Owen Sound Sun Times

The Inter Township Fire Department was kept busy on Wednesday when they responded to a pair of fires in Georgian Bluffs. South Bruce Peninsula and Inter Township firefighters responded to the first fire at around 11:30 a.m. at a scrap yard on Concession 24 of the former Keppel Township. Deputy Chief Andy Redmond said a [...]

The local health unit has issued a drug poisoning alert after seven non-fatal overdoses occurred in Grey-Bruce in the first five days in June. Fentanyl is believed to be responsible for five of the seven overdoses, which led to a pair of overdose alerts being issued to the community, Grey Bruce Public Health said in [...]

A local volunteer organization seeking to stop the construction of TC Energy's proposed pumped storage project in Meaford recently won an award for leadership and action in environmental conservation. Ontario Nature - a 30,000-member charity dedicated to protecting wild species and spaces - awarded the Save Georgian Bay Association its 2024 Corporate Award for demonstrating [...]

The public can get a peek inside some of Georgian Bluffs' most eco-efficient residences at an upcoming tour of homes. The municipality and the Georgian Bluffs Climate Action Team are partnering to hold the Greener Homes Tour on June 16. The self-guided tour will feature about 10 stops at homes demonstrating real-world applications of cutting-edge [...]

Bruce County is seeking input from the public to help shape its 2025 budget. The county has launched its 2025 budget survey, which will help shape the county's priorities and provide feedback. For the 2025 budget, we are looking to further our strategic goals and continue to build a welcoming and financially sustainable community. The [...]

An 88-year-old Mississauga driver died when a car went into Lake Huron Wednesday night. South Bruce OPP was called at 9:44 p.m. about a motor vehicle entering Lake Huron from Amberley Road in Huron-Kinloss. Huron-Kinloss firefighters, Bruce County paramedics and police removed the driver from the vehicle and attempted lifesaving measures.The driver, an 88-year-old individual [...]

The Township of Georgian Bluffs is gearing up to host the second annual Engage GB: Connect and Collaborate event. The event designed to foster open dialogue and collaboration between community members is scheduled for June 18 at Grey Roots Museum from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The township said in a media release the community [...]

Enrolment growth and higher school space utilization are working in Bluewater District School Board's financial favour, board business superintendent Andrew Low said Wednesday. BWDSB trustees will vote June 18 on the school board's $277,378,764 budget for 2024-25, which was presented to the board's business committee Tuesday. The operating budget includes $11.745 million or five per [...]

GEORGE EARNS ANOTHER ALL-STAR NOD After being named to the Ontario Hockey League's third All-Star Team, and the All-Rookie Team, Owen Sound Attack goaltender Carter George made the Canadian Hockey League's All-Rookie Team. The 2024 NHL Draft prospect led the CHL in saves (1744) and shots faced (1923) this past season, while 23 wins this [...]

Scott Wray said he liked how longtime OHL coach Stan Butler threw him into the deep end when he was hired as an assistant coach with the North Bay Battalion in 2017. Owen Sound Attack general manager Dale DeGray - perhaps unwittingly - did the same Tuesday afternoon when he invited the team's passionate fanbase [...]

The Crown will give an opening statement to the jury Monday and call its first witness in the first-degree murder trial of Matthew McQuarrie in Owen Sound. Superior Court Justice Erika Chozik gave her instructions to the jury Tuesday for the trial, which she told prospective jurors during jury selection could take eight to 12 [...]

Students from Grey-Bruce have brought home some hardware from the Canada-Wide Science Fair. The six students who represented Team Bluewater were among 385 student finalists in grades 7 to 12 from across the country who took part in the 62ndedition of the fair at Carleton University in Ottawa on May 26-31. Bluewater Regional Science and [...]

A pair of track stars from Hanover's John Diefenbaker Senior School are headed back to OFSAA this weekend. Ava Moric has twice won double gold at the provincial track and field championship and will return this year as a senior to try and do it again. The distance runner won gold as a junior athlete [...]

Police arrested a man of no fixed address at gunpoint in a Hanover convenience store parking lot Saturday morning, a Hanover Police Service news release said. Hanover policefound a stolen vehicle in the Mac's Milk store lot at Bruce Road 10 and Concession 2. The suspect was sitting in the driver's seat in the idling [...]

As the deadline to transfer the inpatient beds out of the Durham hospital came and went on Monday, West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles said he felt fortunate that he was feeling well. But at the same time he was feeling concerned for anyone in the area who might be need care after Monday. Certainly the [...]

Hanover police have seen a 50 per cent increase in the number of people arrested and held in custody on outstanding warrants. Figures provided by Hanover Police Service show that to the end of May, Hanover police incarcerated 157 suspects, a 50 per cent increase over's last year's 105 suspects incarcerated. The bulk of them [...]

Right out of a black and white sci-fi moving from the 50s, an invasive hammerhead worm has been reported in Wiarton. So-called for its flat, hammer-shaped head, it produces a slimy neurotoxin and eats earthworms, garden slugs and snails.But this guy's mouth is in the middle of its body. They're native to Asia but have [...]

Jr. B N'STARS GO BACK-TO-BACK The Owen Sound North Stars (8-7) climbed out of the basement in the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League's Mid-West Division with a pair of wins over the weekend. Carter Moran netted four goals and added three assists as the N'Stars topped the Windsor Clippers 14-3 at the Bayshore in Owen [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars hosted Ontario Women's Field Lacrosse action at the Kiwanis complex this past weekend. The Scenic City squads hosted teams from across the province in the under-11, under-13, under-15 and under-19 age groups for Week 2 of the OWFL regular season. Week 3 (June 8 to 9) in the OWFL shifts [...]

A small community came together in a big way at the fourth annual Chatty Car and Tractor Show on Saturday. Hundreds of people descended on the grounds of the former Chatsworth arena for a day of fun and festivities. This year's show attracted about 200 cars and a couple of dozen tractors, while children enjoyed [...]

The backyard of the Billy Bishop Museum was a buzz of activity on Saturday morning. A small army of volunteers gathered at the First World War flying ace's childhood home where after a couple of hours of digging and planting they had established Pollinate Owen Sound's first pollinator habitat. Liz Zetlin, who has spearheaded the [...]

Anyone who says kids don't go outside anymore would have been in for a surprise had they visited the Sydenham Sportsmen's Association clubhouse south of Owen Sound on Saturday. About 60 youth aged 10 to 17 came out to the club's property for the day, where they learned various outdoor activities and skills, including birdwatching, [...]

A Meaford man was arrested after a robbery at a financial institution in downtown Owen Sound on Friday. At approximately 4:30 p.m., a man entered the financial institution and passed a note to the teller demanding money, . . . or else," Owen Sound police said in a news release. The suspect was given [...]

Major Series Lacrosse returned to Owen Sound Saturday, but the Brooklin Lacrosse Club spoiled the homecoming. The BLC scored five unanswered goals in the third period to hand a young Owen Sound North Stars squad their third-straight loss of the MSL campaign, 10-5, inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. The N'Stars looked poised to [...]

Grey Bruce Pride has a full lineup of events planned this Pride Month to celebrate the 2S-LGBTQQIAP+ community, promote inclusivity and raise awareness. The celebration began on Friday as the Progressive Pride flag was raised at Owen Sound city hall, Saugeen Shores municipal building and other locations around Grey-Bruce. As our community continues to grow, [...]

Casting agents are looking for locals to play race spectators and vendors next week as part of filming for an upcoming Amazon Prime Video series called Motorheads. The series starring Ryan Phillippe and Nathalie Kelley is about a group of outsiders from Pennsylvania's rust belt who bond over their love of cars and racing. The [...]

The Ontario government has announced approximately $28 million for a new public elementary school and child care in Dundalk. It will be the third Bluewater District School Board school in the growing community, joining Highpoint Community School (Grade 3-8) and Dundalk and Proton Community School (JK to Grade 3). Both the existing schools will remain [...]

Brinley Wilson and Cole Hunsberger combined for seven goals as the Elora Mohawks topped the Owen Sound North Stars 13-7 Thursday night in Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League action at the Bayshore. The N'Stars hosted the Mid-West-Division leading Mohawks while the top-ranked club was riding a four-game winning streak. Hunsberger made sure the streak grew [...]

For the first time in more than 20 years the Tom Thomson Art Gallery has received a donation of a painting by the iconic Canadian artist the gallery is named after. The work by Tom Thomson will be unveiled during a special celebration at the gallery on June 14, which will mark the beginning of [...]

Lynne Bennett says she owes her lifeto Durham hospital's staff. She lives in Ayton, a 15-minute drive away, midway between Mount Forest and Durham, the town where her doctor and pharmacist are too. Bennett says she's alive today thanks to doctors and particularly a nurse named Rosie in the Durham emergency department, who coolly [...]

The Hanover area is the newest estimated risk area for blacklegged ticks in Grey-Bruce, according to Public Health Ontario. Blacklegged ticks can transmit the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. Public Health Ontario recently released its 2024 Ontario Blacklegged Tick Established Risk Areas Map. The updated Ontario Blacklegged Tick Estimated Risk Areas map assists public health [...]

Austin Shanks scored five goals as the Brooklin Lacrosse Club handed the Owen Sound North Stars their second loss of the Major Series Lacrosse league regular season Wednesday night. The N'Stars travelled to the Iroquois Park Sports Complex after losing to the Six Nations Chiefs in the MSL season opener on Victoria Day. The home [...]

A vision to have a regional hub for skills training, trades development and business innovation in Owen Sound has been realized. On Thursday a grand opening was held at the now fully operational Sydenham Campus, an almost eight-year journey that has transformed a former elementary school on the city's east side into a centre aimed [...]

Owen Sound Police charged a 74-year-old man with careless driving after a single-vehicle rollover on 9th Avenue East Wednesday morning. According to a police media release, the rollover happened at 8:20 a.m. with the man driving southbound on 9th Avenue East north of 20th Street East in Owen Sound. According to police, the man failed [...]

While lawyers continued to argue the law on the third day of the Sauble Beach boundary dispute appeal, underway at the Ontario Court of Appeal in Toronto, Saugeen First Nation lawyer Nuri Frame told the court the Saugeen people have dealt with a history of injustice. South Bruce Peninsula is appealing a Superior Court [...]

Hundreds of people at multiple sites walked to raise money for the Alzheimer Society of Grey-Bruce on the weekend. The IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's is one of the largest fundraising events in the country, and the local organization's weekend event raised over $65,000 - and counting. Most walkers even managed to dodge Saturday's [...]

Owen Sound council is supporting the Women's House Serving Bruce and Grey in a call to have intimate partner violence declared an epidemic in Ontario. On Monday, council passed a motion brought forward by Coun. Jon Farmer calling on the province to immediately pass Bill 173, the Intimate Partner Violence Epidemic Act. The NDP bill, [...]

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The actors in the upcoming production of The Addams Family at the Roxy Theatre may be young, but the experience they bring to the stage is somewhat scary. The more than two dozen participants in Owen Sound Little Theatre's Roxy Young Company production of The Addams Family - Young@Part are now counting down the final [...]

The Owen Sound Bayhawks under-16 boys' representative basketball team finished the regular season with a 14-4 record in exhibition, league and tournament cup play before earning a bronze medal at the Ontario Cup. Ranking first in the division during league play, and made the second seed after reshuffling headed into the Ontario Cup this past [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars under-13-1 lacrosse team made a mark this past weekend by securing gold at the 36th Annual Laker Classic in Peterborough. The young athletes, many of whom have been playing together since their tyke years, demonstrated exceptional skill and teamwork throughout the high-level single-A tournament. The N'Stars kicked off the tournament [...]

The future of the recycling convenience depot at the Miller Waste transfer station in Owen Sound is unclear. The city has been unable to secure a shared service agreement with Meaford to fund the depot, which had been a stipulation for Owen Sound to continue to provide funding to Miller Waste to keep it open [...]

The Saugeen Shores Winterhawks announced the hiring of former National Hockey League player Nathan Perrott as the team's new head coach Tuesday. Perrott, 47, played 13 seasons of pro hockey, which included stints with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Nashville Predators and Dallas Stars. After hanging up his skates, the Chatsworth native stepped behind the bench [...]

The accolades keep pouring in for Carter George following his remarkable rookie season with the Owen Sound Attack. On Tuesday, the Ontario Hockey League announced George made the league's third all-star team and first all-rookie team. He is only the third OHL goaltender to be voted to a league all-star team and an all-rookie team [...]

Buses will bring people from five Grey-Bruce communities who want to join a health-care rally and protest in Toronto Thursday. The Ontario Health Coalition event is to demand a moratorium on the closure of local public hospitals and a stop to privatization of health care. Grey Bruce Health Coalition members will be speaking at the [...]

A Special Constable with the Owen Sound Police Service has been charged with impaired driving. The accused was off duty when on May 23 just before 9 p.m., Owen Sound police officers encountered a vehicle on 13th Street West. Upon further investigation it was determined the driver had been consuming alcohol and subsequently failed a [...]

Police are investigating a break-in at South Bruce Peninsula's dump, which remains open but with delays. A town spokeswoman said equipment was stolen, that it's under investigation and We are hoping to have it up and running at full capacity sometimes next week." A May 24 notice on the town's website says the dump is [...]

West Grey municipal council declared a state of emergency in health care Tuesday morning, Mayor Kevin Eccles said. He said he's concerned that all 10 in-patient beds are being removed from Durham hospitaland put in Kincardine and Walkerton hospitals, and that Durham's emergency department hours have been reduced. As of last week, patients were being [...]

Owen Sound water rates are going up, but not as much as had been forecasted in the past. At its meeting on Monday, Owen Sound council approved a four per cent increase to water rates that will take effect for the July billing cycles. A typically family of four using 200 cubic metres of water [...]

Owen Sound council gave final approval to the following business licences at its meeting on Monday: Mobile Klinik, a pre-owned mobile phone retailer located at 1350 16th E. Bonnie Lass Salon, a hair salon relocated to 1389 16th E. Annual hawker and peddler licence to Shona Chandler to operate various craft and vendor events throughout [...]