Owen Sound Sun Times

Spirits were bright as the Kemble non-motorized Christmas Parade marked its 22nd year with one of itsbiggest turnouts yet. Horses, ponies, dogs and goats were joined by plenty of humans dressed as everything from reindeer to unicorns, to lobsters and even birdseed as they made their way down the main drag of the tiny, [...]

The Wiarton and District Chamber of Commerce was certainly spot on when it chose Snowflake Wonderland as the theme for this year's Santa Claus Parade. Crowds of hardy Bruce Peninsula folks huddled along a snow-covered Berford Street in the middle of a snowstorm on Saturday evening as the close to 40 entries made their way [...]

Just what the doctor ordered. With the Owen Sound Attack struggling to score and suppress shots - in comes the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds - who are struggling to score and get shots on net. The result was a much-needed 3-1 victory for the Bears in front of 2,806 who braved the snowy Scenic City [...]

A suspicious fire at a triplex in Owen Sound is being investigated by the city's police and fire departments. Owen Sound Fire and Emergency Services responded at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Saturday after being called about smoke coming from the building on 4th Avenue East. Crews arrived on scene and found a working fire on [...]

A mid-winter ritual for Grey-Bruce's agricultural community will mark its 59th year in early January. The annual Grey Bruce Farmers' Week conference and trade show is returning to the Elmwood Community Centre on Jan. 8 to 14, with days once again dedicated to all the major agricultural commodities of the region. Coordinated by Grey Ag [...]

The unemployment rate in the region that includes Grey-Bruce fell last month, coming in at less than half of the provincial rate. The rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased 0.6 per cent to 3.2 per cent, the second lowest unemployment rate in the province. The provincial unemployment rate decreased 0.4 per cent to [...]

It's not a recipe for success, so Owen Sound isn't having any. The Owen Sound Attack lost a fourth-straight game to the Guelph Storm, 4-1, inside the Sleeman Centre on Friday night. In those four-straight losses, the Attack have given up over 40 shots three times, including the 47 Guelph fired at Carter George Friday. [...]

Saugeen Shores Mayor Luke Charbonneau has been acclaimed Bruce County's warden for the 2024-2025 term. Huron-Kinloss Mayor Don Murray, was also named deputy warden during the inaugural Bruce County council meeting Thursday at the county administration centre in Walkerton. Charbonneau was elected to municipal council in Saugeen Shores in 2006, served one term as councillor, [...]

When Owen Sound councillors sit down Monday to preliminarily set the 2025 tax levy, they'll be starting with a 2.65 per cent increase. That would amount to just less than $10 more per month for the average bungalow owner. That increase is less than what council asked staff for - a draft operating budget with [...]

The real estate market in Grey-Bruce is suddenly extra hot as buyers take advantage of lower interest rates. The association that represents local realtors is reporting that home sales in the region rocketed up more than 43 per cent in November, when compared to the same month in 2023. With a total of 228 homes [...]

Carter George said he's happy Hockey Canada invited him to its national junior team selection camp but is not yet satisfied. George will compete for Canada's crease with goaltenders Carson Bjarnason (Brandon Wheat Kings/Philadelphia Flyers), Scott Ratzlaff (Seattle Thunderbirds/Buffalo Sabres) and Jack Ivankovic (Brampton Steelheads/eligible for the 2025 NHL Entry Draft). Ratzlaff, 19, is one [...]

A goalie, a defenceman and a forward. The Owen Sound Attack are well covered when it comes to coveted prospects with a trio of them invited to the Ontario Hockey League's inaugural Connor McDavid OHL Top Prospects Game. Matthew Koprowski, David Bedkowski and Harry Nansi will take to the ice on Jan. 15 in Brantford [...]

The remains of a young child found at a construction site in Hanover are historic and police say it is not a criminal matter. Hanover police went to the site just after 9 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a report of possibly human remains being unearthed. Through consultation with the coroner's office and a forensic anthropologist, [...]

An Owen Sound man has been charged after a pick-up truck was stolen in Owen Sound early Thursday morning. At approximately 5 a.m., a 2021 Chevrolet Colorado was stolen from an apartment building parking lot on the east side of the city, police said in a news release. The suspect found a spare key inside [...]

West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles is worried the threat of frazil ice - the slush that clogged up the Saugeen River in Durham in 1997, flooded part of town and displaced a couple hundred people - will be a bigger threat this year. Sometime after that frazil ice jam at a bend in the Saugeen [...]

Candidates are lining up to replace Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers after he announced he won't run in the next provincial election. The Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Progressive Conservative Riding Association has announced that three candidates have been approved by the provincial nominations committee, while two other potential candidates have come forward. The candidates confirmed so far [...]

Mother Nature has delivered the snow and local snowmobile club volunteers have taken advantage of it, with Grey-Bruce gaining the distinction of having the first trail available in the province this season. The B110 trail on Grey County's CP Rail Trail has opened for riding this week from Dundalk to Owen Sound, after local clubs [...]

A food drive for the Salvation Army at Owen Sound grocery stores from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday will be part of an all-day radio broadcast on 560 CFOS, live from Zehrs in Owen Sound. Pre-made bags containing essentials will be available for purchase at each store. But any non-perishable food item and [...]

After 41 years, Doug Gilmour's OHL record 55-game regular-season point streak with the Cornwall Royals finally has company. Easton Cowan matched that formidable run by setting up Sam O'Reilly's second-period insurance goal in London's 19th straight win, 3-0 over Owen Sound before 9,061 on Teddy Bear Toss night Wednesday at Canada Life Place.

The massive snowstorm expected to hit London and parts of Southwestern Ontario arrived as scheduled on Thursday night, blanketing the region once again and setting the stage for a Friday full closures and cancellations. Here's a recap of our live coverage. 10:40 a.m. Environment Canada's forecast calls for the grey, dreary skies over the past [...]

Bluewater District School Board trustees on Tuesday confirmed their Nov. 5 decision to censure Derrick Long for code of conduct breaches. The board agreed with its integrity commissioner's findings that the Brockton-South Bruce trustee breached seven sections of the code of conduct governing trustee behaviour. The censure was dealt with briefly, without much discussion at [...]

A second suspected fatal drug overdose in a week has been reported to Grey Bruce Public Health. The latest fatality, along with five other suspected non-fatal drug poisonings over a 72-hour period between Friday and Monday led the local health unit to issue an opioid alert to its community partners and the public. The alert [...]

Four people were taken by ambulance to hospital with one flown to a trauma centre for treatment of injuries that are not considered life threatening, after a crash north of Hepworth. Grey Bruce OPP, along with the South Bruce Peninsula Fire Department and Bruce County Paramedic Services, responded to the two-vehicle collision on Highway 6 [...]

Less than six months after it opened, the Brightshores Wellness and Recovery Centre has reached its capacity of 45 patients. Ann Ford, Chief Executive Officer of Brightshores Health System was at Owen Sound council on Monday for a presentation about advancing health and wellness in its communities, and provided an update on the wellness and [...]

Blue Mountains Mayor Andrea Matrosovs encouraged Grey County council's continued collaboration and consideration of future generations in her first address as 2025 warden Tuesday night. Matrosovs was acclaimed to the position during a formal swearing in within the Grey County council chambers, with her family, a number of past wardens and others present. A reception [...]

Corrugated cardboard will be collected from Owen Sound residents along with the rest of their recyclables beginning in the new year. On Monday, Owen Sound council approved the change, which came in the form of a recommendation from a Nov. 21 Operations committee meeting. Operations committee chair Carol Merton reported the change during Monday's council [...]

A renovation at Owen Sound's fire hall has been added to the city's five-year capital plan, but the extent of the work to be done still isn't known. At its meeting on Monday, city council approved a recommendation from the Nov. 14 corporate services committee to include the Owen Sound fire station expansion and renovation [...]

A vigil in Owen Sound on Friday will mark the 35th anniversary of a dark day in Canadian history when 14 women were murdered for no other reason than their gender. The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women will be marked from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Owen Sound Farmers' [...]

Owen Sound council gave final approval to the following business licences at its meeting on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024: Haven & Brew, a coffee shop located at 159 9th St. E. Tahini's, a restaurant located at 2125 16th St. E. Sound Cleaning Solutions, a home occupation located at 1255 13th Ave. E. Glimmer, a health [...]

Owen Sound council has turned down a community services committee recommendation to look into creating a policy to manage mature and native trees on private property. At its meeting on Monday, council defeated a motion 6-3 in a recorded vote that would have seen staff consider the creation of a plan, policy or bylaw as [...]

Owen Sound has awarded the contract to replace the city's residential water meters with new technology that will allow for better monitoring to detect leaks and the potential to transition to monthly billing. At its meeting on Monday, council awarded the contract for the replacement project to Neptune Technology Group Canada Co., at an upset [...]

Grey Bruce OPP received 57 collision reports during the snowstorm from Friday to Sunday. Many drivers struggled due to icy roads, snow, and poor visibility but there were no serious injuries reported in any of the collisions, Const. Krista Linthorne said by email Monday. She suggested the lack of serious injuries was related to drivers [...]

Owen Sound police charged a 23-year-old Owen Sound man with two counts of aggravated assault after a stabbing left two people injured. The injuries wereserious but notlife-threatening, Owen Sound Police Service said in a news release Monday. There's no general public safety concern, since all three knew each other, police said. Police were called to [...]

Team Canada has called on Owen Sound Attack goaltender Carter George ahead of its training camp in preparation for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ottawa. Canada's National Junior Team Selection Camp is scheduled to take place between Dec. 10 and 13 at TD Place. George is a Los Angeles Kings prospect. He was [...]

Winter weather has arrived and Sauble Beach Ski & Snowshoe Club is ready to put snow to use when more arrives. Even if the first blast of winter is short-lived, the ski club successfully weathered the theft of its trail-maintenance and grooming equipment last summer and is back in business this season. We have pulled [...]

Grey Bruce OPP responded to nine domestic disputes over three days, resulting in five charges. Police said in a news release they began an intimate partner violence investigation in Meaford on Nov. 30 and laid a charge of spousal assault with a weapon. Dec. 1 police charged someone with spousal assault and forcible confinement. [...]

Heartened by the encouragement of their supporters and resilient in the face of frustration, Festival of Northern Lights organizers say the unprecedented vandalism experienced this year won't dim their spirits. The joy we see and the happiness we see that the lights bring far outweighs the frustration that we're feeling. Knowing that it matters to [...]

Warm lakes plus cold air means winter is here. The Ontario Storm Prediction Centre expects the snow squalls blanketing much of the area will continue into Tuesday. Snow squall warnings are in place throughout the region as of Sunday afternoon with snowfall accumulations exceeding 50 cm in parts of Grey-Bruce and Owen Sound this weekend. [...]

Drivers should notice several RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) programs throughout Grey-Bruce this month. Regional and municipal police services are joining forces in an effort to remove impaired drivers from the road, and police are reminding motorists that officers can demand a breath sample during a traffic stop without reasonable suspicion. The Ontario Association of [...]

Liam Greentree scored a hat-trick as the Owen Sound Attack fell to the Windsor Spitfires 6-3 on a snowy Saturday night in Owen Sound. Carter George didn't finish the game, which is a rarity for the team's most valuable player. George, playing in back-to-back games for the fifth time this season, allowed 12 goals on [...]

Scott Wray is hoping these learning experiences pay off one day for his Owen Sound Attack who are working on a doctorate in hockey heartbreak early this season. After losing 6-5 to the Kitchener Rangers, in a game they led 6-4 in the third period, Owen Sound are now 2-5-2-3 in one-goal games. The Kitchener [...]

It is back to the drawing board on a Grey County proposal for a centralized planning and shared-service model. At its meeting on Thursday, county council directed staff to continue investigating centralizing planning services with the county, but instead of a fully centralized plan, they will shift to looking into the possibility of providing a [...]

Grey County Warden Brian Milne closed out his second straight one-year term on Thursday by reflecting on the accomplishments of the past year, thanking council and staff for the work they have done and looking towards what lies ahead. Milne, who also occupied the warden's chair in 2014, made his closing address to council in [...]

Concerned cyclists have requested Grey County move up a planned reconstruction of a section of Grey Rd. 1 in Georgian Bluffs, warning that it may only be a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt or even killed. About 40 people attended county council on Thursday in support of a delegation that called for [...]

A judge sentenced Emric Thompson to 18 months in jail for arson and mischief to a church at Saugeen First Nation in 2020. Superior Court Justice Roger Chown's sentence, imposed in Walkerton on Nov. 27, included enhanced credit for presentence custody, leaving 184 days or just more than six months to serve in custody. He [...]

The Ontario government has announced some relief for communities grappling with spikes to their OPP policing bills. On Friday, the government announced it was proposing to provide more than $77 million in financial relief to municipalities to help offset increased costs in police services provide by the OPP in 2025. The government also announced it [...]

Safe N Sound Grey Bruce has received a vote of support from Grey County as it pursues government funding for an emergency overnight shelter to serve those experiencing homelessness in Owen Sound. On Thursday, county council agreed to provide a letter of support to the organization when it applies for funding through the federal government's [...]

Police have charged a third person with manslaughter in a Grey Highlands death more than two years ago. Corey Sutherland, 23, was found dead in a residence along the West Back Line, Grey Highlands, on March 28, 2022 after a 911 call, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release Thursday. Police charged Shakarri Myles [...]

The Coast Guard refloated the FV Gary M at the Stokes Bay dock for the second time in less than three months, but this time it was taken to Southampton and put on dry land. The fishing tug was lifted out on Nov. 26, as shown in a Coast Guard photo, and was placed on [...]

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has selected Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and the Township of Ignace as the future site for Canada's deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel. South Bruce, the only other site under consideration for the underground nuclear fuel vault, recently signaled its willingness in a narrowly won referendum. But the approval [...]