Owen Sound Sun Times

It’s a tense time of year for puck prognosticators. There is enough of a sample size to start feeling the pangs of shame for preseason premonitions that haven’t come to pass, yet not enough time for the laws of averages and the rules of the universe – the London Knights shall not finish last – […]

Twelve veterans with ties to Grey-Bruce will be recognized during a ceremony in Owen Sound on Sunday. The Billy Bishop Home, Museum, Archives and National Historic Site will be holding their 19th annual Honouring our Local Veterans at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 6 at 2 p.m. The event will recognize the service of 12 […]

The first year of a passenger flight service at the Wiarton-Keppel International Airport is ending with an occupancy rate of about 35 per cent. Georgian Bluffs director of operations and CAO Rick Winters said the service was well received, with ridership on par with the first year of service for other areas FlyGTA Airlines services, […]

City council is set to vote Monday night on a staff recommendation to contract Voyago to provide a twice-daily round-trip bus service between Owen Sound and Guelph starting this January. Dennis Kefalas, director of public works and engineering, said the proposed $1.2-million agreement between the city and the London-based transportation firm includes runs from Owen […]

Owen Sound’s crash course on the 10th Street Bridge detour route has come to an end, and motorists are now expected to know the rules of the road. Since the bridge closed on Oct. 2, there has been an educational period in which police have been working with the city to inform motorists of the […]

Thousands of books will be offered at the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library’s Great Annual Book Sale starting with a special paid preview Sunday. The Owen Sound library auditorium is full of tables of donated books, DVDs and CDs waiting for new owners. Doors will open for the special preview Sunday, 2 […]

Jr. B N’Stars name executive The Owen Sound North Stars junior B lacrosse club named their executive and directors for the 2020 season at their Annual General Meeting Wednesday. Mark Rouse returns as president. Mike Medwedyk will serve as vice president while Dee Grimoldby and Ted Kitto will serve in the roles of treasurer and […]

Owen Sound embarrassed Barrie the last time they were in the Colts’ barn. For payback, the Colts snapped the Attack’s five-game winning streak Thursday night in the early-season rematch as Owen Sound travelled east on Hwy. 26 and lost 3-2. If not for Mack Guzda the game could have gotten ugly early. The Colts snapped […]

The Bluewater Athletic Association senior boys football final will once again be decided in a Scenic City Showdown. The OSDSS Wolves held off a resurgent Saugeen District Royals club 31-23 Thursday in Port Elgin in a rematch of the 2018 semifinal. “Mustangs versus Wolves/Raiders VI” will kick off Nov. 1 at 2 p.m., when the […]

People turned in eight kilograms of expired or unused medication in return for Owen Sound Attack hockey game vouchers during this year’s campaign to dispose of drugs properly. The third annual “Campaign to `Attack’ Medication Misuse” saw 150 people drop off the medication at Owen Sound IDA between Oct. 5 and 11. Among the drugs […]

Funeral traditions and rituals of the past will be highlighted at Grey Roots Museum and Archives on Saturday. The museum and archives near Rockford south of Owen Sound will be offering up its Good Grief guided tours through Moreston Heritage Village beginning at 2 p.m. Participants will get to participate in a toast (and a […]

Halloween is coming a little early to downtown Owen Sound. Downtown merchants are participating in the Halloween Haunt on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., where families are being encouraged to wear costumes and go store to store for a fun activity, craft or treat. Black and orange balloons will be outside participating merchants, […]

Georgian Bluffs has plotted its course for the next five years and beyond. The municipality recently completed a draft strategic plan, which outlines its goals and objectives to be implemented over the next five years. A public open house is planned for Oct. 30 for the public to learn about the proposed plan and provide […]

Police are looking into who smashed their way through the Wiarton Salvation Army church building early Tuesday and made off with thousands of dollars worth of cash, gift cards, electronics and food. The costly damage and losses threaten the Sally Ann’s ability to help the most vulnerable people on the peninsula, Capt. Mary Millar said […]

In a trip to Guatemala earlier this year, Wilma Frost saw first-hand how much the children there treasure the simple things in life. The Grey-Bruce area co-ordinator of the Operation Christmas Child shoebox program was in the Central American country in April where she helped deliver shoeboxes containing small items, including school supplies, toys and […]

The Ontario Para Network and YMCA Owen Sound Grey Bruce are teaming up to give the public a chance to try out wheelchair basketball. The Wheelchair Sports Have a Go Day will be held at the Family Y at the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre on Saturday from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Everyone of all […]

The Owen Sound Police Service and the Grey Bruce branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association are teaming up to provide a new mobile crisis intervention program. The two organizations launched their Mobile Mental Health and Addiction Response Team (MMHART) on Tuesday, which will involve a CMHA urgent response worker and an Owen Sound police […]

If not for the rapid response of Owen Sound firefighters, the department’s deputy chief says, a garage fire Sunday afternoon would have caused catastrophic damage to two neighbouring homes. “I think another two minutes, we would have lost both houses,” Michael Clark said in an interview. “It was very close.” Eleven city firefighters responded to […]

Georgian Shores United Church is home to one of the largest pipe organs in the region – a magnificent instrument with about 2,300 pipes ranging from the size of a pencil to towering, 16-foot-tall wooden tubes. “From an organist’s point of view, it can do anything that I want. It can play down to the […]

Minor bantams win a pair The Owen Sound Firefighters Junior Attack minor bantam walked away with all four points this weekend. Friday they played at home against the Guelph Gryphons and secured a 6-2 victory. On Sunday, they travelled to New Hamburg to face off against the Huskies and showed no mercy winning 5-1. Gowan, […]

Saugeen Shores’s project to build new ball diamonds in Lamont Sports Park at the south end of Port Elgin is among the top four entries in the running for $250,000 in the Kraft Heinz Project Play contest. The grand prize winner will be announced Oct. 21. Runners-up will receive $25,000 each. A news release from […]

Owen Sound poet laureate Richard-Yves Sitoski wrote this poem, which he read at the city’s second Climate Strike protest at city hall on Sept. 27. It’s called Greta Thunberg. it’s 40 in the shade and she stands unsmiling on the cobbles short in stature and easily dismissed for she’s a girl and young and […]

What’s the biggest issue in this election campaign? Richard-Yves Sitoski and many others think it’s the environment and the damage man-made climate change is doing to it. Catastrophic weather, rising sea levels and droughts have all been attributed to man-made global warming. Sitoski is an Owen Sound poet and the city’s seventh poet laureate, just […]

The Owen Sound Attack are in first place in time for turkey after a 4-1 win over the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Saturday night at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. “It’s kind of nice to come as the underdog sometimes when people aren’t expecting it,” Daylon Groulx said. “We get to go home for […]

People came by the hundreds Saturday to a farm north of Lion’s Head to watch pumpkins shot by compressed-air cannon and human-powered catapult at the 23rd annual Lion’s Head Pumpkin Toss. At the wooden “Sling Shock” catapult, Fred Flanagan’s face was half smile and half grimace as he pulled back on a giant slingshot loaded […]

A growth spurt of sorts has Igor Chibrikov on the “watch list” of NHL scouts. Not so much his physical growth, as the towering defender has stood around six-foot-seven since he stepped foot in Owen Sound, but rather the growth of his game. Chibrikov went from not playing much at all in his rookie season […]

Barret Kirwin scored the game-winner 58 seconds into overtime to salvage what could have been an epic collapse in London. Instead, the Attack will drive home to Owen Sound with a 5-4 win, happy, and riding a three-game winning streak. Mack Guzda made 47 stops on 51 shots. He’s racked up all three wins on […]

The Mustangs stout defence led St. Mary’s to another win over cross-town rival OSDSS Friday. The ‘Stangs dangerous dozen shut down the Wolves offence in an 11-6 victory. The win improves St. Mary’s to 4-0 in the Bluewater Athletic Association’s senior football league while the Wolves’ record falls to 1-3. M.J. MacKenzie scored the game’s […]

Award-winning author Ted Barris is returning to Owen Sound Tuesday to discuss his latest wartime history book, Rush to Danger: Medics in the Line of Fire. The event, set for 7 p.m. at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre, is a fundraiser for the Canadian Federation of University Women, Owen Sound and Area. Tickets are […]

A 22-year-old Owen Sound man pleaded guilty Thursday in the Ontario Court of Justice to two counts of mischief motivated by “bias” based on religion by throwing food at the Owen Sound Muslim Association’s mosque door. Brandon Hodder also pleaded guilty to committing straight mischief to Popeyes Restaurant by throwing food at a window on […]

Grey County council is set to debate Oct. 24 a committee’s recommendation to apply for 96 new beds for Markdale’s Grey Gables. The long-term care committee of management passed the recommendation Tuesday, a week after the provincial government opened its call for applications from operators interested in building new or redeveloping existing long-term care beds […]

The 23rd annual Lion’s Head Pumpkin Toss returns Saturday between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. northeast of Ferndale. The by-donation event begins with warm-up pumpkin tossing, usually by canon, catapult or trebuchet. There will be monster truck demonstrations and souped-up lawnmower races. Kids’ competitions include pumpkin-carving and colouring. There will be a beer tent, hamburgers […]

The OSDSS Wolves held on for dear life Thursday in a 35-34 victory over the previously undefeated St. Mary’s Mustangs at OSDSS. The Wolves led by 15 in the fourth quarter, but foul trouble and a constant whistle got the ‘Stangs right back into the game. The Mustangs outscored the Wolves 17-6 in the fourth […]

YMCA Peace Medal recipients have endorsed a letter that calls on candidates in the Oct. 21 federal election to implement all of the calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Bill Proud, a 2012 award recipient, wrote and submitted the letter to The Sun Times on behalf of Joan Beecroft, Clarke […]

A citizen’s tip led city police to the Centennial Tower area of Owen Sound Thursday morning, where they found a missing teen safe after he got lost on a ramble along the Harrison Park trails and left the park Wednesday night. At 10:34 a.m., 13-year-old Zachary Harding exited a city police SUV which pulled up […]

Zachary Harding has been found safe. The 13-year-old was last seen at approximately 4 p.m. Wednesday in the playground area of Harrison Park, city police said in a news release issued before he was found. Acting Sgt. Mike Holovaci said earlier this morning that police started searching for the boy after receiving a call about […]

Update: Reporter at the scene says Zachary Harding has been found safe and is being brought to the search command centre, where his parents are waiting. Story will be updated further as information becomes available. … The Owen Sound Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police continued to search for 13-year-old Zachary Harding in the […]

The crowd roared when Aidan Dudas stepped onto the ice and curled into the face-off circle for Round 5 of the shootout with a chance to win the game. He buried the puck into the net behind Rangers goalie Jacob Ingham to give the Owen Sound Attack a 4-3 win over Kitchener inside the Harry […]

On a day filled with laughter, cheering and smiles, there were also some tears shed by 17-year-old Jade Follis. For the Owen Sound District Secondary School student, the school’s first ever Terry Fox Fire Truck Pull on Wednesday was a very emotional event after she lost her father Jim to cancer in June. “He would […]

Grey Bruce OPP confirmed a man found dead in Wiarton’s Bluewater Park Tuesday night died of natural causes. Police said in a news release Wednesday that the man was reported missing by his wife on Berford Street in Wiarton at 6:07 p.m. Tuesday. She told police her husband had gone for a walk about 11 […]

Owen Sound officials are still optimistic the city will be able to launch this January its new daily bus service between the downtown transit depot and Guelph. Dennis Kefalas, director of public works and engineering, told council Monday the city has begun talks with a prospective operator for the inter-community service. “The negotiations have been […]

Georgian Bluffs is formulating a plan for its parks, recreational facilities and trails over the next 10 years. The municipality is preparing its first Recreation and Trails Master Plan, which will provide direction for its recreational assets over the next decade. An open house is slated for Oct. 15 to provide the public with information […]

A free Thanksgiving dinner will be served at OSHaRE, in the Harmony Centre in Owen Sound, from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday. The annual event is open to all and this year 100 people are expected to attend. It’s offered by the charitable, largely volunteer-run organization, Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort. The organization offers […]

If you can’t wait 12 days for election day on Oct. 21, there will be four days of advance polls from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. this Friday through Thanksgiving Monday, where you may cast your ballot in the federal election in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound. If you want to vote right now, voting by special ballot […]

South Bruce Peninsula has filed an appeal of last week’s Provincial Offences court decision that found the town guilty of two counts of damaging piping plover habitat through its beach-grooming work in 2017. “We respectfully disagree with the decision that the justice of the peace arrived at. We have eight points of appeal,” Mayor Janice […]

Home sales in Grey-Bruce were up almost 34 per cent in September compared to a year ago. Home sales for last month totalled 292 units, up 33.9 per cent from September 2018 and one of the best Septembers in history, according to the Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound. So far this year, 2,170 […]