Owen Sound Sun Times

Christmas shoppers were out Saturday at the Artisans Holiday Show and Sale in Owen Sound, where both buyers and sellers said they were feeling the pinch of the rising cost of living. There were 59 local artisans selling their baking and other foods, paintings, jewelry, woodworking, knitted and sewn garments and bags, metalwork and more, [...]

Illegal street racing mogul Dominic Toretto once said, it doesn't matter whether you win by an inch or a mile, winning is winning." And if we can extrapolate his powerful statement and assume the inverse - - losing is just losing - - and the Owen Sound Attack keep finding new ways to lose. On [...]

Police and the fire marshal are investigating suspicious" fires at townhouses under construction in Blue Mountains over two days last week. No injuries were reported in either incident, Collingwood/Blue Mountains OPP said in a news release on Saturday. Four townhouses were destroyed Thursday in a fire reported about 5:40 a.m. in the area of 190 [...]

It's probably nothing of consequence, but this past week the Owen Sound Attack took some time from their typical daily schedule of hockey practices to play dodgeball at the YMCA. We just wanted to make sure they're together as a group," explained Attack assistant coach Sean Teakle. I think sometimes that goes a lot further [...]

Christmas toy drive organizers are expecting longer lists of children's names to shop for this year. Last year's Owen Sound Firefighters' toy drive provided toys to about 650 kids in the city. The Inter Township Fire Department's toy drive supplied toys to about 60 kids in Georgian Bluffs and Meaford. The Salvation Army assesses the [...]

Police have arrested another suspect to do with an armed robbery and home invasion in Hanover in October. Charles Chuck" Martin, 42, of Waterloo was arrested after a foot pursuit in Kitchener by Waterloo Regional Police Nov. 30 at 9 a.m., Hanover Police Service announced in a news release Dec. 1. Hanover police said in [...]

Owen Sound's garbage bag tags, which cost $2.50 now, will cost $1 more starting in the new year. Council endorsed Coun. Jon Farmer's motion to increase the price to $3.50 each, in a split vote. Staff had recommended raising the price to $3.25 each. The change is estimated to raise about $100,000 and possibly more [...]

Fledgling Gingerbug has captured a mighty dragon. The Silk family from Meaford landed long-time dragon Arlene Dickinson as a partner in their startup company, as shown during their appearance on CBC's Dragons' Den on Thursday. And they got exactly what they asked for when they went into the den - $200,000 for 10 per cent [...]

From the rink in Listowel to one of softball's biggest stages, Durham's Alex McGillivray has enjoyed a busy fall season competing in both the local and international arenas. The 18-year-old helped Team Canada's under-18 softball team win a bronze medal at the World Baseball Softball Confederation Under-18 Men's Softball World Cup in Mexico recently and [...]

Owen Sound council ended its pre-budget discussions Friday with an average residential taxpayer facing about a $155 increase in property taxes next year. That included a 3.16 per cent city budget levy increase and a predicted seven per cent Grey County levy increase, for a combined percentage increase of 3.63 per cent. That's a bit [...]

The unemployment rate for the region that includes Grey-Bruce saw a slight increase in November over its previous month. The rate for the Stratford Bruce Peninsula Economic Region ticked up a tenth of a per cent to 3.7 per cent in November, after the region's overall population and labour force size increased by 300 simultaneously, [...]

A hotel, marina, two condominium apartment buildings and a seniors apartment building are proposed for the long-vacant Russel Brothers factory waterfront site in Owen Sound. The city posted online a public notice of intention to remove a holding provision on much of the site at 2198 3rd Ave. E., a requirement before anything could be [...]

There are a dozen COVID-19 outbreaks at health-care institutions in Grey-Bruce and an uptick in respiratory illness across the province. Test positivity for COVID-19 in Ontario was 20.4 per cent for the period measured between Nov. 12 and Nov. 18, although limited widespread testing presents a challenge with getting an accurate estimate of the number [...]

Nominations for induction into the Owen Sound Sports Hall of Fame in 2024 will be accepted until Dec. 31. Forms and criteria are downloadable from the city's website, under Sports Hall of Fame. Nominations will be accepted in the following categories: athletes, builders, teams and merit. Induction ceremonies will take place Friday, May 3 at [...]

How do you make heads or tails of the season thus far if you're in charge of the Owen Sound Attack and over a third of the way through the campaign? In the past month, the team lost four games in a row before winning five straight on the road. They've beaten the league-leading Kitchener [...]

Saugeen Ojibway Nation wants the Supreme Court to consider whether the Crown owed a fiduciary duty to them and whether it was breached when the Crown didn't stop settlers from moving into the Bruce Peninsula, which was promised to SON. It's asking the Supreme Court of Canada for leave to appeal parts of lower court [...]

One person is dead as the result of a house fire in Kincardine Friday. Emergency services responded to a residential fire on Whippoorwill Lane in Kincardine late Friday morning. A 911 call from a neighbour made at approximately 10:50 a.m. indicated a visible fire inside the home with heavy smoke and an occupant believed to [...]

The Owen Sound Ice Hawks under-15 C team won a bronze medal at the Owen Sound Girls Hockey Norther Lights Tournament this past weekend in Owen Sound. The Ice Hawks topped a team from Mississauga, 5-1, to earn the bronze medals after falling 4-1 to Collingwood in a semifinal contest. The loss to Collingwood was [...]

This coming weekend the Markham Pan Am Centre will play host to the 2023 Ontario Provincial Jiu-Jitsu Championship, the last major Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament for 2023. Twelve athletes representing Grey and Bruce counties and the Kilian Academy will fight for gold at this year's Championship. Twelve-year-old Southampton phenom and Canadian White Belt Champion Hunter Ward [...]

Residential building permit demand has plummetedin Grey County this year over the last two years, a county staff report shows. Forty-five per cent fewer residential building permits were issued to the end of September this year over last - 371 units this year compared with 687 last year. It's also a 53 per cent drop [...]

A free concert based on Vince Guaraldi's music in the animated A Charlie Brown Christmas needs children for the concert choir. Children aged six to 12 years are invited to sign up for the Charlie Brown Community Children's Choir. There's no cost to join. A practice is scheduled for Nov. 29 at the Harmony Centre. [...]

A Chippewas of Nawash band councillor who won $100,000 by scratching The Big Spin instant-win lottery ticket, says he plans to upgrade his car and travel. I feel happy - very joyful," Beverly Nadjiwon, 59, of Neyaashiinigmiing is quoted saying in an OLG press release Monday. The father and grandfather has been a lottery player [...]

Admissions are again being permitted at the Southbridge long-term care home in Owen Sound after the Ministry of Long-Term Care suspended them over concerns about the health and well-being of residents. In a letter from Brad Robinson of the Long-Term Care Inspections Branch dated Nov. 23, it said that based on results of recent inspections, [...]

It has been 30 years since Leslie Jones of Neyaashiinigmiing disappeared along with his cousin Shawn Jones, yet his memory remains fresh in the mind of his stepmother Lynn Chegahno. On Sunday, she gathered with other friends and family in Ferndale, where Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation Coun. Beverly Nadjiwon was leading a 30-kilometre [...]

With a low harvest of vegetables for her stall at the Meaford Farmer's Market one week, Megan Silk decided to bring along some mason jars of the wild ginger beer she and husband Bren prepared for their family to enjoy. The non-alcoholic fermented beverage sold really well that day. I figured we were onto something [...]

Coaches may face fines from the Ontario Hockey League for speaking out in the media against calls they disagree with, and as a result, the word count of this story may be a little light. Over halfway through the third period of Saturday night's game the Owen Sound Attack and North Bay Battalion were deadlocked [...]

The Road Warriors are coming home to Owen Sound with 10 of a possible 10 points and a perfect sweep as the visiting team for five-straight contests. The Owen Sound Attack beat the Kitchener Rangers by a score of 4-1 Friday night snapping the Rangers' eight-game winning streak while extending their own victory march to [...]

Bruce Power will launch a Request for Information (RFI) process to evaluate potential new nuclear technologies as it explores a possible future expansion of its generation site near Tiverton. The RFI process will launch early next year in parallel with the impact assessment being conducted to evaluate the potential for an additional 4,800 megawatts in [...]

BARTLEY MAKES STATEMENT Don Bartley's rink made a statement in Week 2 action of the BrokerLink Insurance Grey Bruce Major Curling League with an 8-1 victory over Al Hutchinson and company. Meanwhile, Louis Gregg topped Scott Davidson 8-6 and the Ainsdale Golf Course rink skipped by Pete Newton edged Denomy TV & Appliances (Brett McAllister) [...]

After 83 years, the CFOS-Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast is being discontinued, but a new initiative by Bayshore Broadcasting is being started out of its legacy. The local radio broadcaster is partnering with the Salvation Army to introduce the 560 CFOS Community Food Drive live on air from Zehrs in Owen Sound from 6 a.m. [...]

Good special teams and a great goaltender can take a team pretty far, and on Thursday night the Owen Sound Attack got both to keep their winning streak on track. Carter George, the reigning Ontario Hockey League goaltender of the week, made 50 saves and recorded his third shutout of the season. The Attack power [...]

Two people have been charged and stolen property valued at $80,000 has been recovered after a search of a property in the Township of Chatsworth on Wednesday. Members of the Grey Bruce Community Street Crime Unit, West Region Regional Support Team and General Law Enforcement officers attended the property on Highway 6 and executed the [...]

Goalies are weird. It's a stereotype. A common refrain in hockeyspeak. And it only took a few minutes during a conversation with two puck stoppers before the admission was made. Goalies can be weird. A lot of people stereotype us as being weird," said Owen Sound Attack goaltender Carter George. Outside of the rink, I'm [...]

A walk on the Bruce Peninsula on Sunday is being held to raise awareness about people who have gone missing, including two cousins who were last seen by family at Neyaashiinigmiing 30 years ago. The walk from Ferndale to Wiarton is set to begin at 9 a.m. on Sunday, and is open to anyone who [...]

Georgian Bluffs is hoping an agreement can finally be reached to tap into the Owen Sound system to solve the long-running water woes of the Pottawatomi Village subdivision. At its meeting on Wednesday, Georgian Bluffs council approved a motion from its Nov. 15 committee of the whole meeting to direct staff to engage in talks [...]

A community of 10 cottage-style" homes is being proposed for a property in the village of Shallow Lake. But it is getting push-back from some neighbours who have raised concerns that the development doesn't conform with the surrounding neighbourhood of single-family homes, will lead to increased traffic in the area, and is on a slope [...]

Bruce County will phase in development charges on construction projects starting in 2024, with exemptions including for affordable housing projects. The charges will help pay for development-related infrastructure costs, such as roads, bridges, parks and trails, paramedic services, child care and long-term care, Warden Chris Peabody said. Bruce County's development charges will be phased in [...]

Friends and colleagues remembered David McLaren for his intellect, advocacy for the powerless and for his dedication to Saugeen Ojibway Nation, both to people individually and to the community's larger objectives. He died Nov. 18 at 76 years, after a cancer diagnosis. Gatherings were held for him at Neyaashiinigmiing, where traditional Anishinabe funeral rites were [...]

Chippewas of Nawash poet Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm's poem, restitution OR Nanabush speaks to the settlers, is shortlisted for the annual 2023 CBC Poetry Prize. The winner will be announced Thursday. Akiwenzie-Damm, 58, said her roots are in Neyaashiinigmiing, where she spent childhood summers with her grandparents and helped in their general store many weekends. She has [...]

Sharif Rahman was awarded the 2023 YMCA Peace Medal, the first time it's been presented posthumously in Owen Sound. Rahman, 44, died a week after he was assaulted outside his downtown Owen Sound restaurant on Aug. 17. His death so affronted the community that it rallied behind his memory and supported his young family with [...]

South Bruce Peninsula council approved its 2024 budget with a nearly five per cent tax levy impact. At its Nov. 21 meeting, council passed the 2024 operating and capital budget bylaw, with staff noting early approval of the budget and 4.99 per cent increase will permit staff to begin planning for 2024 and seek out [...]

A teen from Owen Sound has been identified as the victim of a homicide in the city on July 11, while another youth is the third person charged with murder in the incident. Police identified 17-year-old Robert McIntosh as the victim of what police believe was a targeted shooting at an apartment complex on 6th [...]

Owen Sound council has asked for a staff report on ways to strengthen its street occupation permit and property standard bylaws to deal with ongoing issues related to construction hoarding and boarded windows in the downtown. Council passed a motion Monday asking for the report after Deputy-mayor Scott Greig raised concerns about two properties downtown [...]

An unsafe building order has resulted in the removal of wall panels at the Georgian Landing development near the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. The developer of the apartment building development, meanwhile, says they are continuing to try to secure financing to move the project forward now more than four years after work there stopped. [...]

N'STARS SHINE BRIGHT WITH TEAM ONTARIO The Team Ontario under-15 and under-17 women's field lacrosse teams went undefeated in Florida over the weekend. The under-15 team, competing in the IWLCA Debut Cup in Tampa, won four straight games defeating Grit Lacrosse from Dallas 12-6, True Lacrosse Colorado 14-8, South Coast 2027 from Houston 19-6, and [...]

The Ontario Hockey League announced earlier this week that draft-eligible Owen Sound Attack netminder Carter George is the OHL Goaltender of the Week. George backstopped the Attack to a 2-0 record this past weekend with a 1.00 goals-against average, .966 save percentage and one shutout. George helped the Attack to a perfect weekend on the [...]

The Knights of Meaford junior hockey team is hosting a memorial game Thursday to raise funds for the young daughters of a woman who helped take care of the team and its players for 10 years as a faithful volunteer and billet mom. Ashley Clock, a single mother, died suddenly and unexpectedly on Nov. 12, [...]

There is a new operator of the concession area at the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre. Owen Sound council passed a bylaw Monday to execute an assignment of lease for the concession stand in the corridor at the facility to Saleem Khan or his corporation. The bylaw passed after the city received a request to [...]

Owen Sound has approved building permits for interior renovations to the former Sun Times building on 9th Street East. In his monthly update to council on Monday, city manager Tim Simmonds called the work great news for the River District and the downtown" in the form of more office space and people working in the [...]

A report on surveillance cameras in the downtown is expected to come before Owen Sound council early next year. City manager Tim Simmonds said during Monday's council meeting that he has been in discussion with the Owen Sound Police Services and Police Chief Craig Ambrose about surveillance cameras in the downtown. He said staff will [...]