Owen Sound Sun Times

A local radio station has raised $250,000 for the oncology department at Grey Bruce Health Services. The station 92.3 The Dock’s “Radio for Oncology” campaign raised the money in less than four years – the second $250,000 raised by the station for the Owen Sound hospital, a hospital news release said. This is the second […]

An online petition opposing a request by Barry’s Construction to buy a portion of Owen Sound’s Timber McArthur Park for new housing received more than 1,700 signatures within a day of being posted. Resident Tania Gurr, who launched the change.org petition after city council voted Monday to further examine the company’s request, said she’s concerned […]

A Georgian Bluffs driver was charged for allegedly threatening another driver with a machete in what police called a “road rage” incident. Grey Bruce OPP said police were dispatched to a confrontation on Monday between two motorists on Kemble Rock Road in Georgian Bluffs. After a near-collision at an intersection north of Kemble, the vehicles […]

The St. Mary’s Mustangs fell to Centre Dufferin 67-54 in the CWOSSA double-A senior boys basketball championship semifinal Tuesday in Guelph. Lee Stephens led the Mustangs with 13 points. The BAA champions went 2-0 in the round-robin by topping Paris District 42-32 and Holy Trinity 71-53. Zach Meikle led the way in both contests with […]

The CHL’s smallest market hit the world stage early Monday morning when Justin Bieber blasted out a photo wearing a personalized Owen Sound Attack jersey while posing with assistant coach Joey Hishon to his 129-million Instagram followers. Bieber’s caption read “Owen Sound Attack, the best team in the world, no wait universe, actually no wait […]

The new director and chief curator of the Tom Thomson Art Gallery is Aidan Ware. She brings 17 years of public gallery experience, most recently as director of Cambridge Art Galleries, an Owen Sound news release said Tuesday. Ware begins her new role April 27. “It is an honour to return to my roots in […]

Owen Sound now has a plan in place to create a designated “green burial” area at Greenwood Cemetery. Council approved Monday an updated five-year master plan for the 166-year-old, city-owned facility. It recommends the city create the natural burial section within the next one to three years and sets out the steps – many of […]

When John Anderson, Sandy Grahlman and their black lab Ava set out for a snowshoe hike at Meaford’s Bayview Escarpment Provincial Nature Preserve on Sunday, they were unaware of the afternoon of drama that lay ahead. They set out about 1 p.m. along a route they were quite familiar with, having hiked in the area […]

Hannah Woodhouse represented Team Canada at the 2020 PanAm Cross Country Nations Cup Championships at the Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria on Feb. 29. Woodhouse described the Nations Cup course as the “hardest race of my life.” “The hills were a killer,” she said. With teams competing from Canada, USA, South America, Central America and […]

Skiers from the Owen Sound Waxwings and Centre Bruce Snow Gliders medalled at the 2020 Special Olympics Canada National Winter Games in Thunder Bay last week. Jaqueline Gravel won gold in the 7.5-kilometre F1 Freestyle, gold in the 2.5-kilometre F1 Freestyle, and bronze in the 5-kilometre F1 Freestyle. Anne Howlett won gold in the 2.5-kilometre […]

Representatives of three local organizations brought pie to Monday night’s Owen Sound council meeting. Francesca Dobbyn of the United Way of Bruce Grey, Colleen Trask-Seaman of OSHaRE and Abby Drimmie of Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce were promoting next week’s “Pi Day” events, which will raise money to support mental health programming in the […]

CWOSSA SINGLE-A VOLLEYBALL Sadie Morrow crushed the serve that sent her team to OFSAA. The game-point ace helped the Walkerton Riverhawks top the Valley Heights Bears in the CWOSSA single-A girls volleyball championship Monday night in Walkerton. The Riverhawks breezed through the regional championship, only dropping one set before the championship game. It looked like […]

Two world cup champions were crowned at the base of Blue Mountain Sunday. The finale of the FIS Snowboard Alpine PGS (parallel giant slalom) World Cup race season wrapped up a weekend of elite head-to-head snowboard racing at the hill west of Collingwood. Germany’s Ramona Theresia Hofmeister and Russia’s Dmitry Loginov took the top spots […]

The diagnostic imaging services at Grey Bruce Health Services is the first hospital organization in Canada to receive accreditation from a nationally recognized healthcare accreditation body. GBHS learned last week it had achieved ISO 15189 Plus Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation status from the Institute for Quality Management in Healthcare. “Overall it was an opportunity to recognize […]

JUNIOR ATTACK Minor peewees in semifinal dogfight The Owen Sound Garb and Gear Junior Attack minor peewee hockey club is tied 1-1 with the St. Thomas Stars after the opening two games of their OMHA semifinal series. The Stars took Game 1 Saturday at the Joe Thornton Community Centre 3-2 before the Jr. Attack bounced […]

Advance tickets for Friday’s fundraising Women’s Day breakfast at the Best Western Inn on the Bay were still available Monday. The 7:30 a.m. breakfast, which will wrap up by 9 a.m., will feature two guests, the Women’s Centre Grey Bruce, the beneficiary of the funds raised, said in a news release. Saugeen First Nation member […]

Some Grey-Bruce students are expected to once again be out of class on Thursday, as job action continues by the province’s teachers’ unions. All Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board schools will be closed on Thursday as the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association has announced a one-day, province-wide walkout. The Association des enseignantes et des enseignants […]

Public health officials who hope to avoid a dog-bite victim having to receive anti-rabies treatment thanked the public after the dog’s owner came forward. About 5:15 p.m. at the Owen Sound Leash-Free Dog Park on Tuesday, on Feb. 25., a large chocolate-coloured lab named Whiskey bit the victim’s dog, then the victim herself, when she tried […]

Wilmer Nadjiwon spent much of his life trying to bring people together. On Sunday, it was Owen Sound’s arts community that came together and honoured the late Ojibway elder, residential school survivor, Second World War veteran, chief, author, storyteller and artist with a lifetime achievement award. Nadjiwon, who passed away at the age of 96 […]

There’s a built-in excuse if the Owen Sound Attack care to explain away their 5-4 shootout loss to the Kitchener Rangers Saturday night inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Best among them, a controversial five-minute major and game misconduct penalty to Barret Kirwin for running into the Rangers’ goalie in the third period as […]

Owen Sound Little Theatre’s production of West Moon has been selected to participate in the Western Ontario Drama League Festival later in March. The play, which ran at the Roxy in Owen Sound earlier in February, is one of five plays from theatres across western Ontario that have been invited be performed at the festival […]

With the dumping of snow that hit Grey-Bruce recently, it may not feel quite like running season, but registration has opened for a couple of runs in the area. Registration is now open for the 68th annual Shore to Shore Road Race from Wiarton to Oliphant on Aug. 3, as well as the Meaford Harbour […]

Grey County is doing what it can to make itself as cyclist-friendly as possible. On Thursday, county council received a draft of its new cycling and trails master plan, which proposes the development of more than 830 kilometres in “facilities” geared towards cyclists in the future. The plan calls for the development of 459 km […]

Grey County is preparing to enter year six of the 10-year Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative with close to $1.9 million once again coming from the province. On Thursday, Grey County council approved the investment plan for the initiative, which will fund a number of programs to prevent homelessness throughout the county. Last year, at the […]

The days are numbered for one of just two unique bowstring arch bridges in Grey County. On Thursday, Grey County council approved the removal of the Orchardville Bridge located just east of Highway 6 near Holstein. Grey County Director of Transportation Services Pat Hoy said an environmental assessment of the bridge was started in 2017, […]

Both the CWOSSA single-A girls volleyball championship and CWOSSA single-A boys basketball championships scheduled at Walkerton District Community School have been rescheduled. Heavy snowfall has led to the rescheduling of both regional championships. The girls volleyball championship originally set for Thursday will now go March 2 at WDCS while the boys basketball championship originally scheduled […]

Friday night’s game between the Owen Sound Attack and Mississauga Steelheads was put on ice. A massive snowfall in Owen Sound, and predictions of more squalls en route, prompted the Ontario Hockey League to postpone the game scheduled to take place inside the Paramount Fine Foods Centre. The official reason was inclement weather and potentially […]

Snowplows assisted paramedics who needed help transporting patients to hospital in Grey-Bruce due to closed roads Friday. The snowstorm, which brought most things to a stop, also sent some plows in the ditch and some faced 12-foot drifts. Grey County paramedics had to make an emergency transfer from Markdale hospital to Owen Sound hospital but […]

A large, new, 24-hour Sobey’s Foodland has officially opened in Markdale. The 32,000-square-foot store will boost employment by 30 people to bring the total to 130. It will be open around the clock, seven days a week. “I think it’s great for our community, that we finally opened this store for the customers. They’ve been […]

Intense snow squalls off Lake Huron continued to blow across Southern Ontario Friday, prompting more blizzard warnings, including in southern Grey and Bruce counties, bringing with it warnings of 50 cm of total accumulation. A weather station in Chatsworth recorded that 54 centimetres of snow fell between Thursday morning and Friday morning. That’s a lot […]

A winter storm that rolled into the area on Thursday essentially shut down Grey-Bruce on Friday. Roads and highways remained closed on Friday morning, while businesses were shuttered and municipalities, hospitals and other organizations closed offices and cancelled services. Environment Canada was calling for the snow squalls to continue into Saturday in areas including Owen […]

Due to the winter storm that has hit Grey-Bruce, The delivery of the Owen Sound Sun Times is late due to road closures and extreme weather conditions. Delivery will be completed when roads are accessible and it is safe to do so. If The Sun Times is not able to be delivered on Friday, it […]

Grey County continues to work toward getting its Grey Transit Route up and running by spring and officials have now decided what buses to use for the service. On Thursday, county council gave the green light to leasing six Elkhart Coach buses for new transit routes between Owen Sound and Orangeville, Owen Sound and The […]

A late winter storm in Grey-Bruce Thursday closed some schools, cancelled school buses, cancelled meetings, events and closed some businesses. With the current weather pattern forecast to hold, snow squalls are expected through Saturday. Buses to public and Catholic schools boards were cancelled, and all English Catholic and French Catholic schools were closed. Ongoing, periodic […]

Ballooning farmland values has the Grey County Federation of Agriculture once again asking the county to consider lowering the farmland property tax rate. The federation’s Hugh Simpson and Michael Ryan made a presentation to county council on Thursday where they requested an adjustment to the county’s tax ratio that would see farmers shoulder closer to […]

February 27, 2020

A new pair of glasses is in the cards for Travis Gledhill after the Toronto man and his parents, who are from Paisley, walked away with a million dollars from Lotto Max. Travis, 42, and his parents Margaret and Gordon Gledhill won the $1 million MAXMILLIONS prize in the Feb. 18 Lotto Max draw. Travis […]

Home sweet home. Adam McMaster said he had a lot of friends and family in the stands at the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, a short trip from his hometown of Beamsville. He put on a show by scoring a highlight-reel dazzler in the third period before netting the overtime winner as the Attack topped the […]

Nick Freiburger scored the overtime winner as the Sacred Heart Crusaders skated to a 5-4 overtime victory over the Kincardine District Knights to win the 2019-20 Bluewater Athletic Association varsity boys hockey championship Wednesday in Walkerton. The Crusaders finished the regular season a perfect 6-0 and matched up against their South Division rival, the 3-3 […]

Julian Smith competed in North America’s largest loppet (long-distance cross-country skiing race), the Birkebeiner, with over 10,000 participants last week. A field of 3,085 men raced from Cable, Wisc. to Hayward Wisc. on Feb. 22. Smith finished the 51-kilometre course in 2:05:51 and placed 19th overall – fourth-place in his age category (18-24). At the […]

The Pea Pod – a popular Port Elgin restaurant known for its smoothies, juices and vegan dishes – has been feeling the squeeze from the national labour shortage since Day 1. But owner Doris Kun says the problem has gotten so bad that she now has no choice but to close the business for good. […]

The Department of National Defence extended its deadline for pubic comment on a $3.3-billion, private hydroelectric generation station proposed for the 4th Canadian Division Training Centre in Meaford. DND will accept comments until July 31, instead of March 31. Consultations opened May 27. Comments in the DND consultation process may be sent to Holly King […]

Grey Bruce Health Services has received more than $500,000 for diagnostic and medical equipment from the Owen Sound Regional Hospital Foundation’s endowment fund. The funds are from the Caring for Tomorrow Endowment Fund, which comprises a large Emerging Needs fund along with 27 named and special purpose funds. “People have responded in such a wonderful […]

“Are you really going to let Hulk Hogan compete with us?” A reignited passion has resulted in a new taekwondo school and two gold medals for Owen Sound’s Rick Thibodeau. It may have even given him a new nickname. On his way to earning a sparring (kyorugi) gold medal at the recent KPNP Open Taekwondo […]

After three years of work and $1.3 million just spent to re-face the historic Cabot Head lighthouse and remove toxic material, the popular Bruce Peninsula attraction has suffered a new blow which threatens its already precarious future. Northern Bruce Peninsula voted Feb. 10 to discontinue its lease with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for […]

The family of former Saugeen First Nation resident Gregory Ritchie, who was fatally shot by police in January 2019, wants to see evidence listed in a police watchdog report on the Ottawa shooting before determining their next steps, which could involve civil action, says their lawyer. The Feb. 13 report by the Special Investigations Unit […]

2019

People gathered in Sauble Beach Saturday for a celebration of life for Second World War veteran Mike Krulicki, an active and passionate member of The War Amps for more than seven decades. Mr. Krulicki, who lived in the South Bruce Peninsula town with his wife of 68 years Alice, died Feb. 13 at age 94. […]

Jenna Wardell earned a bronze medal at the 2020 OFSAA Cross Country Skiing championships held last Thursday in Huntsville. The Nordic skier from OSDSS finished third in the senior girls’ high school race in a time of 22:55.0. LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS: JUNIOR GIRLS: Grace Wheeler – BPDS, 14; Saige Locking – OSDSS, 41st-place; Maggie […]