Owen Sound Sun Times

Grey County staff and council members pitched health-care, transit and other requests to provincial officials at the recent Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference in Toronto. Now, they wait. Deputy chief administrative officer Randy Scherzer summarized the meetings for county councillors on Thursday. The county asked the Ministry of Health for more operating and capital funding [...]

Meaford Fire Chief Courtney Allen has been named the new fire chief of King Township. Allen, who has more than 20 years of leadership in fire and emergency services including the past four years with Meaford, will begin his new role on Feb. 1 It has been an incredible four years and a great experience [...]

Increased need has prompted Safe n Sound, the downtown Owen Sound homeless drop-in centre, to seek funding to move to bigger quarters. The 8th Street East location is intended to be a warming centre this time of year, particularly at night. There are no beds there and those who use the centre aren't supposed to [...]

The Push-Up Challenge in support of the Canadian Mental Health Association is returning to Grey-Bruce. Just don't get lost in all the snow when you drop down and give 20. The CMHA Grey Bruce is encouraging the community to push for better mental health by participating in the fitness-based mental health initiative. The challenge, [...]

Wiarton Willie may help put an early end to winter this Groundhog Day, Sunday, Feb. 2, at the future home of the new south Bruce Peninsula town hall (370 William Street) in Wiarton near Bluewater Park. A lot is on the line this year, with heavy winter storms battering a beleaguered public into downright begging [...]

Bruce Power executive James Scongack discussed Saugeen Ojibway Nation's nuclear moratorium warning at Grey County council Thursday. Bruce Power operates nuclear reactors in the territory, along the Lake Huron shoreline near Tiverton, and is exploring building an additional nuclear plant at the site. The Ontario Power Generation's Western Waste Management Facility stores nuclear waste there [...]

CMHA Grey Bruce officials are hoping they will soon be able to reopen some of their locations that have been temporarily closed. The agency, which provides mental health and addiction services in the area, has temporarily closed a portion of its location in the Owen Sound's River District, including the popular Fresh Roots Cafe and [...]

Saugeen Ojibway Nation says it plans to issue a moratorium on future nuclear intensification and waste projects if no progress is made on nuclear legacy issues in its territory. A joint letter from Nawash Chief Greg Nadjiwon and Saugeen Chief Conrad Ritchie sent to SON members on Wednesday says the joint chiefs and councils of [...]

Update: The weather has caused an issue at The Rumpus Room, which will no longer be able to host the event. The Meet the Candidate event has been postponed to a future date. The Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Federal Riding Association is planning to hold a meet the candidate event in Owen Sound. The event was originally [...]

Grey-Bruce home sales in 2024 were more than 40 per cent higher than they were the year before. A total of 2,478 units were sold last year, which was a 41.1 per cent increase over 2023, according to figures released by the OnePoint Association of Realtors this week. The higher sales last year were buoyed [...]

As the snowfall shifts to the peninsula Thursday morning more school closures have been announced. Bruce Peninsula District (Lion's Head) and St. Edmunds Public (Tobermory) are closed for the day due to inclement weather. Meanwhile, buses have been cancelled for schools in Teeswater, Lucknow, Ripley, Port Elgin, Southampton, Kincardine, Wiarton, Hepworth, Sauble Beach, Walkerton, Mildmay, [...]

Chris Aitcheson created a monster. His nephew Kashawn will hear his name called in the NHL Entry Draft this summer, but until then he'll continue to terrorize Ontario Hockey League opponents and their fans. Like he did on Wednesday night when the Barrie Colts defender recorded a Gordie Howe Hat-Trick with a goal, assist and [...]

Jurors in an Owen Sound courtroom Wednesday heard the detailed Crown's theory of what led to the murder of a 36-year-old Toronto woman in Northern Bruce Peninsula more than three years ago. Grey County Crown attorney Patrick Clement presented what he said he expects the evidence to show over the five-week first-degree murder trial [...]

If there is a silver lining to the bitter cold that has settled on Grey-Bruce and southern Ontario, it may be that it has allowed some ice to form on Lake Huron. And while that ice cover is needed to slow down the lake-effect snow that has dumped by some estimates as much as two [...]

A Ghost Bike now stands as a memorial to a cyclist who died this month after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 26 just west of the town of Thornbury. Many of these deaths are preventable. We want a reminder out there for people to be safe and look after each other," said David [...]

No injuries were reported after a transport truck flipped onto its side west of Kimberley in Grey Highlands Wednesday. Grey Bruce OPP advised just before noon that the 7th Line between Sideroad 4A and Sideroad 7A in Grey Highlands had been closed due to a transport truck on its side in the ditch. Police said [...]

Among the Ontario winners are two four-time honourees: Quality of Vaughan, and Heather Holme of Kincardine

A woman was injured while shovelling snow and a driver has been charged following a collision in Owen Sound on Tuesday evening. At approximately 8:30 p.m., a 2010 Mercedes was westbound on 8th Street East when it struck the rear of an unoccupied Chevrolet Cruz parked on the side of the roadway with its hazard [...]

Nine local eateries will battle for soup supremacy in the third annual Soup's On competition in support of Alzheimer Society Grey-Bruce Saturday in Owen Sound. The soup skirmish and silent auction is scheduled to take place between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. The competing soup specialists are Bishop's [...]

A 21-year-old was transported to a London-area trauma centre after suffering serious injuries in a snowmobile collision in South Bruce late Saturday. According to South Bruce OPP, officers received a report of a collision involving a snowmobile at 11:46 p.m. on Jan. 18. Officers responded to Concession 8 in the Municipality of South Bruce. It's [...]

High winds, freezing temperatures, and heavy snowfalls have impacted much of Grey-Bruce, and the wintery weather is expected to continue into Wednesday in some areas. An Environment Canada snow squall warning updated early Tuesday morning noted additional accumulations of heavy lake-effect snow up to 40 centimetres in some areas, with high amounts possible in areas [...]

Delivery of today's Owen Sound Sun Times newspaper may be delayed due to poor weather conditions. In some areas, delivery may only be made the following day. The e-Edition, a digital replica of the print edition, is being made available to all online. Click hereto read it. If you need to reach the circulation department, [...]

Mounting financial pressures ledHanover's Launch Pad youth skills training organization to close its doors after almost 10 years, its volunteer board announced in a news release. Originally inspired to help young people amid the ongoing youth methamphetamine problem which exploded in 2005 in Hanover, the program exposed youth to career paths and provided a place [...]

Owen Sound declared a significant weather event Monday morning amid very cold temperatures and an Environment Canada snow squall warning. The declaration allows the municipality to continue its winter maintenance work but without having to meet the standards set for keeping roads and sidewalks clear. The specific reason for Monday's declaration wasn't specified. But Environment [...]

Police charged a 26-year-old with spousal assault on Jan. 17 in South Bruce Peninsula, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release. Police said they are not identifying the people involved inorder to avoid identifying the complainant. The nature of the assault alleged was described as a criminal act." The suspect was ordered to appear [...]

Police charged a 37-year-old man of no fixed address in Grey County with three counts of theft under $5,000 after multiple thefts occurred at a Thornbury grocery store. Collingwood and Blue Mountains OPP officer observed the suspect in the store just before 7 p.m. on Jan. 18, a police news release said. Police suspect the [...]

Mother Nature blessed Sauble Beach Winterfest with near perfect weather as the event marked its 45th year this weekend. While festivalgoers were welcomed with some wet snow and slush early on Saturday, the temperature settled at a comfortable level a couple of degrees below freezing by afternoon, cool enough to firm up the snow, but [...]

The shoe was on the other foot for the Owen Sound Attack Saturday night . . . and full of self-inflicted wounds. It was one of those games where we were trying to shoot ourselves in the foot it felt like," Attack head coach Scott Wray said. Twenty-four hours after the Attack scored four unanswered [...]

Meaford dairy farmer Paul Vickers has won the Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound PC candidacy for the next Ontario election. Vickers was announced the winner at a nomination meeting held at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre on Saturday, beating out three other candidates - Brock Hamley of Owen Sound, Christine Robinson of West Grey and Stephen Townsend [...]

Director Kevin Haxell expects Owen Sound Little Theatre production of Prelude to a Kiss to provoke some deep thoughts about love and relationships, along with laughs. The local theatre company's next show hits the Roxy Stage in Owen Sound for opening night on Jan. 30, with the cast of 10 and a crew of [...]

BRAMPTON - Early in the season when the Owen Sound Attack played well in a defeat the line was: there are no moral victories. Then, when the team struggled, there were no excuses. This team might not make the playoffs, but they won't quit. That much was evident as the Attack scored four unanswered goals [...]

Grey-Bruce politicians and senior staff will hear about issues important to municipalities and present their needs to their provincial counterparts at the annual Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference which starts Sunday. They'll be among 1,900 participants from hundreds of municipalities and organizations across Ontario attending the three-day event at the Sheraton Centre hotel in downtown [...]

Georgian Bluffs council has formally apologized to residents for waste and recycling collection headaches in the municipality in recent months, and says it is working with the service provider on the matter. That service provider - Waste Management - has also apologized to customers and says steps are being taken to enhance" their collection efforts. [...]

Georgian Bluffs officials will look into establishing a natural burial site at its Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Council directed staff to bring back a report on the possibility of designating an area at the cemetery on Grey Road 17A as a site for what are known as green or natural burials following a request from a [...]

After a slow rollout, the Canadian Dental Care Plan is scheduled to pay a portion of dental services for more uninsured Canadians this year. Dental coverage under the program, now entering its second year, was first offered to seniors, then children younger than 18 and adults who receive the disability tax credit. It is scheduled [...]

Owen Sound schools were host to a first-of-its-kind volleyball tournament, featuring teams from the three regional school boards and two private schools. On Jan. 16, students from grades 6 to 8 competed at the tournament at l'ecole catholique Saint-Dominique-Savio and Notre Dame Catholic School. Owen Sound's Timothy Christian School won first place in the tournament [...]

Georgian Bluffs has finalized a 2025 budget with a municipal tax rate increase of 4.11 per cent. Council passed a bylaw Wednesday to adopt the operating and capital budget, which had been reduced by 1.47 per cent from a draft budget presented in early November. For the average single-family dwelling assessed at $300,000, the increase [...]

A new report details how 28 volunteers helped Grey-Bruce locals file nearly 1,000 income tax returns and receive 3.3 million in refunds and benefit entitlements in 2024 thanks to free local tax clinics. The Grey Bruce Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) Network provides free tax preparation services to low-income individuals and families across the [...]

A Dundalk-area man is the first person in Canada to receive a new, publicly funded treatment that better targets prostate cancer cells and is shown to prolong life. Doctors at first sent Fred Harrison for conventional radiation in Kitchener, then eight months of chemotherapy in Owen Sound after discovering a growth in November 2023 that [...]

A woman has been charged after a man suffered serious life-altering injuries when attacked by a pack of dogs while jogging in West Grey. The 58-year-old man was attacked by a group of five to 10 dogs while out jogging on the Glenelg-Holland Townline earlier this month, West Grey Police Chief Robert Martin said on [...]

Owen Sound Attack goaltender Carter George spent some time at the REACH Centre in Owen Sound Wednesday afternoon to talk hockey and the World Juniors and to sign autographs for some of the city's biggest Attack fans. The Team Canada goalie fielded questions at the REACH Centre's 8th Street East building, where the organization offers [...]

Despite a rise in the unemployment rate in the region that includes Grey-Bruce, the area had the lowest jobless rate in Ontario last month. The Four County Labour Market Planning Board release a report last week that shows the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula region increased by 0.4 percentage points in December to 3.6 [...]

Two people face multiple drug trafficking and weapons charges after a traffic stop in Hanover early Tuesday morning. Just before 3:30 a.m., Hanover police stopped a Honda CRV that had initially refused to stop and attempted to flee before it abruptly pulled over at the intersection of 10th Street and 5th Avenue, police said in [...]

The Owen Sound Attack led all CHL clubs with six players featured on the NHL Central Scouting midterm rankings including defender David Bedkowski at No. 38 on the list. Two of Owen Sound's goaltenders are ranked in the top 15 for North American goalies. Trenten Bennett comes in at No. 9 on the list, while [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars added a prolific junior scorer and champion-pedigree defenceman as part of this week's Major Series Lacrosse draft. Ahead of the draft, teams were able to keep up to four players from an affiliated Junior A club on their protected list. Owen Sound chose to protect four players from their affiliate [...]

City council approved new five-year land-use agreements for the East Side Snowmobile Club and Stoney Keppel Riders. Council also delegated approval authority for such agreements with local snowmobile clubs in future to the director of community services. The agreements cover the city for liability through the user groups' insurance by making the areas an official [...]

Recent wintry weather has generated public complaints at city hall about street and sidewalk plowing. Coun. Carol Merton, who chairs the operations committee which oversees snow-clearing efforts, said she's been getting them and so have city staff. At city council Monday, she invited Lara Widdifield, the city's director of public works and engineering, [...]

When members of the PC Party of Ontario vote for their candidate inthe riding of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound this weekend they will have four people to choose from. Former West Grey councillor and longtime Grey-Bruce resident Stephen Townsend was recently announced as a fourth and final candidate running for the nomination. The other candidates include Brock [...]

Police shared photos on Tuesday morning of a suspect in an investigation into more than $1,000 worth of stolen alcohol from the Meaford liquor store on Jan. 8. Grey Bruce OPP is asking for help identifying a male wearing red Puma shoes, jeans, a red Buffalo Sabres toque, a grey jacked and black hoodie. He's [...]