Owen Sound Sun Times

There were no injuries following a three-vehicle crash in Walkerton on Boxing Day. South Bruce OPP received a report of the collision at the intersection of Durham Street and Jackson Street just before 6:30 p.m. Police arrived to find that a sport utility vehicle was westbound on Durham Street and entered the intersection, where it […]

A Saugeen Shores man has been identified as the person killed in a crash on Highway 21 early Thursday morning. Aaron Speer, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene of the single-vehicle crash in the Municipality of Kincardine. Just after 1 a.m., a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol in the former Bruce Township located […]

Boxing Day bargain hunters succeeded in finding what they were after and then some Thursday. And the crowds of years gone by may now be relegated to mere stories grandparents will tell their grandchildren, at least in sleepier locales like Owen Sound. That’s not to say all stores were empty by late Boxing Day morning. […]

Additional expenditures required to operate Bruce County’s long term care homes in Walkerton and Wiarton account for much of a hike in the county’s 2020 spending estimates. The consolidated budget requires a $2,813,274 increase in the levy, which means a levy increase of 6.01 per cent before assessment growth is applied. Higher than average assessment […]

South Bruce Peninsula has decided not to join the fledgling local Municipal Innovation Council, part of the recently created Nuclear Innovation Institute in Port Elgin. Huron-Kinloss, Kincardine, South Bruce, Brockton, Arran-Elderslie and the host community of Saugeen Shores all joined. Northern Bruce Peninsula hasn’t decided yet, Bruce County acting chief administrative officer Bettyanne Cobean said. […]

South Bruce OPP officers are investigating a fatal single vehicle collision along Highway 21 in the former Bruce Township, which was discovered early Thursday morning. An officer on patrol came upon the scene of a sports utility vehicle in the ditch at 1:09 a.m. in South Bruce, a police news release said. The lone occupant […]

Take your Christmas spirit beyond December, and use it to support those in need year-round. Religious leaders, including the head of the Roman Catholic diocese for Southwestern Ontario, delivered that message to parishioners Wednesay, reminding the well-fed and well-dressed of their suffering neighbours just outside church doors. Bishop Ronald Fabbro of the Diocese of London, […]

The outpouring of goodwill by the community has allowed the Wiarton Salvation Army to meet the needs of its clients this holiday season and beyond. After a break-in more than two months ago saw the agency suffer a loss of more than $15,000, the community has stepped up to not only replace what was taken […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is applauding proposed federal regulations that will ban the advertising of vape products wherever they can be seen or heard by youth. The proposals, announced by Canada’s Minister of Health Patty Hajdu on Thursday, would mean that youth would no longer see advertising for vaping products in public spaces, in […]

A pedestrian has died after a collision involving a transport truck east of the town of Meaford Monday. The identity of the deceased was being withheld until next of kin could be notified. Just after 1 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP were dispatched to the collision at Highway 26 east of the Third Line in Meaford. […]

Police followed tracks in the snow to a residence where they arrested two suspects in a break-in at the Stone Tree Golf and Country Club on the weekend. Just after 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, Grey Bruce OPP were dispatched to the business on Highway 6 and 10 after being alerted by a burglary alarm. Police […]

After Lion’s Head hospital notified police about a person who had just left showing “concerning behaviour” Sunday, police employed a helicopter and found him in good physical health. Grey Bruce OPP was notified at 10:16 a.m. Sunday about the hospital visitor who had left in a vehicle. Police located that person’s vehicle at Duke Lane […]

A Kitchener man has been charged after he drove through a RIDE check in Durham while watching a YouTube video on his cellphone. On Monday morning West Grey police officers were conducting the RIDE check at the intersection of Durham Road East and Garafraxa Street North when they were met by the man who drove […]

Retired Meaford-area dairy farmer and active church member Henry Reinders is committed to helping farmers in developing countries. He was recently appointed the Ontario staff representative of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, a Christian-based humanitarian organization, after volunteering as a provincial ambassador for the past year. He’ll continue to promote programs that feed hungry people in […]

West Grey police charged a man for drinking and driving after officers at a spot-check witnessed him fail to stop at a nearby intersection in Neustadt about 1:15 a.m. Saturday. An officer intercepted the driver on Grey Road 10, who said he was going home after a Christmas party at a nearby bar. He failed […]

A new transit service between Owen Sound and Guelph will begin running on Jan. 15. Kasper Transportation will begin its twice-daily service between the two cities with the first run scheduled to leave the Owen Sound Transit Terminal at 8 a.m. and arrive in Guelph around 10:30 a.m. The cost for the entire trip aboard […]

Recent national television exposure of two local missing persons investigations drew so much interest from retired police and others that the founders of the local Please Bring Me Home campaign plan to take it national. Please Bring Me Home co-founder Nick Oldrieve hopes to have established 10-member investigation teams in every province by the end […]

S. Constitution: Article 11, Section 4: “A federal officer can be impeached for treason, bribery, or high crime or misdemeanor. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and a simple majority of members can vote to impeach. The Senate shall then have the sole power to try all impeachments, and if […]

A Hanover woman will be taking to the skies quite a bit after she won millions of miles from Aeroplan. Peggy Moore recently won 3.5 million travel miles in a summer contest by Aeroplan to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Moore said Friday that she found out about the win about three weeks ago and is […]

Police have charged a man in connection with a fatal crash in Huron-Kinloss almost five months ago. The 23-year-old man from Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Township has been charged with careless driving causing death in the July 27 crash on Bruce Road 1 in the former Kinloss Township, South Bruce OPP said in a news release issued on […]

Two Windsor men are facing a long list of charges after multiple vehicles were stolen, including one in Southgate that was driven through a garage door and ran into police cruisers. The thefts took place early Thursday morning with Huron, Wellington and Grey Bruce OPP involved in multiple stolen vehicle occurrences involving the same suspects, […]

December 2019

South Bruce OPP were kept busy on Wednesday after strong winds and blowing snow contributed to a number of crashes in the region. Between 9 a.m. and 11:45 p.m., South Bruce OPP officers investigated 17 vehicle collisions with minor injuries reported at two of the scenes. Officers also received four calls about vehicles that were […]

A man charged in relation to a “high risk situation” that closed part of Tara’s main street on Tuesday remains in custody after a bail hearing. Bradley Caskanette, 27, of Arran-Elderslie appeared in bail court in Walkerton on Wednesday where he was remanded into custody and is next scheduled to appear in court by video […]

Georgian Bluffs has given final approval to its new strategic plan that will set the path for the municipality for the next five years. On Wednesday, council passed a bylaw to adopt the 2020-24 strategic plan, outlining the municipality’s goals and objectives it hopes to implement over the next five years. “We can now start […]

Inglis Falls Road will be shut down early in the new year as work gets started on a major reconstruction project. On Wednesday night, Georgian Bluffs council awarded the project to rebuild approximately 640 metres of the road to Moorefield Excavation Ltd. at a price of about $3.4 million. Mayor Dwight Burley said that the […]

The Salvation Army will have a full turkey dinner ready for 150 and then some on Christmas Day. In the past, the Salvation Army’s annual dinner was served for those who used the food bank. But now anyone who wants to attend the dinner is welcome, said Alice Wannan, the community and family services director […]

No offence to Mr. Lumley, but they may need to change the name of the arena in Owen Sound to the Jacob Ingham Bayshore Community Centre. The 19-year-old goalie earned a 45-save shutout as the Kitchener Rangers beat the Owen Sound Attack 3-0 for their 10th-straight win. The Blueshirts haven’t lost since GM Mike McKenzie […]

The young man who threw food at the Owen Sound mosque last summer avoided jail Wednesday, but the judge warned such an act motivated by religious bias as his would generally demand jail. Brandon Hodder, 22, of Owen Sound received a 45-day conditional sentence, during which he must remain home during specified night-time hours, with […]

A man has been charged with refusing a breath sample after a crash in Kincardine on Monday. Just before 5:30 p.m. South Bruce OPP received a report of a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Queen Street and Kingsway Street in Kincardine. Police arrived to find that two pick-up trucks were involved. The investigation found […]

Police are looking for a person accused of stealing perfume from the same business twice. On Wednesday, Hanover Police Service officers were called to the business in the 800 block of 10th Street for a shoplifting incident involving the theft of perfume. Their investigation found that the suspect entered the store early Tuesday evening and […]

A woman with no fixed address has been arrested and charged after “breaking out” of businesses in Hanover on Tuesday evening. Hanover Police Service officers first responded to an alarm at a business in the 700 block of 10th Avenue at 6:30 p.m. It was determined that a female suspect had been inside the building […]

Grey County is working with local agricultural societies to create a regional agricultural learning and demonstration site on land south of Owen Sound. The approximately 20-acre site just west of the Grey Roots Museum and Archives would one day be host to a regional fall fair in place of the Owen Sound Fall Fair as […]

Two provincial government ministries are looking into a suspected quarry blast north of Wiarton that registered a 1.9-magnitude reading on Natural Resources Canada seismographs Friday afternoon. Jolanta Kowalski, spokesperson for the Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry, said pit or quarry licence holders are required under Ontario’s Aggregate Resources Act to monitor all blasts and […]

A 27-year-old man has been charged in the incident in Tara that closed a portion of the main street on Tuesday. Bradley Caskanette of Arran-Elderslie has been charged with uttering threats to a person and uttering threats to property. He was held in custody pending a bail hearing scheduled for today. The threats were directed […]

Chatsworth Township has now applied for federal-provincial funding, chosen a site and endorsed draft conceptual drawings for its proposal to build a $15 million multi-use community hub with ice surface, walking track, community hall and other spaces. A committee has also begun fundraising for the project and the township has received two donations of land […]

Dudas hits the ice with Team Canada Aidan Dudas practiced with the Canadian team for the first time Monday after being held out of the national junior club’s selection camp last week with an injury to his hand. Dudas suffered the injury Nov. 29 in a game against the Kitchener Rangers and missed the Owen […]

It’s starting to look like a two-team race in the Bluewater Athletic Association’s senior boys basketball North Division. The Georgian Bay Thunder topped the OSDSS Wolves 74-37 Wednesday in Owen Sound to improve to 3-1 on the season. The Wolves fell to 0-4. Georgian Bay’s aggressive point-of-attack defence and quick-strike offence proved to be a […]

The St. Mary’s Catholic Church parish is proposing to demolish the church’s 148-year-old rectory – an Ontario Heritage Act-designated building – and construct in its place a new, accessible building that complements the Owen Sound property’s other structures. The plan has received “overwhelming support” from St. Mary’s & the Missions parishioners, the parish says, while […]

Online personal health results and reports can now be made available to Grey Bruce Health Services patients through the online tool MyChart. The system was developed by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and is used by more than 40 hospitals in Ontario, GBHS said in a news release. Tests done in any participating hospital will be […]

South Bruce OPP ended a “high risk situation” along Yonge Street in Tara Tuesday morning after taking a male into custody. Traffic resumed along Tara’s main street before noon after police descended on the community and blocked Yonge Street. Residents said police had a house surrounded for hours. The initial police news release said South […]

Police have closed off streets in the Tara area due to “a high risk situation along Yonge Street.” South Bruce OPP were called to the incident just after 5 a.m. on Tuesday, and police have initiated road closures around the residence in the interest of public safety, it said in a news release from police. […]

Natural Resources Canada officials say they believe a quarry blast north of Wiarton – and not an earthquake – was detected by seismographs Friday afternoon. Initially, the reading was listed on the agency’s EarthquakesCanada website as being from a 2.1-magnitude quake with a centre about 15 kilometres north of Wiarton near Hope Bay. It has […]

BROOMBALL Sollazzo & Bridge double up Wiarton walloped the Ruff Ryders 5-0 in Grey Bruce Ladies Broomball League action Sunday night in Desboro. Kayla Sollazzo and Katie Bridge each had two goals while Kyrah Wesley added the extra Wiarton tally. Bees shut out Diggers 5-0 The Goal Diggers needed to dig a little deeper Sunday […]

One of the common traditions in the Christmas season is that of the nativity scene, or creche. You will see them outdoors, often in front of churches. There is one in the displays of the Festival of Northern Lights in Owen Sound. I had one on my front lawn when I moved to Owen Sound. […]

The Saugeen Track and Field Club (STFC) held their annual awards night last week at the Saugeen Golf Club. Team of the year went to the STFC midget (under-16) team that won the Ontario Outdoor Track and Field Championships while competing against over 100 clubs across the province. The team consisted of Brooklyn Quanz, Claire […]

The building that once housed The Rusty Gull restaurant on the west side of Owen Sound Bay is no more. The former restaurant, which has sat vacant for more than a decade, is being torn down, with plans to redevelop the site overlooking the bay and the Georgian Shores Marina. On Monday morning, workers with […]

Firefighters are among Santa’s biggest helpers this time of year. Owen Sound firefighters provide a bag of toys to more than 400 Owen Sound kids every year, thanks mainly to donations from people and businesses. Firefighters at the Inter Township Fire Department serve about 80 kids in Georgian Bluffs and the former Sydenham, not counting […]

A Guelph man has been identified by police as the person who died in a crash in Arran-Elderslie on the weekend. Paul Karn, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene of the single-vehicle crash on Concession 10 East in the former Arran Township on Saturday morning. South Bruce OPP received the report of the crash […]