Owen Sound Sun Times

Grey County has awarded the tender for its planned paramedic base in Feversham. On Thursday during its committee of the whole meeting, council awarded the tender for the base to Domm Construction Ltd. for $2.155 million. Director of paramedic services Kevin McNab told council that the area is underserviced and the southeast corner of the [...]

Owen Sound Deputy-mayor says municipalities should be left to decide if they want to use speed cameras

Local hospital corporation is re-introducing its internal office of research and innovation

The Saugeen Bruce Peninsula Gravel Gran Fondo raised around $70,000 for conservation efforts. More than 400 riders took part in the sixth annual Gran Fondo on Oct. 5 in support of the Bruce Peninsula Biosphere Association. Eighty volunteers supported the event, including a support and medical vehicle. Riders could choose from 115-kilometre, 80-kilometre, 56-kilometre and [...]

A 31-year-old Saugeen First Nation man is facing robbery charges after a theft from a Highway 21 business on Tuesday. Just before 9 p.m., Tuesday, Grey Bruce OPP officers responded to a report of a robbery at a Saugeen First Nation business on Highway 21. Police said it was reported that a person entered the [...]

A 68-year-old male from Mildmay is dead following a single-motorcycle collision near Mount Forest on Monday. Members of the Wellington County OPP were dispatched to Sideroad 3 West, south of Mount Forest, at approximately 5:15 p.m. on Monday for a report of a motorcycle crash. Police arrived a the scene to discover the 68-year-old male [...]

Some larger companies are considering assembling their products in the United States to get around the tariff.

Multiple portables being used at both Beaver Valley and Georgian Bay schools

A local family recently donated a 46-hectare property near Mountain Lake on the Bruce Peninsula to the Nature Conservancy of Canada. The property, southeast of Wiarton, features a mosaic of forests, wetlands, and regenerating fields that provide habitat for a wide range of species, including several that are at risk, according to the NCC. The [...]

Action plan to address findings of independent assessment, which province has not made public.

The Bluewater District School Board is inviting the public to comment on the design of a planned new Kincardine District Senior School. Between now and Oct. 24, student, staff, families and other community members are being invited to visit the board's website to view a preliminary floor plan for the proposed two-storey school. Questions and [...]

Nick Suzuki, Jordan Binnington, Sean Durzi, Jonah Gadjovich, Cody Ceci, Jacob Middleton and Kurtis MacDermid are all on NHL rosters to start the year.

A trio of local ball players keep hauling home the softball hardware. Matthew Weiler (Hepworth), Alex McGillivray (Durham) and Mac Mulvay (Wingham) helped Team Canada win the silver medal at the 2025 U23 Pan American Softball games, held in La Pampa, Argentina, last month. Canada finished 5-2 in the preliminary round, placing third behind Mexico [...]

Plan will outline actions to revitalize elements of the River District streetscape

Police seized more than $5,500 of suspected fentanyl, more than $1,100 of suspected cocaine, more than $500 in cash, a prohibited knife, drug trafficking paraphernalia and stolen property.

On Saturday, Oct. 4, Kim-Thibodeau Tae Kwon Do (KT TKD) sent three young athletes to the 24th Jung Ko Canadian Classic in Markham. The competition was fierce, and David, Ava Marie, and Justina brilliantly showcased everything they had been practicing. David placed third in poomsae (patterns) and second in kyorugi (sparring). David embodied the tenet [...]

Document will help guide Owen Sounds direction over the next 25 years

Amazon is planning to build a last mile" distribution centre in Owen Sound's industrial park. City staff have given site plan approval for the company to construct a 1,100-square-metre (11,800-square-foot) distribution centre and 6,280-sq.-m. (67,600-sq.ft.) parking, staging and loading area at 1875 16th Ave. E. The application was included in minutes of the Sept. 17 [...]

Maple holds historical and cultural significance for local First Nations

A London resident has been arrested in relation with a series of thefts across Southwestern Ontario involving boats, jet skis and trailers, including some in the Grey-Bruce region. On Oct. 1, members of the Grey Bruce and Middlesex OPP street crime units executed a search warrant at a residence on Sevilla Park Place in London, [...]

The Owen Sound Attack played big-boy" hockey Sunday afternoon and took down the league's top dogs. The 7-0 Windsor Spitfires were looking to set a new franchise record for consecutive wins to start a season, and were coming off a big shootout win in Brantford a day earlier. Owen Sound popped that bubble with no [...]

'I'm just feeling very grateful that it's over and done with. We have finally been able to reclaim what has always been ours.' -- Shawnessy Thompson, Saugeen First Nation

'It can feel a little daunting for some to get out on the trails if they're not familiar' -- youth hike leader Jeannine Kralt

A Walkerton man is in custody and facing charges.

'I don't honestly know. It just grew right from the get-go.' -- novice giant pumpkin grower Terry Weber, when asked how he did it.

A pair of USHL transplants helped the Saginaw Spirit outpace the Owen Sound Attack on Saturday afternoon. Egor Barabanov and Nikita Klepov each scored a pair of goals as the Spirit topped the Attack 7-5 inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. With back-to-back losses, Owen Sound is now 4-2-0-0 on the year, while Saginaw [...]

Owen Sound will fail to go 68-0-0-0 again this year. The Kitchener Rangers ended Owen Sound's undefeated bid with a 4-3 win inside the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Friday night, less than a week after losing 5-2 to Owen Sound in the Attack's home opener. Kitchener improves to 4-1-0-0 on the year, while the Attack will [...]

The navy is short some 1,600 sailors

The Canadian Football League is eliminating the rule that awards a team a point for missing a field goal. But it was the difference in Friday afternoon's high school football game in Owen Sound. The Owen Sound Wolves topped the Saugeen Royals 7-6 at OSDSS in a closely contested defensive battle marred by turnovers. Wolves' [...]

A renowned bear expert is making a stop in Owen Sound next week for a talk about the genetically isolated and unique population of black bears that call the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula home. Wildlife biologist Dr. Martyn Obbard, an emeritus research scientist with the Ministry of Natural Resources who studied both black bears and polar [...]

BASKETBALL Two undefeated teams met in Meaford on Thursday, with the Georgian Bay Thunder coming out on top, 35-32 over the St. Mary's Mustangs. The Mustangs and Thunder traded leads several times in the seesaw game, with Georgian Bay leading 21-13 at the half before St. Mary's stormed back to tie the game, 27-27, heading [...]

New Bluewater schools planned for Dundalk, Port Elgin and Kincardine, and Bruce-Grey Catholic board school in Owen Sound

Local impacts of new U.S. tariffs on wood products are unclear but 'potentially devastating'

Inter-community service provider fully expecting seasonal service to return next summer

A Hanover resident was defrauded out of over $100,000 in an online romance scam, according to town police. Police said the victim is out approximately $117,000 since 2021. These cases are becoming more frequent, with total losses reported in the hundreds of thousands of dollars every year that involve many victims in our community. With [...]

The Beaver Valley Bruce Trail Club and Grey Sauble Conservation Authority are teaming up this weekend to celebrate at Eugenia Falls. The Beaver Valley Bruce Trail Club (BVBTC) and Grey Sauble Conservation Authority (GSCA) will be on site at Eugenia Falls from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, which is Bruce Trail Day. The day's [...]

An elderly person from Lion's Head is dead after a collision between a water truck and passenger vehicle near Mar on Thursday. Highway 6 remained closed near Mar, north of Wiarton, Thursday afternoon while Grey-Bruce OPP investigated a collision resulted in a water truck going up in flames, police said in a news release. The [...]

They hang from the lamp posts, lurk in the bushes, gather on the street corners, and watch from the windows. Watching. Always watching. The scarecrows have invaded the town of Meaford once again, and the townsfolk couldn't be happier. The quirky and unique autumn event was of life support a few years back, but an [...]

Brothers who fled Russia over fear of political persecution begin university studies in Poland

Twenty-five volunteers collected 17 bags of garbage over nearly 1-kilometre of shoreline during a cleanup in Owen Sound Sunday. It was World Rivers Day and the city was one of six communities to participate in the first Great Lakes Coastal Cleanup, an event co-ordinated by the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, a release [...]

Neighbouring municipal and First Nations communities celebrated the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Tuesday. Near Southampton, Saugeen Shores and Saugeen First Nation joined together on a temporarily closed Zgaa-biig-ni-gan Bridge in a moment of reflection and togetherness. The town also closed Victoria Street North from Thompson Street to Clarendon Street between 9 and [...]

September saw a record number of meals served in the dozen years the charity has been feeding people, no questions asked.

'We believe that we'll have strong absorption,' Geoff McMurdo said of the uptake of the units.

After a perfect 4-0 start to the 2025-26 season, the Owen Sound Attack cracked the Canadian Hockey League's Top-10 rankings in Week 2. The Attack made their debut on the Canada-wide list at No. 10, and are one of just three CHL teams that remain undefeated with at least four wins. The other two are [...]

'Residential school is something that no race of people should have ever endured.' -- Greg Nadjiwon, former Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation chief

Keystone started as an Owen Sound hospital outpatient program 50 years ago.

Georgian's programming at its John Di Poce South Georgian Bay campus in Collingwood remains paused.

Facility expected to be a major gathering place for area residents

The Owen Sound Attack are still perfect through four regular-season games. The Scenic City Skaters edged the Barrie Colts, 5-4, Sunday afternoon inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre to improve to 4-0-0-0 on the year. Landon Jackman, the Attack's true rookie from the St. Louis area, scored the game-winning goal in his first Ontario [...]

The Strother Cup is back in New Lowell. The Knights held on to win 5-4 over the Owen Sound Baysox in a wild Game 7 on Saturday at New Lowell Recreation Park to reclaim the North Dufferin Baseball League championship. Owen Sound, who finished just one point behind the Knights in the regular season and [...]