Owen Sound Sun Times

Georgian College is hosting an event on July 16 that will support mature students interested in going back school. “Get Help to Get Back” offers a chance to connect with college admissions and recruitment staff, and ask questions about the return to a classroom. It will take place between 5 and 7 p.m. at all […]

Jenna Stewart enjoys a challenge. And what could be more challenging than climbing six flights of stairs carrying a 42-pound pack of hose, then pulling a 45-pound roll of hose on a rope, before running back down, hammering a force machine with a mallet, running a 140-foot course, picking up a hose and running it […]

The Tara Ron Nickason Twins came out on top at the 10-team Ontario Amateur Softball Association Under-12 Western Region Qualifier this past weekend in Innerkip. Their path to the goal medal started with a defeat of Tavistock Saturday morning, 6-3. Nathan Romphf struck out 17 batters, walking 11, to earn the win. Cole Hall clubbed three singles, […]

Under-13 N’Stars split games The Owen Sound Shute Optometry North Stars-2 under-13 girls picked up a win and a loss Sunday in Halton Hills in Ontario Women’s Field Lacrosse action. Owen Sound first played to a 7-2 win over Orillia-2. Hannah Davies scored a pair of goals with singles added by Ella McCoubrey, Emma Cooper, […]

St. Paul’s Anglican Church warden Jim Stark says in court documents he feels misled, because in negotiations to sell the church’s former rectory to Bruce County, demolition of the 124-year-old home was not mentioned. The congregation kept the handsome, yellow brick home in Southampton in impeccable condition – new roof, heating, plumbing, electrical, windows, facia […]

While they were disappointed about not being at the cancelled Roxodus mega music festival, a band and a small group of music fans who planned to be there were making the most of their misfortune in Owen Sound on Saturday. The London, Ont. rock band Rose Cora Perry and the Truth Untold took to the […]

For the second night in a row, the mosque in Owen Sound has been vandalized, leaving the area’s Muslim community shocked, saddened and fearful. Members of the Owen Sound Muslim Association members arrived at the mosque on Saturday morning to find that the building on 9th Avenue East had been again peppered with eggs, while […]

Third place slipped and slid away from the Owen Sound Bug Juice North Stars in a monsoon of Merchant markers Friday night in Oshawa. The Brooklin Merchants swamped the struggling North Stars 15-4. Owen Sound has now dropped back-to-back games and sport a record of 9-6-0 on the eve of their regular-season finale. Owen Sound […]

Now that they’ve had time to learn more, Midwives Grey Bruce is disappointed in Ontario’s Conservative government. On Tuesday, the practice’s founding partner, Michelle Krysanauskas, thought the government’s midwife funding announcement on Tuesday meant new hires they had budgeted for were funded. Wednesday night she learned otherwise, when she found out the local allocation. Approved […]

A strike or lockout looms at Bruce Power because there’s been little progress in contract negotiations with its 1,200-member Society of United Professionals, the union said in a news release Thursday. Despite the help of a conciliator “there’s been little progress on the big issues,” and Bruce Power needs to “get serious about negotiating,” the […]

Neighbours are raising concerns about a Rogers Communications proposal to erect a 30-metre cell tower at Georgian Shores Marina, steps from Owen Sound’s waterfront. “I appreciate that people want good cell service, I understand all that, it’s just I don’t really see it as the optimum location,” said Julia Levine, whose home overlooks that part […]

The Harold Sutherland Construction name will remain, as will all its employees, but the family-owned business has been purchased by another long-time family owned construction company, Walker Industries. The deal closed Thursday and on Friday Sutherland was touring Walker Industries officials around the East Linton-based company’s various pits and quarries, his daughter Jennifer Prentice said […]

Members of the Owen Sound Muslim Association arrived for Friday prayers to discover their mosque vandalized, with tomato sauce splattered on the front doors and eggs smashed against the roof and brick walls. Waleed Aslam, a spokesperson for the congregation, said the vandalism has left him and others feeling unsafe at the mosque for the […]

The Owen Sound North Stars bench bosses received top honours in the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League’s awards released Thursday. Jamie Grimoldby, Brad Caskenette and Alex Muzzell were named the Western Conference’s coaching staff of the year. It was the first year behind the bench for all three coaches. Grimoldby and Caskenette held the roles […]

Nathan Chiarlitti felt like he wasn’t good enough. After five years in the Ontario Hockey League. After playing over 300 games. After representing his country. After being named a team captain. He felt he wasn’t good enough, and he struggled with the fact. Why? Expectations. “I definitely struggled with that. I struggled with that probably […]

Multiple stickers with racist and neo-Nazi messages have been found throughout Owen Sound’s downtown, prompting a police investigation and drawing strong condemnation from city officials, community groups and others. “These stickers and that attitude are not representative of our community and have no place in our community,” Mayor Ian Boddy said Thursday. “We encourage anyone […]

Three of the leading Brazilian jiu-jitsu clubs in the Grey Bruce region joined together for training this past Sunday. Bowler’s BJJ (Flesherton) hosted Topp Performance (Port Elgin) and Kilian Academy (Owen Sound) in their first-ever Tri-Club Open Mat training session. Twenty-five BJJ-practitioners, representing all three clubs, trained together at Bowler’s BJJ. Spearheaded by Kilian Academy, […]

MINOR SOCCER Amazing Almada shuts the door The Owen Sound Ken Burrows & Son/Sound Speech & Hearing United under-13 boys soccer team defeated the visiting Waterloo United by a score of 4-0 at the Kiwanis Soccer Complex last night in local SWRSL action. Azel Garside, Zion Garside, Gavin Paterson and Carter Green led the way […]

“This will make a difference in the lives of young mothers,” a representative for the Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce told an audience as she accepted a $3,000 grant for a new parenting program. The initiative was one of 11 to receive grants from the Community Foundation Grey Bruce Wednesday at a presentation ceremony […]

Bottled water, pop and juice will now be banned from Summerfolk. The move, announced this week by the Georgian Bay Folk Society, is part of the cultural organization’s greening initiative, which aims to eventually make the annual music and crafts festival in Owen Sound a zero-waste event, according to GBFS general manager Roxane Davidson. “That’s […]

Grey Bruce OPP wants help identifying two men who left a Markdale restaurant patio without paying for their meal Saturday. Police said in a news release Tuesday that the men left on foot and one took a half-pitcher of beer with him. Police were dispatched to the restaurant at 10:29 a.m. Sunday. They gave no […]

Owen Sound police say they found an impaired man sleeping in a running vehicle Monday about 11:30 p.m. A 24-year-old Owen Sound man had more than twice the legal blood alcohol limit to drive. Police found him in the 1100 block of a 3rd Avenue East parking lot, police said in a news release. He’s […]

A motorcyclist has serious injuries after colliding with a car in Owen Sound Monday evening. Owen Sound police responded to the crash at the top of the 10th Street West hill around 6:30 p.m. Police said the motorcyclist, a 47-year-old Owen Sound man, was travelling east on 10th Street West toward 6th Avenue West. That […]

West Grey police said in a news release Tuesday that officers laid two stunt driving charges recently where drivers were travelling more than 50 kilometres per hour over the limit on Grey Road 3. On June 30 a driver was speeding 133 km/h in a posted 80 kilometre per hour zone at 2:25 p.m. That […]

Midwives Grey Bruce is grateful to receive more provincial funding announced Monday by the Ontario government. Just more than $375,000 in extra money will pay for a 12th full-time staff midwife, plus two more new, registered midwives, for their mandatory year-long placements after graduation. It will mean 420 babies can be delivered by midwives in […]

July 11, 2019

“A lot was happening in 1969. I mean . . . the moon landing. And here we were getting our picture in the newspaper like we were a big deal,” – Owen Sound Farrow’s Haulage team member Brad Porter. Fifty years ago the Owen Sound Farrow’s Haulage ball club won the Ontario Baseball Association Bantam […]

The body of a 24-year-old Vaughan man was recovered at the Grotto Sunday afternoon, after he went missing the day before. OPP divers from the Underwater Search and Recovery Unit found him deceased under about 20 feet of water. Police say the man had jumped into the water with a friend at the popular tourist […]

Two Whitby shooting suspects arrested in Owen Sound last week face numerous charges. The suspects were taken into custody without incident on Thursday by members of the Durham Regional Police Service criminal investigation unit, its tactical support unit, intelligence unit and a K-9 unit and Owen Sound police, a city police news release said. One […]

If the Owen Sound Selects are to repeat as national champions they’ll need to once again battle through as the No. 3 seed from Ontario. “It’s resiliency. You’ve got to learn how to lose to want to win again,” Selects manager Jamie Simpson said after his team lost in the semifinal of the OASA U23 […]

A city investigation into complaints that used cooking oil was poured into an east-side catch basin has found “no evidence” the product made its way into Owen Sound’s storm water collection system, according to city hall. Dennis Kefalas, director of public works and engineering, said city workers checked the systems at both 16th Street and […]

The committee behind the under-construction Giche Namewikwedong Reconciliation Garden held an event at the site Saturday to celebrate the completion of Phase 1 and raise awareness of the fundraising required for the next stage. “Phase 2, we would like it to start in September. That would be ideal. But we need to raise $30,000,” said […]

As throngs of people hunted for bargains and yummy treats at this year’s Hottest Street Sale, a dozen members of the Owen Sound Waste Watchers were on the lookout for something else. Equipped with trash pickers and cans, the volunteers were eyeing the asphalt and alleyways for discarded cigarette butts and other garbage. They ended […]

The OPP closed access to The Grotto Saturday “until further notice” while a search was underway for a missing person. Police say a 24-year-old man had jumped into the water with a friend at the popular tourist spot in Bruce Peninsula National Park. He initially surfaced, but immediately showed signs of distress. He then went […]

A man who was pulled from Lake Huron by boaters Friday morning just off the shore at Southampton has died, the OPP confirmed Saturday night. The man, who has not been identified, was initially taken to hospital by ambulance in critical condition. Officers with both the Saugeen Shores Police Service and OPP responded to a […]

Craig Wende looked like he would have to leave the game with an injury in the second period. He stole the win in the third. On the back of their goaltender, the Oakville Titans scored four unanswered goals in the third period and came back from a 6-3 deficit to win 7-6 Saturday in Owen […]

The reloaded Owen Sound Bug Juice North Stars didn’t waste any time showing off the new post-trade deadline roster in Waterloo Friday night. The North Stars made themselves at home and shellacked the winless Velocity 14-3 to improve to 9-4-0 with three games remaining in the regular season. Newcomer Dan Michel led the way with […]

Unlike the rest of the teams taking part in the Ontario Amateur Softball Association U23 Elimination Tournament in Owen Sound this weekend, a trip to nationals isn’t the primary goal for the Selects. The Selects have already qualified for the Softball Canada U23 Canadian Fastpitch Championship in Saskatoon later this month as the defending national […]

It will likely be a while yet before construction begins on Redhawk’s planned 366-unit residential subdivision across from the Owen Sound hospital. Roger Howard, vice-president of planning and development at Brampton-based Redhawk Construction’s parent company Rice Development Corp, said the company is not planning to start site work this year and is uncertain if it […]

Environmental groups are urging the province to adopt into law a hearing officer’s recommendations, which they say provide a “clear path” towards the necessary protection of endangered piping plovers at Sauble Beach. “I think that the ministry and the town should take the report into account in terms of, moving forward, what can or cannot […]

A red-footed tortoise, a barbershop quartet, a jazz guitarist — all sorts of cool things filled downtown shops Friday for the first ever “July 5 Live”, which leads up to a giant street sale on Saturday. The event was part of the First Friday series created by the Businesses and Organizations of Owen Sound Together, […]

How do I make a budget? What should I cook for one? How do I book a doctor’s appointment? A network of health professionals say these are questions youth often ask themselves the first time they leave home – but the answers aren’t always obvious, and they might be embarrassed to ask for them. Now, […]

The goal for the Owen Sound Bug Juice North Stars has always been a trip to Quebec to compete for the President’s Cup. That goal got a lot closer to becoming a reality last weekend when N’Stars GM Keith Peer traded for two of the James Gang’s top gunslingers. “It’s been 10 years since Owen […]