Owen Sound Sun Times

So far, fewer fish have been entered but they've been bigger, derby co-chair John Ford said.

'It's like an old-time fair. I feel it's like an old-time fair.' -- Markdale Agricultural Society president Wayne Shier

'I'm quite impressed. I didn't think kites can get this big, and be up in the air like this." -- Josie Felts, Dundalk resident

About 60 per cent of those who've confirmed they're coming are from Grey-Bruce.

Arran-Elderslie Mayor Steve Hammell said he'll ask to meet with Ontario's Minister of Health at the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference every year until the emergency department in Chesley returns to a 24/7 operation. Hammell and Arran-Elderslie CAO Emily Dance met with Ontario's Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Sylvia Jones, in [...]

Attack GM Dale DeGray said Owen Sound will start the season with three goaltenders, and take it from there.

The lines are down and the fish are biting as the McDonald's Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular kicked off its 37th year on Friday morning. Anglers lined up at the weight station on Friday morning for when the scales opened at 10 a.m., and it didn't take long for some big fish to start coming in. [...]

A senior who was reported missing in the area of Little Pike Bay on the Bruce Peninsula has been found deceased. The death is not being treated as suspicious and no foul play is suspected, police said. Earlier this week, police appealed to the public for information that could help locate an 87-year-old woman who [...]

Those eligible for this support must be drawn from the 'by-name' list of chronically homeless.

'We invest in municipalities where policy, taxes and the people work closely with us to make rents attainable.' -- Greg Jones, SkyDev president

Police charged a 42-year-old Arran-Elderslie resident with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm after a phone call was made to a financial institution in Walkerton. According to South Bruce OPP, a threatening phone call was made to a Walkerton financial institution at around 1:28 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon. Members of the OPP attended [...]

Board difficulties became pronounced during controversy over medical officer of health's pay, former board member Chris Peabody says.

'It's a nice, relaxing, fun family activity,' organizer Karen Cox said.

The soaking rain that much of Grey-Bruce experienced on Tuesday has led some local municipalities to begin lifting burn bans. Among those lifting bans on Wednesday were Brockton, West Grey, Meaford, Grey Highlands, The Blue Mountains, Southgate, Georgian Bluffs and Huron-Kinloss. Hot and dry conditions had led many municipalities across Grey-Bruce to implement full or [...]

Everyone loves a good fishing story, and there have been some gems throughout the 37 year history of Owen Sound's popular salmon derby.

Rents should be $750 to $800 per month, county community services director Anne Marie Shaw said.

Canada's minister of energy and natural resources visited Bruce Power on Tuesday to announce a new isotope production system. Tim Hodgson visited the nuclear power plant as Bruce Power detailed the installation of an isotope production system (IPS) in Unit 6, the first reactor to be renewed under the company's Life-Extension Program and Major Component [...]

For most, power was out for only two minutes but some waited two hours.

The Owen Sound Baysox are two wins away from competing for another North Dufferin Baseball League championship. The Baysox opened their semifinal series against the Ivy Rangers Sunday at Tom Williams Park in Owen Sound with an 8-5 win. Slugger Bryan Post led the way for the Scenic City squad with a double and a [...]

So far, it's 'unclear and undetermined' whether the remains were ancestral or more recent. -- Nawash band councillor Nick Saunders

The Ontario Hockey League's board of governors approved several changes at their annual general meeting in Muskoka this past week. Included in the changes are enhanced video review technology, which will be rolled out to all 20 team venues this season, a change to overage player registration eligibility, and stricter regulations for cut-resistant gear. The [...]

The Beer Store locations in Sauble Beach and Markdale will close effective Oct. 19. The Beer Store announced the closure of 12 stores on Monday, including the locations on Main Street in Sauble Beach and Argyle Street in Markdale. Other store forthcoming closures include locations in Grand Bend, Bridgenorth, Eganville, Forest, Harrow, Little Current, Noelville, [...]

Festival founder Tim Harrison performs with Larry Jensen, who opened the first festival

South Bruce OPP have charged a 26-year-old Arran-Elderslie woman with arson and two counts of assault with a weapon following a fire in Burgoyne. On Aug. 14, at approximately 5:16 a.m., South Bruce OPP and Arran-Elderslie Fire and Emergency Services attended a residence in Burgoyne for an active structure fire. Officers determined that the fire [...]

Several drivers were charged with impaired driving over the weekend, including a man who nearly hit an officer while fleeing from a RIDE program. According to the Grey Bruce OPP, police conducted a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) program at the intersection of Second Avenue North and Third Avenue North in Sauble Beach on Saturday. [...]

What started as a vision by a small group at Neyaashiinigmiing four decades ago has grown into a cherished event held each year to celebrate the traditions and culture of the First Nations community. The Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation held their 40th annual traditional powwow at the Arthur Butch" Elliot (Azhdayoniquot) Memorial Cultural [...]

Hundreds of cyclists headed out onto the roads of Saugeen Shores on Saturday for the 2025 Gran Fondo Lake Huron. Riders of all ages took part in half a dozen rides ranging in distance from 10 to 110 kilometres that started in Southampton and took them through the rolling countryside. A 1-kilometre kids ride was [...]

Grey Bruce Public Health has lifted the swim advisory for Southampton beach. Public health officials said new test results from a series of beach water samples showed that bacterial levels have returned to within the Ontario Ministry of Health's guidelines for safe swimming. We would like to thank the residents of Saugeen Shores and visitors [...]

The Grey Bruce Public Health board's municipal members remain board members, despite letters from the board chair announcing their termination. Grey County Warden Andrea Matrosovs confirmed the board members' status in an interview Friday, the morning after Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, temporarily took over control of the health unit Thursday [...]

An Anchors Away to Save the Bay" protest on the water is planned for Aug. 23 to protest a drilling rig's work in the bay.

The municipalities of Saugeen Shores and West Grey are receiving millions of dollars in provincial funding for water system infrastructure upgrades. Local members of provincial parliament announced in recent days that the Town of Saugeen Shores would receive almost $18 million in funding to upgrade Southampton's water pollution control plant, while the Municipality of West [...]

While paramedics respond to 911 emergencies as they happen, the community paramedicine program aims to catch people before they have a health emergency.

The Owen Sound Baysox and Ivy Rangers will meet in the North Dufferin Baseball League semifinals. In a rematch of the 2025 Strother Cup final, which the Baysox won in five games, the second-seed Owen Sound Baysox will play the third-seed Ivy Rangers. Owen Sound finished the year with a 17-5-0 record and dispatched the [...]

The Sioux City Musketeers selected John Alex Banks with the eighth-overall pick in the 2025 USHL draft.

The Sioux City Musketeers selected John Alex Banks with the eighth-overall pick in the 2025 USHL draft.

The new Computed Tomography scanner at the Owen Sound hospital is now operational. Brightshores Health System announced on Friday that the new state-of-the-art CT scanner began to serve patients earlier in the week, and that over the coming days it will gradually ramp up to 100 per cent capacity. The new scanner replaces the hospital's [...]

Local board chair says province directed that municipal reps be dismissed

Annual music and crafts festival began in the Scenic City in mid 1970s

The Durham Hospital Foundation aims to raise $1.2 million to replace its aging X-ray equipment. The Minutes to Care campaign launched with a $100,000 donation from a private donor. Durham Hospital has some of the shortest ER wait times in Ontario, with an average of just 42 minutes," said Tom Hutchinson, vice chair of the [...]

Organizers have lost track of some classmates and others have yet to respond.

The phone call came from the oldest of Anna Clarke's 11 children at their home in Holyrood. She said, well, she didn't say anything for a minute. I said What's wrong, Harm?' And she said, Mom, the house is on fire." All 11 children made it out of the home safely that Saturday morning, but [...]

Despite rains that fell in some areas of Grey-Bruce earlier this week, more area municipalities have implemented fire restrictions due to hot and dry conditions. The Town of the Blue Mountains on Thursday implemented a total fire ban that will remain in effect until further notice. The ban includes all fires, fireworks, and open-air burning, [...]

The South Bruce OPP are looking for suspects after an overnight break-in at a rural business along Bruce Road 1 in the Township of Huron-Kinloss. Police said that on Aug. 2, they attended the business after receiving a report of a break-in and arrived to discover that a storage shed on the property had been [...]

Police say porch at residence was on fire

Marine Heritage Society began offering boat tours to island in 2001

The Southampton beach has been posted unsafe for swimming due to high bacteria levels. Water sampling tests taken at the beach on Tuesday came back showing that bacteria levels exceed the Ontario Ministry of Health standards. The beach will remain posted until further samples show levels have returned to within the acceptable range for swimming [...]

Changes to city's drinking water temporary as Georgian Bay hits peak temperatures

A Mississauga man faces several charges after a vehicle crashed after the driver fled police in Grey Highlands on Tuesday evening. Just after 11:30 p.m., members of the Grey Bruce OPP responded to a report of a possible impaired driver in the area of Grey Road 4 and Concession 2 southwest of Flesherton. A black [...]