Owen Sound Sun Times

Ginette Lebel received a life-changing kidney transplant 14 years ago this month thanks to an anonymous donor she calls her “angel.” It was the second time the Owen Sound resident, who has been impacted by kidney disease since early childhood, got a new kidney. She said she now feels healthier than ever before and believes […]

Jay Hayton looks to his young children for inspiration when deciding how to decorate his demolition derby car for the Owen Sound Fall Fair. And that strategy seems to be paying off. On Saturday, the Kilsyth-area resident defended his title of having the best-dressed vehicle in the fair’s Figure 8/Demolition Derby at Victoria Park. His […]

A male pedestrian was airlifted to a London hospital late Friday after being struck by a vehicle in Owen Sound. It happened in the 2200 block of 8th Street East at about 11 p.m. Friday, according to an Owen Sound Police Service news release. The man was walking along that section of roadway, which is […]

Connor Roberts felt good last October. He felt like a version of himself he had pictured when the Hamilton Bulldogs selected him third overall in the 2016 Ontario Hockey League draft. The six-foot-four forward was physical, engaged, playing on his team’s top line and starting to fill up the scoresheet. He had something to prove. […]

Owen Dudgeon is one cool farmer. And it’s that attribute – his ability to keep calm and steady in show rings surrounded by spectators – that helped the 15-year-old Paisley 4-H Beef Club member to earn the Owen Sound Regional 4-H Show’s grand champion showperson title Friday at the 167th annual Owen Sound Fall Fair. […]

A combination of strong recruiting efforts by Grey Bruce Health Services and the draw of the area has kept the physicians “rolling in” at the six-hospital corporation. On Friday, GBHS held a lunch-time event at the Owen Sound hospital to welcome seven new physicians who have moved to the area in the past year, as […]

Dozens of antique cars from across Ontario will be cruising around the roads of Grey-Bruce for a week later this month. The Antique and Classic Car Club of Canada is holding its annual Tour to Yesteryear in the Bluewater Region this year, which includes Grey-Bruce and part of Wellington counties, and 80 antique cars are […]

South Bruce Peninsula is offering a cool $1,000 to the person who can help it find a fat, furry albino groundhog to serve as famous Wiarton Willie’s “understudy.” Mayor Janice Jackson said the town has not had a Willie-in-waiting since the current weather-prognosticating rodent was thrust into the spotlight following the death in September 2017 […]

Meaford is looking at pulling out of its Inter Township Fire Department partnership with Georgian Bluffs and instead going with a fee-for-service agreement to cover the western part of its municipality. On Monday, Meaford council’s agenda includes a report from clerk and director of community services Matt Smith with a recommendation directing staff to begin […]

Local fastpitch talent has been tasked with helping the Softball Canada under-17 team at the 2019 WBSC Americas U17 Men’s Softball Qualifier from November 1-10 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Owen Rahn of Durham, Jackson Pegelo from Cargill, and Hepworth native Matthew Weiler were recently named to the national team. Belmont’s Shaun Winship will serve as […]

Peckham rejoins Winterhawks Former NHLer Theo Peckham will play with the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks in the upcoming WOAA senior hockey season. The club signed Peckham to a Level 1 card, in accordance with new league rules. Peckham is widely known for his time with the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL. He played junior hockey in […]

Rookie camps are starting around the National Hockey League and five members of the Owen Sound Attack will be in attendance and on the ice throughout North America. Parry Sound native Aidan Dudas is the only member of the pro-hopefuls attending rookie camp as a draftee. The 19-year-old will skate with the Los Angeles Kings. […]

Fundraising walks for people living with kidney disease as well as those touched by Parkinson’s are being held in Grey-Bruce communities this weekend. A Kidney Walk, a cornerstone event for The Kidney Foundation of Canada, is set to take place Saturday at 10 a.m. at Harrison Park in Owen Sound, while WALK-IT for Parkinson’s events […]

Supporters and protesters greeted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday during his pre-election visit to Owen Sound. Trudeau led a roundtable discussion on rural broadband at a local restaurant before heading to Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Liberal candidate Michael Den Tandt’s campaign office where he delivered a five-minute campaign-style speech in front of a standing-room-only crowd of […]

Local business community members who were part of a roundtable discussion with Justin Trudeau in Owen Sound were left optimistic that the prime minister will do what he can to address their challenges surrounding rural internet access. Seven local business people and business community representatives sat down with Trudeau on Wednesday afternoon at Mudtown Station […]

With the federal election campaign set to officially kick off any day, a number of all-candidates meetings have been set for the riding of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound. With election laws mandating that a campaign length last a minimum of 36 days and a maximum of 50, the last possible date for calling a campaign is Sept. […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Owen Sound for two events this afternoon. He is to take part in a business roundtable discussion with small business owners on rural broadband and then a Liberal party event for the campaign of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Liberal candidate Michael Den Tandt. The roundtable discussion is at 1 p.m. […]

Grey Bruce Health Services will welcome a new president and chief executive officer in a couple of months. The hospital corporation announced on Tuesday that Gary Sims will take on the role in mid-November, bringing with him over 30 years of health-care experience. Sims said Tuesday that he was very excited about the opportunity to […]

The city and country – as well as demolition derby cars – are set to collide this week when the 167th annual Owen Sound Fall Fair takes over Victoria Park. The three-day event, organized by the Owen Sound Agricultural Society, will feature the return of the always popular Figure 8/demo derby as well as a […]

A St. Catharines driver was charged with stunt driving and impaired driving after the car’s speed was registered at more than 130 kilometres per hour south of Ferndale along Highway 6 Sunday. A news release from Grey Bruce OPP said the 23-year-old driver, who was caught speeding in an 80-km/h zone at 9:54 a.m., also […]

A Beatles tribute band is returning to the OSCVI Auditorium in Owen Sound Oct. 25. The Caverners, which bills itself as “Canada’s premier Beatles Show,” last played in Owen Sound in 2017. The band formed in 1994 and its online bio says it plays all of the Beatles great songs, including She Loves You, Day […]

August 27, 2019

Two boaters were injured and taken to hospital after the 17 ½-foot bow rider they were on and a 46-ft. cruiser collided west of White Cloud Island, northeast of Wiarton in Colpoys Bay Saturday morning. The smaller boat’s 51-year-old operator and a 26-year-old passenger were taken to hospital with “serious injuries.” Grey Bruce OPP didn’t […]

Drivers from two separate collisions were airlifted to hospital in London after crashes in Saugeen Shores over the Labour Day weekend. The driver of a pick-up truck was airlifted to London after a collision in Southampton on Friday. The male driver of the truck sustained internal injuries from the two-vehicle crash that occurred just before […]

There were high-fives, marching bands and calls of “Happy Labour Day” amid the crowds of people at the annual Labour Day parade in Port Elgin on Monday. An estimated 2,500 union members marched in the hour-long parade which crept up main street. Just as many watched from the sidewalk, by Grey Bruce Labour Council president […]

Owen Sound police say they charged a Scarborough woman after her car drove through a red light, hit a westbound vehicle then rolled twice and came to rest on the lawn of a nearby business at 9th Avenue East and 16th Street East Saturday. City firefighters extricated people trapped in one vehicle after the crash […]

The fisherman who caught the winning salmon at the 32nd annual Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular Sunday had to wait 10 tense days to learn his fate, while his counterpart with the top trout only had to wait hours. Wayne Hollett, of Wroxeter, caught a 29.5-pounder on the first day of the derby — the biggest […]

It’s an adjustment period for everyone but Brandt Clarke. The Owen Sound Attack fell 6-3 to Highway 26 rival Barrie Sunday afternoon inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. The week-long evolution from rookie camp to main camp is done. The games are for real now – kind of. “I think it was a big […]

Shallow Lake’s Bradey McDonald took the lead Saturday in the trout division at the Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular fishing derby. McDonald’s 18.74-pound brown trout took the daily prize and topped former derby leader 13-year-old Logan King’s 18.05-lb. trout, with less than two hours to go before the weigh station closes for the final time at […]

An hour before the weigh station opened at the Salmon Spectacular fishing derby tent Saturday morning, you could tell that summer was ending. A bright, pale sun leant what heat it could to the new day but it was cool and fall-like, with a gentle breeze off the sparkling bay. A few people walked up […]

Today was residence move-in day for Georgian College students, some of whom were moving into their own places for the first time. “I’m OK. It’s exciting. It’s something new,” Bethany Houghton, 19, of Collingwood, said Saturday outside her four-bedroom residence on 16th Avenue East, around the corner from the college on 8th Street East. She […]

When I was growing up, my parents taught me lessons I hold dear today: the value of hard work, the importance of finding a good-paying job and looking out for the safety of myself and those around me. These are principles I share with many workers across Ontario. I’ve never belonged to a union, but […]

The Owen Sound Attack’s week-long training camp wrapped up with the annual Red versus White scrimmage Friday night inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Team White took the game 7-6 thanks to timely goals from defenders Igor Chibrikov and Andrew Perrott. Sergey Popov scored the winner. He’ll soon be off to Belleville to play […]

A Port Elgin woman said she’s sick with worry for her 79-year-old mother and others caught in the Indian government’s crackdown in the state of Kashmir and she wants the Canadian government to say more to condemn the action. All phone and Internet links with the occupied state were cut, tens of thousands of Indian […]

On Sunday, Owen Sound’s Roselawn Bowling Green will host the District 8 Novice Single Championships. Four men, representing the Owen Sound, Chesley, Hanover and Southampton clubs will be competing in the men’s division; and three women representing Owen Sound, Meaford and Chesley will compete in the women’s division. Novice designates the participants have less than […]

In a two-part series, reporters Heather Rivers and Louis Pin examine the Progressive Conservative government’s new education policies, and how they’ll affect students – from kindergarten to university – when classes resume: The smiles and the jitters, in equal measure, are there in every back-to-school cycle. But this year in Ontario, the jitters have the […]

Just over 2,230 local children and youth will be heading to school next week with new backpacks and supplies thanks to an annual United Way of Bruce Grey campaign. Backpack program co-ordinator Sarah Raynsford said she’s happy with this year’s drive, noting the agency was able to fill and distribute all of the requested backpacks […]

For places that are all about students making the grade, Ontario’s colleges and universities will soon be held by the province to some important measurements themselves. Most of their provincial operating funding — 60 per cent of it by 2024, up from under two per cent now — will depend on how well they perform. […]

Growing up with four siblings in a single-parent home, Cindy Tran said there was plenty of affection to go around. Money to go on to university? Not so much. Finances were tight in the Ottawa household. Hard work – she finished in the top 10 per cent of her high school class — helped Tran […]

As two million Ontario kids return to school for a new year, we asked some of them – and education insiders – to share their thoughts about the sweeping changes Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government plans to the education system: KIDS IN THE HALL: Grade 9 students going into high school for the first time: “A […]

A 54-year-old employee of a Port Elgin vehicle repair business has died after being gravely injured while working on a car. The Southampton resident was rushed to hospital after the workplace incident Thursday. Attempts to save his life were not successful and he was pronounced dead, according to a Saugeen Shores Police Service news release. […]

Derby people say the fish in the bay are getting bigger, as the leader board clearly suggests. The reasons aren’t as obvious but people point to possibly more plentiful smelt offering a more nutritious meal for our bigger, finned friends. It was Day 7 of the Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular fishing derby Thursday and by […]

Ontario fish farms that use net pens in lakes will be allowed longer licences, which will enable businesses to make long-term investments in the sector, the province’s environment minister said Thursday in Hanover. Jeff Yurek announced a final provincial policy paper focused on lake-based cage fish farming that provides directions for how fish farms are […]

They are the North Stars turned Northmen turned national champions. Four lacrosse players who grew up in Owen Sound recently won a Minto Cup in Langley B.C. with the Orangeville Northmen. Brothers Jordan and Brody Caskenette along with friends Mike Fiegehen and Logan Swanton were all part of the Northmen team that went undefeated at […]

A hotel developer’s plan to build a six-storey, 100-room TownPlace Suites by Marriott in Owen Sound remains on track for construction to begin this year, the company’s president said after city council approved planning applications for the project this week. “We have the site plan approved, so now it’s all a matter of making sure […]

Concerns about a highly contagious equine respiratory disease has prompted fall fairs in some parts of Ontario to cancel horse events this year. The organizers of many fairs in Grey-Bruce and elsewhere in Southwestern Ontario have taken the preventative action because of strangles, including the Owen Sound Agricultural Society, which has cancelled its Sept. 7 […]