Owen Sound Sun Times

While 2019 proved to be a banner year for building in Owen Sound, city officials say they’re hopeful 2020 will be even better. “I’m as optimistic as I’ve ever been,” city manager Wayne Ritchie said in a year-end interview. “We have a lot of irons in the fire that are very close to being public, […]

About 600 to 700 children welcomed the start of a new year – and the new decade – Tuesday evening during the annual Owen Sound New Year’s Eve Family Celebration. The free event at the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre kicked off with family swim and gym times and several other activities and wrapped up […]

Police identified the pedestrian who died after a collision involving a transport truck east of the town of Meaford Monday. Grey Bruce OPP identified the deceased as Edith Clark, 66, of Meaford. Just after 1 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP was dispatched to the collision at Highway 26 east of the Third Line in Meaford. Mrs. […]

Police remain tight-lipped about the discovery of human remains east of Highway 6 in the Holstein area of southern Grey County on Dec. 24. A police news update released Monday night said a post-mortem exam had been done that day but police provided no further details about what was learned. Emailed questions concerning the case […]

The United Way of Bruce Grey is issuing an “urgent year-end appeal” for financial donations after its annual backpack program fell about $20,000 short of this year’s fundraising goal. Executive director Francesca Dobbyn said it’s “really rare” for the organization to send out such a request, especially at this time of year, but she felt […]

West Grey Police officers intercepted three drivers who provided breath samples registering a “warn” reading in roadside tests over the past seven days, according to a news release from the service. In Ontario, a blood-alcohol concentration of between 0.05 and 0.08 is commonly referred to as the “warn range”. If your blood alcohol concentration in […]

An Owen Sound man allegedly stole clothes and electronics then told staff “I’m not paying” and left a store on the city’s east side Sunday. Owen Sound police went to the store in response to a shoplifting complaint, a police news release said Monday. Staff reported a 36-year-old man had loaded up two bags of […]

City police charged a 42-year-old Owen Sound man after it was alleged he entered his neighbour’s residence, assaulted three female occupants he was familiar with there, then stole a pet Sunday. One female was sent to hospital with a broken rib, city police said in a news release Monday morning. Police were called at about […]

On Christmas Day, police charged a 42-year-old West Grey woman with several offences after they received a report about 5:30 p.m. of a dispute at a West Back Line residence. Police arrived there and learned an argument had taken place and that weapons had been involved, West Grey police said in a news release Monday. […]

Freezing rain and wind warnings for Grey-Bruce which are to remain in effect until early this afternoon prompted Hydro One to advise its customers to be ready for a potential, extended power outage. Shortly after 9:30 a.m., Hydro One’s outage map showed numerous outages across the province, including one on the peninsula, another along the […]

The Bayshore lore is almost no more as the Attack dropped a fifth-straight game at home Sunday afternoon. The club fell 4-3 to a decimated and winless-in-eight Barrie Colts team in front of 3,093 fans that are becoming increasingly worried about their chances of watching live playoff hockey in Owen Sound this season. After getting […]

The Bells of Christmas are now ringing in the Kitchener area. This holiday season, a Bells of Christmas program was started in Kitchener by a couple who saw the Owen Sound Bells of Christmas tree at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre lobby while they were in town visiting family. The program, which started four […]

After falling to the Mississauga Steelheads 6-3 inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Saturday, the Owen Sound Attack open up the second half of the season on the outside looking in. The loss backslides the Attack by the Erie Otters and into the ninth-spot in the Western Conference standings with a 15-14-3-2 record. Although […]

Police remained on scene Saturday and area residents were left asking questions after human remains were found in a rural area on the western edge of Southgate on Christmas Eve. The OPP have given few details about what they are calling a criminal investigation, only to confirm that human remains had been found in the […]

Mushy and mild weather is putting a damper on things for local winter outdoor sports enthusiasts this holiday season. The temperature hit 10.8 degrees Celsius at Wiarton on Thursday, well above the average high for the time of year and just shy of the Boxing Day record high of 11 C set in 2016. While […]

The Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre will be jammed with revellers for the Owen Sound New Year’s Eve Family Celebration on Tuesday evening. The event, which attracted an estimated 700 people last year, will return again with swimming, gym fun, ice skating, crafts, musical entertainment and more. It will all be capped by the balloon […]

Police are conducting a criminal investigation in Southgate after human remains were found. On Christmas Eve, Grey Bruce OPP responded to the area of Southgate Road 10, east of Highway 6 following the report, police said in a news release. Members of the Grey Bruce OPP Crime Unit and OPP Forensic Identification Services, under the […]

There were no injuries following a three-vehicle crash in Walkerton on Boxing Day. South Bruce OPP received a report of the collision at the intersection of Durham Street and Jackson Street just before 6:30 p.m. Police arrived to find that a sport utility vehicle was westbound on Durham Street and entered the intersection, where it […]

A Saugeen Shores man has been identified as the person killed in a crash on Highway 21 early Thursday morning. Aaron Speer, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene of the single-vehicle crash in the Municipality of Kincardine. Just after 1 a.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol in the former Bruce Township located […]

Boxing Day bargain hunters succeeded in finding what they were after and then some Thursday. And the crowds of years gone by may now be relegated to mere stories grandparents will tell their grandchildren, at least in sleepier locales like Owen Sound. That’s not to say all stores were empty by late Boxing Day morning. […]

Additional expenditures required to operate Bruce County’s long term care homes in Walkerton and Wiarton account for much of a hike in the county’s 2020 spending estimates. The consolidated budget requires a $2,813,274 increase in the levy, which means a levy increase of 6.01 per cent before assessment growth is applied. Higher than average assessment […]

South Bruce Peninsula has decided not to join the fledgling local Municipal Innovation Council, part of the recently created Nuclear Innovation Institute in Port Elgin. Huron-Kinloss, Kincardine, South Bruce, Brockton, Arran-Elderslie and the host community of Saugeen Shores all joined. Northern Bruce Peninsula hasn’t decided yet, Bruce County acting chief administrative officer Bettyanne Cobean said. […]

South Bruce OPP officers are investigating a fatal single vehicle collision along Highway 21 in the former Bruce Township, which was discovered early Thursday morning. An officer on patrol came upon the scene of a sports utility vehicle in the ditch at 1:09 a.m. in South Bruce, a police news release said. The lone occupant […]

Take your Christmas spirit beyond December, and use it to support those in need year-round. Religious leaders, including the head of the Roman Catholic diocese for Southwestern Ontario, delivered that message to parishioners Wednesay, reminding the well-fed and well-dressed of their suffering neighbours just outside church doors. Bishop Ronald Fabbro of the Diocese of London, […]

The outpouring of goodwill by the community has allowed the Wiarton Salvation Army to meet the needs of its clients this holiday season and beyond. After a break-in more than two months ago saw the agency suffer a loss of more than $15,000, the community has stepped up to not only replace what was taken […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is applauding proposed federal regulations that will ban the advertising of vape products wherever they can be seen or heard by youth. The proposals, announced by Canada’s Minister of Health Patty Hajdu on Thursday, would mean that youth would no longer see advertising for vaping products in public spaces, in […]

A pedestrian has died after a collision involving a transport truck east of the town of Meaford Monday. The identity of the deceased was being withheld until next of kin could be notified. Just after 1 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP were dispatched to the collision at Highway 26 east of the Third Line in Meaford. […]

Police followed tracks in the snow to a residence where they arrested two suspects in a break-in at the Stone Tree Golf and Country Club on the weekend. Just after 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, Grey Bruce OPP were dispatched to the business on Highway 6 and 10 after being alerted by a burglary alarm. Police […]

After Lion’s Head hospital notified police about a person who had just left showing “concerning behaviour” Sunday, police employed a helicopter and found him in good physical health. Grey Bruce OPP was notified at 10:16 a.m. Sunday about the hospital visitor who had left in a vehicle. Police located that person’s vehicle at Duke Lane […]

A Kitchener man has been charged after he drove through a RIDE check in Durham while watching a YouTube video on his cellphone. On Monday morning West Grey police officers were conducting the RIDE check at the intersection of Durham Road East and Garafraxa Street North when they were met by the man who drove […]

Retired Meaford-area dairy farmer and active church member Henry Reinders is committed to helping farmers in developing countries. He was recently appointed the Ontario staff representative of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, a Christian-based humanitarian organization, after volunteering as a provincial ambassador for the past year. He’ll continue to promote programs that feed hungry people in […]

West Grey police charged a man for drinking and driving after officers at a spot-check witnessed him fail to stop at a nearby intersection in Neustadt about 1:15 a.m. Saturday. An officer intercepted the driver on Grey Road 10, who said he was going home after a Christmas party at a nearby bar. He failed […]

A new transit service between Owen Sound and Guelph will begin running on Jan. 15. Kasper Transportation will begin its twice-daily service between the two cities with the first run scheduled to leave the Owen Sound Transit Terminal at 8 a.m. and arrive in Guelph around 10:30 a.m. The cost for the entire trip aboard […]

Recent national television exposure of two local missing persons investigations drew so much interest from retired police and others that the founders of the local Please Bring Me Home campaign plan to take it national. Please Bring Me Home co-founder Nick Oldrieve hopes to have established 10-member investigation teams in every province by the end […]

S. Constitution: Article 11, Section 4: “A federal officer can be impeached for treason, bribery, or high crime or misdemeanor. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and a simple majority of members can vote to impeach. The Senate shall then have the sole power to try all impeachments, and if […]

A Hanover woman will be taking to the skies quite a bit after she won millions of miles from Aeroplan. Peggy Moore recently won 3.5 million travel miles in a summer contest by Aeroplan to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Moore said Friday that she found out about the win about three weeks ago and is […]

Police have charged a man in connection with a fatal crash in Huron-Kinloss almost five months ago. The 23-year-old man from Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Township has been charged with careless driving causing death in the July 27 crash on Bruce Road 1 in the former Kinloss Township, South Bruce OPP said in a news release issued on […]

Two Windsor men are facing a long list of charges after multiple vehicles were stolen, including one in Southgate that was driven through a garage door and ran into police cruisers. The thefts took place early Thursday morning with Huron, Wellington and Grey Bruce OPP involved in multiple stolen vehicle occurrences involving the same suspects, […]

December 2019

South Bruce OPP were kept busy on Wednesday after strong winds and blowing snow contributed to a number of crashes in the region. Between 9 a.m. and 11:45 p.m., South Bruce OPP officers investigated 17 vehicle collisions with minor injuries reported at two of the scenes. Officers also received four calls about vehicles that were […]

A man charged in relation to a “high risk situation” that closed part of Tara’s main street on Tuesday remains in custody after a bail hearing. Bradley Caskanette, 27, of Arran-Elderslie appeared in bail court in Walkerton on Wednesday where he was remanded into custody and is next scheduled to appear in court by video […]

Georgian Bluffs has given final approval to its new strategic plan that will set the path for the municipality for the next five years. On Wednesday, council passed a bylaw to adopt the 2020-24 strategic plan, outlining the municipality’s goals and objectives it hopes to implement over the next five years. “We can now start […]

Inglis Falls Road will be shut down early in the new year as work gets started on a major reconstruction project. On Wednesday night, Georgian Bluffs council awarded the project to rebuild approximately 640 metres of the road to Moorefield Excavation Ltd. at a price of about $3.4 million. Mayor Dwight Burley said that the […]

The Salvation Army will have a full turkey dinner ready for 150 and then some on Christmas Day. In the past, the Salvation Army’s annual dinner was served for those who used the food bank. But now anyone who wants to attend the dinner is welcome, said Alice Wannan, the community and family services director […]

No offence to Mr. Lumley, but they may need to change the name of the arena in Owen Sound to the Jacob Ingham Bayshore Community Centre. The 19-year-old goalie earned a 45-save shutout as the Kitchener Rangers beat the Owen Sound Attack 3-0 for their 10th-straight win. The Blueshirts haven’t lost since GM Mike McKenzie […]

The young man who threw food at the Owen Sound mosque last summer avoided jail Wednesday, but the judge warned such an act motivated by religious bias as his would generally demand jail. Brandon Hodder, 22, of Owen Sound received a 45-day conditional sentence, during which he must remain home during specified night-time hours, with […]

A man has been charged with refusing a breath sample after a crash in Kincardine on Monday. Just before 5:30 p.m. South Bruce OPP received a report of a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Queen Street and Kingsway Street in Kincardine. Police arrived to find that two pick-up trucks were involved. The investigation found […]

Police are looking for a person accused of stealing perfume from the same business twice. On Wednesday, Hanover Police Service officers were called to the business in the 800 block of 10th Street for a shoplifting incident involving the theft of perfume. Their investigation found that the suspect entered the store early Tuesday evening and […]

A woman with no fixed address has been arrested and charged after “breaking out” of businesses in Hanover on Tuesday evening. Hanover Police Service officers first responded to an alarm at a business in the 700 block of 10th Avenue at 6:30 p.m. It was determined that a female suspect had been inside the building […]

Grey County is working with local agricultural societies to create a regional agricultural learning and demonstration site on land south of Owen Sound. The approximately 20-acre site just west of the Grey Roots Museum and Archives would one day be host to a regional fall fair in place of the Owen Sound Fall Fair as […]