Owen Sound Sun Times

South Bruce Peninsula has announced it will reopen the Wiarton Arena, Sauble Beach Community Centre and Town Hall on a limited basis Friday. The facilities were closed Oct. 27 after a cluster of COVID-19 cases was discovered in the region. At the time, the closures were supposed to last for two weeks and were done […]

Neyaashiinigmiing Police Service and the Grey Bruce OPP are investigating the death of a 30-year-old Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation woman who was found dead by police Monday afternoon at a Nayaushing Road residence in Neyaashiinigmiing. The woman has been identified in a police media release as Ericka Ashkewe-Jones. She was pronounced dead at […]

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Festival of Northern Lights has developed a “more sustainable” operating model that will require significantly less annual funding from Owen Sound. Board chair Jamie Walpole said the organization’s proposed budgets for 2020 and 2021, which he presented to city council this week, will see the requested contribution […]

A waterfront property across from the Grey Bruce Health Unit has been largely cleared of trees and brush due to concerns about a homeless encampment on the site, according to a spokesperson for the company that owns the lot in Owen Sound. Jay Harding of White Owl said the company doesn’t have any development plans […]

Saugeen Shores Police Service has new, four-year collective agreements with its uniformed and civilian staff. A joint news release from the heads of the police association and police board Sunday said both groups ratified the agreements. Specific details of the agreements weren’t shared but the release said the contract contains “significant improvements for the efficient […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported two new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. Both of the new cases were found in Owen Sound, which has now seen 65 cases of the virus since the start of the pandemic. There are currently seven known active cases of COVID-19 in Grey-Bruce. One case is a patient at a […]

Northern Bruce Peninsula winters may be a little less threatening thanks to emergency kits prepared by retired teachers, Lion’s Head legion members and distributed by a Lion’s Head food bank volunteer. When roads are closed or the power is knocked out, emergency provisions and supplies will be available should they be needed to help people […]

Olivia Duwyn’s struggles with severe depression and anxiety have her wanting to help other youth who may be facing similar challenges of their own. So the Owen Sound woman is raising funds for local child and youth mental health services by doing something that has benefitted her – getting active. Duwyn is completing her own […]

South Bruce OPP announced a missing Kincardine woman has been found. Police asked for the public’s help to locate the 43-year-old woman Wednesday but later in the day announced she was located shortly after 4 p.m. in the municipality. Jessica Thompson was reported missing Wednesday and had been last seen Tuesday at 9 p.m. on […]

One new case of COVID-19 was reported in Grey Highlands Tuesday by the Grey Bruce Health Unit and an investigation into the potential fallout of a Halloween party in Dundalk is now underway. A person who was likely shedding the virus attended the party on Halloween night, according to a health unit media release issued […]

Owen Sound council is asking staff to see if there’s a way for the city to reopen the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre’s concourse to walkers while the temporary COVID-19 field hospital remains in place on the arena floor. Staff and the city’s community services committee recommended that council vote to keep the walking track […]

An Owen Sound judge sentenced a First Nations man in the Ontario Court of Justice Tuesday to three years in prison after he was found guilty of childhood sexual abuse of his nephew in 1998. Justice Julia Morneau, who delivered her sentence during an audio hearing, banned publication of the identity of the victim. Given […]

Police are investigating after spray paint was used to write racially motivated text and homophobic slurs on structures in Port Elgin. Saugeen Shores police and members of their criminal investigations and drugs branch began investigating what is being called a hate motivated crime on Monday at 3:30 p.m. Anyone with information that would help identify […]

The Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre’s A Time to Remember presentation series will look at the history of local First World War soldiers on Thursday. Local historian Bill Streeter will give a Facebook Live presentation featuring the stories of Bruce County soldiers who were the first to arrive in France with the 1st Contingent […]

Mayor Ian Boddy cast the lone vote opposing a motion made Monday for the city to donate $5,000 to the Owen Sound Legion’s poppy campaign. Boddy, who left the mayor’s chair to speak against the resolution, said the city decided years ago to no longer provide grants to organizations or charities and it wouldn’t be […]

Mission Zimbabwe will hold its annual harvest dinner this weekend, but with some changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, three sittings will be held with a limit of 50 tickets available for each one. Takeout meals are also available at each sitting. The three sittings will be Friday at 6 p.m., Saturday at […]

While city officials say the situation has improved at an address declared by Owen Sound in September as a hotspot – due to ongoing complaints about criminal activity and bylaw issues – council agreed Monday that it’s not yet time to end proactive enforcement in the neighbourhood. Council approved a recommendation from city manager Tim […]

REACH Centre Grey Bruce is selling the former Grey Granite Club property, which it received as a donation, to buy another more suitable downtown building to make that its first permanent home. By Dec. 17 the charitable organization, which serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will have to leave its latest temporary quarters, the […]

Owen Sound is seeking federal funding to help cover nearly $1 million in proposed upgrades to Kelso Beach that city officials say are aimed at addressing climate change impacts on the waterfront park and enabling the site to stage large events. Council endorsed a community services committee recommendation Monday to apply for Canada Cultural Spaces […]

Kevin Zettel has been named the permanent Chief of Police for the Saugeen Shores Police Service. Zettel, who had been serving as interim chief since the resignation of Mike Bellai in late August, was appointed to the job permanently on Monday. A formal swearing in will be held on Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. at […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit Monday. It has now been three-straight days without a reported case after six cases were found in three different areas of the region Friday. Three of those cases have now been linked to an ongoing cluster in South Bruce Peninsula. As […]

With the arrival of November came the month’s infamous winds, hitting Grey-Bruce with its first taste of wintry weather and battering shoreline areas with high waves. While many areas inland experienced the season’s first blanket of snowfall, along Lake Huron and Georgian Bay residents and municipalities were left cleaning up debris and assessing shorelines after […]

Emergency responders succeeded in reversing a suspected fentanyl overdose during an emergency medical call recently. A person was in medical distress on Dawson Street in Wiarton, a Grey Bruce OPP news release issued Monday. Naloxone was administered, the victim revived and was taken by ambulance to hospital on Oct. 27. Police also remind everyone that […]

The Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre’s model train exhibit, approximately 8,000 hours in the making, has been recognized by the Ontario Museum Association Awards of Excellence. The Riding the Rails exhibit received an honourable mention in the category of community engagement during the annual award ceremony, held virtually this year amid the global COVID-19 […]

Organizers of the Gitche Namewikwedong Reconciliation Garden have issued a call to artists interested in creating a sturgeon sculpture for the project at Kelso Beach Park. All artists who respond to the expression of interest request will receive a full description of the project on Nov. 15. Expressions of interest can be e-mailed to Thomas […]

Grey Roots Museum & Archives has received a provincial award for its original exhibit that showcases stories of local fire and rescue and features a fully restored 1923 LaFrance pumper truck. The Grey County-owned museum south of Owen Sound is the recipient of the Ontario Museums Association’s award of excellence for community engagement for Facing […]

The three cases of COVID-19 in South Bruce Peninsula that were reported Friday to the Grey Bruce Health Unit have now been linked to the cluster in the town, according to public health. They bring to 10 the number of confirmed cases associated with the cluster. Dr. Ian Arra, Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health, said […]

For nearly 35 years, the clang of an old cowbell greeted customers as they “stepped back in time” into quaint Harrigan’s stores in downtown Southampton. The brass bell, which hung by a chain from the ceiling, had been a fixture at Harrigan’s Red & White 100-Mile Food Market on High Street for the past 15 […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported six new cases of COVID-19 in the region Friday, the most in a 24-hour period since the second wave of the pandemic took hold in Ontario. According to the health unit’s daily situation report, three of the cases were found in South Bruce Peninsula but are not associated with […]

Relief is on the way for a St. Mary’s High School in Owen Sound that is bursting at the seams. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker was at the school on Friday along with other local officials for the announcement of close to $20 million for an addition at the school, which would more than double […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is reminding people that the flu vaccine is available at 48 local pharmacies across the region to those ages five and older. “The high demand for flu shots this year may result in pharmacies running out before their next shipment but they are constantly being resupplied. Check with your local […]

A group in South Bruce opposed to a proposed underground nuclear waste storage facility is saying that someone has destroyed some of the signs they have erected in the area. Protect Our Waterways – No Nuclear Waste said Friday that said someone has used chainsaws to damage their signs located on private property, including some […]

The Grey Sauble Conservation Authority is advising residents that a cold front and low-pressure system forecast to move across Lake Huron and Georgian Bay Sunday night and into Monday could cause increased wave height and minor flooding of low-lying shoreline areas. Strong northwest winds are expected to develop late Sunday night gusting up to 80 […]

The Owen Sound and Grey-Bruce area’s artistic riches will be on full display at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery in the coming days and months. The gallery has recently launched two exhibitions – one made up of works from the gallery’s permanent collection and another highlighting a talented Owen Sound artist – while an online […]

For the third straight day, the Grey Bruce Health Unit reported no new cases of COVID-19 in the region. Of the 172 cases confirmed in Grey-Bruce to date, five remain active, according to the daily situation report released by the Health Unit on Thursday. There have been 155 cases that have recovered, while 12 cases […]

The Ontario Hockey League announced Thursday it will push back its “return to play” timeline at least another two months as the COVID-19 pandemic ramps back up in the province. OHL teams originally slated to start a shortened regular season on Dec. 1 will now pencil in a Feb. 4 puck drop with training camps […]

The Ontario Hockey League announced Thursday it will push back its “return to play” timeline at least another two months as the COVID-19 pandemic ramps back up in the province. OHL teams originally slated to start a shortened regular season on Dec. 1 will now pencil in a Feb. 4 puck drop with training camps […]

The provincial government is spending $26.4 million for a new senior school for more than 880 students in Kincardine. Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson made the announcement Thursday morning “as part of the province’s 2020-2021 Capital Priorities Program to support the growing community in and around Kincardine and to provide students with a modern learning environment.” […]

Georgina McKelvie carried on with a lifetime of generosity and community building by making an $80,000 donation to the Owen Sound Regional Hospital Foundation for a piece of technology that will one day help local doctors save the lives of people in Grey and Bruce counties. The money will help the hospital buy a portable […]

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 […]