Owen Sound Sun Times

The North Stars deflated in the second period and popped midway through the third. Owen Sound scored three-straight goals to come back from a 6-3 deficit in the middle frame. Then Luke Robinson – who is leaning into the role of villain opposite Owen Sound players in the first-round OJBLL series – popped in his […]

The Manitoulin OPP are investigating after the body of a woman was located in Lake Huron after she reportedly went overboard while travelling on the Chi-Cheemaun from South Baymouth to Tobermory. Officers from the Manitoulin and Grey Bruce OPP responded to the report of the woman falling overboard just before 11:30 p.m. on Friday evening. […]

NORTH STARS STAY UNDEFEATED AT BAYSHORE N’Stars 11 Titans 6 Maybe it’s unfair to call Owen Sound’s win over the Oakville Titans an upset. Sure the Titans came into Saturday’s contest against the Owen Sound Bug Juice North Stars holding the top-spot of the Ontario Series Lacrosse league standings with a 9-1 record. But the […]

For the first time since 2001, no players from the Owen Sound Attack were selected in the NHL Entry Draft. Mack Guzda was the team’s only prospect featured on NHL Central Scouting’s final draft list. The Knoxville native entered the NHL Draft slotted as the No. 25 North American prospect between the pipes. Peterborough’s Hunter […]

The Bengals came from behind to take Game 1, 11-8, in overtime Saturday afternoon inside Hamilton’s Dave Andreychuk Arena. Hunter Aggus scored the winning goal in the extra frame – his second marker of the game – as the Bengals now take a 1-0 lead in the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League’s best-of-five first-round series. […]

Police are investigating after three dumpsters were set on fire in the Town of the Blue Mountains overnight Thursday. One of the fires occurred at a private residence on Sleepy Hollow Road, while two others occurred at separate locations on Highway 26 in the Craigleith area. Fire crews were able to extinguish the fires before […]

The Detroit Red Wings selected Attack import draft pick Moritz Seider sixth-overall in the National Hockey League Entry Draft Friday night in Vancouver. Seider, a German native, was selected by the Attack 105th-overall in the 2018 Canadian Hockey League import draft. As a first-round NHL draft pick Seider will now be placed on the Attack’s […]

Owen Sound police are looking for witnesses to a collision in which a black SUV struck a traffic light pole about 12:45 p.m. Friday at Highway 26 and 20th Avenue East. The driver of the SUV suffered minor injuries and was transported to hospital by ambulance, a city police news release said. The other two […]

The Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board will have a new director of education this fall. Gary O’Donnell, who is currently the superintendent of education with the Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board, was appointed by the board of trustees last week. “It’s a great honour,” O’Donnell said in an interview Friday. “I’m excited to have an […]

The Bayshore Boys of summer are headed to the playoffs. After a monotonous 2018 season, an injection of youth has the North Stars back firmly in the win column and the top-eight of the Ontario junior B circuit’s Western Conference. Their reward is a first-round best-of-five series against the Hamilton Bengals. The same Bengals that […]

The president and chief executive officer of a small, wooden crate manufacturer mainly serving the Bruce Power and Darlington power plant rebuilds from Owen Sound’s industrial park, said he’s struggling to find good workers. Steve Warwick opened StevCon Packaging & Logistics Ltd. in the former Goodyear V-belt building two months ago. His business is poised […]

Firefighting was in David Crothers’ blood. Crothers, whose firefighting career spanned close to 40 years, predominantly with the Owen Sound Fire Department and Inter Township Fire Department, died on Sunday at the age of 72. Owen Sound Fire Chief Doug Barfoot said on Friday that to say firefighting was Mr. Crothers’ life is putting it […]

Four people have been charged after police busted a business’s stores in Owen Sound, Port Elgin and Hanover as part of a combined forces investigation into the alleged illicit sale of CBD products. The raid in Owen Sound took place at Stop & Smell the Roses at 640 10th St. W., Unit 3, according to […]

A new weapon is being deployed near Owen Sound in the battle against the tree-killing emerald ash borer. Natural Resources Canada and Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry are teaming up with Grey Sauble Conservation to release tiny wasps — they don’t have stingers — that kill the invasive beetles’ eggs and larvae. Chris […]

A Desboro woman has died after a three-vehicle crash on Highway 10 south of Dundalk. Rachael Baker, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash that occurred near the intersection of Highway 10 and 250 Sideroad in the Town of Melancthon late Thursday afternoon. Dufferin OPP were dispatched to the collision just before […]

GREY BRUCE LADIES FASTBALL LEAGUE Martin touches ’em all in Meaford win Meaford Leaky Canoe Ladies went head-to-head with Tara ladies and came out on top 14-10 Thursday night. Erika Ernst pitched for Meaford and added a triple and two doubles. Brandy Martin added a home run while Jaleh McEachern and Jen Bumstead added triples […]

Here come the North Stars. On Wednesday four local players – along with a local coach and general manager – were officially named to Team Ontario women’s field lacrosse rosters for upcoming tournaments and showcases. Lyndsay Brooks will coach the Team Ontario under-17 squad that is set to feature local baller Francesca Alpajaro. The team […]

Bruce Power’s 1,200-member Society of United Professionals union has given its bargaining team a 97 per cent strike mandate. “I hope the company takes this as a sign that it’s time to come back to the bargaining table with a fair offer,” Bruce Power Local 160 vice-president Mike Gade said in a news release Thursday. […]

Tara will serve as the temporary home of men’s fastball this weekend. The third-annual Tara Twins Men’s Fastball Tournament is set for bumper-to-bumper action starting Friday night at 7 p.m. and running until the championship contest Sunday at 4 p.m. The 16-team circuit will play games in both Tara and Allenford with championship-Sunday taking place […]

Cyclists from across Grey-Bruce and beyond will hit the roads of Owen Sound and the surrounding area on Sunday. More than 250 cyclists are expected to take part in the Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce’s sixth annual Ride Don’t Hide event this weekend. “It is a really community-oriented bike ride so it is nice […]

A Neyaashiinigmiing-based company, which announced in May its plans to grow marijuana outdoors on the reserve, held community information sessions there earlier this month. Wiisag Corporation’s Facebook page said its June 6 and June 8 information meetings were also an opportunity to recruit workers to fill 30 harvest positions, six in finance/administration, 12 in security, […]

Grey Roots is going back to the county’s prohibition and bootlegging era for one day this weekend. Saints and Sinners 2019 is taking over the Museum and Archives and its Moreston Heritage Village on Sunday with the clothing, song and dance, and the spirit of the Roaring Twenties on full display. Organizers said this year’s […]

Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson says she doesn’t see her move within Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet as a demotion, but a positive and “very thoughtful” change. “The premier made a decision. He wanted to hit refresh and prepare for Year 2 and bring more people to the table so that more people have that honour […]

Mark Giordano won the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s top defenceman at the league’s award presentation Wednesday night. The former Owen Sound Attack defender became the first Calgary Flames player to win the award in the team’s history receiving 96 percent of the first-place votes. Giordano, 35, went undrafted in both the Ontario Hockey League […]

The Parry Sound native has worn the Maple Leaf on his chest at the Youth Olympic Games, the under-17 world championships, and the under-18 world championships. Now Aidan Dudas is one step closer to playing for Canada on junior hockey’s biggest stage. On Wednesday the 19-year-old was named to Team Canada’s roster for the Sport […]

Lake Huron’s near record-breaking high water levels haven’t affected the two nesting sites of endangered piping plovers at Sauble Beach. All four eggs laid in late May in Nest 1 at the north end of the beach hatched over the weekend and the chicks are now scurrying on the sand, foraging for food. Two chicks […]

Back by popular demand, the Owen Sound Bug Juice North Stars will once again host Owen Sound Minor Lacrosse Day this Saturday as the N’Stars host the league-leading Oakville Titans. All minor lacrosse players and bench staff will be granted free entry into the game and are asked to wear their North Stars jerseys. The […]

A man reported missing from Georgian Bluffs early Wednesday morning has been located and is in good health. Police are thanking the public for their help in the incident, it said in a news release issued Wednesday. Grey Bruce OPP issued a news release earlier Wednesday asking for the public’s help in locating Joshua Hill, […]

On June 12 The Owen Sound Roselawn Bowling Club hosted their first tournament of the season. The Cam and Ev Millman Memorial Tournament was sponsored by Ann Otterbein of Fettes Travel Plus. Winners of the trophy were Mike Gvildys of Roselawn, and partner Rick Carr of the Chesley club with three wins, 37 points. Second […]

KITCHENER AND DISTRICT SOCCER LEAGUE United draw Supersonics The Cambridge Supersonics scored with 10 minutes remaining to salvage a 1-1 tie with Owen Sound Grey Motors United in Kitchener and District Soccer League action Sunday evening in Cambridge. Simon Petersen scored Owen Sound’s lone goal early in the second half. The United’s record now stands […]

Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing Georgian Bluffs man. Grey Bruce OPP are looking for Joshua Hill, 35, because they are concerned for his safety and well-being. Police were dispatched to a residence on Highway 21 in Georgian Bluffs just after 1 a.m. on Wednesday after concerns were raised about […]

Abraflex, an Indigenous-owned company that manufactures protective plastic suits and plastic tents used in the nuclear decontamination process, intends to double the size of its facility in Paisley. It currently operates a 10,000 square foot production facility in the former Bruce Packers plant. The proposed expansion would enable the company to fix tools and components […]

Southampton’s former St. Paul’s Anglican Church rectory is on the National Trust for Canada’s Top 10 Endangered Places list. The heritage group announced on Tuesday its 15th annual top-10 list, created to increase public scrutiny of the fate of endangered buildings and other places. Another site listed is Birtle Indian Residential School, one of the […]

Field crop futures took a jump last week, mainly because of U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that cut projections for the current year’s corn crop, many commentators appear to agree. It’s all about cool, damp planting conditions in central eastern North America, reflected in a lot of southwestern Ontario’s best areas of cash crop production. […]

Lake Huron is lagging behind the rest of the Great Lakes when it comes to rising water levels, but it appears its time to break records is near. As of Sunday the basin, which includes Lakes Huron and Michigan, was just two centimetres below the 33-year-old high-water record for the beginning of July. And with […]

West Grey Police Service is asking for help to find a riding lawn mower which was reported stolen from a residence in the former Bentinck Township. Police received the report Monday of a theft of a John Deere x320 tractor with a 48-inch mower deck. It was taken between June 12 and 17 from the […]

A small black bear wandered into the backyard of an Owen Sound couple’s home Monday afternoon, resulting in a 911 call. Danny and Lorrie Jensen were inside their home at 1322 8th Ave. W. just before 12:30 p.m. when their cat started acting strangely at the back door. Danny went to check on the commotion, […]

What is the difference between a Canadian and an American? A Canadian is an unarmed American with universal health care. I know, it’s an old joke, but it still has a ring of truth. Ask a Canadian what defines us as a nation and you will hear phrases like maple leaf, hockey and Tim Hortons. […]

Students at Immaculate Conception School in Formosa had a special visitor Friday. Dr. Denis Mukwege, co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize with Nadia Murad, is known worldwide as “The Man Who Mends Women” for his efforts to stop the use of violence against women as a weapon of war and armed conflict. He visited […]

A member of the Saugeen First Nation has been awarded one of the most prestigious graduate scholarships in Canada. Steven Vanloffeld, who is currently a PhD candidate in Geography at Western University, was one of 20 doctoral candidates named a 2019 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar last month. The award recognizes compelling research in the […]

At 18, Josh Lesperance is already playing professional-level pieces on the tuba. But even he’s not sure how it all started. “My parents weren’t musical at all,” the Port Elgin high school student said in an interview. Puzzled, he searched his memories for an early musical influence. “My grandpa whistles,” he joked. Despite this, music […]

For the second year in a row, the Owen Sound Selects under-23 squad has won the ISC Qualifier. The Selects went 4-1 over the weekend and defeated the Alvinston Aces 12-0 in the final after beating the Wellesley Wildcats 4-1 in the semifinal Sunday morning. Kirk Santala pitched a perfect game in four innings whiffing […]

Owen Sound Minor Lacrosse hosted the annual Father’s Day Heritage Classic tournament in Owen Sound, Wiarton, Shallow Lake and Port Elgin this past weekend. Over 60 minor lacrosse games were played during the three-day tournament with champions crowned in five divisions. In the tournament finale, the Owen Sound North Stars won the Owen Sound Subaru […]

A house was heavily damaged but nobody was injured in a fire in Owen Sound’s southwest on Sunday evening. The home on 2nd Avenue A West near Greenwood Cemetery sustained an estimated $300,000 to $350,000 in damage to the structure and contents, after it appears the fire started off the barbecue and quickly made its […]

While Lionel Walsh relaxed in Barrow Bay last summer and watched the sunlight shimmer on Georgian Bay, in his mind’s eye, the water transformed into the Atlantic Ocean lapping the rocky shore of a Newfoundland outport in 1926. The actor and director who teaches acting for the University of Windsor’s bachelor of fine arts in […]

A fully loaded, 12-gauge sawed-off shotgun and several rounds of ammunition were found by police while searching a stolen pick-up truck in Hanover. Two people, a 19-year-old man and 22-year-old woman, both of no fixed address, now face a list of charges, including possession of the stolen vehicle and gun. Hanover Police Service officers became […]

City council is planning to spend Tuesday morning visiting multiple parks, playgrounds, buildings and other municipally owned sites throughout Owen Sound. The 25-stop parks and facilities tour, which will be considered a special council meeting, will be led by community services director Pam Coulter and parks and open spaces manager Kristan Shrider. “It will be […]

Chatsworth council intends to consult with its residents before voting on a proposal that, if approved, would see the township switch from the OPP to the West Grey Police Service. Mayor Scott Mackey said councillors have voted to hold a public meeting in early September before making its decision on the costing proposal. “Both the […]

With work now underway to demolish the 55-year-old Chatsworth Community Centre, a committee is continuing discussions towards building a new multi-use recreation facility in the township. “Our hope up the road is to be able to build a community hub with an ice surface,” Mayor Scott Mackey said in an interview. “The interest really is […]