Owen Sound Sun Times

The number of visitors to Sauble Beach last weekend made it feel like a “long weekend,” but there were hardly any issues with beach-goers not following social distancing or other rules, says South Bruce Peninsula’s mayor. “We had huge crowds, but, by and large, they behaved themselves really well,” Mayor Janice Jackson said. “We didn’t […]

About 20 people began hauling away demolition debris from Barb and Andy McCaffrey’s fire-damaged home Wednesday, part of a four-month project to rebuild it. Andy McCaffrey was back and forth from the site and before he left again, he said he was heading out to look at an apartment. He said he and his wife […]

Wiarton’s “Big Dig” has hit a snag, but South Bruce Peninsula officials say they’re optimistic the issue won’t significantly impact the $11-million project’s timeline or budget. “We have come across some contaminated soil we have to deal with, which will have a budget impact but we’re trying to mitigate that as much as possible by […]

August 2019

The Sauble Beach Sunset Cruisers will hold the Bruce Peninsula Classic Car Run on Aug. 9. The public is invited to come out and view the travelling car show that will begin at 1 p.m. from four different locations across the Lake Huron shoreline and the southern Bruce Peninsula. The Sauble Beach Community Centre, Wiarton […]

The application window for Westario Power’s AffordAbility Fund (AFT) program is set to close before the end of August, and the energy supplier is encouraging its residential customers to take advantage of free energy-saving upgrades. The AFT program is funded by the Government of Ontario and a part of the Fair Hydro Plan. The program […]

Owen Sound police chased, then charged, a Hanover man Monday with fentanyl-related offences. The 44-year-old was wanted on a Hanover Police Service warrant for a mischief charge when Monday morning city police saw him in the 700-block of 2ndAve. E. in Owen Sound. Police said in a news release he fled on foot through residential […]

There have been six opioid overdoses, including one fatality in which an opioid is suspected, in the past five days in Grey and Bruce counties, the Grey Bruce Health Unit warned Tuesday. Health officials await confirmation by a laboratory and a coroner about a fatality, Ian Reich, a public health manager with the health unit, […]

It’s not even halfway through the summer yet and the local United Way has already received nearly as many requests for its backpack program as it did during last year’s entire campaign. Sarah Raynsford, co-ordinator of the United Way of Bruce Grey program, said about 2,110 backpacks have been requested so far – about double […]

There have been no active cases of COVID-19 reported to the Grey Bruce Health Unit since July 15. The health unit’s daily situation report shows 115 cumulative cases of pandemic virus infection, 109 recovered and six others referred to other health units. No one is listed in hospital due to COVID-19 and 28 healthcare workers […]

Huron Shores Hospice has reached its fundraising goal to add a second bed in Tiverton – the need for which can be clearly seen by the requests the organization received for the service in its initial two years. Co-chair Cheryl Cottrill said 18 residents have received end-of-life care at the hospice since May 2018, but […]

Owen Sound closed part of its waterfront trail Monday at Kelso Beach Park after a seiche in record-high Georgian Bay waters washed away part of the trail Sunday. The asphalt path between the splash pad and Kelso washrooms is now closed. The segment behind the amphitheatre has washed away or been buried under more than […]

Saturday will be a good day for some belated spring cleaning in Owen Sound and surrounding municipalities. Both the periodic municipal household hazardous waste depot and Goods Exchange Day event will be held Saturday in the city. The household hazardous waste event runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the city’s public works building […]

There are 14 prizes up for grabs in an online silent auction for Please Bring Me Home, whose volunteers search for long-lost missing people. The Facebook-based auction started Monday and ends Friday. To participate, visit the Please Bring Me Home Facebook page and click on a photograph of the prize. You can then bid in […]

Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health said Monday there’s been a “noticeable” uptake in mask use in the week since he announced his order to wear one. Dr. Ian Arra issued notice on July 7 of a pending order requiring most people to wear mask or other covering of the nose, mouth and chin to help […]

Owen Sound is now aiming for a Sept. 8 launch of its twice-daily transit service between the Scenic City and Guelph, after being forced to delay the start this spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But Dennis Kefalas, director of public works and engineering, said the city’s contractor, Voyago, might be able to get the […]

Saugeen Shores police charged two Toronto men, a 19- and a 20-year-old, with numerous offences including possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possession of loaded handgun. Police announced the charges Monday in a news release. It said police were dispatched to a Southampton address at 4:14 a.m. Saturday concerning a break-in that […]

The goal for contractors, donors and volunteers is to make sure Andy McCaffrey and his wife Barb return to their Owen Sound home, hopefully by Christmas, and with enough money left over for presents. The couple’s home was heavily damaged in a fire earlier this month while the pair were at the hospital tending to […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit Sunday, and still no known active cases in the region. The last known COVID-19 patient in the area recovered Thursday. The last reported new COVID-19 case in Grey-Bruce was on July 9. Public health units across the province reported 164 new […]

The Hanover Police Service shared an image of a flare gun Saturday that had been modified to shoot .22 calibre ammunition and was recently destroyed by the police service after being seized during an arrest. Hanover Police Chief Christopher Knoll shared the image on his Twitter feed as an example of the dangers police officers […]

Stunt driving charges on the Bruce Peninsula are on pace for another record year according to the Bruce Peninsula Safe Communities Committee (BPSCC). COVID-19 shutdown measures have slowed the tourism season on the peninsula, but not the drivers who are travelling along the main road between Wiarton and Tobermory. The Grey Bruce OPP had already […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in the region Saturday according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report. There hasn’t been a recorded case of the disease in Grey-Bruce since July 9, and there are no known active cases in the region. The total regional case count throughout the pandemic stands […]

When the Tom Thomson Art Gallery reopens this month, visitors will have the opportunity to take in some shows that are similar in that they feature an abundance of brightness and colour, yet are different in the media used and the way they are being presented. For emerging Saugeen First Nation artist Emily Kewageshig the […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Grey-Bruce Friday, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report, and no known active cases in the region. Also, an international visitor who failed to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in Canada was charged by the Grey Bruce OPP for failure to comply […]

Most of Ontario moved into Stage 3 of the provincial government’s COVID-19 recovery plan Friday. For some in Owen Sound, that meant getting back into a routine. Owen Sound Fitness and Training owner Joshua Burnett opened his doors to the public at 5:30 a.m. Friday, exactly four months after he was made to shut down […]

A pedestrian brandished a weapon and stole the vehicle of a driver who stopped on Bruce Road 10 in Arran-Elderslie Thursday, police said Friday. Sometime between 9:45 and 9:55 p.m. Thursday a motorist stopped along the road in the former Arran Township to check on a pedestrian. The pedestrian brandished a weapon and demanded the […]

A focused patrol in the village of Berkeley in Chatsworth led to dozens of charges against motorists. Police had received several complaints from residents about motorists speeding through the village on Highway 10, often at highway speeds, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release. There is a reduced speed of 50 kilometres per hour […]

The stunt driving charges on the Bruce Peninsula continued on Wednesday. After police charged eight drivers with going at least 50 kilometres per hour over the posted speed limit on Tuesday, another six drivers were stopped on Highway 6 on Wednesday and charged with the offence. All of the drivers were issued a provincial summons […]

An Owen Sound police officer retrieved an imitation firearm from the bay after a suspect was seen tossing it in the water. Police were called to the area of the grain elevators in Owen Sound on Wednesday afternoon about a man brandishing a handgun and concealing it in his waistband. As police arrived and confronted […]

For the first time in months, the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report has a clear active case count. The Grey-Bruce region has gone a week now without a new COVID-19 case reported to the health unit, and as of 3:30 p.m. Thursday the last active case had recovered. The total case count remains […]

While the stage at the Roxy Theatre remains quiet due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the action continues behind the scenes at Owen Sound Little Theatre. A virtual summer theatre camp for kids has started up and has been well-received so far, while a virtual magazine is in development to connect local little theatre members and […]

The plan to bring the Norgoma to the Bruce Peninsula involves turning the ship into a restaurant, museum and tourist attraction in Tobermory’s Little Tub Harbour. Mike Goman said Wednesday that the idea to bring the Norgoma to the tip of the peninsula was born out of the desire to expand The Coffee Shop business […]

Over a third of local workers are either unemployed or “underutilized,” according to new numbers compiled by Statistics Canada and reported recently by the Four County Labour Market Planning Board. Statistics Canada recently calculated an underutilization rate for each economic region to offer a more complete picture of the impact COVID-19 is having on the […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Grey-Bruce Wednesday, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report. The region’s cumulative reported-case count stands at 115 with 108 cases recovered and six cases referred to other health units. There is one active case remaining in the region. Medical officer of health Dr. […]

A South Bruce Peninsula man faces a number of charges after he fled from police who approached him in the parking lot of their Wiarton detachment. Just before 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a Grey Bruce OPP officer approached the driver of a grey SUV that was parked in the public area of their parking lot […]

About 60 people took part in a weekend protest against the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s order that will require most people to wear face masks in commercial establishments. The protest took place at Hanover Heritage Square on Sunday, after medical officer of health Ian Arra gave notice last week that he was going to issue […]

Tuesday was a busy day for the OPP on the Bruce Peninsula as they charged eight more motorists with stunt driving by the time the sun had gone down. All drivers, who were charged for going at least 50 kilometres per hour above the posted speed limit, were issued a provincial summons to attend court, […]

A Saugeen Shores resident charged with racing a motor vehicle after being stopped in Arran-Elderslie. On Tuesday morning at 7:45 a.m., a South Bruce OPP officer patrolling along Bruce Road 17 saw a vehicle moving at a high rate of speed. The vehicle’s speed on the radar was displayed at 137 kilometres per hour in […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit issued a media release Tuesday officially outlining the medical officer of health’s face-covering order that will go into effect Friday. Dr. Ian Arra is ordering all commercial establishments in Grey Bruce to ensure effective measures are in place to maintain a physical distancing of two metres among all employees and […]

Owen Sound will make an exemption to its noise bylaw to allow construction to take place on Saturdays and holidays. The measure, which will be in effect until Nov. 1, is being implemented as a way to assist the construction industry during the COVID-19 pandemic recovery. “We do have a bylaw in place, but people […]

A youth has been arrested after a man was hit with a baseball bat and knocked unconscious in downtown Owen Sound early Tuesday morning. A group of youths were arguing with another group of youths, Owen Sound police said in a news release. A man walking by in the area decided to intervene, and a […]

A new home in the Bruce Peninsula beckons for the museum ship Norgoma. Tobermory Real Estate Investors Inc., will pay City of Sault Ste. Marie $2,500 for the vessel that called the Sault Ste. Marie waterfront home for more than 40 years. Mayor Christian Provenzano called the sale “the right thing” for the former 188-foot […]

Owen Sound is moving to form a task force to look at the city’s police force. On Monday night during its committee of the whole meeting, council unanimously passed a motion brought forward by Mayor Ian Boddy that called on city manager Tim Simmonds to prepare terms of reference to create a transformational task force. […]

Nine local politicians are facing online backlash for taking part in a Beards for Bucks fundraiser Saturday in Owen Sound at the Georgian Bay Centre for the Arts. Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff, MPP Bill Walker, Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy, Southgate Mayor John Woodbury, Grey Highlands Deputy -mayor Aakash Desai, Hanover Deputy-mayor Selwyn Hicks […]

Most of Ontario including Grey-Bruce will enter Stage 3 of the province’s reopening plan Friday and people will be be able to return to bars, restaurants and movie theatres with additional health measures put in place. Most public spaces will reopen gradually to the public in the regions entering Stage 3. Dr. Ian Arra, Grey […]

Saugeen Shores police will launch Operation Road Rules on Friday, targeting traffic infractions at intersections throughout their municipality. Police officers will be looking for those who are disobeying stop signs and red and amber lights and blocking intersections, it said in a news release from police. When motorists rush to “beat the red” or roll […]

A Hanover man faces charges after police responded to reports of a shirtless man on a bicycle in possession of a handgun and a knife, and threatening people in a residential neighbourhood on Saturday evening. Hanover police officers went to the area just after 8 p.m., but the man had fled. West Grey Police Service […]

Perplexing as it has been, U.S. farm policy under President Donald Trump maintains a certain consistency: it responds with public spending to rural blocks of the population that have unusual influence in America. Whether Trump’s farm spending has actually helped solve the designated problems it was allocated to address, whether the money even gets to […]

A Southgate man has been charged after he was found by police while he slept in the driveway of a residence with a stolen guitar in his hand. On Friday at 2:30 p.m., Grey-Bruce OPP were dispatched to a break and enter at a residence on Ida Street in Dundalk. The homeowners returned to their […]

Police continue to charge motorists with stunt driving on the Bruce Peninsula. Last week, Grey-Bruce OPP said that more than 70 drivers had been charged with driving at 50 kilometres per hour or more above the posted speed limit on the Bruce Peninsula so far this year. More have been charged in recent days, including […]