Owen Sound Sun Times

The Lantz family’s luge track at their Markdale home is a lockdown luxury. Every winter for the past five years, Brady Lantz has sculpted the snow on part of the family’s six-acre property into a speedway. This year, the creation is over 200 feet long by his estimation and slaloms between the trees. There is […]

No new cases of COVID-19 were reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit Thursday. There are now 18 active cases in the region, including one confirmed new COVID-19 variant reported Wednesday. The health unit’s contact management team is following 146 active high-risk contacts as well. One person with COVID-19 is currently hospitalized locally. The Grey […]

Racing organizers and Sauble Speedway leaders are gearing up for a big year in 2021 and hoping they’ll get the green light from the provincial government. Ontario Legends Series racing announced it’s headed to Sauble Speedway this summer. The INEX sanctioned series released its plan for 2021 earlier this month. The tentative schedule features 11 […]

Three local organizations have received $18,999 in funding from the provincial Seniors Community Grant Program to help older adults stay connected with their communities from the safety of their own homes. Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker announced the funding early Thursday morning in a news release. Colpoy’s Bay Women’s Institute received $2,150 for a project […]

Off-road vehicles will no longer be permitted on the Cole’s Sideroad unopened road allowance in Georgian Bluffs. On Wednesday at its committee of the whole meeting, Georgian Bluffs council approved a staff recommendation to amend its off-road vehicle bylaw and prohibit the use of motorized vehicles on the road allowance, which runs between Concession 24 […]

Grey-Bruce has its first confirmed case of one of the variants of concern, in an individual from another health unit who is self-isolating locally. The Grey Bruce Health Unit Case and Contact Management Team is monitoring the individual and Grey-Bruce Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ian Arra said that any potential risk to the public […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported four new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The cases, which were recorded in the 24 hours prior to 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, included two in Saugeen Shores and one each in Owen Sound and Hanover. There have now been 689 confirmed cases of the virus in Grey-Bruce since the pandemic […]

Two tractor trailers have had to be towed from a ditch in the Municipality of Meaford after they slid off the road on Wednesday morning. At 6:19 a.m., Grey Bruce OPP were called to Grey Road 112 north of Highway 26 about the two tractor trailers that had slid off the roadway. One of the […]

A Mississauga man and Hamilton woman both face assault charges after an altercation left a person with serious injuries at Saugeen First Nation early Tuesday morning. Just before 2 a.m., Grey Bruce OPP were called to a residence on Mason Drive. An argument inside the residence involving several parties escalated and became physical, police said […]

Two people suffered injuries that are not considered life threatening after a head-on collision on Highway 26 west of the town of Meaford. At 8:43 a.m. on Wednesday, Grey Bruce OPP responded to the collision on Highway 26 between Grey Road 112 and the 11th Line in the Municipality of Meaford. Both vehicles involved in […]

February 25, 2021

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported no new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday as the region returned to the yellow (protect) zone. The Grey-Bruce region, and 27 other Ontario public health regions, officially returned to the province’s reopening framework Tuesday at 12:01 a.m. The region will stay in the yellow zone for at least two weeks, […]

A Valentine’s Day fire in Meaford Sunday night resulted in second-storey damage but no injuries. Twenty-eight firefighters from the Meaford Fire Department arrived at the Graham Street home shortly before 7 p.m. after residents called 911 to report a fire in the wall of the structure. Grey Bruce OPP and Grey County Paramedics attended as […]

COVID-19 restrictions eased across Grey-Bruce on Tuesday, allowing businesses and facilities to once again welcome people back indoors for the first time in more than a month and a half. As of Tuesday, Grey and Bruce counties moved back into the yellow (protect) category of Ontario’s reopening framework, the same position the region was in […]

A Woolwich Township man has been charged after police responded to a report of a suspicious person at Williams Lake. Just before 3 p.m. on Monday, Grey Bruce OPP responded to the incident near Woodland Circle in the Township of Chatsworth. Police located a suspect who was in possession of several stolen items, police said […]

Two people from Woodstock have been arrested after a stolen vehicle was spotted in Southampton. At about 10 p.m. on Monday an officer in Southampton observed a vehicle being operated in a suspicious manner near North Rankin Street and Turner Street, Saugeen Shores police said in a news release. The vehicle had been reported stolen […]

A Port Elgin man faces drug charges after a vehicle stop on Monday. At about 3:30 p.m., an officer spotted a passenger in a pick-up truck who was wanted on an arrest warrant. The vehicle was stopped on Emma Street and the man was arrested, Saugeen Shores police said in a news release. The man […]

The Gitche Namewikwedong Reconciliation Garden committee has chosen an artist to create a grandmother sturgeon sculpture, which is to be installed in the garden at Kelso Beach Park in September. Kathryn Corbiere, an Anishinaabe-kwe artist from M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island, will create the sculpture of Nookomis Gitche Name’ Kwe, whose “sacred and iconic […]

Four new cases of COVID-19 were reported to the Grey Bruce Health Unit Sunday, according to public health’s daily situation report released Monday afternoon. Two of the new cases were from Owen Sound, with the others from Southgate and Huron-Kinloss. They bring to 24 the number of active cases of the virus in Grey-Bruce. Public […]

Four Owen Sound businesses will be taking part in a Downtown BookWalk – a new initiative that’s part of I Read Canadian Day on Wednesday that will also honour Black History Month in February. Story panels, featuring excerpts from Bonita Johnson de Matteis’ book Going North, will be displayed in storefront windows, so families can […]

Saugeen Shores police say an “accidental 911 call” Sunday led to officers discovering a gathering at a home in Port Elgin that violated the provincial stay-at-home order. The call came in around midnight Sunday. Police went to the home and spoke with the owner and another man who was outside. Officers were told the call […]

Owen Sound police say a 17-year-old Monkton youth is “extremely fortunate” that he wasn’t injured after the snowmobile he was riding was driven off the east harbour wall and crashed onto the ice below. The teen had been operating a 2012 Ski-Doo southbound on 1st Avenue East near 11th Street around 2:30 p.m. Saturday. He […]

With COVID-19 threatening to put their curling season on ice, Dave Furness and Lynne Simone came up with a truly Canadian solution. The husband-and-wife duo from Grey Highlands created a 90-foot-long curling sheet, complete with houses and hog lines, on frozen Lake Eugenia behind their home. They borrowed 16 junior rocks from their home curling […]

Grey County’s Sydenham Campus training and innovation centre is ready to open once pandemic-related restrictions allow and the proper city zoning is in place. Economic development manager Steve Furness said renovations inside of the former Sydenham Community School are complete. Some funding applications remain outstanding that, if approved, would allow the county to continue building […]

Emergency crews were called to the Owen Sound harbour Saturday afternoon after a snowmobile drove off the east harbour wall and crashed onto the ice below. It happened at about 3 p.m. near 11th Street East, Owen Sound Fire & Emergency Services Capt. Ken Lawrence said. The snowmobile rider was assessed by paramedics at the […]

Owen Sound fire officials say a working smoke alarm and the quick actions of an employee at The Coach Inn prevented what could have been a potentially serious blaze at the downtown building. “This situation could have been a lot worse and it really outlines the importance of a working smoke alarm,” Capt. Ken Lawrence […]

A former police chief at Rama First Nation has been hired as band administrator at Saugeen First Nation. John Domm has accepted the position, Saugeen First Nation’s chief and council announced in a news release Friday. “Chief and council are thrilled to have John join our team; he brings great knowledge and experience,” said Chief […]

After an “intensive search process,” the YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce’s board of directors has appointed Grey County resident Sarah Cowley as its new executive director. Cowley will begin her new position March 22, replacing Gayle Graham, who’s retiring after serving for 23 years as the organization’s CEO. “Sarah’s appointment is the result of […]

A 39-year-old man has been transported to a London hospital with serious injuries after his snowmobile struck a pole in Saugeen Shores. Emergency crews found the man who had been ejected from the snow machine at about 2:15 a.m. Friday. The collision happened on a no-winter-maintenance road between Concession 10 and Concession 14, according to […]

Four new cases of COVID-19 were reported Sunday to the Grey Bruce Health Unit, bringing the number of active local cases to 22. Two of the new cases were from Owen Sound, while the others were from Brockton and Arran-Elderslie. On Saturday, five new local cases – two from Hanover and single cases from Owen […]

Grey-Bruce will be back in the yellow “protect” zone after the Family Day long weekend as the province’s stay-at-home order is set to be lifted. The Grey Bruce Health Unit’s medical officer of health is asking residents to stay engaged and careful when the change comes. “We all need to be very cautious moving forward. […]

Grey County paramedics met the response time targets they set for 2020. Response time targets are based on the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale, with swifter responses set for more life-threatening problems, such as sudden cardiac arrest, than for lesser health issues. The response times are set by the province but how often they’re met […]

Memo? What memo? If the Ontario Hockey League distributed a return-to-play memo detailing a 24-game schedule to be played in four hub cities and featuring all 20 teams, Attack GM Dale DeGray went un-CC’d. “I’m going to honest with you, I don’t know what memos you’re talking about. I can’t respond to any of that […]

City council has given final approval to Owen Sound’s 2021 budget, which will see residential property tax bills rise by 1.85 per cent this year. The spending plan, approved by bylaw Monday, includes a 2.76 per cent increase to the municipal levy. The overall property tax increase drops to 1.85 per cent after factoring in […]

An Owen Sound man faces impaired driving charges after a vehicle was seen being driven erratically in the city on Thursday evening. Officers responded at about 8:30 p.m. after a concerned driver witnessed the vehicle travelling erratically through the streets on the east side. Police located a 2010 Dodge pickup in the 500 block of […]

A family of four got out of their Paisley home unharmed as it burned late Thursday morning. The fire was discovered after power went out in the brick, 1 1/2 story house at 547 Queen S. N., acting Paisley Fire Department Chief Dave Teeple said Friday. When resetting the breaker didn’t work, a member of […]

The Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library has extended the term of the city’s poet laureate Richard-Yves Sitoski, who is set to launch his legacy project Tuesday. The library board approved the one-year extension late last month “in recognition of both the current challenges involved in presenting public performances” and Sitoski’s “exemplary work […]

The Owen Sound Minor Hockey Group is seeking volunteer help as it tries to salvage what’s rest of its season. After what was called an “extensive” meeting of the league executive Tuesday, the OSMHG said in a post on its website they’re “cautiously optimistic” the province will allow for the league to resume play in […]

On the day the provincial government announced it would delay this year’s March Break until April 12-16, the Grey Bruce Health Unit reported four new cases of COVID-19. The newest cases were found in West Grey (2), South Bruce, and Southgate. March Break was originally scheduled to occur March 15-19. Instead, school and transportation services […]

Grey County councillors unanimously supported a new land acknowledgement policy and wording, to be read before certain meetings and on special occasions, which recognizes and honours local First Nations and Metis and the Inuit peoples. Policy and words to be used in the acknowledgement were arrived at with the help of M’Wikwedong Indigenous Friendship Centre […]

Owen Sound has received considerable public feedback about the need to include in its updated official plan greater policy direction related to climate change adaptation and mitigation. “If there was a single theme then climate change probably is the most frequent comment,” Amy Cann, manager of planning and heritage, said in an interview. Most of […]

A project to construct a new childcare centre at Spruce Ridge Community School in Durham will move ahead. In an online announcement on Thursday, Ontario’s Minister of Education Stephen Lecce announced $1.5 million in funding for a new 39-space centre at the school. “It is a pleasure to share some good news for families in […]

Canada’s largest independent ice cream maker is considering another expansion, this time sprawling into the neighbouring municipality. Chapman’s Ice Cream in Markdale proposes to expand its Phoenix ice cream production plant by 90,000 square feet, which would be built fully within the neighbouring municipality of West Grey. Plans for expansion are a bet on the […]

True to the traits of the mighty ox – the Chinese zodiac animal sign for 2021 – organizers of the Grey Bruce Lunar New Year Celebration have persevered to ensure this year’s event will go on despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The event features an art show, which is on now until March 8 at downtown […]

Georgian Bluffs council is hoping to soon see better internet service in many areas of the municipality. At its meeting on Wednesday, council directed staff to forward a letter of support for an application by local service provider GBTEL for funding under the Universal Broadband Fund. The company is hoping to receive funding to expand […]

Spruce the Bruce is back in business. Bruce County’s award-winning grant program for local small businesses, community groups and municipal projects is offering a total of $250,000 in funding this year. The funding is part of the Support the Bruce: Business Sustainability Fund totalled at $1.75 million over two years. Funding is available on a […]

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has terminated an investigation into a serious injury sustained when a 33-year-old Hanover man fell through a glass greenhouse roof at John Diefenbaker Secondary School in Hanover. The man fractured his shoulder and suffered cuts to his hands from the 12-to-15-foot fall, according to a police media release distributed at […]

Opponents of a proposed $23-billion used nuclear fuel vault in South Bruce, one of two preferred storage locations remaining in Ontario, are concerned planning rules could be bypassed by provincial ministerial order for the project. Michelle Stein, president of Protect Our Waterways – No Nuclear Waste, said Wednesday in an interview that the Planning Act […]

Stacy Fenwick has gone online doing 25 pushups after being pulled on a snowboard behind an ATV while wearing not much more than a hat, gloves and briefs. In another video, he completes the exercises in front of the Owen Sound hospital while sporting a wig, nurse’s cap, tank top and underwear. The 44-year-old Owen […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported four new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, including a pair in Owen Sound. The two other cases were in Southgate and West Grey. Despite the new cases, seven cases deemed resolved as of Wednesday resulted in a decrease in active cases. There were 17 active cases, six probable cases and 152 […]