Owen Sound Sun Times

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Paul Vickers has announced more than $236,000 in annual funding for five Seniors Active Living Centres in his riding. The five centres include Northern Bruce Peninsula's Seniors Active Living Centre, which receives $57,640, South Bruce Peninsula's Sauble Beach Community Centre, receiving $56,534, Active Lifestyles Centre Grey-Bruce in Owen Sound, receiving $55,000, Hanover's [...]

The North Stars extended their winning streak to four games with an 8-7 overtime win at the Bayshore.

The Owen Sound Legacy Ridge Golf Club North Stars Junior Elite Women's League (JEWL) lacrosse team capped a successful weekend with a narrow 12-11 win over the visiting Toronto Beaches on Sunday. The victory followed a 12-9 triumph over the Halton Hills Bulldogs the previous day, lifting Owen Sound to 3-1 on the season. The [...]

A startled deer disrupted the slumber of an Owen Sound resident when it crashed through her ground-floor bedroom window

In the city of saints and sinners, the sinners didn't fare too well. Call is an exorcism. The Owen Sound North Stars downed the Wallaceburg Red Devils and London Blue Devils this weekend by a combined score of 32-11. The North Stars turned into the shooting stars with an offensive onslaught. It's been pretty," said [...]

Adalee Turland is one of several Bluewater Athletic Association athletes headed to the provincial high school track and field championship this week. The top four finishers at OFSAA West Regionals, which went this past week in Cambridge, qualified for the provincial championship. The 2026 OFSAA Track and Field Championship is set to go from June [...]

The Owen Sound Legacy Ridge Golf Club North Stars JEWL women's lacrosse team started their weekend homestand on a winning note, defeating the Halton Hills Bulldogs 12-9 on Saturday. London Doyle scored the opening goal of the game for the North Stars, but it was all Bulldogs from that point on. Halton Hills scored four [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars fall to 0-3 early in the 2026 Major Series Lacrosse season.

The Meaford Scarecrow Invasion is celebrating 30 years with the theme of peace, love and happiness. In a news release, invasion organizers said the major milestone will be celebrated with a colourful display of creativity throughout the town. This year's Scarecrow Invasion Parade and Family Festival is set for Oct. 2, bringing together the community [...]

The Benallen Wetland Nature Preserve is now a conservation landmark for all to enjoy.

The Alzheimer Society of Grey-Bruce raised over $85,000 before a single step was taken on Saturday. The annual IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's fundraiser set forth from the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority's Arboretum just after 10 a.m., with a crowd of supporters departing from under a blue-and-white balloon archway and onto the trail. It [...]

Grey-Bruce residents can pick up water sample collection kits and drop off water samples at 14 locations in Grey-Bruce.

The Owen Sound Attack helped to raise over $150,000 for local charities this past season. The off-ice All-Stars, led by Evan Longland, organized two charity games, a warm-up jersey auction, and several drives for toys, food and winter clothing. An additional $117,000 was raised by Owen Sound Minor Hockey as the team's official 50/50 partner. [...]

Police are investigating a series of thefts from unlocked vehicles in the Waverly Heights area of Georgian Bluffs. Grey Bruce OPP say they received multiple reports of unlocked vehicles being entered and property stolen in the area of Grey Road 5 and Concession Road 3 of Georgian Bluffs during the overnight between May 24 and [...]

The former hospital property in Markdale is off the market. Brightshores Health System announced Friday afternoon that the old Centre Grey Hospital, which was listed for sale late last year, and which has been vacant since the new Markdale Hospital opened in 2023, was sold to an unnamed buyer this week. Proceeds from this sale [...]

Open drug use, loitering, littering, discarded belongings, abandoned shopping carts, and concerns for safety among concerns raised at meeting

'Staying around and assisting in very unusual circumstances, with that many critical patients arriving, is above and beyond the expectations.'-- Dr. Sunil Mehta

JR. B NORTH STARS FALL IN HAMILTON The Owen Sound North Stars junior B squad (4-8-0) lost to the Hamilton Bengals (7-6-0) by a score of 13-6 Thursday night at the Dave Andreychuk Arena in Hamilton. Dustin Sparkes and Colin Maher both netted hat-tricks for the Bengals. Ryan Voll led the way for Owen Sound [...]

Growing demand driven by new users to the program and a pressures of a rising cost of living crisis has resulted in the board's decision to pause new intakes.

Councillors say criticism that municipalities aren't doing enough to deal with homelessness ignores what's being done to help.

Tyler Nother said there is a clear organizational vision of an Owen Sound Attack player" as the team moves forward under new leadership and barrelling toward the OHL draft. And, a day after parting way with Dale DeGray, the team's general manager for the past 19 seasons, and a majority of the team's scouting staff, [...]

South Bruce Peninsula officials are asking the public for input to help shape the future of Wiarton's Bluewater Park. The town announced on May 22 that it was launching the Bluewater Park and Adjacent Building Master Planning project. The town has established a dedicated page at openmicsouthbrucepeninsula.ca/bluewater-park-master-plan, where the public can complete a survey, drop [...]

The field of candidates in the race for mayor of Owen Sound has become more crowded with a fifth candidate now running for the position. The city announced on Wednesday that Jodi King had registered to run for the head of Owen Sound council in the fall's municipal election. King, a first-time mayoral candidate, joins [...]

The city will approve an encroachment application for decorative railings and awnings at the former Legate's Furniture building at the corner of 2nd Avenue East and 8th Street East. City council approved staff's recommendation to accept the application for the building at 790 2nd Ave. E., provided the encroachments are constructed with a minimum vertical [...]

After 19 seasons and one OHL championship, the Owen Sound Attack under new ownership have parted ways with longtime general manager Dale DeGray.

For the second meeting in a row, waste in the city's downtown was discussed

Parking spots meant for those needing to pop in and out of city facilities

Twenty members of the OPSEU Local 276 Owen Sound Family Health Team unit picketed on the 10th Street Bridge in Owen Sound on Wednesday as part of ongoing protests. Marcelina Salazar, who works in mental health at the Owen Sound Family Health Team, said those on the picket lines are primary care staff, including nurses, [...]

Festival celebrating diversity and inclusion began back in 2010

Calls from the public to reopen the road sooner led to inquires of the county's engineering consultant and a reassessment.

Owen Sound council is not yet ready to decide how to proceed with the reconstruction of a section of 4th Avenue West. Council voted Monday to defer a staff report with a recommendation to proceed with a design for the reconstruction of the avenue from 15th Street West to 20th Street West. The report from [...]

The start of construction of a new Catholic high school on Owen Sound's eastern edgeis drawing closer withsome more hurdles towards the project now cleared. At its meeting on Monday, citystaff were directed by council toexecute a conditional building permit agreementand capital cost recovery agreementwith the Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board, both requiredfor theproject toproceedto [...]

Owen Sound has awarded the tender for the rehabilitation of the 16th Street East pedestrian tunnel over the Grey County CP rail trail. On Monday, the tender for the project was awarded to E.C. King Contracting at a total cost of just under $2.5 million. Construction is expected to begin next month, with substantial completion [...]

Members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union in Hanover and Owen Sound are on strike as part of a provincewide movement. Local 325 Community Living Hanover and Local 276 Owen Sound Family Health Team are part of thousands of OPSEU workers who walked off the job this week in what they say is a [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars fell to 0-2 in Major Series Lacrosse action at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, Monday Night. Despite jumping out to a five-goal lead, the North Stars eventually fell to the Oakville Rock, 11-9. Oakville outscored Owen Sound 5-1 in the third period to leapfrog the Bayshore Boys, thanks [...]

The accused, who was out on bail, was detained by witnesses at the scene, police said.

Grey Road 40 will be closed between Grey Road 7 and Grey Road 13 beginning on May 27.

The Owen Sound Attack announced the cancellation of its annual awards barbecue. The team cited scheduling conflicts for the June 27 date. With the recent changes to the timing of the OHL Priority Selection and player and staff commitments surrounding the NHL Draft taking place that same weekend, the organization has made the difficult decision [...]

Water rate to increase five per cent, while sewer surcharge to be reduced from 124 per cent to 120 per cent

The Owen Sound North Stars junior B team is in the back half of their 2026 campaign and looking for consistency. It's been an up-and-down year for the young North Stars. After splitting games on the weekend, Owen Sound is 4-7-0 as of Monday morning and sitting in ninth place in the Western Conference, two [...]

SR. B NORTH STARS WIN HWY. 26 BATTLE The Owen Sound North Stars senior B team improved to 3-1 on the season with an 8-4 victory over the Collingwood Cruise in Meaford on Saturday night. Cam Sanderson led the way with a pair of goals, while Jake McNabb, Cohen Jennings, Dawson McKenzie, Aiden Doig, Jordan [...]

Each day, more than 500 people in Canada receive a dementia diagnosis. -- Alzheimer Society

A free community coffee house to boost awareness of mental health and addictions in the community will be held Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Owen Sound Farmers' Market. This 11th annual event, hosted by Brightshores Heath System, will feature music, poetry, storytelling and will celebrate creativity, connection and lived experiences in [...]

Council followed staff's recommendation and voted to award the construction tender to Bridge Excavating Ltd. For $6,884.323.75.

Saugeen Shores resident John Mann's application concerned the town's 'surplus' designation of a portion of the beach reserved for the stalled waterfront development, Cedar Crescent Village.

Meaford-based artist Doris Rose is getting international attention for her portrait paintings. Rose's self-portrait, Stripes, was selected for the prestigious 2026 Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The exhibit, formerly known as the BP Portrait Award, is one of the world's leading showcases for contemporary portrait painting, attracting [...]

'He was one of those people that can imagine what it would be like, should be like. But not everybody thinks that way.' -- Paula Niall

An Owen Sound man has won $1 million playing the lottery. OLG revealed on Thursday that Scot C. matched all seven Encore numbers in the exact order in the April 7 Lotto Max draw to win the big prize. The OLG recently changed the information it provides about winners in its news releases to no [...]

JEWL N'STARS DROP HOME OPENER The Owen Sound Legacy Ridge Golf Club North Stars JEWL women's lacrosse team fell just short in their home opener Thursday night, dropping a 9-8 decision to the visiting Orillia Lady Kings. Owen Sound had a strong opening quarter, controlling possession and scoring four times in the first 15 minutes. [...]