Owen Sound Sun Times

A man wanted on a Canada wide warrant is known to frequent Grey-Bruce. The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad is attempting to locate 34-year-old Aaron Marshall, who is wanted as a result of a breach of his statutory release, according to an OPP news release. Marshall is known to frequent Hanover, Kincardine, Owen Sound and [...]

Police are investigating after offensive graffiti" was found on an outbuilding at the soccer fields in Walkerton. On Friday, just after 3:30 p.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of the graffiti at the fields on East Ridge Road. Police said the graffiti was applied using green spray paint sometime between Sept. 8 and 14. [...]

Nobody was injured in a crash involving a school bus west of Hanover on Friday afternoon. Just before 4 p.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a two-vehicle crash along Bruce Rd. 4 in the former Brant Township. In a social media post on Friday afternoon, OPP said police responded to a crash involving [...]

Peninsula Shores District School in Wiarton is now home to a tiny forest and bioswale that will serve as a demonstration site to educate students and the community about biodiversity regeneration. The Wiarton Miyawaki Tiny Forest and Bioswale in the back playground of the school was formally inaugurated on Monday and some of the educational [...]

Three new exhibits are now gracing the Tom Thomson Art Gallery, including a major exhibition by artist Roly Fenwick. Roly Fenwick: Lifelines in Light & Shadow opened on Sept. 9, featuring the Owen Sound-born artist's landscape and figurative paintings. Fenwick, who divides his time between his home and studio in London, Ont., and a family [...]

Participants had their own reasons for joining the Terry Fox Run Sunday morning in Harrison Park. Sometimes participants wrote the names of those they were participating for on a nametag stuck to their shirts. Among the more than 100 participants was the Nicholson family: Scott, his wife Jenny, their son Cormac and daughter Fiona. Scott, [...]

More than 100 vintage cars were displayed on the 18th fairway at Cobble Beach Sunday but only one could be the ninth Concours d'Elegance Best of Show. This year's winner was a 1929 Cord L-29, with spoke wheels, black paint and orange accents, which accentuated the car's swooping, art deco-era curves. Each car was judged [...]

About 80 people jumped on a bike or walked for Ride Don't Hide, the annual mental health program fundraiser, which had raised $26,404 by Sunday morning towards its $30,000 goal. The Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce event took place at the soccer complex. Usually it's held in June at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park [...]

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The SweetWater Music Festival invited community musicians to join professionals Saturday for a musical jam of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. The seven-day celebration of baroque music, with a night of jazz, was held at a number of venues in Owen Sound, Leith and in Meaford. The festival, which turned 20 this year, concluded at [...]

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. Forms may also be picked up from Lauren Stewart [...]

The smell of smoky barbecue invited visitors to Owen Sound Ribfest, which opened its gates Friday afternoon. Three days of barbecued ribs, chicken, sausage, brisket and pulled pork await meat lovers, said Camp 31 BBQ general manager Ryan Mandryk, an hour before the gates opened. There are other options too: roasted corn, mac and cheese, [...]

The ballooning use of its emergency shelter program has Grey County exploring acquisition of a motel to create its own shelter. The county's program uses private motels to house people who are sleeping rough in the community, but with demand next year expected to be double what it was in 2021 it is looking at [...]

It is shaping up to be a busy fall on the streets of Owen Sound with close to 20 road resurfacing and construction projects set to commence. As of Monday, Walker Construction will begin road improvement work on projects throughout the city. The work will be completed between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday to [...]

Terry Fox Run events across Grey-Bruce will take place Sunday. The annual event bears the name of the revered young, one-legged runner who tried to run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. There will be runs in a number of local communities including Owen Sound, Hanover, Meaford, Durham, Saugeen Shores and Lion's Head. [...]

Meaford is set to start rehabilitation work on a more than one-kilometre stretch of Bayshore Road north of Leith. In the coming weeks work will begin on the reconstruction of 1,030 metres of the road from Grey Road 15 in the village of Leith to the south side of Keefer's Creek at the Ainslie Wood [...]

Owen Sound city council issued final approval to the following business licences on Monday evening: All My Relations, a retail store located at 893-895 3rd E. Fuego Wood Fired Pizza, a restaurant located at 136 10th E. My Woodshop, a home occupation located at 745 3rd E. Hawker and Peddler licence issued to the Georgian [...]

Owen Sound council has decided against disbanding its accessibility advisory committee for now. Disbanding the committee had been recommended in a board and committee housekeeping bylaw update report on Monday. Staff recommended the city join Grey County's accessibility advisory committee. But some on council expressed concerns about moving away from a city committee. Council passed [...]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford helped cut the ribbon to ceremonially open the nearly $70-million Markdale hospital Thursday, and drew a crowd of protesters. The community has waited more than 20 years for a new hospital and on Sept. 24, a Sunday morning, it will open to the public, replacing the Centre-Grey General Hospital which opened [...]

Owen Sound council has approved a bylaw change that will permit a rock climbing gym in Owen Sound's east side industrial park. On Monday, council received a recommendation report and approved the zoning change for the industrial mall located on the northwest corner of the 20th Street East and 16th Avenue East intersection to allow [...]

As Canada's oldest still-running school-based agricultural fall fair gets set to mark its 170th year, organizers are looking for stories from fairs past. The 170th annual Sydenham Fall Fair is to be presented by the Sydenham Agricultural Society on Sept. 21 at the Sydenham Campus in Owen Sound. The event kicks off with opening ceremonies [...]

Owen Sound council has asked for a staff report on ways the city can help people near a home recently raided by police, after residents made an emotional plea on Monday. Residents living on 29th Street West told councillors about issues they said were associated with a home on their street. They spoke about drug [...]

Wendell Thomson's 60-kilometre fundraising walk for Bruce Peninsula Hospitals Foundation - from Tobermory to his home in Pike Bay - is personal for the 68-year-old. I like doing things for the community. I always did," he said. And if I can help people out in any way, I will," he said. He said the idea [...]

Owen Sound council began its meeting Monday by holding a moment of silence for Sharif Rahman, who died last month after being assaulted outside his business in the city's downtown. Mayor Ian Boddy asked a full council chambers to rise and recognize Rahman, the Curry House owner who died on Aug. 24 after spending a [...]

The Municipality of Meaford has reached an agreement with the City of Owen Sound to use its leaf and yard waste site. On Monday, Owen Sound council passed a bylaw allowing Meaford residents to use the city site on 28th Ave. E. for the remainder of 2023, effective Tuesday. Owen Sound Director of Public Works [...]

Details of plans to convert the historic courthouse and jail in Owen Sound into an entertainment and event venue and business incubator were shared at a city meeting Monday. But some residents in the area raised concerns about the plans for the 3rd Avenue East facility, including additional vehicle traffic, alcohol consumption, parking, noise and [...]

Owen Sound is advising motorists of planned lane reductions along 10th Street in the downtown later this week and to begin next week. Beginning at 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Monday (Sept. 18.), motorists travelling through the 300 block of 10th Street East will experience lane reductions to accommodate work being performed in the [...]

People turned out for the 171st Owen Sound Fall Fair this weekend at pre-pandemic levels, and that was without a midway or carnival games. Those popular attractions weren't available this weekend for hire and even if they were, the cost was prohibitive for the Owen Sound Agricultural Society. But about 4,000 people came through the [...]

Spectators turned out for a slice of Canadiana when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police rode into town on the weekend. About 20 Mounties wearing scarlet coats, tall black riding boots and pecan-coloured Stetsons astride black horses created a spectacle even before their entry into the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre arena Saturday. People were stopping their [...]

Orillia OPP charged a Huron-Kinloss man with aggravated assault and other offences after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in Orillia Aug. 10. Scott Adamson, 30, of Huron-Kinloss Township is charged with dangerous operation causing bodily harm, fail to stop at an accident causing bodily harm, fail to comply with a probation order and [...]

Durham hospital's emergency department is closed today and is scheduled to reopen Monday at 7 a.m. South Bruce Grey Health Centre issued a news release Sunday, Sept. 10 in the morning about the closure. The emergency department closed at 5 p.m. Saturday. The news release did not say the reason for the closure but staff [...]

A bike rodeo Saturday aimed to teach young riders about road safety and bring a positive vibe" to Owen Sound's River District. There was a crowd of kids who turned out at the start of the event on the patio in front of city hall. They learned hand turn signals, picked up bike lights or [...]

Hanover police charged a teenaged girl with public mischief after police say they were misled. Police investigated a report Wednesday of an assault on the teen, said to have taken place last Saturday involving a male and female, a news release from Hanover Police Service said. Police said they were told that on the evening [...]

Everyone is invited to a come-and-go event on the grounds of the soon-to-open new Markdale hospital on Friday, Sept. 15 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The lobby entrance will be open with limited access into the new facility as cleaning and final preparations for receiving the first patients are made, Brightshores Health System, formerly [...]

Bruce Power's Unit 6 nuclear reactor was reconnected to Ontario's electricity grid after more than three years of refurbishment, the company announced Friday. The Major Component Replacement outage began in January 2020 and was completed ahead of schedule, the company said in a news release. By replacing and upgrading key equipment, the reactor's life will [...]

Victoria Weidemann continues to wonder what happened to her dad and his buddy when they went fishing one evening in 1995 and never returned. Their disappearance 28 years ago, the discovery of their partly submerged canoe off Saugeen Shores, two paddles and two life-jackets in Lake Huron, suggested the worst. But their bodies were never [...]

Grey Bruce OPP charged a Saugeen First Nation resident after investigating two incidents of gunshots heard in the area. The 37-year-old man was charged with possession of a firearm contrary to a probation order and was held in custody for a bail hearing in Walkerton. A police news release said Grey Bruce OPP officers executed [...]

Grey Bruce Health Services has changed its name to Brightshores Health System. The transition to Brightshores Health System comes at a pivotal time for our organization," said Gary Sims, Brightshores Health System's outgoing president and CEO, in a news release. We are growing rapidly with the expansion of new services, new facilities and new initiatives. [...]

The 9th Cobble Beach Concours d'Elegance will showcase automotive excellence on the 18th fairway of the Cobble Beach Golf Resort on Sunday, Sept. 17. Visitors may walk the course overlooking Georgian Bay and view more than 100 cars, which elegantly dressed judges will evaluate in a categories corresponding each car's era in automotive history. The [...]

Hydrogen Optimized will expand and automate production capacity in Owen Sound of its scalable RuggedCell electrolysis system, and add 50 jobs, with the help of about a $3.5-million federal economic development loan. Missing production capacity has been holding back sales because purchasers of the technology have to feel secure that the company can deliver the [...]

Bruce Peninsula brothers Jonny and Danny Pickett won gold representing the Guelph Gryphons in a national tournament of university and college teams Sunday. It was the first time the brothers competed on the same team in a beach volleyball tournament, which was held at Ashbridges Bay Park, touted as the home of North America's biggest [...]

South Bruce Peninsula council declared the mayor's position vacant Tuesday - a requirement in a Municipal Act process to replace recently resigned mayor Garry Michi. The act says council must make such a declaration at the first meeting after receiving a resignation. Michi resigned in writing Aug. 29 and so the declaration at Tuesday's meeting [...]

Chesley hospital's emergency department will be closed today and reopen Thursday at 7 a.m. Ongoing staff shortages is to blame for this closure, which was announced Wednesday morning. Last week, South Bruce Grey Health Centre, which runs four hospitals including the one in Chesley, had said Chesley's emergency department would be closed from last Thursday [...]

A book chronicling Canada's unprecedented 2023 wildfire season will be published this November by Postmedia and Greystone Books. Wildfire has scorched more than 15 million hectares in the country this year, with several weeks still left in the season. The 10-year average of land lost to wildfires previously sat at 2.2 million hectares. The hardcover [...]

Schools were crowded places on the first day of school in most parts of Grey-Bruce Tuesday. The Bluewater District School Board in particular continues to face escalating enrolment, adding pressure to build more schools and add portables. The Catholic board is facing some challenges too. Bluewater officials project average enrolment at about 18,500 students, three [...]

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is looking into a Grey Bruce OPP traffic stop at Saugeen First Nation involving an ATV pulling a trailer in which one of the riders suffered serious injuries. The SIU oversees police conduct where there is serious injury, death, the discharge of a firearm at a person or an allegation of [...]

Goderich Street in Port Elgin was awash in a sea of colour on Monday morning as people representing various unions and their locals waved flags, cheered and celebrated Labour Day. Since 1996, Port Elgin has been the site of the annual Labour Day parade, which attracts thousands of union members and retirees to both reflect [...]

The Silver Cs from the Owen Sound area are gearing up to hold a Thanksgiving food drive in the coming weeks. During the last three weeks of September, the group of retired men will be at city grocery stores on Thursday and Friday collecting food for the local Salvation Army Food Bank. With no fault [...]

When Rob and Barb Harnack headed out for a date day on the water on Friday, they didn't realize that they would be returning to land with a special passenger. That third wheel would end up being the 35th Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular's top trout, a 22.40-pound (10.09-kilogram) monster that won him a new boat, [...]

The countryside was brought into the middle of town on Saturday as the 166th Meaford Fall Fair took over the fairgrounds and curling club. But with factors including ever-rising costs, dwindling volunteer numbers and an aging rural population weighing on them, Meaford and St. Vincent Agricultural Society Garry Smart wasn't sure how much longer small [...]