Owen Sound Sun Times

City council has decided not to stand in the way of a St. Mary’s Catholic Church parish plan to demolish its historic 148-year-old rectory in Owen Sound and build a new, accessible church residence in its place. Council voted Monday to consent with conditions to the demolition, an approval the parish had to receive before […]

A $1 million donation has allowed the Owen Sound Regional Hospital Foundation to reach its goal for its MRI fundraising initiative. The donation, made anonymously by a local family, has allowed the five foundations of Grey Bruce Health Services to reach their $4.7-million target for a new MRI. The family made the donation in recognition […]

Police are looking for the owner of a blue pickup truck they say pushed a car from a parking lot onto Sykes Street North in Meaford on Friday. Just before 8 p.m., the owner of a white car parked the vehicle in the parking lot of the Dairy Queen. After being inside for a short […]

Owen Sound will be adding a new staff member who will help it develop and implement plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change impacts. Council approved Monday a staff recommendation to hire a climate change adaption and mitigation co-ordinator. “I think it’s a bold step forward and I think it’s well past […]

The National Hockey League’s Central Scouting Bureau released its midterm rankings Monday highlighting eligible prospects for the 2020 Entry Draft. The list featured Owen Sound Attack defender Igor Chibrikov and 2019 Attack draft pick Artem Shlaine. Chibrikov’s first appeared on an NHL scouting list earlier this season. The six-foot-seven defender was featured on Central Scouting’s […]

Grey County’s plan for a new inter-community transit system continues to roll forward, with hopes to launch the service in the spring. On Thursday Grey County council directed staff to lease buses and contract drivers for the new Grey Transit Route service. The GTR will include regular service along Highway 26 from Owen Sound to […]

The Owen Sound Garb and Gear Junior Attack minor peewee squad are International Silver Stick champions after beating the St. Thomas Stars 6-5 in overtime at the weekend tournament in Newmarket. The Jr. Attack went 3-1 in the minor peewee single-A round-robin played Thursday through Saturday. They opened the tournament with a big 7-1 win […]

Merrifield selected in Jr. A draft Quentin Merrifield, an Owen Sound Minor Lacrosse alumni, was selected by the Burlington Chiefs of the Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League in the 2020 Midget Entry Draft Sunday. The Chiefs selected Merrifield with the 23rd-overall pick. He was a part of the North Stars midget team that won the […]

A lot has to go right to have a fair chance at beating the top team in the Ontario Hockey League, and for the Owen Sound Attack Sunday afternoon . . . not much did. The Attack fell 7-4 to the top-seeded Ottawa 67’s inside TD Place as the 67’s reset the streak counter to […]

Plans are in the works to replace the landmark lighthouse at Lion’s Head that was destroyed during a weekend storm, which also caused hydro outages, downed trees, created poor driving conditions and prompted some Grey-Bruce municipalities to declare significant weather events Benjamin Madill said he stopped by the Lion’s Head harbour around 7:15 a.m. Sunday […]

Two people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after a three-vehicle collision in Owen Sound. Emergency crews responded to the crash at about 2 p.m. Saturday. The Owen Sound Police Service says the collision happened after a vehicle travelling east on 10th Street West went through a red light and collided with a vehicle […]

Grey County and local emergency services are holding an inaugural Front-line Family Wellness Day next month aimed at equipping those close to first responders with information to recognize potential mental health problems and how to help. “It’s to support our front-line workers with coping with operational stress and the goal is preventing PTSD,” Kevin McNab, […]

While rats are regarded by many as unsavoury little creatures, that was not the case in ancient Chinese culture. The first animal on the Chinese zodiac cycle is said to symbolize intelligence, wisdom, wealth and new beginnings. May Ip, project co-ordinator of the Grey Bruce Chinese Heritage & Culture Association, recalls a story from Chinese […]

Police are searching for a missing woman who was last seen at a home in Mildmay and who also has ties to the Walkerton, Hanover and Teeswater areas. The South Bruce OPP says they received a report early Saturday morning that 20-year-old Angelica Whittaker of Goderich had gone missing. She was last seen Friday at […]

The Kingston Frontenacs have won a total of 11 games this season, and two of those have come against the Owen Sound Attack. The Fronts topped the Attack 3-2 in a shootout victory Friday night inside the Leon’s Centre in Kingston. Goaltender Ryan Dugas made 35 saves on 37 shots and all three stops in […]

Architectural Conservancy Ontario’s president is urging Owen Sound council to not consent to the demolition of the 148-year-old St. Mary’s Catholic Church rectory, which is part of an Ontario Heritage Act-designated property. “I think not demolishing and rehabilitating the rectory is the better choice – not just for the preservation of the community’s heritage but […]

Attack fans constantly refreshing their internet browser and twitter feed Friday morning probably feel a little unsatiated. The only move for the Owen Sound Attack was a pick swap with the Hamilton Bulldogs made to balance out the draft-pick stock and re-enter the second round of the upcoming OHL Priority Selection. For a second-round pick […]

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Two squads remain undefeated in the BAA senior girls volleyball bracket. The OSDSS Wolves moved to 6-0 with a trio of wins Wednesday over North Division competition. The Wolves topped St. Mary’s (4-2), Grey Highlands (2-3) and Peninsula Shores (2-2) in Owen Sound to remain atop the North Division. Georgian Bay (0-3) and […]

Georgian Bluffs is applying for grant funding to make some upgrades to its East Linton water system. On Wednesday, council supported an application for funding from the Canada Infrastructure Program Green Stream for the estimated $3-million project that would replace some undersized watermain in the current system. Mayor Dwight Burley said the East Linton system […]

Education is being “brought to life” for a small group of students as they learn all about where their food originates and the process involved in raising and cultivating it before it reaches the kitchen table. Since September, about a dozen students between the ages of four and 12 and their two teachers, known as […]

As catastrophic bushfires continued to ravage Australia, students about 16,000 kilometres away in an Owen Sound classroom spent Friday sewing pouches for baby marsupials that have been abandoned, injured and displaced because of the blazes. Thirty Grade 8 students at Hillcrest Elementary School, with the help of their two teachers and family and community members […]

All elementary and secondary schools of the Bluewater District School Board will be closed on Wednesday if a one-day strike by teachers and other educational workers goes ahead as planned. On Friday, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation announced the list of schools it plans to target for its rolling one-day full withdrawal of services […]

A stolen pickup truck was recovered and a small amount of cocaine was seized in the Municipality of Kincardine on Thursday. Members of the OPP Community Street Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at a property on Sunset Drive in the former Bruce Township and as a result seized a quantity of cocaine with an […]

An Owen Sound man faces drug trafficking charges after he was found in possession of more than $2,500 worth of highly toxic purple fentanyl. Just before the noon hour on Thursday, Owen Sound Police Service concluded a drug trafficking investigation with the arrest of the 25-year-old Owen Sound man. Members of the Drug Enforcement Unit […]

One person was unaccounted for after a fire that completely destroyed a home Thursday in Grey Highlands. Emergency crews were called to a fully engulfed house fire at about 7:15 a.m. on the Artemesia-Euphrasia Townline, east of Grey Road 13, according to a Grey Bruce OPP news release. OPP officers were only able to account […]

Twice in his relatively short life, Matthew Struthers has packed up his belongings and moved to a stranger’s house in a new city. Not necessarily because he wanted to, but because he was traded as a player in the Ontario Hockey League. It’s a familiar oddity to those who follow the league and those involved […]

Go to the net and good things will happen. The old hockey adage paid dividends for the Owen Sound Attack Thursday night in Peterborough as the Bayshore Boys brought the lunch-pail work ethic out east to upset the Petes 5-2 in their own barn. Peterborough came into the game seated behind only the Ottawa 67’s […]

The Owen Sound Attack have traded Daylon Groulx to the Ottawa 67’s for a trio of draft selections. Returned to Owen Sound in the deal is a third-round pick in 2020 (originally Owen Sound’s own pick), a fourth-round pick in 2020 (originally Ottawa’s), and a sixth-round pick in 2023 (originally Ottawa’s). The Fort Erie native […]

Grey County is creating task forces to address two high-profile issues – climate change and a lack of affordable housing. Warden Paul McQueen said both topics are of common concern to all nine municipalities in the county. “As far as climate change, it’s front and centre right now in the sense of what’s happening out […]

The Blue Mountains council intends to start discussing Monday night how to fill its deputy-mayor position after the resignation of Odette Bartnicki, who was elected to a first term in the role in the 2018 municipal election. “Council has various choices. They could appoint someone or they could run a byelection,” Mayor Alar Soever said […]

A knowledge gap allows some less-than-ideal practices to continue along the shoreline from Sarnia to Tobermory, according to the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation in Goderich. Threats to this important strip come from cottage and community development, man-made rather than naturalized shorelines, beach grooming, marinas, shipping and light pollution. Climate change, invasive species and […]

When contemporary artist Erin Loree was given the opportunity to go into the vault at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery to select some works for the development of a new series of her own, she jumped at the chance. As a result the Toronto-based artist has created some unique oil on panel paintings and charcoal […]

A benefit concert for the Community Waterfront Heritage Centre, for an exhibit marking Owen Sound’s 100thanniversary as a city this year, will take place Jan. 25 at the Owen Sound legion branch. “This event will bring you back to the coffee house days of Lightfoot, Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel,” according to the centre. “Relive the […]

As Canadians watched the seconds tick off the clock while their national junior team skated to a 4-3 win over the Russians and an 18th IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship gold medal, the Attack’s head coach was hard at work. Alan Letang, Team Canada’s pre-scout coach, was in an office watching three separate feeds of […]

Owen Sound is seeking public feedback to help it prioritize the recommendations in its draft, five-year Greenwood Cemetery master plan. The document, presented to the community services committee Dec. 18, includes 16 recommendations – from establishing a dedicated area for natural burials to creating a Muslim section in the cemetery to developing a business case […]

An ongoing nursing shortage at its Chesley site prompted South Bruce Grey Health Centre to announce Wednesday that it will continue with reduced hours for the hospital’s emergency department beyond Feb. 1. The hospital corporation changed the hours from around the clock, seven days a week coverage to an 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily […]

Julian Smith, a member of the Canadian National Ski Team, National Development Centre-Thunder Bay, Georgian Bay Nordic and the Bruce Ski Club participated in all four events at the US Cross Country Ski Nationals held in Houghton, Mich. from Jan. 2-7. Smith was the top Canadian in a race of 198 male skiers – a […]

The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating after a man was taken to hospital with an injury following an incident in the town of Ripley on Monday evening. Just after 8 p.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of an intoxicated person causing property damage and disturbance in the town. Witnesses detained the man until […]

Police officers were kept busy across Owen Sound Tuesday and early Wednesday, including one incident in which a woman is accused of spitting on someone, hitting another person with a full beer bottle and attempting to enter vehicles in traffic. Other cases involved threats, impaired driving, a collision, mischief and an attempted break and enter. […]

The OSDSS Wolves senior boys hockey squad got goals from five different snipers Tuesday afternoon in a 5-0 shut out victory over the Georgian Bay Thunder at the Meaford and St. Vincent Community Centre. Wolves goaltenders Preston Downs and Jack Webster combined for the shut out. The victory was OSDSS’s first of the season and […]

The Sydenham Fall Fair will continue to bring the country to hundreds of schoolchildren in Owen Sound. After concerns were raised that 2019 could mark the end for what is believed to be Canada’s last remaining school-run agricultural fair, a group of dedicated volunteers have stepped up and are planning for the 167th annual event […]

Grey Bruce Health Services says it’s now only one provincial approval away from being able to seek bids for construction of its proposed new $65 million Markdale hospital. The hospital corporation recently submitted to the Ministry of Health & Long-term Care its Stage 4.1 documents, which include more than 300 detailed architectural drawings for the […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit has eliminated three management positions in response to an anticipated $1.1-million cut to the funding it receives from the provincial government. Public health spokesman Drew Ferguson said Tuesday the health unit will not be revealing the affected positions or departments – since that would identify the employees who have been […]

One person is dead after a crash in Arran-Elderslie on Monday evening. At 10:40 p.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a single vehicle collision on Bruce County Road 10 in the former Arran Township. Officers arrived to find the vehicle had left the roadway and entered the ditch. The driver was pronounced dead […]

Police are investigating after a person was stabbed in a downtown Owen Sound restaurant early Saturday morning. Two males became involved in an altercation inside the restaurant and during the altercation, one of the males was stabbed with a knife, sustaining injuries that are not considered life threatening, Owen Sound police said in a news […]

The community came through to help the United Way of Bruce Grey to address a $20,000 fundraising shortfall for its 2019 backpack program. In the final two days of the year – after issuing an urgent appeal for donations – the organization received about $17,500, said executive director Francesca Dobbyn. “So we came close to […]

Two Algoma Central Corporation lake freighters are spending the winter laid up in the Owen Sound Harbour. The 42-year-old Algoma Buffalo and 47-year-old Algoma Compass both arrived in the port last week said Peter Winkley, the company’s chief financial officer. The two vessels joined the MS Chi-Cheemaun, which docked for the winter on Oct. 21. […]

The 80th annual CFOS-Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast has surpassed its $30,000 goal and donations continue to pour in. As of Friday, just over $32,000 had been donated or pledged to the broadcast, which will benefit 23 local charities and organizations this year. Pledges can be paid and donations can be made until Jan. 31 […]

There ain’t much crystal clear this time of year in the OHL. And that’s been doubled-down in the absence of any clearly defined buyers and sellers in the Western Conference. “It seems like this year it’s a little bit quieter. Maybe everyone is sitting there thinking they’ve got a pretty good team,” said Attack GM […]

Get on the ice, in the locker room and inside the league offices with a weekly e-newsletter from Ryan Pyette, the premier reporter in the Ontario Hockey League. An injury derailed Pyette’s promising on-ice career, but “Pucks,” as he was known to teammates, has been digging in the corners for the past two decades to […]