Owen Sound Sun Times

Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy honoured Ken Thomson Monday for his more than three decades of volunteer work to increase affordable housing in the community, while also extending a personal thanks to the retired teacher. “Our city annually honours volunteers, youth volunteers and seniors, but sometimes there’s very special people who have made a special […]

FASTBALL Bulls win Tara tournament The Cobourg Bulls won the ‘A’ championship of the third-annual Tara Twins fastball tournament. They join the Port Elgin Blue Devils and Owen Sound Selects as champions of the main prize in the fastball tournament’s three-year history. Reilly McAdams won the Josh Holmes Memorial award as the tournament’s MVP. The […]

Neyaashiinigmiing band members will be gathering to protest at the site of a proposed marijuana plantation on the reserve this week, where preparations have already begun. Workers are building a large fence around a field bounded by Boundary Road and Port Elgin Road, on land band members understand is leased from a band member for […]

What should Memorial Park look like in 2025? A group of Meaford residents concerned about the much-beloved space are hoping you’ll tell them. Meaford local Dan White, 65, is the chair of the newly formed Advocates of Memorial Park — a hodgepodge of neighbours and nature lovers who have at least one thing in common. […]

A company that marked a major milestone by making its first shipment of parts to Bruce Power for its Major Component Replacement, also hopes to have its facility up and running in Owen Sound in the coming months. Brotech Precision CNC announced last week that it had shipped its first field plug assemblies to Bruce […]

The Historic Roxy Theatre is gearing up for its 2019-20 season with a lineup that its operators hope will provide something for everyone and welcome some new faces through the doors. The season will kick off in just a few weeks with the Roxy Summer Camp production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Over […]

A South Bruce man faces impaired driving charges after he was seen struggling to get into his vehicle after leaving the LCBO in Kincardine. South Bruce OPP responded to the LCBO on Broadway Street at about 6 p.m. after receiving the report of the incident. When police arrived the man was exhibiting signs of impairment […]

With city manager Wayne Ritchie set to retire in May 2020, Owen Sound has set the wheels in motion to find his replacement. Council approved Monday night the contents of a request-for-proposals document that will seek out an executive search firm to help the city fill the top administrator role. The recruitment service is expected […]

Police are looking for a person in connection with sexual offences in Sauble Beach. Grey Bruce OPP issued a news release late Saturday evening saying they were actively investigating multiple occurrences in the Sauble Beach area involving young females. A man was reportedly approaching female youth and making unlawful and inappropriate advances, police said. He […]

Saugeen Shores police have arrested a second man in relation to a robbery in Port Elgin on June 7. The 27-year-old Grey County man was arrested at an address on Bricker Street in Port Elgin on Monday after police received information that he was there. The man was wanted on a warrant after he wasn’t […]

Two people from Wallaceburg face drug charges after a vehicle stop in Saugeen Shores on Sunday night. After the stop just before midnight a man was found in violation of probation and release conditions from previous incidents, and was not to have contact with a woman who was in the vehicle with him, Saugeen Shores […]

Hanover police have arrested and charged a 16-year-old in connection with a threat of violence toward students at Hanover’s John Diefenbaker Senior School. The youth has been charged with uttering threats and has been released on conditions. Police do not anticipate any further arrests related to the investigation. The identity of the accused cannot be […]

Someone stole a gun cabinet full of rifles Saturday from a residence in the former Glenelg Township in West Grey. That theft from a South Line Road residence was on top of the theft of money, tools and a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, which police recovered Sunday, a police news release issued Monday said. […]

Power tools, bicycles, golf clubs and an outboard motor are among the items reported stolen from a thrift store in Lucknow. Unknown suspects entered an unlocked door to the business on Friday just after 6 p.m. and took the items from the store, South Bruce OPP said in a news release. The stolen items include: […]

A senior from Midland faces a number of charges including impaired driving and racing a vehicle after being stopped by police in South Bruce Peninsula early Sunday morning. Just after midnight, Grey Bruce OPP observed a silver sport utility vehicle travelling on Bruce Road 8 at over 150 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone. […]

Police charged 16 drivers with stunt driving on Highway 6 on the Bruce Peninsula over the weekend. The fastest vehicle was travelling at 176 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone. Since the start of the year Grey Bruce OPP have laid more than 65 stunt driving charges against those driving 50 km/h or more […]

South Bruce OPP are investigating a dumpster fire in Lucknow that occurred early Sunday morning. Police were dispatched to the fire on Willoughby Street at about 5:30 a.m. The Lucknow Fire Department also attended the scene and put out the fire. Police are asking for witnesses to come forward. Anyone with information about the incident […]

Police are looking for those responsible in the heist of dozens of sheep from a property in Arran-Elderslie. Unknown suspects stole 25 sheep from an address on Conc. 6 sometime between June 16 and June 21. On Saturday, another three sheep were taken, South Bruce OPP said in a news release. Anyone with information about […]

High fashion was on display at the Saints and Sinners 2019 event at Grey Roots Museum and Archives on Sunday. Or at the very least creativity was on display as participants used everything from crazy glue and a tablecloth to a flea market find and a suit that belonged to grandpa to complete their looks […]

About 220 runners participated and about $4,000 was raised for the Georgian Bay Nordic cross-country ski team at the Suntrail Pure Grit Trail Race at the Sawmill Trails in Hepworth on Saturday. Runners competed in various distances, including 2.5-kilometre, 5-km, 7.5-km, 15-km, 30-km, and 52.5-km events. The 30-km and 52.5-km races were part of the […]

By fundraising for the Canadian Mental Health Association Grey-Bruce’s Ride Don’t Hide Jen Varah is helping to combat the stigma around mental health. “I think when you tell them it is for mental health, people want to give back,” said Varah. “They realize there is a huge stigma around it and we really want to […]

The North Stars deflated in the second period and popped midway through the third. Owen Sound scored three-straight goals to come back from a 6-3 deficit in the middle frame. Then Luke Robinson – who is leaning into the role of villain opposite Owen Sound players in the first-round OJBLL series – popped in his […]

The Manitoulin OPP are investigating after the body of a woman was located in Lake Huron after she reportedly went overboard while travelling on the Chi-Cheemaun from South Baymouth to Tobermory. Officers from the Manitoulin and Grey Bruce OPP responded to the report of the woman falling overboard just before 11:30 p.m. on Friday evening. […]

NORTH STARS STAY UNDEFEATED AT BAYSHORE N’Stars 11 Titans 6 Maybe it’s unfair to call Owen Sound’s win over the Oakville Titans an upset. Sure the Titans came into Saturday’s contest against the Owen Sound Bug Juice North Stars holding the top-spot of the Ontario Series Lacrosse league standings with a 9-1 record. But the […]

For the first time since 2001, no players from the Owen Sound Attack were selected in the NHL Entry Draft. Mack Guzda was the team’s only prospect featured on NHL Central Scouting’s final draft list. The Knoxville native entered the NHL Draft slotted as the No. 25 North American prospect between the pipes. Peterborough’s Hunter […]

The Bengals came from behind to take Game 1, 11-8, in overtime Saturday afternoon inside Hamilton’s Dave Andreychuk Arena. Hunter Aggus scored the winning goal in the extra frame – his second marker of the game – as the Bengals now take a 1-0 lead in the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League’s best-of-five first-round series. […]

Police are investigating after three dumpsters were set on fire in the Town of the Blue Mountains overnight Thursday. One of the fires occurred at a private residence on Sleepy Hollow Road, while two others occurred at separate locations on Highway 26 in the Craigleith area. Fire crews were able to extinguish the fires before […]

The Detroit Red Wings selected Attack import draft pick Moritz Seider sixth-overall in the National Hockey League Entry Draft Friday night in Vancouver. Seider, a German native, was selected by the Attack 105th-overall in the 2018 Canadian Hockey League import draft. As a first-round NHL draft pick Seider will now be placed on the Attack’s […]

Owen Sound police are looking for witnesses to a collision in which a black SUV struck a traffic light pole about 12:45 p.m. Friday at Highway 26 and 20th Avenue East. The driver of the SUV suffered minor injuries and was transported to hospital by ambulance, a city police news release said. The other two […]

The Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board will have a new director of education this fall. Gary O’Donnell, who is currently the superintendent of education with the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board, was appointed by the board of trustees last week. “It’s a great honour,” O’Donnell said in an interview Friday. “I’m excited to have an […]

The Bayshore Boys of summer are headed to the playoffs. After a monotonous 2018 season, an injection of youth has the North Stars back firmly in the win column and the top-eight of the Ontario junior B circuit’s Western Conference. Their reward is a first-round best-of-five series against the Hamilton Bengals. The same Bengals that […]

The president and chief executive officer of a small, wooden crate manufacturer mainly serving the Bruce Power and Darlington power plant rebuilds from Owen Sound’s industrial park, said he’s struggling to find good workers. Steve Warwick opened StevCon Packaging & Logistics Ltd. in the former Goodyear V-belt building two months ago. His business is poised […]

Firefighting was in David Crothers’ blood. Crothers, whose firefighting career spanned close to 40 years, predominantly with the Owen Sound Fire Department and Inter Township Fire Department, died on Sunday at the age of 72. Owen Sound Fire Chief Doug Barfoot said on Friday that to say firefighting was Mr. Crothers’ life is putting it […]

Four people have been charged after police busted a business’s stores in Owen Sound, Port Elgin and Hanover as part of a combined forces investigation into the alleged illicit sale of CBD products. The raid in Owen Sound took place at Stop & Smell the Roses at 640 10th St. W., Unit 3, according to […]

A new weapon is being deployed near Owen Sound in the battle against the tree-killing emerald ash borer. Natural Resources Canada and Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry are teaming up with Grey Sauble Conservation to release tiny wasps — they don’t have stingers — that kill the invasive beetles’ eggs and larvae. Chris […]

A Desboro woman has died after a three-vehicle crash on Highway 10 south of Dundalk. Rachael Baker, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash that occurred near the intersection of Highway 10 and 250 Sideroad in the Town of Melancthon late Thursday afternoon. Dufferin OPP were dispatched to the collision just before […]

GREY BRUCE LADIES FASTBALL LEAGUE Martin touches ’em all in Meaford win Meaford Leaky Canoe Ladies went head-to-head with Tara ladies and came out on top 14-10 Thursday night. Erika Ernst pitched for Meaford and added a triple and two doubles. Brandy Martin added a home run while Jaleh McEachern and Jen Bumstead added triples […]

Here come the North Stars. On Wednesday four local players – along with a local coach and general manager – were officially named to Team Ontario women’s field lacrosse rosters for upcoming tournaments and showcases. Lyndsay Brooks will coach the Team Ontario under-17 squad that is set to feature local baller Francesca Alpajaro. The team […]

Bruce Power’s 1,200-member Society of United Professionals union has given its bargaining team a 97 per cent strike mandate. “I hope the company takes this as a sign that it’s time to come back to the bargaining table with a fair offer,” Bruce Power Local 160 vice-president Mike Gade said in a news release Thursday. […]

Tara will serve as the temporary home of men’s fastball this weekend. The third-annual Tara Twins Men’s Fastball Tournament is set for bumper-to-bumper action starting Friday night at 7 p.m. and running until the championship contest Sunday at 4 p.m. The 16-team circuit will play games in both Tara and Allenford with championship-Sunday taking place […]

Cyclists from across Grey-Bruce and beyond will hit the roads of Owen Sound and the surrounding area on Sunday. More than 250 cyclists are expected to take part in the Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce’s sixth annual Ride Don’t Hide event this weekend. “It is a really community-oriented bike ride so it is nice […]

A Neyaashiinigmiing-based company, which announced in May its plans to grow marijuana outdoors on the reserve, held community information sessions there earlier this month. Wiisag Corporation’s Facebook page said its June 6 and June 8 information meetings were also an opportunity to recruit workers to fill 30 harvest positions, six in finance/administration, 12 in security, […]

Grey Roots is going back to the county’s prohibition and bootlegging era for one day this weekend. Saints and Sinners 2019 is taking over the Museum and Archives and its Moreston Heritage Village on Sunday with the clothing, song and dance, and the spirit of the Roaring Twenties on full display. Organizers said this year’s […]

Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson says she doesn’t see her move within Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet as a demotion, but a positive and “very thoughtful” change. “The premier made a decision. He wanted to hit refresh and prepare for Year 2 and bring more people to the table so that more people have that honour […]

Mark Giordano won the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s top defenceman at the league’s award presentation Wednesday night. The former Owen Sound Attack defender became the first Calgary Flames player to win the award in the team’s history receiving 96 percent of the first-place votes. Giordano, 35, went undrafted in both the Ontario Hockey League […]

The Parry Sound native has worn the Maple Leaf on his chest at the Youth Olympic Games, the under-17 world championships, and the under-18 world championships. Now Aidan Dudas is one step closer to playing for Canada on junior hockey’s biggest stage. On Wednesday the 19-year-old was named to Team Canada’s roster for the Sport […]

Lake Huron’s near record-breaking high water levels haven’t affected the two nesting sites of endangered piping plovers at Sauble Beach. All four eggs laid in late May in Nest 1 at the north end of the beach hatched over the weekend and the chicks are now scurrying on the sand, foraging for food. Two chicks […]

Back by popular demand, the Owen Sound Bug Juice North Stars will once again host Owen Sound Minor Lacrosse Day this Saturday as the N’Stars host the league-leading Oakville Titans. All minor lacrosse players and bench staff will be granted free entry into the game and are asked to wear their North Stars jerseys. The […]

A man reported missing from Georgian Bluffs early Wednesday morning has been located and is in good health. Police are thanking the public for their help in the incident, it said in a news release issued Wednesday. Grey Bruce OPP issued a news release earlier Wednesday asking for the public’s help in locating Joshua Hill, […]

On June 12 The Owen Sound Roselawn Bowling Club hosted their first tournament of the season. The Cam and Ev Millman Memorial Tournament was sponsored by Ann Otterbein of Fettes Travel Plus. Winners of the trophy were Mike Gvildys of Roselawn, and partner Rick Carr of the Chesley club with three wins, 37 points. Second […]