Owen Sound Sun Times

Bruce Power’s president and CEO Mike Rencheck was named the CEO of the Year for 2020 by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. The Ontario Business Achievement Awards held by the Chamber is the most recognized industry gala in Ontario, according to a media release distributed Wednesday. The annual gala celebrates the innovation and success of […]

Grey County is looking at the possibility of much more than a long-term care home on the property in Durham where it plans to build a new Rockwood Terrace. County council has approved hiring a consulting firm to assess the affordable housing needs and build options for the site, which could include other living accommodations, […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Grey-Bruce Wednesday, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report. Five active cases remain in the region with 172 cases of the virus reported in the two counties since the start of the pandemic . Of those 172 cases, 155 are now recovered with […]

Police are trying to track down two firearms after they were stolen from a sea container in Southgate earlier this month. Sometime between Oct. 10 and Oct. 24 a residence and a sea container were broken into at a property on Southgate Road 24. The door of the sea container was pried open, a gun […]

An all-terrain vehicle has been reported stolen from a residence in Chatsworth Township. Grey Bruce OPP are investigating the theft in which sometime between Oct. 16 and Saturday the 2012 Polaris CC Sportsman was taken from a residence on the Grey-Bruce Line. The ATV, which had a winch on the front, a black 2-up seat, […]

An all-terrain vehicle has been reported stolen from a residence in the Township of Chatsworth. Grey Bruce OPP are investigating the theft in which sometime between Oct. 16 and Saturday the 2012 Polaris CC Sportsman was taken from a residence on the Grey-Bruce Line. The ATV, which had a winch on the front, a black […]

A deal is in the final stages that would see Georgian Bluffs take over sole ownership of the Inter Township Fire Department by buying out Meaford’s stake. Under the arrangement, Meaford would still receive fire coverage from the ITFD for the western portion of the municipality through a contract with its former partner. But before […]

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker recently announced nearly $1.5 million in funding for local social services. Walker said Bruce County will receive $680,180 in social services relief funding for emergency shelters, homelessness prevention and rent relief. Grey County is to receive $793,347 in funding for rent relief and capital funding for retrofits to existing buildings […]

For the first time, the SweetWater Music Festival organizers will live stream a concert from the Heartwood Hall in Owen Sound Friday at 8 p.m. SweetWater Surreal Live 2: Measha Jazz, will feature world-renowned vocalist Measha Brueggergosman and her trio. The move to smaller virtual performances came after the success of SweetWater Surreal in late […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit on Tuesday. Of the 172 cases confirmed in Grey-Bruce to date, seven remain active, according to the daily situation report released by the Health Unit on Tuesday. A preliminary positive case was also confirmed as a false positive on Tuesday and […]

Georgian Bluffs council is making another attempt to explore the Wiarton-Keppel International Airport becoming a regional facility after plans to begin that process in the spring were grounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. At a special meeting last week Georgian Bluffs council decided to hold a public meeting on Nov. 24 at 5 p.m. to consider […]

South Bruce Peninsula has closed some town facilities and canceled council meetings in the wake of a cluster of COVID-19 cases. The closures were announced by the municipality on Friday after the Grey Bruce Health Unit reported a mini cluster of cases in South Bruce Peninsula. Over the weekend two more cases were reported in […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported another new case of COVID-19 in South Bruce Peninsula Sunday according to the local public health unit’s daily situation report. One preliminary positive was also listed in the report, but won’t be added to the regional data until it’s confirmed with further testing. There have now been six cases […]

Seventy-five red and yellow tulips were dedicated by the Rotary Club of Southampton Saturday at Perkins Park in celebration of the United Nation’s 75th anniversary and Rotary’s commitment to the children of the world to eradicate polio. A cheque for $2,000 from the Rotary Club was also presented during the World Polio Day celebration, which […]

Lance Corporal Nicholas Goody was 16 years old when he joined the British Army. A few years later he and his battalion were deployed to Northern Ireland where they operated a checkpoint ensuring no illicit weapons or explosives crossed through into Ulster during a time known as The Troubles, a long, gruelling conflict between Irish […]

The Grey Bruce OPP, Grey Bruce OPP Crime Unit, and OPP Forensic Identification Unit are investigating the death of a 27-year-old woman at Saugeen First Nation. The Grey Bruce OPP were called to a business at Scotch Settlement Road Friday at 3:09 p.m. where they found a woman with “vital-signs absent,” according to a media […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported a single new case of COVID-19 Saturday on a day when the province’s single-day case count ballooned to 978 – a new high. The most recent local case was found in South Bruce Peninsula, which makes a total of ten cases for that area since the start of the […]

Georgian College is offering a virtual event for people who are thinking about heading back to college but don’t know where to begin. The one-hour online session is set to take place Tuesday from 6 to 7 p.m. and is intended for people who are thinking of training for a new career or upgrading their […]

The Northern Tornadoes Project out of the University of Western Ontario said a tornado hit Thornbury Friday afternoon as a line of thunderstorms and severe weather passed through the area. Data posted on the tornadoes project’s web page Monday morning cited video evidence and a survey of damage on the ground in rating the tornado […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is continuing to investigate a cluster of four COVID-19 cases in South Bruce Peninsula, which the area’s medical officer of health says has links to two dinner events. “It seems there were two dinners. One of them was a Thanksgiving dinner and it probably wasn’t much of a risk. But […]

Aerial circus performer Angola Murdoch first encountered the world of therapeutic clowning in her early teens when she was a patient at Toronto’s SickKids hospital. The Bognor native and Look-Up Theatre artistic director recalls receiving a visit from one of the clowns after undergoing spinal fusion surgery to correct her severe scoliosis. “I just remember […]

Four new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Grey-Bruce Thursday, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report. All of the new cases reported Thursday were found in South Bruce Peninsula. Dr. Ian Arra, Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health, said the investigation into the mini-cluster of cases is ongoing and it seems to […]

Grey County council has approved an ambitious, multiyear “guiding document” aimed at creating a continuous cycling/trails network – linking paved shoulders, bike lanes, signed routes and off-road trails – throughout the county. The Grey County Cycling & Trails Master Plan proposes constructing a 1,609-kilometre network that uses 876 km of existing routes plus 733 km […]

South Bruce Peninsula council has approved a new corporate strategic plan to set the direction and priorities for the municipality until 2025. Council approved the 2020-2025 Corporate Strategic Plan on Tuesday. According to a media release, the plan is a collective vision of the community, municipal staff and council that will guide the decisions, planning […]

Twelve veterans from Grey and Bruce counties will be recognized during a ceremony to be broadcast on Rogers TV Sunday. The 20th Annual Honouring Our Local Veterans event will take place at 2 p.m. and can be viewed live on cable television (channel 53), or streamed online through the Rogers TV website, Facebook and YouTube. […]

One new local case of COVID-19 was reported Wednesday to the Grey Bruce Health Unit, according to public health’s daily situation report. The lone case brings the total number of cases reported locally so far during the novel coronavirus pandemic to 165. There are five known active cases in the region. The health unit says […]

Owen Sound Little Theatre has been thinking “outside of the box” about how it can continue staging productions during the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the organization to close its Roxy Theatre to the public in mid-March. Mike Tettenborn, a long-time OSLT member, presented to city council the idea of staging plays outdoors next summer at […]

After a year and a half in Ontario Superior Court, the trial into two longstanding claims by the Saugeen Ojibway Nation is nearing its end. The closing arguments for the trial into the SON claims over the Bruce Peninsula and aboriginal title to the waters of its traditional homelands began on Monday, and are scheduled […]

Grey Bruce Health Service’s 75-bed field hospital will remain on the arena floor at Owen Sound’s Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre for a while yet due to the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario. Pam Coulter, Owen Sound’s community services director, told council Monday that city staff met recently with Grey-Bruce medical officer […]

The Special Investigations Unit is investigating after Hanover Police Services responded to a domestic dispute call at the Travellers Inn on 7th Avenue in Hanover Sunday Night. Hanover Police Service Chief Chris Knoll said by e-mail Tuesday afternoon that HPS officers headed to the scene at 10:15 p.m. Sunday and located a female victim who […]

Owen Sound has started the process of buying back the former water reservoir property on 8th Street East after the current owner’s plan to develop the site failed to materialize. Council directed the city’s solicitor to provide the required notice under the terms of the purchase agreement’s irrevocable option to repurchase the 1.4-acre site for […]

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 6 in Owen Sound reopened last month for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March, with gathering limits, physical distancing requirements, mandatory masks requirements and other health and safety measures in place. Branch president Patty Sargent-Gibson said members have been slow coming back since they reopened on Sept. […]

People will be encouraged to honour and remember those who served and sacrificed from home this Remembrance Day. Like legion branches across the country, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 6 in Owen Sound is planning a pared down ceremony for Nov. 11, one that will not include the crowds of spectators that gather annually at the […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Grey-Bruce Tuesday, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report. It’s the second straight day without a new case of the disease reported locally. Four of the region’s 164 cases to date are active, and 148 people have now recovered from an infection, while […]

City council has opted not to further examine a proposal to sell off a portion of Timber McArthur Park to a developer, effectively killing a plan that spawned significant community opposition – including the launch of two petitions – over the past year. Council voted Monday to approve a staff recommendation to not proceed with […]

Two people have been charged by the Grey Bruce OPP for the possession of weapons and stolen items after a search warrant was executed in Wiarton earlier this month. On the morning of Oct. 8, members of the OPP’s Community Street Crime Unit executed a search warrant at a William Street residence in Wiarton. A […]

The Grey Bruce OPP charged three people with drugs and weapon offences in Wiarton Sunday after stopping a suspicious vehicle. The OPP were dispatched to the area after receiving complaints of people yelling at pedestrians from a silver car on Berford Street. According to a media release, police then patrolled the area and located the […]

The name chosen for Owen Sound’s new 10th Street bridge is a nod to the city’s past while also looking to the future. Council voted unanimously Monday night to dedicate the structure, which is expected to open to traffic in early December after a 14-month replacement project, as the Gitche Namewikwedong Bridge. City officials say […]

There was a single new case of COVID-19 reported in Kincardine Tuesday, and two preliminary positives pending confirmation via further testing. If the preliminary positives are confirmed they will be added to the regional totals. If they’re revealed to be false positives, they will not be added to the data. Dr. Ian Arra, Grey-Bruce’s medical […]

Joanne Anderson says she’s always been fascinated by fungi. And, three months ago, the Hanover-area resident decided to turn her penchant for foraging and growing mushrooms – the fleshy fruit bodies of some fungi – into a full-time, home-based business that creates and sells gourmet mushroom grow kits. “What isn’t there to like about mushrooms? […]

As the Bluewater District School Board undertakes its annual elementary student reorganization process, more students will be impacted this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Director of education Lori Wilder said on Tuesday that the board understands the process can be difficult for students and teachers affected, but it is necessary, since the current setup […]

A second child has died from injuries sustained in a collision Sunday night involving a vehicle and horse and buggy north of Hanover. The South Bruce OPP says nine-year-old Brodie Jantzi of West Grey succumbed to his injuries after being airlifted to a London hospital following the crash. Ten-year-old Melena Jantzi of West Grey was […]

Three new local cases of COVID-19 were reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit over the Thanksgiving Day long weekend, according to the organization’s daily situation reports. New cases were recorded on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, bringing the cumulative total to date to 155 cases in Grey-Bruce. There are currently seven known active cases of […]

A 44-year-old Toronto man is facing several charges after police say he stole a car from a property in Owen Sound and later refused to stop for police before speeding out of the city. A resident on Owen Sound’s upper east side called police at about 8 a.m. Saturday to report that his 2018 Volkswagen […]

A 10-year-old child has died and a nine-year-old has received life-threatening injuries in a collision Sunday night involving a horse-and-buggy and another vehicle. The South Bruce OPP said the older child was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other child was airlifted to a London hospital. The collision happened at about 8:45 p.m. on […]

This year’s trivia fundraiser for the Billy Bishop Museum is going online and interactive due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Halloween Spooktacular is set to take place Oct. 23 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Zoom with trivia host Ross Docherty. Participants will be using the SpeedQuizzing Live app on their phones or tablets to […]

Grey-Bruce Provincial Offences courts are addressing a “huge” backlog of charges by adopting audio hearings amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, one of the few POA courts in the province to do so, a local court manager said. Provincial Offences court manager Amanda Kokas also said this is “just the beginning of the technology side of […]

A $150,000 project to build a wall to protect Kelso Beach’s shoreline comes during a year in which record-high water levels and wave activity caused erosion, trail washouts and flooding at the Owen Sound park. The new armour stone wall begins at the stormwater outflow channel at the west-side park and stretches along about 60 […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported two new cases of COVID-19 Friday, both in Kincardine. The region’s cumulative case total is now 152 with 138 recovered cases and eight cases referred to other health units. There are currently six active confirmed cases in the region. None of the active cases are hospitalized and no local […]

Volunteer firefighters with the Inter Township Fire Department have a new three-year collective agreement with the municipalities of Meaford and Georgian Bluffs. On Wednesday, Georgian Bluffs council authorized the new collective agreement with the firefighters, which are represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 175 and 633. Among the highlights of the […]