Owen Sound Sun Times

A Wiarton man plans to buy the whole store after winning $1 million playing the lottery. Choong-Kyu Park won the big prize after matching all seven Encore numbers playing the Oct. 6 Lotto Max draw, the OLG announced in a news release on Thursday. And he has big plans for his winnings, according to the […]

The Harrison Park Good Cheer Outdoor Rink will reopen on Friday with health restrictions in place. The rink, which has been closed since a provincial shutdown took effect on Boxing Day, will reopen after Owen Sound officials consulted with the Grey Bruce Health Unit, according to a news release issued by the city Thursday. The […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit’s proposal to act as a pilot location for mass COVID-19 vaccinations in small urban and rural centres will be reviewed by the province, but those at the greatest risk for COVID-19 are getting the first doses. A government spokesperson for the province’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force didn’t say whether […]

Bruce County long-term care homes will allow essential caregivers back into both Brucelea Haven in Walkerton and Gateway Haven in Wiarton on Jan. 8, at 8 a.m. Essential caregiver visits were paused for two weeks at the Bruce County long-term care homes at the beginning of the province’s shutdown beginning on Dec. 26. “As you […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 17 new cases of COVID-19 in the region Wednesday. Four of the newest cases were reported in Owen Sound, with three in Chatsworth, two in The Blue Mountains, two in Huron-Kinloss, two in West Grey, two in Hanover and single cases in Meaford and South Bruce. The 17 new […]

A New Year’s Eve night of comedy and local music raised more than $44,000 for CMHA Grey-Bruce Mental Health and Addiction Services. The streamed event was open to viewers in return for a donation to that organization. With matching contributions from Bruce Power and NPX, the total raised was $44,250. It was one of two […]

While the beef industry in Grey-Bruce weathered 2020 and the challenges that came with the COVID-19 pandemic, work continues to address concerns around packing capacity in the province. Rob Lipsett, president of Beef Farmers of Ontario, participated in Beef Day at Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week on Wednesday, where he said finding solutions to address the […]

A new lifeline is being thrown to help rescue some tourism operators who are struggling through the second province-wide COVID-19 lockdown since March. Small- and medium-sized tourism business operators have until month’s end to apply for $2,500 to $20,000 to help offset COVID-related expenses incurred to stay open during the pandemic. “If we hadn’t had […]

Bruce County’s new director of planning and development says housing affordability, recovery from the pandemic and managing growth are big challenges ahead. Mark Paoli, 54, succeeds Kara Van Myall, who assumed the role of chief administrative officer in Saugeen Shores in December. The county’s biggest planning project this year is to update its planning policies, […]

Grey Bruce OPP charged a 48-year-old Meaford woman who police say assaulted an officer after she was investigated for drinking and driving. On Dec. 30 at 4:10 p.m., police were dispatched to a possible impaired driver on Moore Street in Meaford, near the 11thLine. The driver showed “obvious signs of impairment” and was arrested. Back […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported four new COVID-19 cases Tuesday — a single case each in West Grey and Hanover and a pair of cases in Owen Sound. There are now 43 active and known COVID-19 cases in the region with 10 probable cases and 135 high-risk contacts. The health unit defines probable cases […]

Despite a lockdown in the middle of a worldwide pandemic the show is going on for some young aspiring theatre actors in Owen Sound. But the opening curtain is being cast aside right now, replaced by computer “on” buttons as the Roxy Youth Program kicks off in a virtual format this month. “From the beginning […]

Grey Bruce OPP charged a 39-year-old West Grey man with impaired driving after finding a vehicle stopped in the middle of Grey Road 12 in the middle of the night just outside Markdale. Police located the vehicle stopped in the middle of the road on Dec. 28 at 3:25 a.m., a police news release said. […]

Five impaired drivers were charged, two of them after collisions on roads patrolled by South Bruce OPP between Nov. 26 and Jan. 3. Police investigated 84 collisions in that period, four of which involved reported injuries, a police news release said. “Every impaired driver is a threat to road safety and it only takes one […]

Algoma Central Corporation’s 680-foot lake freighter Algoma Compass has returned to Owen Sound Harbour. Peter Winkley, the company’s chief financial officer, said the self-unloading bulk carrier arrived in the port Monday night and will spend the rest of the winter moored at the harbour. Maintenance work will be carried out onboard the vessel over the […]

Police would like the public’s help locating a third suspect involved in a home invasion in Collingwood Dec. 19. Collingwood/The Blue Mountains OPP issued a news release Tuesday about the home invasion with photos of a Honda Civic, about which police are seeking information. Police said three males forced their way into a home and […]

West Grey police charged a 36-year-old man of no fixed address with a number of crimes after officers were called to investigate a stolen snowmobile. Police were called Monday near midnight to Albert Street in Durham regarding a stolen snowmobile, which they found abandoned on Grey Road 4, a West Grey Police Service news release […]

Grey Bruce OPP charged a 48-year-old Owen Sound man whose blood-alcohol level was more than double the legal limit, after finding his sport utility vehicle stuck in the ditch. Police were called to single motor vehicle collision along the 2ndConcession, near Sideroad 22 in Meaford, at 7:25 p.m. Dec. 26. The driver failed a roadside […]

Saugeen Shores police charged one of two men alleged to have beaten up a third man, leaving him with significant injuries, a police news release said. Two men who knew the victim entered his home about 11:30 p.m. Dec. 31 and assaulted him. He chose not to go to hospital but the next day friends […]

A legal scholar with deep roots in Neyaashiinigmiing just received one of Canada’s highest civilian honours, an appointment to the Order of Canada. John Borrows, 57, was appointed Officer in the Order of Canada by Governor General Julie Payette. She named a total of 61 people to the Order of Canada this year, her office […]

An ardent supporter of the Owen Sound Attack who donated to many initiatives and organizations over the years, including the Owen Sound Regional Hospital Foundation, has died. Georgina McKelvie died Saturday of acute leukemia at the Chapman House hospice. She was 82. A funeral service is planned for Tuesday at 11 a.m., but attendance will […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported nine new cases of COVID-19 Monday. A pair of cases were found in Brockton, South Bruce, and Grey Highlands with Georgian Bluffs, Owen Sound, and Southgate each reporting one new case. The nine new cases have resulted in 46 active cases in the region. The health unit is also […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is pitching a plan to the provincial government that would result in the Grey-Bruce region piloting a COVID-19 mass immunization program for small-urban and rural communities in Ontario. The Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine was first available to Ontarians on Dec. 14 and the Moderna vaccine approved for use in Canada shortly thereafter. […]

Three new cases of COVID-19 were reported to the Grey Bruce Health Unit Sunday. Two of the cases were from West Grey, while the third was from Huron-Kinloss. They bring to 43 the number of active confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the two counties, according to public health’s daily situation report. One of […]

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Sepoy Manor Retirement Home in Lucknow after a staff member tested positive for the virus. Provincial guidelines state that a single case of COVID-19 triggers an automatic outbreak within long-term care facilities, according to a news release from the Grey Bruce Health Unit. The person who tested positive […]

Larry Mercey has stacks of scrapbooks and datebooks that help to tell the story of his remarkable 60-plus years in the Canadian music industry – from his early days as a budding musician in Hanover to his 31 years with The Mercey Brothers and, most recently, his solo career. The Hanover native’s mother, Cecilia, began […]

Sixteen new cases of COVID-19 – the highest daily new case count in the region since Nov. 21 – were reported to the Grey Bruce Health Unit Saturday. Five of the new cases were from The Blue Mountains, while four were from Huron-Kinloss and two were from West Grey. Arran-Elderslie, Georgian Bluffs, Hanover, Neyaashiinigmiing and […]

Eleven new cases of COVID-19 were reported to the Grey Bruce Health Unit on the first day of 2021. Three of the cases were from Grey Highlands, while Southgate had two new cases and single cases were reported in Chatsworth, Hanover, Meaford, Saugeen Shores, South Bruce Peninsula and West Grey, according to public health’s daily […]

Grey-Bruce’s first baby of 2021 will have quite a story to share about her birth when she gets older. Not only was she the region’s New Year’s baby and welcomed into the world amid a global pandemic, but Kyla Johnston and Kyle Bosch’s daughter was unexpectedly born at home as Bosch relayed and followed instructions […]

A 19-year-old man has been charged with a Reopening Ontario Act and other offences after police were called to a New Year’s Eve party at an east-side apartment complex in Owen Sound. The charge was laid as a result of a party exceeding the gathering limits set out in the act, Sgt. Elizabeth Cranny said […]

No one was injured in a fire Thursday afternoon that caused significant damage to a two-storey home in Neustadt. West Grey Fire Chief Phil Schwartz said firefighters from all three of the municipality’s stations – Durham, Ayton and Neustadt – responded to the call, which came in just after 2 p.m. New Year’s Eve with […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported eight new cases of COVID-19 Thursday including the first case in Neyaashiinigmiing since the start of the pandemic. An additional media release stated public health is working with the chief and council of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation to make sure contact management is done in accordance with […]

Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week organizers are making the final preparations for their first fully virtual conference. The annual event, which is marking its 55th year, will bring the farming community together online for more than 50 sessions featuring more than 60 speakers and panelists covering a wide variety of agricultural topics. Lorie Smith, who leads […]

While navigating the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges for Owen Sound in 2020, the city also experienced many highlights and successes throughout the year, Mayor Ian Boddy said in a year-end interview. “Nobody wants to go through 2020 again. It’s been hard on everybody; it’s hard on mental health. But, if you didn’t have that […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported four new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. Two of the newest cases were reported in Owen Sound while Grey Highlands and Kincardine each had a single case. There are now 25 active cases confirmed in the region with 17 active probable cases and 138 high-risk contacts associated with active cases. […]

The Festival of Northern Lights will continue to be powered up for much of the provincial shutdown. Organizers decided to extend the annual lights-and-displays festival by two weeks. It’s now set to end Jan. 17, six days before lockdown restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 are set to be lifted. “When we heard […]

Two New Year’s Eve shows – traditional country music with the Beckett family and comedy from The Second City — will be streamed to a TV or computer screen year you today. Since public celebrations to ring in the New Year aren’t happening this year to limit the spread of COVID-19, the events are presented […]

The Home of the Whopper will soon have a home in Owen Sound. Toronto-based Redberry Restaurants is planning to build a 2,600-square-foot Burger King with drive-thru in Owen Sound in 2021, Sharron Fry, marketing director for the quick-service restaurant franchisee, confirmed Wednesday. “Owen Sound was selected for the new Burger King restaurant because it is […]

Local police services will receive nearly $120,000 over the next two years from the provincial government through the Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) grant program. The funding is part of a $4.8 million investment by the province to help police services keep impaired drivers off the roads. The money will help 171 police services in […]

The Township of Georgian Bluffs will suspend its garbage bag tag program throughout the province’s 28-day lockdown. The township made the announcement in a media release distributed Tuesday. “The health and safety of our residents is the township’s top priority, therefore we encourage all residents to adhere to the direction of the province and Grey […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported three new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The cases, one each in residents in the Blue Mountains, Meaford and Owen Sound, bring the total reported in the two counties since the beginning of the pandemic to 479, with 24 remaining active. There are also 14 active probable cases in […]

Owen Sound is hoping to reopen the outdoor Harrison Park Good Cheer Rink next week, which it opted to close Dec. 26 in response to the provincewide shutdown aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19. Community services director Pam Coulter said staff will be developing a plan, in consultation with Grey Bruce Health Unit officials, […]

Snowmobile trails have started to open in Grey-Bruce, but due to warm ground and pooling water underneath the snow cover, it is expected to be some time until many others are. On Tuesday, the first trails in the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs District 9, which includes the two counties, opened to limited availability. The […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported three new COVID-19 cases Monday, in Meaford, Southgate and South Bruce. The three new cases raise the region’s cumulative total to 476 with 31 cases currently active. The health unit also reported 14 probable cases and 131 high-risk contacts of confirmed cases. Probable cases are those that are not […]

A Sauble Beach resident is asking a court to stop South Bruce Peninsula from cutting back ecologically sensitive sand dunes along Lakeshore Boulevard, a project the municipality says is intended to improve parking and pedestrian safety. An application to the Superior Court of Justice seeks to quash and declare null and void a Grey Sauble […]

The early bird draw for the third Bigger Together 50/50 Raffle is Dec. 30. The winner of that draw will receive $500, but the final draw winner will receive half of all ticket revenue sold across Ontario. The Big Brothers Big Sisters Ontario draw helps youth in Grey-Bruce because half of the money raised through […]

Some local musical favourites are featured in a two-hour food bank fundraising concert to be broadcast and streamed by Rogers TV Jan. 1. Rockin’ for the Food Bank will feature six local acts in performances recorded for the show, something made necessary due to COVID-19 gathering restrictions. The bands include Juanita and the Big Deal, […]

By recruiting teens to talk to other teens, Matt Evans hopes to get young drivers to think twice before driving after drinking or using pot, texting while driving or speeding. The group will put together an online symposium for classes of students who will be asked to help come up with strategies to address a […]

Two special Christmas meals were shared free of charge with hundreds of people leading up to and on Christmas Day. The Salvation Army and Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort teamed up on Christmas to serve hot, takeout turkey dinners from a Sally Ann emergency services truck parked in the OSHaRE soup kitchen parking lot […]

Grey-Bruce’s COVID-19 count rose by a dozen cases this weekend. Sunday saw two more cases, in Kincardine and South Bruce Peninsula, the Grey Bruce Health Unit reported Sunday afternoon. That brought the cumulative total to 473 confirmed cases, of which 33 are active cases. Another 15 are active probable cases involving people showing symptoms, who […]