Owen Sound Sun Times

Another new presumptive positive case in a healthcare worker was recorded in Grey Bruce Wednesday, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit. The new case brings the region’s total COVID-19 case count to 102, including two presumptive cases. A recent initiative to test all staff working at long-term care homes has yielded a false-positive test […]

With the region now in Stage 2 of the province’s COVID-19 reopening plan, Owen Sound and the city’s Downtown Improvement Area board are again welcoming people to shop in the core. “The whole focus is on – things are opening up and we’re encouraging people to shop locally, to get downtown and see some of […]

A pair of temporary foreign workers tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month in Grey-Bruce, according to Dr. Ian Arra, the region’s medical officer of health. Arra said six other migrant workers at the farm were exposed to the virus, but the infected workers were immediately quarantined and the other six workers isolated for 14 […]

Police chased then charged a 40-year-old man with offences after a report of trespassing in Bruce Peninsula National Park June 15. The park is closed due to COVID-19 emergency orders and park wardens notified Grey Bruce OPP about a trespassing incident. Police spotted the suspect vehicle in line to board the Chi-Cheeman ferry in Tobermory. […]

Ontario’s Special Investigation Unit is looking into an interaction involving South Bruce OPP and a missing man who was injured when a fire started in the car he was in while police were trying to talk with him. About 5:15 p.m. on, the OPP received a call about a 36-year-old man in distress, according to […]

A Eugenia boy about 12 years old appeared to break both of his legs when he fell down a treacherous route to the bottom of Eugenia Falls Tuesday afternoon. The boy apparently slipped about halfway along an unauthorized yet well-used route and tumbled about nine metres to the bottom, Grey Highlands Fire Chief Marty Wellwood […]

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Newly hatched piping plover chicks would normally be scurrying around the sand at Sauble Beach around this time of year under the careful watch of their protective parents. But this year, plover watchers discovered a much different scene after the South Bruce Peninsula beach reopened for restricted use last week following a few months of […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit Tuesday, and a previously listed case has been declared a false-positive result. The false positive, reported in The Blue Mountains, has now been removed from the region’s data, leaving a total regional case count of 101. Twenty-five healthcare workers have contracted […]

Owen Sound is streamlining the process for restaurants, cafes and other establishments to seek and receive city approval to open up sidewalk patios. Instead of requiring those businesses to receive council’s blessing for the patios, council voted Monday to delegate to the city manager the authority to approve the design, layout and placement of the […]

Ralph Rudowski was sentenced in Owen Sound Tuesday to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 12 years for murdering his Wiarton neighbour and friend more than two years ago. Superior Court Justice John Sproat ordered copies of his reasons be forwarded to the municipality of South Bruce Peninsula and to the local […]

An emergency at the doorstep of millions of Canadians has created measurable positive change for the environment and has politicians taking from the coffers. Now, local climate activists are hoping the quick, exhaustive and sweeping government action enacted to fight COVID-19 will one day soon be aimed at helping remedy another global emergency. The Climate […]

With calls to “defund the police” growing in North America, a city councillor is planning to present a proposal to adopt the measure in Owen Sound. Coun. John Tamming notified council Monday that he will introduce a motion June 29 that, if approved, would “effectively defund police services by 30 per cent” and redirect that […]

Port Elgin Pumpkinfest officials have stripped Brad Scott, charged with child luring, of his position as president of the board of directors following an emergency Pumpkinfest meeting June 16. “The actions Mr. Scott has been charged with are inexcusable and the Board of Directors strongly condemn child exploitation of any kind,” Dave Mensher, the new […]

Owen Sound’s plea Monday for federal and provincial emergency funding to help municipalities recover in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic will likely be this council’s most important request, says Deputy-mayor Brian O’Leary. Without the assistance, he said municipalities will be forced to address pandemic-related revenue shortfalls and cost increases with their only available tools […]

Searching resumes Tuesday near the Davidson Centre in Kincardine for clues to Joe Moore’s disappearance, now nearly eight years ago. The Owen Sound-based Please Bring Me Home team of volunteers, with dogs trained to sniff out human remains, searched the bush and trail system Friday and was to return to finish searching that area. Moore […]

A single new case of COVID-19 was reported in Grey-Bruce Monday by the Grey Bruce Health Unit. It’s the first new COVID-19 case in the region since Friday when a pair of new cases were reported. The region’s total number of COVID-19 cases now stands at 102 with 92 recovered cases, five active cases, and […]

South Bruce OPP charged two Kincardine men after responding to a report at 2:30 p.m. June 12 of a break-and-enter in progress. When police arrived at the location along Highway 9 in Kincardine, they took two people into custody without incident. A 56-year-old man and a 25-year-old man are each charged with break and enter, […]

Police charged six people with drugs and weapons offences after seizing cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl worth $3,000 after searching two properties in the former Bruce Township Friday. Police also seized offence-related property including a pellet gun and some Canadian cash in the searches of property along Albert Road and along Maplewood Drive, a […]

Ontario’s independent police oversight agency is investigating involvement between two West Grey police officers and a man who suffered serious injuries. West Grey police were dispatched in the early morning June 6 to a dispute on Concession 14 NDR in West Grey, a West Grey Police Service news release said. “An altercation occurred between police […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported Sunday according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s situation report. The region has now gone two straight days without a newly reported case of the disease after two new cases were listed Friday. The region’s total still stands at 101 including one presumptive case pending confirmation in […]

Places of worship could officially open their doors for in-person services Sunday, but it seems like most local congregations are taking a cautious approach. Some church communities may never go back to how things were before the COVID-19 pandemic. The provincial government began allowing all places of worship to open June 12, with modifications made […]

No new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Grey-Bruce region in the past 24 hours according to Saturday’s edition of the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report. A correction was made in Saturday’s report pertaining to a previous case said to be in Huron-Kinloss that was actually reported in Arran Elderslie. There have been […]

Over a hundred participants, young and old, Black and Indigenous but mostly white, joined in a march through downtown Wiarton Saturday morning in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Some played instruments. Most carried signs. They all wore masks. Organizers ensured those who did not bring their own face covering were given a donated […]

Owen Sound council is set to vote Monday night on a staff proposal that would make it easier and faster for restaurants, cafes and other establishments to receive city approval to create and open up sidewalk patios at their businesses. A report from city manager Tim Simmonds, which recommends the city streamline the application and […]

While most of the Bruce Trail is again open, there are still some sections closed in Grey-Bruce, including some lengthy stretches on the Bruce Peninsula. The Bruce Trail Conservancy has announced the gradual reopening of the trail in recent weeks after it closed down in April as public health measures took effect to help slow […]

The COVID-19 case number in Grey-Bruce remains at 99 as no new cases of the disease were reported in Tuesday’s daily situation report released by the Grey Bruce Health Unit. Eighty-eight cases have now recovered leaving 11 active cases reported in the region, none of which are currently hospitalized. No deaths have been attributed to […]

Prior to COVID-19, hair salon owner Megan Gillespie didn’t realize how essential the service she provides is, but she certainly knows now. Since the province announced Monday that it was moving ahead with Stage 2 of reopening beginning Friday, Gillespie’s phone at Creative Hairstyling in downtown Owen Sound has been ringing almost non-stop. “I have […]

Sentencing submissions Tuesday in Owen Sound in the Ralph Rudowski murder case called for life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 15 years at the Crown’s request, while the defence is asking for 10 years before the chance of parole. Rudowski, 62, admitted at trial in the Superior Court of Justice he beat and […]

Grey County is looking for information about a large spill of a tar-like substance that stretched more than 60 kilometres along county roads. Sometime early Saturday morning the substance was spilled on stretches of Grey Road 40 and Grey Road 3 from Chatsworth, along County Road 40, south on Grey Road 3, through Ayton and […]

A march in solidarity of the Black Lives Matter movement will lap downtown Owen Sound before arriving at the Black History Cairn in Harrison Park Wednesday. The march will start at 4 p.m. in front of the Owen Sound Farmers’ Market and circle downtown before passing city hall on 2nd Avenue East en route to […]

There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit on Monday, the second day none were added to the cumulative total for the region. Only one new case of COVID-19 was reported over the weekend to the Grey Bruce Health Unit, bringing the total number of local cases to date […]

The unemployment rate for the region including Grey-Bruce reached 9.3 per cent in May – the highest since comparable data were kept back to 2001 for the economic region. The last time Grey, Bruce, Huron and Perth counties came the closest to that unemployment rate was in May 2009, when it was 9.1 per cent, […]

Grey and Bruce counties are asking residents and businesses across the region to celebrate the class of 2020 later this month. The two counties are joining together to invite residents and graduates to “make history” with a collective at-home graduation celebration on June 24 at 7 p.m. The regional celebration is being held to compliment […]

Sauble Beach will open on Tuesday for people to walk through on a restricted, trial basis. South Bruce Peninsula announced early Monday afternoon that its beaches and parks would be reopening, but pools, splash pads, playgrounds and fitness equipment would remain closed. Those who access the beach will not be permitted to sit, stand, lie […]

A Brockton teenager has been charged with numerous offences after a pay loader was taken in southern Bruce County and driven on roadways, private property and across farmers fields on Friday. The 19-year-old suspect has been charged with dangerous driving, two counts of operation while prohibited, two counts of assaulting a peace officer, theft over […]

Norma Jean’s has taken a final bow. The cozy downtown Owen Sound bistro, which first opened in 1984, has closed its doors for good. Owner Julia Gendron said she had been considering an exit strategy from the restaurant industry for the past few years, but those plans were accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. “I would […]

Only one new case of COVID-19 was reported over the weekend to the Grey Bruce Health Unit, bringing the total number of local cases to date to 99. The case was reported Saturday, while Sunday saw no new cases reported to public health, according to the agency’s most recent situation reports. Eighty-eight of the 99 […]

Dr. Brooke Edwards says the Owen Sound area is an incredible place to train to become a well-rounded physician. “The hospital is big enough that there is a lot going on and a lot of really good learning opportunities, but there’s not a lot of other residents around so you get to work one-on-one with […]

The local United Way has kicked off its annual backpack program earlier this year as the agency prepares for an expected surge in demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re anticipating almost double the number of kids needing to access the program this year,” Francesca Dobbyn, executive director of the United Way of Bruce Grey, […]

A 21-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving-related offences after a serious collision in Owen Sound. The man was driving his vehicle east on 16th Street East at about 7 p.m. Friday when he ran the red light at 18th Avenue East, causing the collision, according to an Owen Sound Police Service news release. […]

A 34-year-old man faces a list of charges after leading police on a car and foot chase in Owen Sound. It all started at about 6 a.m. Saturday when a city police officer tried to pull over a car for a minor infraction on the west hill. Initially, when the police turned on their emergency […]

One new case of COVID-19 was reported in the region Friday according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s daily situation report. The most recent case was reported in Owen Sound, according to the health unit’s data. Eighty-eight of the region’s 98 total cases have recovered. None of the active cases are currently hospitalized, and no […]

Owners of homes, cottages and condominiums that offer short-term stays for visitors to Grey-Bruce are breathing a sigh of relief now that the province has given a green light for the rentals to operate again. “From an industry perspective, everyone’s pretty relieved,” said Quinn Ross, an administrator of the 305-member Bruce Peninsula Short Term Accommodations […]

Fisheries and Oceans Canada confirmed Friday it is seeking extra funding for road and hydro work that could allow the Cabot Head lighthouse to reopen to tourists in Northern Bruce Peninsula. The municipal council decided on Feb. 10 it couldn’t renew its lease with the federal government for the lighthouse site without federal help with […]

Dr. Ian Arra, Grey Bruce’s medical officer of health teamed up with both Grey and Bruce counties Friday afternoon to deliver a business information webinar as the province reopens. Business owners from across the region were invited to join the Zoom conference with Arra and some of the counties’ economic development leaders acting as panellists. […]

The Bluewater District School Board is moving forward with its budget for the upcoming school year without knowing for sure how much funding it will receive from the province. On Tuesday, the board’s business committee recommended the board approve its 2020-21 budget at its next meeting on June 16, but the board isn’t expected to […]

Virtual-reality learning is in its infancy and Georgian College has begun looking at its applications across all faculties, Georgian’s Rob Theriault said Friday. Paramedics at Georgian started using the immersive technology in 2019. Theriault introduced it to the program, which he’s taught for 25 years. Now he’s the college’s “immersive technology lead,” responsible for seeing […]

Expanded access to high-speed, affordable broadband Internet would help level the playing field for an area like Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound when it comes to economic development, says the riding’s MPP. “Long before COVID-19, I’ve always been a big believer that in an area like ours, that’s one of the great field-levelers – that if we have […]

Lion’s Head’s little red and white lighthouse has a tradition of being blown down, moved around and getting put right back up. With overwhelming community support, construction is to start soon to rebuild Lion’s Head lighthouse after storms and high water in Georgian Bay battered it last fall, then destroyed the 1980s replica of the […]