring the Norgoma to the tip of the peninsula was born out of the desire to expand The Coffee Shop business […]

Over a third of local workers are either unemployed or “underutilized,” according to new numbers compiled by Statistics Canada and reported recently by the Four County Labour Market Planning Board. Statistics Canada recently calculated an underutilization rate for each economic region to offer a more complete picture of the impact COVID-19 is having on the […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Grey-Bruce Wednesday, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report. The region’s cumulative reported-case count stands at 115 with 108 cases recovered and six cases referred to other health units. There is one active case remaining in the region. Medical officer of health Dr. […]

A South Bruce Peninsula man faces a number of charges after he fled from police who approached him in the parking lot of their Wiarton detachment. Just before 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a Grey Bruce OPP officer approached the driver of a grey SUV that was parked in the public area of their parking lot […]

About 60 people took part in a weekend protest against the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s order that will require most people to wear face masks in commercial establishments. The protest took place at Hanover Heritage Square on Sunday, after medical officer of health Ian Arra gave notice last week that he was going to issue […]

Tuesday was a busy day for the OPP on the Bruce Peninsula as they charged eight more motorists with stunt driving by the time the sun had gone down. All drivers, who were charged for going at least 50 kilometres per hour above the posted speed limit, were issued a provincial summons to attend court, […]

A Saugeen Shores resident charged with racing a motor vehicle after being stopped in Arran-Elderslie. On Tuesday morning at 7:45 a.m., a South Bruce OPP officer patrolling along Bruce Road 17 saw a vehicle moving at a high rate of speed. The vehicle’s speed on the radar was displayed at 137 kilometres per hour in […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit issued a media release Tuesday officially outlining the medical officer of health’s face-covering order that will go into effect Friday. Dr. Ian Arra is ordering all commercial establishments in Grey Bruce to ensure effective measures are in place to maintain a physical distancing of two metres among all employees and […]

Owen Sound will make an exemption to its noise bylaw to allow construction to take place on Saturdays and holidays. The measure, which will be in effect until Nov. 1, is being implemented as a way to assist the construction industry during the COVID-19 pandemic recovery. “We do have a bylaw in place, but people […]

A youth has been arrested after a man was hit with a baseball bat and knocked unconscious in downtown Owen Sound early Tuesday morning. A group of youths were arguing with another group of youths, Owen Sound police said in a news release. A man walking by in the area decided to intervene, and a […]

A new home in the Bruce Peninsula beckons for the museum ship Norgoma. Tobermory Real Estate Investors Inc., will pay City of Sault Ste. Marie $2,500 for the vessel that called the Sault Ste. Marie waterfront home for more than 40 years. Mayor Christian Provenzano called the sale “the right thing” for the former 188-foot […]

Owen Sound is moving to form a task force to look at the city’s police force. On Monday night during its committee of the whole meeting, council unanimously passed a motion brought forward by Mayor Ian Boddy that called on city manager Tim Simmonds to prepare terms of reference to create a transformational task force. […]

Nine local politicians are facing online backlash for taking part in a Beards for Bucks fundraiser Saturday in Owen Sound at the Georgian Bay Centre for the Arts. Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff, MPP Bill Walker, Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy, Southgate Mayor John Woodbury, Grey Highlands Deputy -mayor Aakash Desai, Hanover Deputy-mayor Selwyn Hicks […]

Most of Ontario including Grey-Bruce will enter Stage 3 of the province’s reopening plan Friday and people will be be able to return to bars, restaurants and movie theatres with additional health measures put in place. Most public spaces will reopen gradually to the public in the regions entering Stage 3. Dr. Ian Arra, Grey […]

Saugeen Shores police will launch Operation Road Rules on Friday, targeting traffic infractions at intersections throughout their municipality. Police officers will be looking for those who are disobeying stop signs and red and amber lights and blocking intersections, it said in a news release from police. When motorists rush to “beat the red” or roll […]

A Hanover man faces charges after police responded to reports of a shirtless man on a bicycle in possession of a handgun and a knife, and threatening people in a residential neighbourhood on Saturday evening. Hanover police officers went to the area just after 8 p.m., but the man had fled. West Grey Police Service […]

Perplexing as it has been, U.S. farm policy under President Donald Trump maintains a certain consistency: it responds with public spending to rural blocks of the population that have unusual influence in America. Whether Trump’s farm spending has actually helped solve the designated problems it was allocated to address, whether the money even gets to […]

A Southgate man has been charged after he was found by police while he slept in the driveway of a residence with a stolen guitar in his hand. On Friday at 2:30 p.m., Grey-Bruce OPP were dispatched to a break and enter at a residence on Ida Street in Dundalk. The homeowners returned to their […]

Police continue to charge motorists with stunt driving on the Bruce Peninsula. Last week, Grey-Bruce OPP said that more than 70 drivers had been charged with driving at 50 kilometres per hour or more above the posted speed limit on the Bruce Peninsula so far this year. More have been charged in recent days, including […]

A Chatsworth man faces a number of charges after the car he was driving crashed and flipped onto a lawn on Sunday evening. Just before 9 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP were dispatched to the single-vehicle collision on Lundolder Drive in the Township of Chatsworth, where the driver of a grey car went off the roadway […]

A Sarnia man faces impaired driving and stunt driving charges after being stopped on the Bruce Peninsula over the weekend. At 8:30 p.m. on Saturday evening, Grey-Bruce OPP stopped a southbound blue car for excessive speeding on Highway 6 near Limberlost Road in South Bruce Peninsula. The vehicle was travelling over 175 kilometres per hour […]

A 16-year-old from Allenford was charged with driving while impaired and operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol concentration over 80 after being stopped at a RIDE checkpoint near Allenford Road in South Bruce Peninsula Saturday. Grey Bruce OPP were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) checkpoint on Fieldside Road in the Town of […]

Just one reported active case of COVID-19 remains in Grey-Bruce. No new cases were reported over the weekend by the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report, as of 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Total reported cases to date, 115, include 108 recovered cases, six referred to other health units, in addition to the active case. No […]

Findings of the Aird & Berlis report into closed-door meetings of Bruce County’s executive committee: – The Aird & Berlis report concluded the June 9, 2016 executive committee meeting was properly closed. Staff gave a report on a candidate for a shared economic development position with Bruce Power. – The April 14, 2016 meeting wasn’t closed […]

Bruce County’s all-councillors executive committee held improper closed-door meetings seven times concerning Bruce Power and the Nuclear Innovation Institute — once in 2016 and the rest in 2018, an independent investigation has found. This is the second time Bruce County’s closed meeting investigator found county councillors improperly closed meetings. The museum committee met five times […]

A 27-year-old man with roots at Saugeen First Nation has so far paddled Lake Huron’s shore from south Grand Bend to Saugeen Shores, on his way up the Bruce Peninsula and around into Georgian Bay then on to Collingwood. The Picking Up the Bundles Canoe Journey around Saugeen Ojibway Nation’s traditional territory is part of […]

There was facial hair to spare in downtown Owen Sound Saturday morning, when nine local political leaders showed up for a shearing. There was also controversy in the event’s wake, as people on social media pointed out personal grooming services involving the face were not allowed under Phase 2 of the province’s approach to reopening […]

Mandatory face covering to help guard against the spread of COVID-19 will be implemented when Grey-Bruce enters Stage 3 of Ontario’s reopening plan, Dr. Ian Arra, the region’s medical officer of health, announced Friday. He doesn’t know when that will be. But since most of Ontario entered Stage 2 on June 12, it’s likely the […]

Grey-Bruce house sales and prices were up substantially in June compared to a year ago. A total of 369 homes sold in the region last month, up almost 38 per cent from June 2020. Meanwhile, the price of the homes that sold in June averaged more than $472,000, which was more than 21 per cent […]

A new hospital in Markdale is another step closer to reality, with the possibility of ground being broken on the nearly $70 million build later this year. On Thursday, Grey County council passed a bylaw authorizing the lands next to the Grey Gables long-term care home at the south end of the town in Grey […]

Georgian Bluffs is continuing with an attempt to have Wiarton’s urban boundary extended to include a portion of the Wiarton-Keppel International Airport in order to open it up for more potential development. And at the same time council plans to work toward developing plans about what type of development could be done at the facility […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported one new case of COVID-19 on Thursday, but it has been referred to another health unit as the person who tested positive now lives outside Grey-Bruce. With the new case, there have now been 115 cases of the virus confirmed in Grey-Bruce, of which only two remain active, according […]

Grey Bruce OPP charged a 23-year-old man of no fixed address after someone was hit on the head Wednesday in what police called an attack. Police said they were called at 11:33 p.m. to a disturbance at an apartment complex at Highway 6/10 in Meaford. The victim was struck on the back of the head […]

New local bridges, roads, culverts and a roundabout at Grey County’s most accident-prone intersection now have federal and provincial infrastructure funding. These projects, announced a year ago when provincial money was committed, are among the 144 projects nominated to the federal government. The federal contributions are just now being announced. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker […]

Since people obeyed the rules, Sauble Beach will remain fully open this week, South Bruce Peninsula council decided Tuesday. But the status quo will be revisited by council every Tuesday to assess compliance with public health direction and the town beach bylaw, Mayor Janice Jackson said in an interview after the council meeting. “From all […]

People in Grey-Bruce will soon be required to wear masks in indoor settings where there is public interaction. Dr. Ian Arra, the medical officer of health, said details remain to be finalized, including how enforcement would work. But there will be exemptions based on the honour system for people with conditions that prevent mask-wearing, he […]