Owen Sound Sun Times

Georgian Bluffs residents packed the township’s council chambers on Wednesday over concerns about a proposed comprehensive zoning bylaw that some said they think is too restrictive, confusing and will lead to a decrease in their property values. More than 70 people attended a public meeting on the proposed bylaw where they heard presentations from township […]

South Bruce OPP charged a Georgian Bluffs man with impaired driving after a transport truck struck a parked vehicle in Chesley and kept going Tuesday. Police said in a news release no injuries were reported. They received a report of a fail-to-remain crash at 8:05 p.m. Police spotted the truck on Bruce Road 10 in […]

Police are hoping to speak with a male driver who was wearing a hat similar to a “clown hat” and called out to a student while they were walking home from school in Kincardine. The man, who the South Bruce OPP describes as being between 35 and 40 years old with a scruffy beard, was […]

About 150 people attended the two-hour all-candidates meeting in Keady’s community hall Tuesday night to size up who would be their rural and farming champion in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound. Agriculture in the riding contributes $350 million annually to gross domestic product, debate moderator Hugh Simpson told the roomful of people. Farmers have “lots at risk” and […]

Owen Sound police’s criminal investigations and forensics teams are investigating the discovery of more stickers with racist, neo-Nazi and Islamophobic messages in the city. “There’s obviously no place for it in the community and we’ve been taking it seriously since Day 1. We’re asking anybody who sees or identifies a sticker to contact us right […]

A summit being held in Owen Sound next week will be geared to help support the health and well-being of seniors in Grey-Bruce. The Council on Aging Grey Bruce will hold Seniors’ Summit 2019: Aging Well in Grey and Bruce Counties on Sept 24-25 at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. The event, open to […]

Grey County councillors asked for more training in ethical behaviour from the county integrity commissioner after she presented an updated code of conduct at a recent meeting. Janice Atwood Petkovski and her partner in Principles Integrity, Jeff Abrams, provide integrity commissioner services for Grey and a number of its member municipalities. Services include training and independent […]

As local opioid-related emergency room visits continue to rise, a Grey-Bruce organization is providing an opportunity for people to discuss and learn more about the national epidemic. The Community Drug and Alcohol Strategy, which works to reduce the health and social harms associated with substance use in the community, is holding Opioids & Us town […]

Kirill Nizhnikov is a mystery to most. Built-up and then written off in quick succession over a three-year junior hockey career. In the Moscow native’s Ontario Hockey League prologue, the seventh-overall pick refused to report to training camp in Mississauga. Prescient rumours swirled that he might go home to Russia. That would come later. He […]

The Office of the Fire Marshal is assisting South Bruce OPP investigate a fire that destroyed a home in Huron-Kinloss early Sunday morning. Just before 3 a.m. South Bruce OPP received a report of a fire at a residence in the 2000 block of Con. 2 in the former Huron Township. Police arrived to find […]

Last month was the third best August on record for home sales in Grey-Bruce, up substantially from the same month a year ago. A total of 333 units were sold in August in the area covered by the Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound, a 17.7 per cent jump from August 2018, and was […]

September 17, 2019

The driver of a vehicle involved in a collision in Chatsworth on Sunday evening was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Just before 8 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP were dispatched to a serious collision on Side Road 7, east of the Grey Bruce Line. Grey County Paramedic Services and the Arran-Elderslie Fire Department also attended […]

A Bruce County woman has been charged after a residential break-in in Southampton during the overnight hours on Wednesday. The occupant of the home reported that someone entered their home and stole four cellular phones, three laptops, jewelry and other items worth more than $5,000, Saugeen Shores Police Service said in a news release. Police […]

Amateur detectives Nick Oldrieve and Matt Nopper plan to lead a co-ordinated volunteer search Sept. 28 and 29 in hopes of finding evidence linked to the disappearance 31 years ago of Kincardine-area resident Lois Hanna. The exploration is taking place a week before the pair’s non-profit organization Please Bring Me Home, which solicits anonymous tips […]

A Clarksburg woman has won a $5 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot. Sandra Green matched all six numbers in the Sept. 7 draw to win the big prize, OLG said in brief a news release issued on Monday. The winning ticket was purchased at Top O’ The Rock on County Road 13 in Flesherton.

Scott Walker’s likeness will join Andrew Brunette, Dan Snyder and Kirk Maltby high in the rafters at the Bayshore this season. The Owen Sound Attack announced Monday they intend to honour the Platers’ great with a banner-raising ceremony when they host the Guelph Storm on Dec. 10. Walker has a history with both the Owen […]

For Mark Schneider of Owen Sound, the restoration of a 1912 Ford Model T Touring was not only special because he was able to do it with his son Reid, but he has also completed a project his father Willis started. “He would be very proud,” Schneider said of his father on Sunday. “He bought […]

The Wingham Ironmen and Mitchell Hawks are sitting pretty at 2-0 after the first weekend of local Provincial Junior Hockey League Action. The Ironmen opened their season with a bold statement topping the defending division champion Mount Forest Patriots 6-2 at home inside the Westcast Complex Rink Friday evening. Tyson Koopman netted a hat-trick for […]

When Adrienne Robinson was nine years old she was diagnosed with the same cancer that cost Terry Fox his leg. It has been almost 20 years now that she has been cancer free and now the 29-year-old woman, along with her identical twin sister Kate Robinson, are looking forward to helping others battling cancer. Next […]

Minor midget Jr. Attack blanked in Richmond Hill The Owen Sound Subaru Junior Attack minor midgets went 0-2-2 in the Mary Parkinson Memorial Tournament in Richmond Hill on the weekend and failed to advance. Owen Sound closed out the tournament with a 3-2 loss to the TNT Tornadoes on Saturday evening, with Hunter McMillan and […]

An Ayton woman who was involved in a collision, with a one-year-old child in the vehicle, has been charged with impaired driving. On Friday just before 3:30 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP were dispatched to the collision involving a grey car at Grey Road 3 near the Bentinck-Sullivan Townline in Chatsworth. The driver and the one-year-old […]

Terry Thomson finished third in the rib-eating contest at Owen Sound Ribfest a couple of years ago, and he wanted another shot. This year the Owen Sound construction worker came back and took the title in the adult rib-eating contest at the Owen Sound Ribfest and Music Festival on Saturday. “It feels fantastic. I invited […]

The Owen Sound Attack wrapped up their preseason schedule with back-to-back wins over the North Bay Battalion in a weekend home-and-home series between the two clubs. On Saturday, newly-signed goaltender Nick Chenard stopped all three of the Troops’ shootout chances as the Attack won their second-straight preseason game 4-3 inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community […]

Mark Woolley woke up in an ambulance “shell shocked”. Nearly two weeks after the hulking defender packed his bags for Owen Sound the centrepiece of the Attack’s franchise-changing blockbuster was home in St. Thomas for his dad’s 50th birthday. “It was the scariest moment of my life,” he recalls. “I learned my lesson. I went […]

An Owen Sound native who co-produced a documentary about performing at a high level on a plant-based diet is about to have his film released at more than 1,000 theatres in 20 countries around the world on Monday. Joseph Pace, who grew up in the city before heading off to the University of Waterloo at […]

Three of four Bruce County senior employees who were suspended with pay last week have now had their employment with the county terminated. In a news release issued Friday afternoon, the county announced it had terminated the employment of the county’s director of human resources and director of health services as well as the administrator […]

September 14th, 2019

Owen Sound police have charged a Hillcrest Elementary School teacher for what they allege are historical sexual offences involving a minor, according to a police news release issued Friday. Police charged Kristopher Seaman, 43, of Owen Sound with two counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual exploitation on dates prior to 2010 involving […]

Bruce County council has appointed Bettyanne Cobean to be the county’s acting chief administrative officer. The move was announced Thursday, a week after the county suspended four senior administrators, including the CAO, according to information shared with county employees late last week. The others listed were the director of human resources, the director of health […]

Grey County moved a step closer to fixing communications technology shortcomings which a county report says risk firefighter safety and the ability to respond to emergencies anywhere in the county. Councillors Thursday decided to request proposals to build a county-wide firefighter communications system, which the report suggests could cost $750,000, to address longstanding and “significant […]

The Mount Forest Patriots will look to extend their Pollock Division dynasty when local Provincial Junior Hockey League action begins Friday night. Winners of the last three division championships, the Patriots are still the team to beat ahead of the 2019-20 season. “We are certainly ready to go,” said GM Rob Nixon. “The Pollock Division […]

Owen Sound police are warning the public about a scam targeting people staying in hotel rooms. Police were contacted about the scam on Wednesday by a representative of a local hotel. The fraudsters were calling and asking for room numbers and upon being transferred they would tell the occupants that they were overbilled, police said […]

Almost a dozen Grey-Bruce communities are gearing up for Terry Fox Runs for Cancer Research on Sunday. The runs, which are among the thousands held across Canada each year, raise funds for cancer research. In 2017-18, the Terry Fox Foundation directed almost $22 million to its cancer research programs. Ann Vos, who organizes the Owen […]

The Owen Sound Attack whittled down their three-headed goaltending monster Thursday in a deal with the Oshawa Generals. Dale DeGray shipped Port Huron native Andrew MacLean to the Gennies for a fifth-round pick in 2021. The pick was originally the property of the Kingston Frontenacs. MacLean won the Attack’s back-up job out of training camp […]

A Hanover man who initially thought he won $250, is actually $250,000 richer after winning the top prize on an Instant Crossword Deluxe game. “I was shocked,” Gregory Donaldson, 53, said in a news release from OLG. “I checked the ticket at the store and the prize was a lot more than I thought it […]

It’s five o’clock somewhere. The Owen Sound Attack announced on Thursday the team’s new goal horn for the 2019-20 season will be a recording of the Black Clawson Kennedy whistle. Owen Sound councillor Richard Thomas provided the recording of the historic whistle to the team. The former steamship whistle was installed in the early 1940s at […]

Trust is a tricky thing. Nick Chenard didn’t know who to believe. The 17-year-old goaltender was nervously pacing around the bowels of the Bayshore waiting to find out if he had made the team. It’s the same place he stood a year earlier when the six-foot-three Tecumseh native was told by Attack general manager Dale […]

Photographs of Owen Sound’s former mayors will once again have a place on the walls inside city hall. Council has decided not to proceed with a controversial plan to only display digital versions of the black-and-white pictures on television screens in the downtown building. Instead, the city will be following Grey County’s lead by scanning […]

Hundreds of cars and thousands of people will make their way to Cobble Beach for the seventh annual Concours d’Elegance this weekend. Preparations for the two-day event at the golf resort community in Georgian Bluffs are almost complete as the rare and unique vehicles that make up the event are set to arrive in the […]

Wiarton’s main downtown street will become a construction zone next year, forcing Bruce Peninsula traffic to side streets and challenging businesses for an projected two or three months. Wiarton’s Berford Street Big Dig, from Elm to Division streets, would begin in April and ideally run for two to three months “in a perfect world,” South […]

An Ontario Works funding freeze isn’t chilling Grey County’s plan to help launch next year a Circles program, described by officials as the “gold standard” of poverty reduction initiatives. A working group of municipal and community organizations intends to apply for an Ontario Trillium Foundation grant to kick-start the program. “We’re not letting go,” said […]

On the eve of the official start of the federal election campaign, candidates in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound were focused on the environment and climate change. The first all-candidates meeting in the riding was held in the studio at the Harmony Centre in Owen Sound Tuesday night with five of the six candidates laying out varying environmental […]

Owen Sound Ribfest & Music Festival opens Friday and runs until Sunday night at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Five rib teams will compete for honours at the ninth version of the event in the city. Aside from ribs, there will be corn dogs, roasted corn, poutine, mini doughnuts, funnel cakes and beer, the […]

Bremont Corp. says it’s on track to start developing Phase 1 of its planned 330-unit Telfer Creek subdivision in Owen Sound next summer. City council has already approved official plan and zoning bylaw amendments for the proposed development, which the company intends to build on a vacant 33.5-acre lot next to the Owen Sound hospital. […]

More delays have befallen Owen Sound’s Downtown River Precinct project, which city officials now say might not be completely finished before an event later this month to celebrate the new public space. Dennis Kefalas, director of public works and engineering, said the project will not wrap up by Friday – the already extended date for […]

Meaford council voted Monday to negotiate an end to its partial ownership of the Inter Township Fire Department but would still purchase fire services from it for part of the municipality in the former Sydenham Township. Meaford Mayor Barb Clumpus said Tuesday now municipal staff on both sides must iron out issues which would be […]

The Attack will feature a trio of second-chance draftees on the 2019-20 iteration of the club’s roster after the signing of centre Logan LeSage Monday. LeSage was the Attack’s second-round pick in the 2019 Under-18 Midget Draft, 29th overall. The Nepean native scored 15 times in 39 games last year for the Carleton Place Canadians […]

Owen Sound’s deputy-mayor and several councillors expressed disappointment Monday that the city’s mayor was not invited to greet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his visit to the city. Deputy-mayor Brian O’Leary kicked off the discussion by first congratulating Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound federal Liberal candidate Michael Den Tandt for “bringing the prime minister” to Owen Sound. “I […]

Peewee Attack win Early Bird The Owen Sound Junior Attack won the Early Bird tournament at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre 4-1 over the Innisfil Winterhawks Sunday afternoon. The Jr. Attack dominated the round-robin finishing 3-0 and outscoring opponents 22-1. Owen Sound topped the Manitoulin Panthers 5-1, in the semifinal to earn a berth […]