Owen Sound Attack head coach Keenan Reynolds was playing novice hockey while Mike LaZazzera broke down film of NHL games for the New York Islanders in 2006. Now the duo will join forces in the Scenic City.

Outgoing Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy puts call out for residents to run for office

The Owen Sound North Stars lost 14-2 in Peterborough Thursday night and are close to closing out a forgettable season. The North Stars fell to 1-16 on the year against the Lakers, who are 11-7 and looking to make a run in the Major Series Lacrosse playoffs. Owen Sound has one more game to play [...]

The Ministry of Labour is investigating a workplace fatality that occurred just outside Durham on Tuesday. West Grey police were called to the incident on Grey Road 4 at around noon.Police confirmed that a worker was electrocuted aftera boom liftcame in contact witha hydro wire. West Grey police said they are unable to provide further [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars are well represented at the Ontario Summer Games happening in Waterloo. Thirteen field lacrosse players from the North Stars program have been asked to compete at the Summer Games, hosted at Wilfrid Laurier University. Two coaches from the Owen Sound club are also making the trip to the provincial championships [...]

As many as 11 fire departments from Bruce and Huron counties battled a barn blaze Wednesday that closed Concession 4 in South Bruce. Members of the South Bruce OPP assisted the South Bruce Fire Department on July 29 at approximately 7:21 a.m. as the barn near Teeswater went up in flames. The barn was fully [...]

If the knock on Owen Sound's coaching staff was a lack of experience, their new hire offers a rebuttal. On Thursday, the Owen Sound Attack announced the hiring of 61-year-old Mike LaZazzera as associate coach and director of player development. The native of Springfield, Mass., started his coaching career as an assistant coach with Westfield [...]

Group creating park to honour the Black settlers who began arriving in area in 1840s

The Brooklin Merchants left Owen Sound in a bad mood on Sunday night. After losing Game 1 of the Ontario Series Lacrosse semifinal to the North Stars on a penalty shot, the result of an illegal substitution call, the Merchants had revenge on their mind. They got it in Game 2 of the series back [...]

A loud motorcycle led to several charges against its rider in Hanover Sunday. Hanover Police said officers heard the noisy bike from inside their police station at around 5 p.m. on July 26 and quickly responded, boxing in traffic to prevent the rider from fleeing at the intersection of 10th Street and 7th Avenue. Police [...]

Officials are warning people not to swim at both Station Beach and Point Clark Beach. Grey Bruce Public Health and its municipal partners in Kincardine and Huron-Kinloss have posted both beaches as unsafe for swimming after water samples showed bacterial levels exceeding Ministry of Health standards. The beach postings will remain in effect until further [...]

Three years after the Owen Sound Attack drafted Lucas Prud'Homme, he's put pen to paper and will join the team. On Wednesday, the Attack announced the big six-foot-three 19-year-old left winger from Stittsville signed a standard player scholarship and development agreement with the team ahead of the 2026-27 season. Owen Sound selected Prud'Homme in the [...]

Pedestrian and mobility devices still permitted, but snow-clearing vehicles no longer able to use bridge

Transfer of items to ensure they are preserved and accessible in the future

Events planned for Harrison Park, Grey Roots and the BME Church

Owen Sound is to pledge $100,000 to Georgian College in support of the post-secondary institution's commitment to the community. On Monday, council passed a motion introduced by Mayor Ian Boddy to enter into a funding agreement with the college for the transfer of $100,000 payable in installments over the next four years beginning in 2027, [...]

Concerns of increased police costs raised at council table

Safe N Sound is hoping to make its Neighbourhood Response Team a year-round initiative. Safe N Sound Executive Director Annette Pedlar was at Owen Sound council on Monday along with NRT outreach worker Karen Wheeler, where they shared details about the team's work over the winter months. Owen Sound council agreed to provide a letter [...]

The Owen Sound Baysox have finished the regular season atop the North Dufferin Baseball League standings. The Baysox finished with a record of 17-5-0, narrowly beating out the defending champion New Lowell Knights (16-4-2) for the top spot. The Ivy Rangers (15-6-1), who Owen Sound beat to win the 2024 Strother Cup, finished in third [...]

Renovations are well underway at Safe N Sound's emergency homeless shelter in Owen Sound, with it on track to open on November 1. But during an update at Owen Sound city council on Monday about the facility at 612 2nd Ave. E., concerns were raised by council members about ensuring there was enough communication with [...]

Public health units across the region are sounding the alarm when it comes to rising food insecurity.

Owen Sound council granted final approval to the following business licences at its meeting on Monday, July 27: - Prince Yahya Transit Solutions Inc., a taxi company located at 127 8th St. E. - Red Swan Pizza, a takeout restaurant at 925 16th St. E., Unit 2 - Toppers Pizza, a takeout restaurant at 1057 [...]

City police arrested a 24-year-old Owen Sound man out on bail after a dangerous series of events on Sunday. According to police, the man resisted officers attempting to arrest him while operating a pickup truck and allegedly breaching multiple release conditions at approximately 4:50 p.m. The accused was out on bail and subject to several [...]

Council voted 5-2 in favour of the deal which will provide up to $4 million over three years as the Ontario Pumped Storage project goes through the regulatory review process.

The Owen Sound North Stars fell to the Brooklin Lacrosse Club, 14-4, at home on Saturday night. The action inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre saw the North Stars fall to 1-15 in the Major Series Lacrosse league, a circuit that features seven of Ontario's top-tier summer lacrosse squads who compete for a chance [...]

The details are magnified in the playoffs. Every loose ball, every pick and roll, every change on the fly - you never know when it may be the difference between winning and losing. That was true Sunday evening in Owen Sound as the North Stars took Game 1 of their Ontario Series Lacrosse semifinal over [...]

The barrels are gone and no evidence of contamination was found but a Chatsworth Township citizen who reported them remains concerned.

Southampton's 15th annual Marine Heritage Festival is expected to draw more than 7,000 people.

While the money is important, getting more people to take a suicide prevention course, especially young people, is Tawnia Courage's hope. Her son died by suicide in 2019 and this was the fifth walk in his honour.

Coalition of community groups to attend council meeting to plead case for arena repairs and upgrades

'We are very grateful for the support that Kieran Moore and the Ministry of Health . . . have given us.' -- newly elected GBPH board chair Kenneth Craig

After two sets of grandparents lost their homes to a fire in Meaford on Tuesday night the community's outpouring of support has been overwhelming." Bryan and Helen Gelyk, along with Gary and Marg Lawrence, are the neighbours whose homes burned down on Nelson Street. Helen Gelyk, a retired NICU nurse, is in Yellowknife, where her [...]

It's a four-person race for chief of Saugeen First Nation in an election set for August 28. The ballot for the Saugeen First Nation #29 election was finalized earlier this week. Incumbent chief Conrad Ritchie is seeking re-election. He'll be challenged by former chief Lester Anoquot, Indigenous education consultant Natalka Pucan and band councillor Sonya [...]

Grey County has formally approved a rural and urban road transfer with its lower-tier municipalities to take place next year. At its meeting on Thursday, county council passed bylaws to add and remove the roads involved in the exchange from the county system. Over the coming months, the county will work towards finalizing agreements with [...]

The Grey Bruce Ontario Health Team says that more than 9,000 local residents in the two counties have been successfully attached to a primary care provider in the last year-and-a-half. Grey Bruce OHT executive director Lindsay Johnston was at Grey County council on Thursday to provide an update as it works toward a goal of [...]

Joel Stronach says barrels should be removed now, and officials can figure out who pays later

Annual 13-kilometre road race between Oliphant and Wiarton to take place on Aug. 3

Three-year agreement could provide municipality and community groups over $4 million

A large fire in Meaford destroyed a home and caused extensive damage to a neighbouring property on Tuesday night. Firefighters and cleanup crews were at the site early Wednesday morning, where a Nelson Street home was completely destroyed, and the roof of a home next door collapsed. Photos from neighbours show a home fully engulfed [...]

The Meaford International Film Festival (MIFF) returns to Meaford Hall from Sept. 25 to 27 and is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Featuring international, award-winning films and special guest interviews, the festival is a fundraiser for the Meaford Culture Foundation, which supports arts and culture programs in the community. This year's festival will include [...]

The Grey Bruce Junior Golf Tour made its third stop of the season at Legacy Ridge on Tuesday. Eighty junior golfers took to the links on a cloud-filled day at the Owen Sound course for the round sponsored by Jason Green of TD Wealth. Bennett Brodie shot a 78 to take the under-19 boys' division [...]

'This is a long-term investment in the health, well-being and quality of life of our residents.' -- Mayor Milt McIver

The second annual Southampton Arts Festival returns to the Lake Huron shoreline community at the end of the month. Introduced in 2025, the sprawling multi-day art festival will once again take over the town for much of the Civic holiday weekend, from July 31 to Aug. 2. There will be more than three dozen points [...]

Grey Bruce OPP officers have busted what they suspect was a regional property theft operation. Six people face charges related to a stolen property investigation which resulted in the recovery of about $137,000 worth of what police said were stolen goods. Since the spring, Grey-Bruce and surrounding areas experienced a noticeable increase in break and [...]

Bruce County is expanding a community outreach program to support residents with mental health, addiction and housing needs. The county's Community Outreach and Support Team (COAST) builds on the Bruce County Outreach program and is a mobile multidisciplinary team, Bruce County said in a media release. COAST is partnering with Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) [...]

The Owen Sound Attack have officially added a skilled young blueliner to the fold for the 2026-27 season. On Monday, the Owen Sound Attack announced they signed Caden Bell to an Ontario Hockey League Standard Player Scholarship and Development Agreement with the club. Bell was acquired by the Attack earlier in the offseason in a [...]

A 77-year-old Kincardine resident died following a crash Sunday morning in Huron County. The single motor vehicle crash in the Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh township happened shortly after 9 a.m., a Huron County OPP news release said. The OPP, Bruce County Emergency Medical Services and Lucknow Fire Department responded. The 77-year-old driver suffered life-threatening injuries and was pronounced [...]

Between 1940 and 1945, the foundry that was on the BCK site supplied the propellers for all the ships built in Canada for the wartime shipbuilding program.

Picketers say Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Paul Vickers is shutting them out, but Vickers said the fight is with employers not Queen's Park.

Fundraising walks happening in the Owen Sound and Hanover areas.