Owen Sound Sun Times

2019

2019

A 12-year-old suffered minor injuries after a collision between a school bus and a road grader near Walters Falls on Monday. Grey Bruce OPP were dispatched to the collision on Concession 10 in the Township of Chatsworth west of Walters Falls just before 8 a.m. The road grader and school bus were both northbound on […]

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It’s highway robbery. The Owen Sound Attack haven’t even paid-up for Kaleb Pearson and yet the St. Marys native scored goals No. 23 and 24 Wednesday night in a 5-1 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs. He’s scored seven goals in his last three games. For that output, Dale DeGray will flip the Flint Firebirds a […]

The Ontario government is proposing to reduce black bear hunting on the Bruce Peninsula starting this year, while making the spring hunt pilot in the province permanent. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says it’s concerned about both the declining number of black bears on the peninsula and the long-term viability of this genetically […]

Police are looking for a black pick-up truck that left the scene of a collision in Owen Sound on Wednesday. At about 9 a.m. a blue Volkswagen Passat was facing south while stopped at the intersection of 9th Avenue East and 10th Street East. The Volkswagen turned left onto 10th Street East on an advanced […]

The community is rallying around the efforts to rebuild the Lion’s Head lighthouse. About $6,000 in donations has been received, supplies have been donated, volunteers have stepped up and fundraisers have been planned to reconstruct the structure destroyed by a winter storm earlier this year. “I think as with most coastal communities they are pretty […]

Save Georgian Bay says it has significant concerns about the environmental and community impacts of TC Energy’s proposal to build a large-scale hydroelectric pumped storage power facility at the 4th Canadian Division Training Centre in Meaford. Donna Mitchell of Annan, speaking on behalf of the local volunteer group, presented those concerns to Owen Sound council […]

Rick Winters is no longer employed by Georgian Bluffs, according to the municipality. The township issued a news release on Thursday announcing that at a special council meeting held on Feb. 5, council “determined that Chief Administrative Officer Rick Winters is no longer employed by the Township.” When reach by phone on Wednesday, Mayor Dwight […]

Owen Sound’s nine council members received a combined $268,833 in wages and reimbursed expenses last year, roughly nine per cent more than in 2018. City council voted in December 2018 to increase the annual mayor and councillor salary by 10 per cent to fully counterbalance the impact of a federal government decision to eliminate a […]

A 28-year-old man from Tara died in a snowmobile collision southwest of North Bay Saturday, North Bay OPP said. Police said Keith “Jordan” McNabb died in a collision with a backhoe. He was the lone occupant of the snowmobile. Police said they were called about 4 p.m. to Hawthorne Drive in Patterson Township to investigate […]

Ontario will allow its 24 colleges to offer four-year registered nursing degree programs without partnering with a university. Ross Romano, Minister of Colleges and Universities, made the announcement Tuesday at Georgian College’s Owen Sound campus, in a roomful of local politicians, healthcare administrators, college faculty and board members. Currently, the Barrie campus offers a four-year […]

Many of the same people who cheered Owen Sound council in December for its motion to explore ways to address climate change left Monday’s meeting upset. About 40 people – most members of local environmental groups – watched as council voted 5-4 to delay hiring a climate change adaption and mitigation co-ordinator, a position council […]

Skyrocketing insurance costs are the primary reason Miller Waste Systems has decided to start charging a new fee to people who drop off only recyclable items at its Owen Sound transfer station. District manager Matt Roe said the $5 “site usage fee,” announced by the company earlier this month, will go into effect March 1. […]

An Arran-Elderslie man faces impaired driving charges after a car was observed being driven carelessly, on sidewalks and almost caused a head-on collision in Chesley on Sunday. Just before 11 p.m., Grey Bruce and South Bruce OPP were dispatched to a traffic complaint in the town. Officers stopped the vehicle on 1st Avenue South behind […]

An Owen Sound man, who admitted he didn’t seek medical help when a two-year-old suffered a serious head injury, pleaded guilty Monday to failing to provide the necessities of life in Owen Sound. The man’s name is not being published to respect a court publication ban, which forbids identification of the child or other details […]

Former Olympic hopeful hockey goalie turned firefighter Kendra Fisher is using her own experiences with mental health to help other first responders dealing with stress, anxiety and depression. On Sunday, Fisher, who was born and raised in Kincardine, was the keynote speaker at the first ever Grey County Frontline Family Wellness Day, held to educate […]

Cycling 110 kilometres in the extreme cold across ice road and trails in the northern Ontario bush may not seem like an enjoyable experience to some, but for a group of riders from the area it was well worth the trip. A crew from Grey-Bruce were up in the northern Ontario wilderness on the weekend […]

Ironmen, Hawks take commanding lead The Wingham Ironmen and Mitchell Hawks both have strangleholds in their first-round Pollock Division playoff series. The Ironmen won three-straight this past weekend to take a 3-0 lead over the Walkerton Hawks while the Mitchell Hawks have a 3-0 lead over the Hanover Barons. Both teams need just one more […]

A strong second period was enough for the Owen Sound Attack to hold on and win a pivotal Midwest Division tilt 4-3 over the Erie Otters Saturday inside the Erie Insurance Arena. The Attack’s struggles in between the first and third periods have been well documented this season. The team often dominates in the opening […]

The Owen Sound Garb and Gear Source for Sports Junior Attack are moving on to the OMHA minor peewee single-A quarterfinals. The Jr. Attack earned a 6-1 win over the Milton Winterhawks Saturday afternoon inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Owen Sound won Game 1 of the four-point series 4-3 last weekend in Milton. […]

Guess who is responsible for finding a volleyball when a team full of Ontario Hockey League players forgets to bring one to Sauble Beach? Answer: a rookie. That’s just part of earning your stripes, and this season a gaggle of the fresh-faced greenhorns are sharing the Owen Sound Attack’s “rookie duties.” “We’re at the bottom […]

Grey County has experienced “exceptional assessment growth” over the past year that will more than offset a projected $1 million in provincial funding cuts in 2020. County councillors heard Friday that new construction in 2019 will produce about $1.85 million in new property tax revenue for the upper-tier municipality in 2020, which will help to […]

Walkerton-area farmer Chris Cossitt says that animal rights activism targeting producers hasn’t been a major issue in the Grey-Bruce area as far as he knows, but a proposed new law targeting trespassing and other acts that disrupt production is an important support. “A lot of our commodities we have safety nets in there already where […]

BOYS BASKETBALL There’s been a changing of the guard this season in the senior boys basketball circuit. For years St. Mary’s has controlled the North Division while Walkerton ruled in the South. That’s no longer the case. If nothing changes, it’s going to be the Georgian Bay Thunder who comes out on top of the […]

What goes around comes around in the Ontario Hockey League. It was nearly a year ago that the weakened Owen Sound Attack played the Niagara IceDogs after selling off their top guns and trying to make it work with a melting pot of new and young players. The IceDogs slashed the training wheels of the […]

The Georgian Bay Thunder proved they’re the undisputed team-to-beat coming out of the North Division in the Bluewater Athletic Association’s senior boys basketball circuit with a 45-31 victory over the St. Mary’s Mustangs Thursday in Owen Sound. The two top-ranked teams went head-to-head for bragging rights and playoff seeding with the Thunder outpacing the ‘Stangs […]

The United Way of Bruce Grey is bringing the “magic of Hollywood” to snowy, sub-zero Grey County. Its 11th annual Awards Night at the Movies fundraiser, which will feature a live screening of the 92nd Academy Awards and the pre-ceremony red carpet show, is set for Sunday at Galaxy Cinemas Owen Sound on the Sunset […]

It’s the end of an era for Canada’s first full-scale nuclear power plant. Douglas Point, a 200-megawatt CANDU reactor, ran from 1967 until 1984, when it was permanently shut down. As a prototype nuclear reactor it showed that a CANDU plant could be scaled up for commercial power generation. By 1986, the fuel had been […]

An 83-year-old woman is among three people facing drug trafficking charges after a drug bust in Arran-Elderslie on Wednesday. Members of the OPP Community Street Crimes Unit, West Region OPP Emergency Response Team, OPP Canine Unit and Saugeen Shores Police Service executed a search warrant at a property on Grey Road 3. As a result […]

The patience of some on Georgian Bluffs council is wearing thin as they continue to watch taxpayers fork out hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to operate the Wiarton-Keppel International Airport. The township, which has solely owned the airport since 2015, plans to hold a special council meeting on March 25 to go over […]

The Panthers sure are persistent. Despite letting their foes claw back into the game on three separate occasions, the Thunder snuck away with a three-set victory Wednesday afternoon at OSDSS in Bluewater Athletic Association senior girls volleyball action. Early it looked like the Georgian Bay Thunder would rocket to a straight-sets victory over the Bruce […]

St. Mary’s is perfect heading into the postseason. The Mustangs have finished the 2019-20 Bluewater Athletic Association varsity boys hockey season with an undefeated record after topping the crosstown OSDSS Wolves 3-0 Wednesday inside the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre to cap off the unblemished run. The Wolves fell to 2-4 on the year. Lawson […]

The man accused of robbing the CIBC in downtown Owen Sound on Jan. 22 appeared in bail court by video this morning and he’ll will do the same Feb. 12. Cory Church, 34, of Chatsworth was charged after the CIBC was robbed just after 11:30 a.m. two weeks ago. City police arrested him about 2 p.m. […]

Inglis Falls Road is set to be closed for a short period of time this month for preliminary work for a major reconstruction project planned for later in the year. The Township of Georgian Bluffs has allowed contractor Moorefield Excavating to close a section of the road from Feb. 10 to Feb. 21 for the […]

How satisfied are you with your life? That’s one among 35 questions in an online survey created to help create a Bruce and Grey Community Safety and Well-Being Plan. It will address the top issues of concern in the community, which you can help identify. The 15-minute survey, which closes March 22, also asks how […]

Elementary teachers at the Bluewater District School Board will be back out on the picket lines with two strikes affecting Grey-Bruce announced for Feb. 11 and 13. On Tuesday, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario announced its continued strike action as it continues to battle the province over a new contract. The action planned for […]

A visitor to Grey-Bruce who showed symptoms of a mild respiratory disease and who had recently traveled to an area affected by the novel coronavirus has tested negative for the disease. The unidentified person visited a Grey Bruce Health Services hospital, the Grey-Bruce Health Unit said in a news release Tuesday. The person did not […]

The Grey Bruce Labour Council is criticizing the mayor of South Bruce Peninsula for words it claims she used toward a protester at the Wiarton Willie prediction ceremony on Sunday morning. But Mayor Janice Jackson says she doesn’t recall telling Labour Council president Kevin Smith, “you might get beat up.” Smith was among a group […]

A 27-year-old man who produced a pellet gun and a knife during a fight in downtown Owen Sound in November was sentenced to six months in jail after he pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Justice to four related offences Tuesday. Michael Follis pleaded guilty to possession of a weapon dangerous to the public […]

Two people suffered minor injuries following a collision involving a school bus in Grey Highlands on Monday. Grey Bruce OPP responded to the collision involving a car that had been rear-ended by a school bus on Highway 10 south of Flesherton at 7:18 a.m. The driver of the car and a passenger on the school […]

Kathleen Cassidy saw the play West Moon while in Newfoundland in 2018. Then over the next few weeks as she toured the province, she saw firsthand the effects the resettlement of small fishing villages had on the people there. Cassidy said resettlement, which continues to this day on the East Coast, seemed to be on […]

Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation president Harvey Bischof responded Monday to Premier Doug Ford’s criticism that teachers’ unions are holding parents and students “hostage.” Ford made the comments while he visited the annual Wiarton Willie festival Sunday, amid a tense set of labour negotiations involving four major teachers’ unions who continue to escalate their strike […]

Long drive, amazing results. The South Saugeen team from the Walkerton area – 180 kilometres northwest of Toronto – had a whirlwind visit to Cornwall on the weekend, rubbing shoulders with some legends of the sport and capturing the Special Olympics Ontario provincial curling A division crown. It all went down in what was barely […]

The Orangeville Otters Swim Club were the big winners at the 2020 Huronia Short Course Regional Championship this past weekend in Owen Sound. The three-day swim meet wrapped up Sunday at the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre with the Otters leading the combined team score at 5,204 points according to results posted through the Owen […]

Quarterfinal matchups set in WOAA Quarterfinal matchups for the AA Championship have been set in the Western Ontario Athletic Association senior hockey circuit. The Durham Thundercats (8th) will play the role of the underdog against the top-seeded Ripley Wolves. The Shelburne Muskies (2nd) will take on the Minto 81’s (7th). The Clinton Radars (3rd) and […]

Grey County’s Lee Manor long-term care home in Owen Sound is currently experiencing an influenza A outbreak, in what has so far been a relatively quiet flu season in Grey-Bruce. The county issued a statement on Sunday about the building-wide outbreak, notifying the public of a number of visitor restrictions that are in place, including […]

Teachers’ union leaders are holding parents and students “hostage,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Sunday, as job action by all four major teachers’ unions continues with more strikes slated for this week across the province. Ford, who made a surprise visit to Wiarton Willie’s Groundhog Day prediction ceremony, said parents and the government are losing […]

Wiarton’s pug-nosed albino groundhog is predicting an early end to this unpredictable winter. Wiarton Willie failed to see his shadow on an overcast, snowy Groundhog Day Sunday, which, according to legend, heralds an early spring. The trusty weather-prognosticating rodent whispered his prediction into the ear of South Bruce Peninsula Mayor Janice Jackson, who relayed the […]