Owen Sound Sun Times

The picturesque village of Paisley is celebrating a major milestone in 2024. On Saturday, Arran-Elderslie held the Paisley 150 Municipal Kick-off to mark the 150 years since the village was incorporated in 1874. It was the first of a number of events the residents of the central Bruce County community have planned for its sesquicentennial. [...]

As the number of youth seeking their services climbs higher, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Grey Bruce and Western Simcoe has sent out a call for community support through volunteerism and donations. With the agency expected to assist more than 400 youth through its various programs this year, it has launched its 100 Hearts campaign, [...]

An Owen Sound resident has been charged following a two-vehicle crash in Owen Sound on Saturday. Just after noon, Owen Sound police, Grey County EMS and the Owen Sound fire department responded to a collision in the 2500 block of 3rd Avenue West. One of the drivers required assistance exiting their vehicle after being sent [...]

Several cattle perished in a barn fire that closed Highway 10 south of Markdale on Friday. Firefighters responded to the fire at 12:40 p.m. and arrived to find a driving shed fully involved, with the fire extending into the main barn on the property, Grey Highlands Fire Chief Marty Wellwood said via e-mail on Saturday. [...]

The London Knights boarded the bus Saturday night with another win after taking care of a tidy piece of business in Owen Sound, a 5-2 victory over the Attack. Ruslan Gazizov notched his second hat-trick of the season - the third of his career - and Easton Cowan extended his point streak to 23 games [...]

Highway 10 south of Markdale has reopened after it was closed on Friday due to a structure fire. The OPP announced just after 9 a.m. via social media that the highway was again open. The Grey Bruce OPP said Friday afternoon that they had been dispatched to the fire on Highway 10 in the Municipality [...]

The Good Cheer Rink at Harrison Park opened on Saturday morning. Owen Sound announced on its social media channels that as of 10 a.m. Saturday the rink was open for skaters of all ages and abilities. The city had planned to open the rink on Friday afternoon, but an equipment malfunction resulted in the delay. [...]

The Brantford Bulldogs kept pace with the rest of the top teams in the OHL's Eastern Conference thanks to a huge performance from goaltender Matteo Drobac. Facing Owen Sound at the civic centre on Friday, Drobac stopped all 24 shots he faced as the Bulldogs shut out the Attack 3-0. The win bumps Brantford's record [...]

An equipment malfunction derailed the planned opening of the Good Cheer Rink at Harrison Park. The city said the rink will not open Friday evening as planned and staff are working to make repairs to open it as soon as possible. The city apologized for the inconvenience and residents are advised to watch for updates [...]

South Bruce Peninsula's Municipal Accommodation Tax program brought in nearly half a million dollars in 2023, which is more than was expected and up more than 20 per cent from the previous year. The town collected MAT fees of $492,458.36 for 2023, with nearly half of that money headed to the South Bruce Peninsula Municipal [...]

Mother Nature has come through to allow for Family Day weekend skating at Harrison Park. The City of Owen Sound announced just after noon on Friday that the Good Cheer Rink at the park would be opening for the first time this season at 5 p.m. Crews were busy on Friday morning blowing off the [...]

The Municipality of Arran-Elderslie's Chief Administrative Officer has announced plans to retire. Sylvia Kirkwood will be retiring from the role effective July 31 after 30 years of municipal service, including the past three with the central Bruce County municipality. On behalf of Arran-Elderslie council, I would like to thank Sylvia for her contribution to the [...]

A report of a suspicious person in Meaford has led to charges and the recovery of a stolen vehicle. Just after 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Grey Bruce OPP responded to a report of a suspicious person around Russett Drive and Union Street. A resident reported that an individual had knocked on their door and left, [...]

SHANE RINK WINS MAJOR CURLING LEAGUE CROWN Skip Les Shane along with Pete Newton (third), Derek Regier (second) Jim Roberts (lead) and Tim Church (fifth), won the 2023-24 BrokerLink Insurance Grey-Bruce Major Curling League championship. The Ainsdale Golf Course sponsored rink from the Kincardine Curling Club topped Joe Rettinger's squad out of Walkerton with a [...]

The emergency department in Durham will soon close overnight due to a critical shortage of nurses, the South Bruce Grey Health Centre announced Wednesday. Starting on March 10, the emergency department at the Durham hospital will shut its doors every night at 5 p.m. and reopen at 7 a.m. the next day. Until then, the [...]

Hundreds of job seekers and dozens of employers flooded the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre on Valentine's Day looking for the perfect match at the annual regional job fair. The more than 100 employers at this year's event were looking for workers to fill positions in a variety of sectors, from construction to health care, [...]

After 24 years together, Sheldon Bulloch and Candace Blake of Holland Centre finally tied the knot at Owen Sound city hall on Wednesday afternoon. And even after so long, the nerves were still there. I haven't slept well in weeks," Bulloch said after the approximately 10-minute ceremony was over and done with. I don't know [...]

By the time Sam Sedley is done playing junior hockey in Owen Sound he'll have rewritten the record book and etched his name in history as the most dynamic defenceman to ever lace them up in the Scenic City. Sedley broke Santino Centorame's franchise record for points by a defenceman Tuesday night in Owen Sound, [...]

History was made on this Tuesday night in Owen Sound. Sam Sedley broke Santo Centorame's franchise record for points by a defenceman in the first period as the Owen Sound Attack knocked off the Oshawa Generals 2-1 in overtime in front of 2,259 fans at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Colby Barlow notched a [...]

The unemployment rate that includes Grey and Bruce counties rose 0.4 per cent in January. According to the Four County Labour Market Planning Board, the jobless rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region increased to 4.8 per cent last month, when the provincial rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 5.8 per cent. The planning [...]

The local health unit has released a new report that found a family of four in Grey-Bruce spent more than $1,300 a month on groceries in 2023, an expense that is on the rise. The new report from Grey Bruce Public Health - The Cost of Eating Well and The Urgent Issue of Food Insecurity [...]

Five local action tables are doing what they are designed to, in helping to address the most pressing risks and concerns in communities across Grey-Bruce, according to the coordinator of the multi-agency initiative. Members of the Grey-Bruce Community Safety and Well-Being Planning Steering Committee updated Owen Sound council on Monday about the work being done [...]

A Grand Valley woman has been charged with impaired driving after a two-vehicle crash in South Bruce Peninsula on Monday afternoon. Grey Bruce OPP responded to the crash on Highway 21 just before 5 p.m. Officers determined the driver of one of the vehicles had previously consumed alcohol and was showing signs of impairment, police [...]

A Bruce County man has been charged with more than two dozen sexual offences in relation to an ongoing investigation by Owen Sound police. In December, the city police service commenced an investigation into an allegation of sexual abuse at a local business. Ten victims were identified and provided statements to police, police said in [...]

A man from Melancthon has been charged after a large combine header was reported stolen from a property in Southgate. Just before 10 a.m. Saturday Grey Bruce OPP responded to a report of a farm implement that was taken from an outbuilding on a property in Southgate sometime between Wednesday and Saturday. The item that [...]

The cold will soon be the greatest enemy for local reservists departing to the Moosonee area in northern Ontario next month to train alongside NATO allies in sub-arctic conditions. Canadian Army Reserve personnel from 31 Canadian Brigade Group are deploying to the town of Moosonee and the surrounding area to train for Arctic operations in [...]

Noah Morneau is embracing a bigger offensive role with the Windsor Spitfires. A Windsor native, the former 15th-round pick was originally signed because of his tenacious work ethic and strong defensive habits. However, with several veterans moved at the OHL trade deadline, the 19-year-old Morneau is now being counted on to add more offence. Everybody [...]

Six athletes, three builders, three teams and one special merit inductee will be enshrined this spring as the Owen Sound Sports Hall of Fame names its Class of 2024. The induction ceremony is scheduled for Friday, May 3, at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre where the Owen Sound Sports Hall of Fame has a [...]

It might get even busier at area hospitals in 2024 as babies born during the Year of the Dragon are considered destined for success. This weekend marked the start of the Lunar New Year and the change to the Year of the Dragon. Grey-Bruce residents helped celebrate with events at the Grey Roots Museum & [...]

The Owen Sound Attack surely can't expect to give the potent Saginaw Spirit eight power plays, allow 52 shots against, and still come out of Michigan with two points. The Scenic City Skaters did, however, manage to force overtime and extend their point streak to six games. Zayne Parekh continued his incredible season with a [...]

The Tom Thomson Art Gallery has selected three award-winning feature-length documentaries for the 16th edition of Owen Sound's upcoming Reel Festival. The festival, to be presented at the Roxy Theatre on March 2, will include the films The Lebanese Burger Mafia at 11 a.m., Four Daughters at 3 p.m. and Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before The Sun [...]

Meaford's proposed operating and capital budgets will be put before the public at a statutory meeting on Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. Staff presented draft budgets to council on Jan. 15 with a projected tax rate increase of 3.47 per cent on the municipal portion of property tax bills in 2024 and a total tax-supported [...]

The buyer of the CJOS Bounce 92.3 FM radio station in Owen Sound is calling the addition a natural extension" of the company's presence in the southern Georgian Bay region. It was announced Thursday that ZoomerMedia was purchasing the local station from Bell Media, subject to Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission approval and other closing [...]

Home sales in Grey-Bruce remained tempered to start off 2024. While the 118 homes sold in January was up slightly from January 2023, sales were more than 16 per cent below the five-year average and close to 14 per cent below the 10 year average for the time of year, according to the latest statistics [...]

A car was stolen in Meaford Thursday morning while the owner was reportedly just steps away. At about 8:30 a.m. police were told that the running vehicle was taken from Trowbridge Street while the owner was approximately 15 metres away. While walking to the vehicle, the owner heard the door shut. The vehicle was driven [...]

Grey County has approved some user fee increases at its Grey Roots Museum and Archives and rental rates at its Sydenham Campus regional skills and training centre. County council gave final approval Thursday to a bylaw that updates its fees and services charges for 2024. The update is the first since 2020 and is required [...]

Grey County is creating a no parking zone along Grey Road 18 in front of the Grey Roots Museum and Archives and neighbouring Morland Place due to safety concerns about cars parking on the shoulders of the well-travelled road, particularly during high school proms. County council approved a number of amendments to its bylaw that [...]

Lyndsay Budgell said lifting nearly 40 pounds over her head 324 times in 30 minutes is the easy part. The hard part is staying focused. The Owen Sound business owner is the newest member of Team Canada's kettlebell squad after qualifying in the one-arm long cycle half marathon category. Budgell, 37, will now represent her [...]

Owen Sound residents packed 1,215 shoeboxes as part of Operation Christmas Child this year, a 30 per cent increase from the 933 packed in 2022 according to organizers. Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's Purse, collected 11,330,126 gift-filled shoeboxes globally in 2023 - 425,209 of them packed in Canada. Each of the shoeboxes, filled [...]

Owen Sound's Reel Festival is returning to the city on March 2 featuring three award-winning documentaries selected by the Tom Thomson Art Gallery and presented at the Roxy Theatre. The films selected for screening at this year's Reel Festival are The Lebanese Burger Mafia, Four Daughters, and Aitamaako'Tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun. The Reel Film [...]

Two fatalities were among six suspected opioid overdoses in the Owen Sound area in the first week of February, according to Grey Bruce Public Health. Five of the six overdoses reported between Feb. 1 and 6 were in Owen Sound, including the two fatalities, while the sixth occurred in Georgian Bluffs, the health unit said [...]

There's no tomorrow for the Owen Sound Attack's elder statesmen playing their final games in Canada's major junior hockey circuit, and they're playing that way. Deni Goure, Ethan Burroughs and Sam Sedley have been on fire lately and were key contributors as the Owen Sound Attack topped the Sarnia Sting 6-2 Wednesday night to continue [...]

Pizza Huts in Port Elgin and Owen Sound are trying to help feed people who are homeless or hungry and unable to afford a meal. Throughout February and March, the local pizza places are holding an Everyone Eats initiative, in which those in need can visit one of the locations and receive a personal pizza [...]

Patients in Kincardine now have access to a Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) clinic thanks to a partnership between two regional healthcare organizations. Brightshores Health System and South Bruce Grey Health Centre recently announced a collaboration to enhance access to the RAAM clinics for individuals facing urgent addiction and substance use-related challenges. Brightshores will operate [...]

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff is applauding a parliamentary budget officer costing note that determined the private member's bill he introduced last fall would reduce the amount of federal GST collected from the carbon tax by billions of dollars. According to the note published by the office of the parliamentary budget officer on Jan. 23, [...]

The Bluewater District School Board and Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board will follow suit with other boards across the province and will hold a professional activity day on April 8, when a total solar eclipse is to occur. The two local boards announced in a joint media release late Tuesday evening that they would be [...]

Saugeen Shores Police continue their search for a man in the area of the Saugeen River at Southampton. The 57-year-old man, identified by police as Lijun S., was last in contact with his family at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Jan. 27. A surge of river water and ice occurred as Lijun was suspected to be [...]

West Grey is planning to sell a property in Durham to Grey County for a new paramedic base. At its council meeting on Tuesday, West Grey council declared the 0.73-acre parcel of land at 451 Durham Rd. W. surplus to its needs and directed staff to proceed with the next steps in the process to [...]

West Grey is searching for a new chief administrative officer after Laura Johnston tendered her resignation, after accepting a position with another municipality. At its meeting on Tuesday, West Grey council directed staff to bring forward a bylaw to appoint director of finance and treasurer Kerri Mighton as interim CAO and deputy clerk and proceed [...]

South Bruce Peninsula is acquiring the former Foodland property near Bluewater Park in Wiarton for a new town hall. The town announced on Tuesday that it had successfully entered into a binding agreement with Sobeys for the acquisition of the property at 370 William St. The purchase price of the property is $1.25 million. A [...]