Owen Sound Sun Times

Owen Sound is moving its biennial Arts & Cultural Awards reception and ceremony from the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre to the downtown Georgian Bay Centre for the Arts. Events assistant Heather Gillis said city officials think the new centre, which opened late last year, is a more fitting venue for the event, which this […]

Three people escaped a fire at a west-side Owen Sound apartment, but a cat died in the blaze on Wednesday evening. Just before 11 p.m., Owen Sound police attended the blaze at the request of the Owen Sound Fire Department. The fire in the third-floor apartment was caused by a candle that had been knocked […]

Farm protests that began in Ireland last summer over low cattle prices have since added momentum through developments in The Netherlands, Germany and France over the impact on agriculture of what one protester has called “climate hysteria.” Dutch farmers turned out on tractors on three separate occasions in October to create historic traffic jams on […]

If someone was dying of thirst in the desert, and you had water, would you share your water with them? It’s a yes or no question. That question and the answer is at the centre of two U.S. court cases which have pitted the U.S. government and the U.S. Border Patrol against the Unitarian-Universalist Church, […]

So the other day I’m out for a walk in the south of France in a baseball cap and a sweatshirt. This is how I always look everywhere and I don’t think about it much usually because I’m trying to exercise and I’m thinking of all the good food I’m going to eat when I’m […]

The Walkerton District Riverhawks are peaking at the right time. The Riverhawks won the Bluewater Athletic Association senior girls volleyball title Wednesday in Owen Sound by downing the previously undefeated OSDSS Wolves and one-loss Sacred Heart Crusaders. The Riverhawks entered championship day with a record of 5-3, but they looked unstoppable when it mattered most. […]

After more than 35 years in professional theatre that has taken him across Canada, Robert More is coming home to Owen Sound. The veteran actor, director, artistic director, general manager and playwright began his new role as executive director of the Roxy and Owen Sound Little Theatre on Feb. 10 and is looking forward to […]

A Teeswater man has died following a head-on collision between a transport truck and compact car. It happened at about 4 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 9 just south of Concession Road 12 East, north of Mildmay. An investigation determined the compact vehicle was northbound on the highway when, for unknown reasons, it crossed the centre […]

A funeral service is scheduled for Thursday and a celebration of life will take place in June for Ruth Gorbet, the affable founding member of Owen Sound Little Theatre and award-winning actor, director and volunteer. Mrs. Gorbet died Tuesday at age 89 at the Residential Hospice of Grey Bruce’s Chapman House in Owen Sound. While […]

Owen Sound police have released the name of a West Grey officer found dead near Mount Forest early Tuesday morning. “Constable Cory Trainor, a 28-year-old member of the West Grey Police Service was located deceased in a police vehicle on Sideroad 6 in Southgate Township,” Owen Sound Police Services Insp. David Bishop wrote in a […]

Catholic schools in Grey-Bruce are expected to be closed Feb. 27 after the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association announced rotating strikes for next week. The union, which represents approximately 500 elementary and secondary permanent and occasional teachers employed by the Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board, said in a news release that it plans to hold […]

Grey-Bruce home sales in January were just one sale off the record for the month. A total of 141 homes were sold in the region covered by the Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound last month, a 23.7 per cent jump from January 2019 and just one sale below the record for the month […]

The Supreme Cannabis Co., which owns the 7ACRES growing facility in Tiverton, is reducing its workforce across the company by 15 per cent. The move comes following the implementation of a new operating structure for the company that is aimed at driving efficiencies and supporting long-term profitable growth, according to a news release. “As interim […]

About 100 employers will be together in one spot for local job seekers in Owen Sound on Thursday. The County of Grey will hold its 2020 Regional Job Fair at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre from 2 to 7 p.m. “We have about 100 employers registered for the job fair and the positions they […]

Police are hoping to speak with anyone who may have witnessed a collision Dec. 21 between a car and pedestrian near Blue Mountain. The pedestrian was struck by a westbound Subaru Outback while walking on Gord Canning Drive near the Westin Hotel at about 8 p.m., according to a news release from the Collingwood-Blue Mountains […]

The Owen Sound & District Chamber of Commerce is undertaking a restructuring process that has resulted in the contract of its top staffer not being renewed. The organization, which has close to 500 member businesses, announced the departure of former chief executive officer Peter Reesor in a message sent to members late last week. “The […]

The Oshawa Generals erased two different Attack leads to win Monday’s game in overtime, 4-3, and hand Owen Sound their third-straight loss inside the Tribute Communities Centre. The Family Day matinee was strangely the second Monday contest between the two clubs as the only other game of the season had to be rescheduled to Jan. […]

The night before jumping into Port Elgin harbour Family Day morning, Eithan Alpaugh had been thinking. He thought about the arresting February cold: “Oh God, I’m going to have jump into this freezing cold lake. What am I doing and why am I doing this?” The morning of the plunge – a fundraiser for the […]

Mudtown Station restaurant and brewery won the 3rdannual Owen Sound Soup Market competition Monday, proving they know how to make a fine borscht. The tasty beet-based hot soup was served to customers at the Owen Sound Legion. Eleven local restaurants offered a soup in the friendly fundraising competition in support of Safe ‘n Sound in […]

JUNIOR ATTACK Minor peewees still streaking The Owen Sound Garb & Gear Source for Sports Junior Attack minor peewee club are buzzing in OMHA playdown action. The Jr. Attack doubled-up the Centre-Wellington Fusion this weekend by topping the Fusion 4-1 Saturday in Fergus and then shutting out the Fusion 6-0 in Owen Sound Sunday. The […]

Give them half a chance and the Petes are going to put the puck in the net. Peterborough had a 20-minute head start en route to a 5-3 win Saturday night in front of 3,075 spectators at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. If anything has been consistent in Owen Sound this season, it’s been […]

Local protestors who support Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs against the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia gathered near Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff’s Owen Sound constituency office Saturday. A couple of dozen people, several holding signs and one with an Iroquois Confederacy flag, then carried their message through the downtown , ending up […]

Owen Sound police found the driver of a white sport utility vehicle which left the scene of a collision with another car about 3:15 a.m. Saturday in the city. Police said the vehicle left the collision scene at 9th Street West and 2nd Avenue West with significant damage to the passenger and driver sides. Police […]

Police charged a 49-year-old from Owen Sound with drug-related offences after seizing $93,000 worth of drugs at location along Highway 21 in South Bruce Peninsula Friday, a joint police forces news release said. Owen Sound Police Service and OPP officers seized cocaine, heroin, LSD and oxycodone pills, plus offence-related property including more than $31,000 in […]

The top-ranked North American goaltender headed into this summer’s National Hockey League draft showed why he’s deserving of the praise Friday night as he snatched a victory for his Guelph Storm. Nico Daws made 40 saves in a shut out effort as the Storm snapped the Owen Sound Attack’s four-game winning streak, 2-0, inside the […]

Significant, rapid growth in The Blue Mountains has contributed to serious traffic problems in the town, say representatives of a ratepayers’ group, which is urging Grey County to spend more money to upgrade the county’s roads in the municipality. “What we’re saying is, we need investment from the county so that our growth is sustainable,” […]

Mark Woolley looks back and laughs now at the strange premonition he had sitting in the plastic seats at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre just weeks before he was traded to the Owen Sound Attack alongside his teammate and friend Barret Kirwin. Woolley was hurt and Kirwin was suspended as the Guelph Storm arrived […]

Grey Roots will add First and Second World War military artifacts related to late Grey County veterans to its permanent collection. County council voted at Thursday’s committee of the whole meeting to allow the museum to withdraw $3,827 from a reserve fund to buy the items from a local historian and collector, who has decided […]

The Blue Mountains will have roughly $1 million in additional, unbudgeted property tax revenue to address its “critical” affordable housing shortage following a tight Grey County vote that even divided members of the same municipalities. In a weighted 48-42 recorded vote, council agreed to let the town keep a significant portion of the county’s share […]

The OSDSS Wolves and Kincardine District Knights played to a 1-1 draw Thursday inside the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre to wrap up the Bluewater Athletic Association varsity girls hockey regular season. The result was a bit of an upset for the 3-1-0 Knights who came into the contest having outscored teams 16-5 on the […]

The $7 million to $10 million private Cedar Crescent Village (CCV) proposal on town-owned land at Port Elgin Main Beach has been approved. In a 7-1 vote, with one abstention, Town of Saugeen Shores councillors supported a 50-year-lease with CCV proponents – six local businessmen led by Queen’s Bar & Grill owner Pier Donnini. While […]

A small contingent of French-language Catholic teachers hit the picket lines in Owen Sound on Thursday, as the province’s teachers’ unions continue their battle with the province. Approximately 20 members of the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (AEFO) were protesting outside Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker’s office on Thursday morning. They were joined […]

Both the novel coronavirus – which has not yet been confirmed in Grey-Bruce – and the seasonal flu are of concern to the region’s medical officer of health. “Influenza is a disease that is responsible for the deaths of about 3,000 to 4,000 Canadians every year,” Dr. Ian Arra said in an interview. “The coronavirus […]

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A 12-year-old suffered minor injuries after a collision between a school bus and a road grader near Walters Falls on Monday. Grey Bruce OPP were dispatched to the collision on Concession 10 in the Township of Chatsworth west of Walters Falls just before 8 a.m. The road grader and school bus were both northbound on […]

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It’s highway robbery. The Owen Sound Attack haven’t even paid-up for Kaleb Pearson and yet the St. Marys native scored goals No. 23 and 24 Wednesday night in a 5-1 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs. He’s scored seven goals in his last three games. For that output, Dale DeGray will flip the Flint Firebirds a […]

The Ontario government is proposing to reduce black bear hunting on the Bruce Peninsula starting this year, while making the spring hunt pilot in the province permanent. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says it’s concerned about both the declining number of black bears on the peninsula and the long-term viability of this genetically […]

Police are looking for a black pick-up truck that left the scene of a collision in Owen Sound on Wednesday. At about 9 a.m. a blue Volkswagen Passat was facing south while stopped at the intersection of 9th Avenue East and 10th Street East. The Volkswagen turned left onto 10th Street East on an advanced […]

The community is rallying around the efforts to rebuild the Lion’s Head lighthouse. About $6,000 in donations has been received, supplies have been donated, volunteers have stepped up and fundraisers have been planned to reconstruct the structure destroyed by a winter storm earlier this year. “I think as with most coastal communities they are pretty […]

Save Georgian Bay says it has significant concerns about the environmental and community impacts of TC Energy’s proposal to build a large-scale hydroelectric pumped storage power facility at the 4th Canadian Division Training Centre in Meaford. Donna Mitchell of Annan, speaking on behalf of the local volunteer group, presented those concerns to Owen Sound council […]

Rick Winters is no longer employed by Georgian Bluffs, according to the municipality. The township issued a news release on Thursday announcing that at a special council meeting held on Feb. 5, council “determined that Chief Administrative Officer Rick Winters is no longer employed by the Township.” When reach by phone on Wednesday, Mayor Dwight […]

Owen Sound’s nine council members received a combined $268,833 in wages and reimbursed expenses last year, roughly nine per cent more than in 2018. City council voted in December 2018 to increase the annual mayor and councillor salary by 10 per cent to fully counterbalance the impact of a federal government decision to eliminate a […]

A 28-year-old man from Tara died in a snowmobile collision southwest of North Bay Saturday, North Bay OPP said. Police said Keith “Jordan” McNabb died in a collision with a backhoe. He was the lone occupant of the snowmobile. Police said they were called about 4 p.m. to Hawthorne Drive in Patterson Township to investigate […]

Ontario will allow its 24 colleges to offer four-year registered nursing degree programs without partnering with a university. Ross Romano, Minister of Colleges and Universities, made the announcement Tuesday at Georgian College’s Owen Sound campus, in a roomful of local politicians, healthcare administrators, college faculty and board members. Currently, the Barrie campus offers a four-year […]

Many of the same people who cheered Owen Sound council in December for its motion to explore ways to address climate change left Monday’s meeting upset. About 40 people – most members of local environmental groups – watched as council voted 5-4 to delay hiring a climate change adaption and mitigation co-ordinator, a position council […]

Skyrocketing insurance costs are the primary reason Miller Waste Systems has decided to start charging a new fee to people who drop off only recyclable items at its Owen Sound transfer station. District manager Matt Roe said the $5 “site usage fee,” announced by the company earlier this month, will go into effect March 1. […]

An Arran-Elderslie man faces impaired driving charges after a car was observed being driven carelessly, on sidewalks and almost caused a head-on collision in Chesley on Sunday. Just before 11 p.m., Grey Bruce and South Bruce OPP were dispatched to a traffic complaint in the town. Officers stopped the vehicle on 1st Avenue South behind […]

An Owen Sound man, who admitted he didn’t seek medical help when a two-year-old suffered a serious head injury, pleaded guilty Monday to failing to provide the necessities of life in Owen Sound. The man’s name is not being published to respect a court publication ban, which forbids identification of the child or other details […]