Owen Sound Sun Times

A hold and secure was put in place at Peninsula Shores District School in Wiarton on Monday after a caller reported noises that sounded like they were from a firearm near the school. Police confirmdc that the noises heard by the caller were firecrackers, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release. Police were called […]

Four athletes, two builders, three teams and a special merit inductee will enter the Owen Sound Sports Hall of Fame this year as the Class of 2020. The class of inductees includes athletes Bryan Kazarian, Mark Cochrane, Steve Irving, and Bayleigh Hooper. In the builder category, Terry King and Jack Milne get the nod while […]

Elementary schools in the Bluewater District School Board will likely be closed for two more days next week due to the ongoing labour dispute between the province and its teachers’ unions. And as the dispute drags on, the Bluewater board has announced that term one elementary report cards will not be completed. The Elementary Teachers’ […]

The Owen Sound Attack failed to improve their record in Erie after splitting a two-game weekend set against the Otters, but the Bears did manage to climb the Western Conference standings thanks to the freefalling Guelph Storm. The Scenic City squad started the week in seventh place. They fell to eighth after Friday night’s loss […]

Smith reaches the podium Julian Smith participated in a US Super Tour event this weekend at Craftsbury, Vt., with the best skiers in North America in attendance. On Friday, the men lined up for the 1.5-kilometre classic sprint qualifier. Smith finished sixth in a time of 3:21.34. Only the Top-30 qualified for the quarterfinals where […]

With word that South Bruce is a step closer to being host to a $23-billion deep underground storage vault for Canada’s high-level nuclear waste, Mayor Bob Buckle sees potential benefits for decades to come. His rural municipality, with a population of less than 6,000, is one of two areas of Ontario still in the running […]

Owen Sound police charged a 35-year-old Owen Sound man with offences related to a stabbing in downtown Owen Sound Jan. 4. Police in a news release thanked the public for its help to conclude the investigation Saturday with an arrest. Police charged the suspect with assault causing bodily harm, assault with a weapon, and possession […]

Saugeen Shores Police Service announced charges against a 38-year-old Hanover man suspected to have been peering into two Port Elgin residences Nov. 26. Analysis of a DNA sample found at one of the two locations identified him, police said in a news release Sunday. Before identifying him, police analyzed video and released a screen capture […]

Maybe you think all you need is a match to start a fire. Tell that to the Scouts who tried and tried again to build self-sustaining fires using only matches, a small wooden plank and a knife Saturday. Down in Harrison Park at the 57thannual Scout campout, 104 Scouts and leaders took part in fun […]

A weekend in Erie has never been so crucial. It’s likely the Owen Sound Attack and Erie Otters are going to battle down the stretch in a meaningful playoff race. The Otters landed the first punch Friday with a 5-3 win inside the Erie Insurance Arena. These two teams will play four more times down […]

The Ontario Series Lacrosse league announced this week the Kitchener-Waterloo Velocity will cease operations effective immediately. The OSL will operate as a five-team league playing a balanced 16-game schedule for the 2020 campaign. Each team will play two games (home-and-away) against the other four teams. At the end of the regular season, one team will […]

OSAC to host regional swim meet The Owen Sound Aquatic Club will host the Huronia Regional Swim Meet at the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre Jan. 31 – Feb. 2. The Huronia Regionals are the largest home swim meet of the year for the club. The event is a qualifying meet where the best of […]

January 25, 2020

Saugeen Ojibway Nation officials say so many permits are being sought for emergency shoreline repairs, caused by record-high water levels, that a meeting is needed to consider natural, long-term solutions in SON traditional territory. From Collingwood up to Tobermory and down to Grand Bend, SON’s Environment Office receives a notification from the Ontario Ministry of […]

MPP Bill Walker says Ontario’s major teachers’ unions are not being reasonable in contract negotiations with the province even as his government has presented concessions at the bargaining table. “The reality is the union hasn’t offered anything from their perspective. And we continue to say one per cent is a fair and reasonable amount in […]

For the second time this week, multiple schools in Grey-Bruce were closed to students Friday due to a one-day teacher strike. Three days after English Catholic teachers held a province-wide walkout, local public elementary teachers set up picket lines in front of eight Bluewater District School Board schools, the board’s Chesley education centre and two […]

Cory Church made a brief appearance in bail court Thursday after police charged him in relation to a bank robbery in downtown Owen Sound the day before. The 34-year-old Chatsworth man was held in custody and is to return to bail court by video Monday morning in Owen Sound, when he is to set a […]

Blue Mountains Mayor Alar Soever is recovering from a “mild” heart attack Saturday, a setback which came as council is about to decide how to fill the recently vacated deputy mayor’s seat. A town online news release said Soever “is resting and recovering after suffering a mild heart attack this weekend.” He admitted himself to […]

A motion for summary judgment, which seeks to quickly end a 30-year court case over the future ownership of much of the north side of Sauble Beach, likely won’t be heard in 2020, South Bruce Peninsula Mayor Janice Jackson said. “No date has been set for the summary judgment motion. It is unlikely to be […]

January 22, 2020

Georgian Bluffs has passed a new zoning bylaw. At its council meeting on Wednesday, council passed the bylaw, which replaces one from 2003. The old bylaw is outdated, includes hundreds of amendments and has mapping that is illegible in some areas of the municipality. The bylaw was the second attempt by the township. it passed […]

Georgian Bluffs will consider bringing back a scheduled flight service to the Wiarton Keppel International Airport, despite it costing the municipality just over $54,000 in 2019. At its meeting on Wednesday, council received a report from airport manager Gaurav Sharma regarding the scheduled service and passed a motion to further discuss it at budget time, […]

It’s almost time to wake up Willie. With Wiarton’s weather-prognosticating groundhog set to make his annual early morning prediction Feb. 2, South Bruce Peninsula officials will soon begin turning up the heat to rouse the snoozing pug-nosed albino marmot. “We wake him up a few days prior to prediction morning and we do that by […]

The Owen Sound Attack went to work Wednesday in a 5-0 shut out over the basement-dwelling Sarnia Sting at the Bayshore. It’s a game the Attack needed to win heading into a two-game weekend set with the Erie Otters. A weekend with serious standings implications as the Otters and Attack continue to battle near the […]

A Chatsworth man has been arrested and charged after a robbery at a downtown Owen Sound bank on Wednesday morning. Just before 11:30, a man entered the bank with his face concealed by a bandana, glasses and a hood. He displayed a knife to the teller in a threatening manner and directed her to quickly […]

Bayshore race returns August 30 The 11th annual Owen Sound Subaru Bayshore Race in support of the Owen Sound Hospital Foundation will be held August 30, 2020. “We’re looking forward to another incredible year of running and walking for a great cause,” said Greg Nicol, race co-director. “This race offers a 1km Kids Fun Run, […]

The OPP will continue policing South Bruce Peninsula for at least the next three years. Council has decided to renew the town’s contract with the provincial force instead of going with a proposal from the Saugeen Shores Police Service. Mayor Janice Jackson, who is also chair of South Bruce Peninsula’s police services board, said the […]

Northern Bruce Peninsula has heard an “outpouring of concern” about its Lion’s Head lighthouse since the structure was destroyed by a winter storm early last week. Community services manager Ryan Deska said many people have expressed how important the landmark is to them and their desire to assist with building a replacement, which the municipality […]

Grey County will be host for two job fairs in February and is recruiting employers for them now. The annual Owen Sound job fair draws more than 1,000 job seekers every year, according to the county. It will return to the city Thursday, Feb. 20 at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre, between 2 and […]

About 400 local Catholic elementary and secondary teachers picketed in front of closed schools in Grey-Bruce Tuesday during their union’s first province-wide strike in more than two decades. Members of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) Bruce-Grey units walked picket lines in front of St. Mary’s High School in Owen Sound, St. Teresa of […]

January 21, 2020

Big risk. Big reward. When Oshawa Generals general manager Roger Hunt traded nine draft picks and the rights to David Gucciardi to the Niagara IceDogs he was banking on nights like Monday in Owen Sound. The lone prize he coveted in that deadline move, Philip Tomasino, had two goals and two assists as the Generals […]

With its attempt to sell off the historic former courthouse and jail property at a standstill, Owen Sound is investigating the idea of demolishing some or all of the old jail buildings in hopes of boosting the site’s marketability. At a recent community services committee meeting, a consulting firm retained by the city presented four […]

Mark O’Leary stepped into his dream job earlier this month. The Owen Sound native was promoted to head coach of the Moose Jaw Warriors after serving for eight seasons as an assistant, and more recently associate coach, behind the Warriors’ bench. “When I was younger I never even thought of coaching pro or anything, I […]

The Climate Action Team of Grey Bruce will hold a public meeting on recycling on Thursday. The organization, a group of concerned citizens with a goal of taking action to mitigate climate change and to solicit community support in their actions, will have Miller Waste Operations Manager Jamie Grimoldby on hand at the Harmony Centre […]

Grey Bruce Health Unit staff need help confirming a dog which bit someone outside a Tim Hortons in Walkerton two weeks ago didn’t have rabies. A woman was bitten by a large, fluffy black and brown dog on Tuesday, Jan. 10 about 6 a.m. The dog was one of two tied up outside the restaurant […]

A Shallow Lake woman has joined two other recent local lottery winners. OLG announced in a news release Monday that Georgina Springer, of Shallow Lake, won the $75,000 top prize in the Instant Scrabble lottery. The 77-year old married retiree went to the store to confirm her win. “I thought I had won $10,000 and […]

Grey-Bruce is gaining a reputation for its high-quality cannabis. Andy Elliott, whose White Squirrel strain won the BS Fall Fair outdoor growing competition at Saturday’s second annual Wiarton Bongspiel, said the premium quality of the weed in the competition was proof of what can be done with some soil, seeds and a bit of tender […]

Rough weekend for minor midgets The Owen Sound Subaru Junior Attack minor midgets dropped three Ontario Minor Hockey Association playdown games on the weekend. On Sunday in Burlington, Owen Sound fell 2-0. On Saturday in Brampton, Elliott Thomson and Jaiden Whitlock scored in a 4-2 loss. And on Friday night at the Harry Lumley Bayshore […]

Police charged four youths after a dispute over a stolen mini bike and an assault. West Grey Police Service said in a news release on Sunday that on Jan. 12 a 17-year-old confronted four other 17-year-olds when he suspected they stole his mini bike. They admitted they had and agreed to return the mini bike. […]

Bluewater District School Board schools are expected to be closed to elementary students on Friday, Jan. 24 after the Elementary Teachers Federation announced Sunday that the board will be hit by a one-day strike. In a letter to parents Sunday, Bluewater director of education Alana Murray noted that secondary school exams, which are set to […]

While the weather outside was frightful on Saturday, nobody inside the Wiarton and District Curling Club really cared. In fact, most didn’t seem to have a care in the world, as bongs, bud, blunts and even curling were on the minds of many of the dozens of people taking part in Bongspiel 2020. Cannabis curling […]

When it comes to planning winter events, snow and cold temperatures is usually very much appreciated by organizers. Mother Nature came through in a big way this weekend for a couple of winter-themed events in central Grey-Bruce. “We are her for Winterfest, not Summerfest,” Sauble Beach Winterfest co-organizer Bruce Worthington joked Saturday as a storm […]

The Guelph Storm are teetering on a cliff’s edge and the Owen Sound Attack gave them a little extra nudge Friday night. The Attack handed the Storm their fifth-straight loss with a 4-1 drumming inside the Sleeman Centre. With Nico Daws out with an upper-body injury, the Attack put four pucks by backup Owen Bennett […]

Construction of 54 new rental homes, most of them affordable, will start this spring in Owen Sound thanks to a $6.2 million injection of federal and provincial cash. The money, from the Canada-Ontario Community Housing Initiative and the Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative, is flowing to Owen Sound Housing Company’s Odawa Heights, currently a 36-unit project […]

Peter Lemon, the former Owen Sound city councillor whose public service often focussed on the needs of people who had little or no voice, and whose commitment to celebrating the area’s heritage left a lasting legacy, died Friday. His death at 76 in Owen Sound hospital followed many stays in area hospitals over the past […]

The hearts of Canadian hockey fans sank into their stomachs as Aidan Dudas lofted the puck high over the glass. Nursing a one-goal lead in the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship gold medal game, a delay of game penalty would put the Canadians down two men against the dangerous Russian power play. “It would have […]

A new school in Markdale is a step closer to reality after the provincial government gave the Bluewater District School Board the green light to purchase additional land. The Ministry of Education has approved land priorities funding to acquire additional lands adjacent to the current school property. Bluewater’s Superintendent of Business Services and Treasurer Rob […]

Two members of the Kincardine Fire Department have been charged in relation to an incident where a fire truck rolled in Kincardine in late October. On Oct. 24, just after 4 p.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a single-vehicle collision involving a fire truck on Bruce Avenue. Officers arrived to find the truck […]

A post mortem examination has been conducted and it has been determined that the remains found at the scene of a house fire in Grey Highlands on Jan. 9 are human. Grey Bruce OPP are continuing to work with the coroner to identify the human remains, which were found within the burned out structure on […]