Owen Sound Sun Times

Local children and youth are being invited to polish up their skateboards, bicycles and scooters and head out to the Kiwanis Bike and Skate Park on Saturday. The Owen Sound Police Service and The Kiwanis Club of Owen Sound are co-hosting their sixth annual SK8 JAM at the venue at Victoria Park from noon to […]

The annual Subaru Bayshore Race will mark its 10th year running on Sunday. The event, which includes 5-kilometre, 10-km and half marathon runs, a 5-km fun walk and 10-km power walk and a 1-km kids run is being held at the Owen Sound hospital for the second year in a row, where participants will get […]

Police have identified a man who died after being struck while crossing the street in The Blue Mountains on Friday. Brent Donald Smith, 56, from The Blue Mountains was taken to hospital after the collision where he was later pronounced dead. Just before 10 p.m. on Friday, OPP officers were dispatched to Grey Road 19 […]

August 20, 2019

August 20, 2019

A male was taken into custody Tuesday morning after an overnight standoff in South Bruce Peninsula, between Sauble Beach and Hepworth. On Monday, just before midnight, Grey Bruce OPP were called to what they called a high risk situation involving a weapon at an address on Bruce Road 8, which is the main road to […]

Items estimated to be worth more than $10,000 have been reported stolen from a residence in Ayton. West Grey police were dispatched to a property of Sideroad 10 on Sunday after receiving a report of a break and enter. The victim reported leaving the residence in the early morning hours on Saturday and when he […]

The number of drug overdoses keeps rising in Grey-Bruce. A barbecue at Safe ‘n Sound Friday will acknowledge those who have died by opioid overdose and promote free Naloxone drug nasal kits, which buy opioid overdose victims 20 or 30 minutes in which to get to hospital to save their life. Some who have attended […]

A man sustained life-threatening injuries after falling from the back of a moving golf cart in Point Clark on Monday. The man had been sitting on the back of the golf cart on Victoria Road when he stood up and stepped off the cart while it was still in motion, causing him to strike his […]

The Owen Sound (Bittel) Foodland Hawks bantams won the Western Ontario Baseball Association’s Doc Miller Championship on Sunday. For four of the team members – Jesse Bittel, Jack Diaz, Bennett Lines and Austin Robbins – it was the second consecutive title. And it was once again St. Marys that the city squad defeated in the […]

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The Grey Bruce Health Unit is asking for the public’s help in finding the owner of a dog that bit a person at the beach in Southampton on Aug. 13. At approximately 9 p.m. a woman was bitten by a medium-size brown and black German shepherd. The woman had noticed the dog alone at the […]

The powwow grounds at Cape Croker Park have been renamed in honour of Arthur “Butch” Elliott, remembered as a defender of First Nations’ rights who reintroduced drumming to his community. With family members and friends of Elliott in attendance, a renaming ceremony took place Saturday during the 35th annual Neyaashiinigmiing Traditional Powwow. Geewadin Elliott said […]

Summerfolk is all about “embracing new acts and welcoming back old friends,” says artistic director James Keelaghan. It’s an important combination, he said Sunday during the 44th annual music and crafts festival at Kelso Beach Park in Owen Sound. “In order for the festival to remain fresh, there needs to be new blood,” he said, […]

A 33-year-old Saugeen First Nation man has been charged in connection with the apparent opioid overdose death of a 24-year-old Saugeen First Nation woman Aug. 10. Grey Bruce OPP answers a vital signs absent call at 4:15 a.m., said before paramedics reached the French Bay Rd. address someone gave the woman Naloxone. She was taken […]

A 61-year-old Town of the Blue Mountains man has died after police say he was struck by an SUV while crossing Grey Road 19 southeast of Craigleith. While the collision is still being investigated, alcohol is not considered to be a factor, according to a Collingwood-Blue Mountains OPP news release. A post-mortem examination is to […]

Community advocacy played a key role in prompting Owen Sound to launch a pilot project aimed at snuffing out cigarette-butt litter in its downtown. “A lot of residents in the city have been concerned with seeing all the butts laying around,” said environmental services supervisor Cassandra Cesco. The city has installed 10 cigarette waste receptacles […]

High water levels at Owen Sound’s Kelso Beach Park have forced Summerfolk organizers to make some adjustments to the site plan for the three-day music and crafts festival. “We’ve got an extremely limited backstage area for the performers this year,” artistic director James Keelaghan said Friday afternoon, a few hours before the event opened for […]

A local panel discussion about climate change will take place Thursday, Aug. 22, at Harmony Centre in Owen Sound. Panellists include Danielle Valiquette, the local Green Party candidate in the upcoming federal election and a Grey Highlands councillor, Grey County planners Scott Taylor and Hiba Hussain, and Dyan Jones, who recently – and successfully – […]

Firefighters put out a small fire in a garbage chute at the 14th Street apartments Thursday night. The call came in between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. after someone smelled smoke on the fifth floor at 305 14th St. W. A number of residents left the building on their own, but the building was not […]

The company behind controversial efforts to establish an outdoor marijuana grow site at Neyaashiinigmiing issued a brief statement Thursday touting the economic opportunity lost this year by missing the current growing season. Wiisag co-founder and chief executive officer Joel Strickland emailed the statement to The Sun Times after the paper requested comment the day before […]

When I became the artistic director of Summerfolk eight years ago, it was all very new to me. I’d been a performing songwriter for most of my life. I played hundreds of folk festivals around the world though and I thought I might have some insight I could bring to the table. Still, on the […]

The Owen Sound Police Service is reminding the public to lock their vehicles and remove their valuables from them after thieves hit two areas of the city on consecutive nights. On Wednesday, vehicles on the northeast section of the city were hit, while on Thursday night thieves hit the southwest area of the city. For […]

Ryan Jacklin had just set the Canadian under-18 record for the five-kilogram hammer throw, and he had to take a walk. He knew he could throw it farther, but not if he was “keyed up.” “At first I couldn’t calm down,” he said. “I took a walk to clear my head. I tried to have […]

The youngest of three teens killed Monday morning when a pickup truck smashed into a tree at the bottom of an embankment near Brussels in Huron County will have his funeral in Owen Sound Saturday. Owen Markus Bakker, 14, of Elmwood was a thoughtful, selfless person, his mother, Sherry Millman-Bakker, said Thursday in an interview. […]

Greenwood Cemetery is home to some of Owen Sound’s most significant heritage buildings, including a limestone-clad mausoleum, historic red-brick chapel and what is believed to be the city’s oldest stone house. And while the 160-year-old cemetery’s buildings are part of Owen Sound’s heritage registry, they are not currently protected by Ontario Heritage Act legislation. That’s […]

The Chatsworth Fall Fair is marking a new beginning. This year’s 157th annual Chatsworth Fall Fair is moving to the Williamsford Community Centre after it was cancelled the past two years following the closure and subsequent demolition of the community centre in the village of Chatsworth. Sharrie Brick, president of the Chatsworth Agricultural Society, said […]

OWEN SOUND MENS FASTBALL LEAGUE Torrie tosses shut out The Shallow Lake Sting midgets clubbed the Chatsworth 3JBC Yellow Jackets 5-0 Wednesday night at Duncan McLellan Park. Winning pitcher Owen Torrie had 14 strikeouts, Matt Lawrence went three-for-three while Chris McComb homered for the Sting. Pringle almost perfect Mackenzie Pringle was one walk away from […]

Nobody was injured, but a hydro pole had to be repaired after a collision in Georgian Bluffs on Wednesday evening. Just before 8 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP officers were dispatched to the two-vehicle collision involving a grey SUV and a grey car on Stone School Road, north of Highway 6 in the Hepworth area. While […]

A woman suffered cuts to her arms and hands after she was struck by a suspected impaired driver while crossing a street in Southampton on Wednesday. Just before 4:30 p.m., Saugeen Shores Police Services responded to a report of a pedestrian being struck on Huron Street. A 62-year-old woman was crossing the road when a […]

The body of a man was recovered from a private lake in West Grey after he went missing while canoeing on Wednesday. Just after 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Const. Cory Trainor of the West Grey Police Service confirmed the body of the 55-year-old West Grey man had been recovered from the lake. Trainor said the […]

This weekend’s powwow at Neyaashiinigmiing is expected to be the biggest in its 35-year history. Neyaashiinigmiing Pwaagngaa will feature up to 20 drum groups, easily triple the number of drums that traditionally have come to the powwow, said Geewadin Elliott, whose father is being honoured at this year’s event. “It’s anticipated that it’s going to […]

Plans to turn the Paisley Inn property into a housing and commercial development have been delayed as the project works its way through planning approvals. At a meeting Monday, Arran-Elderslie council heard that Young Development Corp. is working with BMF Construction, RJD Architect Engineering, Hydro One, the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie and Bruce County to create […]

An extensive search of the waterways has been undertaken after a man went missing while canoeing in West Grey on Wednesday. Members of the West Grey Police Service were dispatched to a residence in the former Normanby Township after receiving a report of a 55-year-old man who went missing while canoeing on a private lake. […]

Health Canada has withheld a licence sought by Wiisag Corporation to operate its proposed cannabis plantation, newly elected band councillor Geewadin Elliott said Wednesday. “My understanding is that Health Canada will not be issuing a licence to Wiisag, hence it will be stopping the project from moving forward … due to council’s intervention in the […]

A Collingwood man charged with two counts of second-degree murder at a Collingwood public housing complex last January has a preliminary hearing scheduled for December. The OPP charged Cameron Gardiner, 57, of 805 Matthew Way, with second-degree murder in the deaths of Dean Copkov and Donovan Bass on Jan. 22 in Collingwood. Collingwood OPP said […]

A vehicle reported stolen from a West Grey residence on Tuesday morning was found on fire in a field later in the day. Just after 5:30 a.m., West Grey police received a report that a Ford Escape had been stolen overnight from a Concession 2 West Grey residence. At about 1 p.m., police received a […]

A man who was checking on his vacant Owen Sound property called police when he interrupted two men who were stealing from his garage. There were two unknown vehicles there and two men were exiting his garage with allegedly stolen items at this southeast Owen Sound location just before 11 a.m. Tuesday. The property owner […]

OWEN SOUND MEN’S FASTBALL LEAGUE Astros top Rams in playoffs Tuesday, the Allenford Astros beat the Owen Sound Rams 3-2 in the first game of the OSMFL playoffs. Scott Charlton and Dan McComb combined to take the loss for Rams, while Ryan Greig pitched the win for Allenford. Charlton and McComb gave up three walks, […]

In just its second year, the Gran Fondo Lake Huron has sold out. Organizers announced on Tuesday that they had reached their limit of 1,000 riders for the second annual ride in Southampton. “We are ecstatic,” said Tracy Murray, executive director of the Saugeen Memorial Hospital Foundation. “Last year we had about 650 riders and […]

Police have identified the cyclist who died Aug. 7 after colliding with a tree while on a mountain biking trail at Blue Mountain Resort. Zachary Jacobi, 27, of Brant County was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The results of a post-mortem examination, conducted Thursday in Toronto, are not known at this time, according to […]

Owen Sound and its municipal neighbours have inked a service-sharing agreement aimed at maintaining fire response times while the 10th Street bridge is being replaced. The deal, approved Monday by city council and adopted earlier by the Meaford and Georgian Bluffs councils, will see Owen Sound’s fire department housing a pumper truck and two firefighters […]

The company seeking zoning approval to build four restaurants, a hotel and a gas station at the Heritage Grove shopping complex in Owen Sound says it has tenants “ready to sign leases” for most of those buildings. “These amendments are directly related to tenant requests. These aren’t speculative,” Robert Russell, planning consultant for Villarboit Development […]

Two Bruce County teens were identified as victims in a fatal Monday morning crash near Brussels. Ivan Kuepfer, 19, of South Bruce and Owen Bakker, 14, of Brockton died in the single-vehicle crash on Brussels Line between Cardiff Road and Browntown Road in the Municipality of Huron East. Also killed in the crash was the […]

Police are crediting a trio of residents for helping them nab a man who had a weapon, which turned out to be a BB gun, concealed in his waistband. “This was an excellent example of citizens helping police to take criminals off our streets,” Owen Sound Police Service acting Sgt. Peter Daniels said in a […]

A couple involved in the discovery of two historic shipwrecks in the waters of Georgian Bay off the Bruce Peninsula last year will be speaking in Owen Sound on Wednesday evening. Shipwreck divers, underwater photographers and maritime historians Cris Kohl and Joan Forsberg will be at the Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library, […]

The OPP are investigating after a woman died after an apparent opioid overdose at Saugeen First Nation early Saturday morning. At about 4:15 a.m., Grey Bruce OPP and Bruce County Paramedic Services were called to a residence on French Bay Road about a 24-year-old woman with vital signs absent. The early investigation determined the woman […]

Both the Society of Energy Professionals and Bruce Power are calling a tentative agreement reached on Sunday a win-win. The union is recommending its 1,200 members employed at the nuclear generating station accept the proposed agreement at a ratification vote, expected to take place later this month. “Our bargaining team is proud of this win-win […]