Owen Sound Sun Times

West Grey's first mayor and a former warden of Grey County has died. Delton Becker, who was West Grey's mayor from 1999 to 2006, died in Fort Myers, Florida, at the age of 81 on Jan. 31. Before municipal amalgamation, Mr. Becker was reeve of Bentinck Township. He had a career in municipal politics that [...]

Grey County has issued the construction tender for a new long-term care home in Durham that is expected to cost close to $100 million. The county announced that with the site prepped and the drawings complete, the tender had gone out for the new 128-bed Rockwood Terrace that is to be built directly south of [...]

Police are investigating a string of break-ins over several months at a subdivision under construction in Meaford. Grey Bruce OPP most recently responded to the new-build subdivision on Hilton Lane on Sunday, where there was damage to the soffit and the drywall, along with spray paint on drywall inside the residence. Similar break-ins were reported [...]

Restoration efforts for the British Methodist Episcopal Church in Owen Sound gained new public exposure Saturday night at the Owen Sound Attack hockey game to kick off Black History Month. The BME Church, an early Black church that ministered to freedom seekers and their descendants, needs a new roof, windows and mould remediation, among other [...]

Denver Barkey's dagger in the form of a shootout goal pierced straight through the heart of the Owen Sound Attack and their supporters Saturday. Barkey's fourth-round shootout goal capped off a third-period comeback effort and extended the Knights' point streak to 19 games with a 4-3 win in front of a sold-out Harry Lumley Bayshore [...]

Durham hospital's emergency department closed Saturday at 5 p.m. due to a staffing shortage but is to reopen Sunday, Feb. 4 at 7 a.m. Ambulance will take patients to the nearest open emergency room, South Bruce Grey Health Centre announced Saturday afternoon. Anyone requiring immediate medical attention should call 911 to be taken to the [...]

While Wiarton's Bluewater Park became a little kid magnet with fun things for them to do Saturday during Wiarton Willie weekend, the annual Lions Club pool tournament at Lloyd's Smoke Shop drew different fun-seekers. Willie predicted an early spring Friday and there's been a winter bash in his honour since 1956. But Lloyd's has been [...]

Taos Jordan reached his boiling point recently. The third-year Owen Sound Attack defender with Jamaican roots grew up hearing racial slurs and taunts directed at himself and his teammates inside Ontario rinks but said it never really bothered him. In one ear and out the other," he said of the experience. Sometimes I would just [...]

Owen Sound could lose its recycling drop-off bins at the the Miller Waste transfer station, a casualty of a recent transition in who's paying to collect recyclables in the province. Miller has asked the city to pay the cost to operate the city recycling depot, estimated at about $21,000 annually, or it will be closed. [...]

One man is facing charges of indignity to a human body and fraud under $5,000 after the Neyaashiinigmiing Police Service investigated an incident on Jan. 6, 2024, at a residence located on the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. Police have charged Kenneth Albert, 56, from North Bruce Peninsula. The man is scheduled to appear [...]

No shadow, spring is on the way. That was the word South Bruce Peninsula Mayor Jay Kirkland passed on to a waiting crowd in Wiarton shortly after 8 a.m. Friday. The crowd began to gather well before the 8:07 prediction, where Wiarton Willie was attended by his tuxedo-clad Shadow Cabinet, after fireworks started the day [...]

Owen Sound is requesting proposals for city garbage and recyclables collection and a residential organic waste collection program that could start in mid-2025. Council on Monday approved the Jan. 18 city operations committee minutes, which contained recommendations to issue the RFP. Council earlier extended Miller Waste's contract to provide garbage and recycling pickup by one [...]

Grey Bruce OPP says stunt driving continues to be a huge concern" in Grey-Bruce, where officers charged 10 drivers with stunt driving, for excessive speed, in January. Stunt driving includes speeding 50 kilometres per hour or more over the limit if the limit is 80 km/h or more. It's also speeding 40 km/h or more [...]

Meafordites are celebrating a sesquicentennial. Say that 10 times fast. The bayside community is celebrating its 150th birthday this year and the municipality is set to party like it's 1874 when the booming little town formally known as St. Vincent (Peggy's Landing and Stephenson's Landing before that) was welcoming both steamships and train cars with [...]

Oxenden's Julian Smith will proudly represent Canada in two FIS Cross Country World Cup races against the best and fastest cross-country skiers in the world this month. Four World Cup races will take place at the Canmore Nordic Center in Alberta from Feb. 9 to 13. Athletes will then fly to Minnesota to race at [...]

That's the epitome of a junior hockey game right there," said Owen Sound Attack assistant coach Sean Teakle after his team topped the Barrie Colts 7-6 in overtime to close the book on a wild, whacky and at times plain weird hockey game in front of 2,445 fans at the Bayshore Wednesday night. Epitome: a [...]

Council voted unanimously Monday to hold at least one townhall-style public meeting this year for information sharing and public input. The idea started with Coun. Jon Farmer, who called for one meeting in October, the midway point in council's term, to answer people's city questions and provide space for other groups to share their information [...]

Georgian Bluffs residents are looking at a residential tax rate increase of 9.19 per cent. For the average single-family dwelling assessed at $294,000 in the municipality, it would result in an annual increase of $168.68, before county and education taxes are factored in. Grey County approved a net levy increase of 6.3 per cent for [...]

Brightshores Health System has introduced outpatient endoscopy services at its Markdale hospital, while the medical device reprocessing department has opened in a newly renovated space in Owen Sound. General surgeons began leading the outpatient endoscopy program at the recently opened Markdale hospital on Monday. The procedures will take place on Mondays each week with plans [...]

Northern Bruce Peninsula officials want to further explore options for the Lion's Head and District Community Centre after concerns were raised about the cost presented to upgrade the facility and the challenges of managing water at the current site. Council voted Monday to receive a report outlining arena design and cost options from chief administrative [...]

After Owen Sound council received detailed written budget criticisms, urgent cries for no city budget increases and calls for council to respond to concerns raised, just a few people spoke Monday night at a public budget meeting called by city council. I've lived here all my life, I'm retired, I have no pension and it's [...]

The search continued on Tuesday for a man who was last known to be fishing along the Saugeen River at Southampton. Saugeen Shores police said Tuesday morning that the search will be ongoing and police will continue to look into tips provided by the public. Further updates will only be provided when new information is [...]

One person escaped, but the family cat is believed to have perished in a fire at a home on Grey Road 13 in Grey Highlands early Sunday morning. Grey Highlands Fire Chief Marty Wellwood said they responded at about 4 a.m. to a report of a structure fire with flames and smoke visible. When we [...]

Nobody was injured, but a duplex in Chatsworth was extensively damaged by a fire early Monday morning. The Chatsworth Fire Department was called out to the fire on Crawford Street in the village just after 1 a.m. Chatsworth Fire Chief Mike Givens said that upon firefighters' arrival all the residents were out of the building [...]

Police were continuing their search Monday morning for a man last known to be fishing in the area of Denny's Dam in Southampton. In an update on Monday morning, Saugeen Shores police said the search was continuing for Lijun S., who was last known to be fishing at Denny's Dam on Saturday at 7:30 a.m. [...]

Worth the wait. The Owen Sound Attack last won at home on Dec. 28, a blowout victory over the Niagara IceDogs. Since then, it's been a little quiet on the home front. The tinderbox that is the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre lay in wait, until Sunday. We've been battling hard. It's good to get [...]

As Sherra Westerveld served up soup to the masses at the Alzheimer Society Grey-Bruce's Soup's On fundraiser on Saturday, she was doing it with someone very special in her thoughts. Just over eight months ago, Westerveld lost her mother Monica Eveleigh to early onset dementia in her 60s. It is such a good cause that [...]

The rain may have washed away much of the snow, but that didn't stop just over 100 scouts from making the best of what was left during the 60th winter campout at Harrison Park on the weekend. Eight scout and venturer troops from communities that included Owen Sound, Palmerston, Hanover, Port Elgin, Barrie and Miamisburg, [...]

With a cast of veteran actors starring in the latest Owen Sound Little Theatre production, Director Bill Murphy is confident he has a hit a hole-in-one. The Ladies Foursome will open at the Roxy Theatre in downtown Owen Sound on Feb. 8 and four familiar faces have been tapped to star in the funny, fast-paced [...]

Denny's Dam Road near Southampton has been closed until further notice as police investigate a missing person report in the area. The road will be closed at Carlisle Street and Cemetery Road until further notice, Saugeen Shores police said in a news release Sunday morning. Missing is 57-year-old Lijun S., who is described as being [...]

Nolan Dann and the Flint Firebirds kept chipping away and dug out two points from right under the Owen Sound Attack Saturday night inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. The Firebirds went down 3-2 early in the third period, and two of the Attack goals were the direct result of Dann turnovers, but it [...]

Two people are facing drug trafficking charges following a traffic stop in Hanover on Thursday. Police first attempted to stop a Ford F250 in Hanover on the afternoon of Jan. 4, but the suspect vehicle fled at a high rate of speed almost striking two vehicles. For safety reasons, a police pursuit was not initiated, [...]

Look good, feel good, play good. It's a popular saying in the wide world of sports, and the Owen Sound North Stars junior B lacrosse team will soon put it to the test locally. More than a dozen local companies donated time, skill and money to help the North Stars transform their dressing room inside [...]

Two men face numerous charges after a search of a stolen vehicle turned up several items including a firearm and ammunition in Hanover. Just before 6 a.m. on Friday, Hanover police officers responded to the 200 block of 11th Avenue about reports of a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of an apartment complex. When [...]

Niall Lobley has been appointed chief administrator officer of the Township of Georgian Bluffs. Lobley, who has been serving as acting CAO and Director of Community and Environmental Services, joined the township in late 2022. Lobley became acting CAO in May of last year, shortly after the municipality announced that Cynthia Fletcher was no longer [...]

Grey County is supporting a funding application to have a Level 3 fast charger installed at Grey Gables in Markdale as part of a regional public EV charging network. The community is identified as one of the preferred locations for a station through the Rural ReCharge project. Rural ReCharge is a collaboration between Grey, Bruce, [...]

Grey County is teaming up with two neighbouring counties to create green development standards that make sense for the county, its lower tier municipalities and the local development community. But some councillors were wary about implementing standards they feel are a federal or provincial responsibility, and the possibility the Ontario government could override any measures [...]

Brightshores Health System has launched of a Mental Health and Addictions Services Navigation Line. The service will connect users with a navigator who will direct callers to a program that suits their needs within the layout of resources and programs available. The phone number for the new Mental Health and Addiction Services Navigation Line is [...]

The Owen Sound Attack came out on the wrong end of a free-wheeling high-scoring hockey game in Barrie Thursday night. The Colts topped the Bears 7-3 in the contest after scoring four unanswered goals in the first period and snuffing out an abbreviated comeback attempt in the third. The Colts (17-23-1-0), who trying to secure [...]

Grey County is purchasing the Diamond Motel on 9th Avenue East in Owen Sound to serve as a short-term residential shelter for those experiencing homelessness. On Thursday, county council directed staff to finalize an agreement to purchase the motel at 713 9th Ave. E. from 2367529 Ontario Inc. for just over $3 million. A bylaw [...]

An expansion to the daycare centre at Ecole catholique Saint-Dominique-Savio in Owen Sound will add 10 early learning and child care spaces. The announcement made earlier this week is part of a $2.3 million investment by the Ontario Ministry of Education. We are very pleased that the Ontario government has recognized the growing needs of [...]

It's hard to get any shine standing in an old-growth forest full of redwood trees, but Carter George is making himself known within NHL scouting circles. When the Owen Sound Attack selected the Thunder Bay goaltender with the 35th-overall pick in the 2022 OHL Priority Selection draft, he measured in at five-foot-11 and 167-pounds. It [...]

Grey County Warden Brian Milne said provincial officials were clearly told at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association Conference in Toronto that municipalities need a better deal from the province but only time will tell if they listen. The mayor of Southgate left the three-day event, which ended Tuesday, searching for how to answer whether he [...]

Free postcards created by the Owen Sound and District Junior Optimists are now available at the Owen Sound Legion for those wishing to do a random act of kindness. The local Optimists are encouraging residents to cheer up seniors and honour people serving in the military by writing a positive message on the postcards. Mailing [...]

A fundraiser that assists the community's most vulnerable is expanding in Grey-Bruce. On Feb. 24, Coldest Night of the Year walks will be held in six communities throughout the two counties, including for the first time in Markdale, Meaford and Hanover. The United Way of Bruce Grey will again lead walks in Saugeen Shores and [...]

Bruce County Warden Chris Peabody left the three-day Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference Tuesday with assurances of more rural access to natural gas and that municipalities would be consulted on impacts such as on housing in the event of future nuclear expansion at the Bruce. Natural gas buildout in Brockton, where Peabody's mayor, and elsewhere [...]

Calling all tastemakers, community builders and culture shifters, nominations are now open for the city's 2024 Arts, Culture and Volunteer Awards. Owen Sound will be host for the awards ceremony on Sunday, April 14, at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery from 2 to 4 p.m. Nominations close Thursday, March 14 at 5 p.m. The public [...]

The Owen Sound Attack and third-year defender Taos Jordan have teamed up to help raise money for the Owen Sound Emancipation Festival and Team Jamaica in celebration of Black History Month. On Feb. 3, when the Owen Sound Attack host the London Knights inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre, the Attack will wear special [...]

Georgian College's Henry Bernick Entrepreneurship Centre is establishing an office in Owen Sound where it will provide expertise to help Grey-Bruce businesses stabilize and grow. The Bernick Centre provides mentorship through a global network of experts, programs and services tailored to needs. It will be located in Grey County's Sydenham Campus, in the former elementary [...]

Street drugs worth an estimated $34,000 were located during a vehicle search in downtown Owen Sound early Sunday morning. At approximately 4 a.m., a uniform patrol member was conducting proactive patrols in the downtown core when he observed a driver committing a Highway Traffic Act violation, Owen Sound police said in a news release. The [...]