Owen Sound Sun Times

The Owen Sound North Stars are in tough against the defending national champions, but have earned a hard-fought playoff spot after a challenging regular season.

The Owen Sound North Stars are on the brink of elimination in the Ontario Series Lacrosse league senior B playoffs. The North Stars are down 2-0 in their best-of-five series against the league-leading Brooklin Merchants. This past Friday, the Merchants rolled the North Stars, 14-4, in the opening game of the semifinal series. Zac Carrigan [...]

The Owen Sound Fire Department North Stars under-11 team made their way to Oakville this past weekend for the OWFL provincial championships, capping off a stellar regular season with a strong showing that earned them a fifth-place finish in the competitive A' Division. Their first game kicked off early Friday morning under drizzly skies against [...]

The Owen Sound Krueger Custom Steel North Stars under-9 team capped off an exciting 2025 season with a determined showing at the OWFL Provincials this past weekend in Oakville at Shell Park. In their semifinal matchup on Saturday afternoon, the North Stars exploded offensively, taking down the Toronto Beaches in a 13-12 thriller. Logan Quaid [...]

The public was offered a glimpse of life on a tall ship as the deck of the TS Playfair was opened up for tours of the training vessel during its stop in Owen Sound on Sunday. A crowd of several dozen had gathered on the west harbour wall near the Community Waterfront Heritage Centre by [...]

A ninth bed will soon open at the Chapman House Grey-Bruce Hospice in Owen Sound after a recent funding announcement by the province. On Thursday, the province announced that the facility on the city's east side will be adding a bed as part of a $19.75-million capital investment that will bring the total number of [...]

About 65 cardboard vessels of all shapes, sizes and designs took part in Marine Heritage Festival event.

Public health says potential exposure to measles occurred on July 17 and July 21 crossings

Facility located at sewage lagoons in Georgian Bluffs has been mothballed since 2021

Times for many restorations were estimated for later Friday afternoon, while others were still being assessed

Mapping shows locations of registered archaeological sites and areas where sites could potentially exist

Community donations continue to pour in for Port Elgin's new state-of-the-art Aquatic and Wellness Centre. The $49.9 million Aquatic and Wellness Centre (AWC) is on schedule to open in the fall. The AWC will feature an eight-lane 25-metre pool, a warm water leisure pool, as well as a fitness and wellness centre, dual indoor gymnasium, [...]

Justice Maria Carroccia said she didn't believe the complainant in the case against the players and that the Crown hadn't proven its case.

Historically accurate red cedar was preferred product, but alternative was chosen for durability, long lifespan and cost

Meaford is considering jumpstarting the town's now-defunct Business Improvement Area and will soon re-engage with local business owners. Councillors unanimously passed a motion Monday directing staff to initiate a community stakeholder and engagement process to examine restarting the town's Business Improvement Area (BIA) and expanding its boundaries. Staff are proposing a two-phase engagement strategy with [...]

Owen Sound council has accepted a plan after staff took a measured and proactive" approach to implementing the strong mayor powers that were recently bestowed on the head of council by the province. Staff presented a report Monday with a number of procedural updates reflecting the intent of provincial strong mayor powers, while maintaining council's [...]

Sr. B NORTH STARS START PLAYOFFS FRIDAY The Owen Sound North Stars will open up the Ontario Series Lacrosse league postseason Friday in Brooklin. The North Stars finished the regular season with a 7-9 record, finishing fourth in the six-team circuit. The Merchants topped the league with a 14-2 record. The two squads will play [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars beat the Peterborough Lakers, 10-9, this past weekend inside the Eddie Bush Memorial Arena in Collingwood. The North Stars held on in overtime to take the win after the second-place Lakers stormed back late in the Saturday-night contest. Greg Elijah-Brown scored the only goal in the overtime period. Isiah Moran-Weekes, [...]

Owen Sound Coun. Marion Koepke will replace Mayor Ian Boddy on the Owen Sound Police Service Board. Koepke was acclaimed to the board at a city council meeting on Monday after she was the lone nominee put forward. At council's last meeting on July 7, Boddy presented a notice of motion asking for the city's [...]

The Owen Sound Transcontinental North Stars under-19 team won bronze at the Ontario Women's Field Lacrosse provincials this past weekend. The North Stars, competing in the B Division, finished with a 3-1 record at provincials and earned a stop atop the podium. Ryann Seaman's 11-goal outpouring led the North Stars' offence, while Ella McCoubrey and [...]

Owen Sound council has moved ahead with the sale of part of the 21st Street East unopened road allowance to Barry's Construction, which plans to build rental apartments there. Owen Sound council passed a bylaw Monday to stop up and close and declare surplus the section of the 21st Street East road allowance that runs [...]

Sandra Watson and Frederick Wipp of Lion's Head won $1 million in the April 29 LOTTO MAX draw. The pair won the lottery's MAXMILLIONS prize. The winning ticket was purchased at Peninsula Pharmacy on Main Street in Lion's Head. LOTTO MAX players in Ontario have won over $9 billion since 2009, including 115 jackpot wins [...]

Everyone knows about The Grotto, Sauble, now Saugeen Beach, and Blue Mountain resort, but there's plenty of other fun to be had in Grey-Bruce. With the staycation" becoming popular again this summer, as Canadian tourists stay north of the border in protest of Trump's tariffs and threats of annexation, it's time to explore some hidden [...]

Organizations are being invited to submit expressions of interest in the city-owned residential property

Former Owen Sound Coun. Peter Lemon is to be honoured in a future affordable housing build in the city. On Monday, Owen Sound council made it a requirement of a city donation of land to the local non-profit housing authority that the building or complex constructed on the land be named after Lemon, who passed [...]

Owen Sound Fire said there is evidence of forced entry and unlawful occupancy in several of the buildings at the site of the fire.

A wild and violent outburst inside a West Grey Police Service cruiser has resulted in nine criminal charges, according to police. According to a media release, on July 18, West Grey officers arrested a man for public intoxication in the Municipality of West Grey. Police said the man was uncooperative during the arrest, and that [...]

Rental cap and principal residence requirements to be removed for properties zoned Core Commercial

The Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are seeking the public's assistance in locating a stolen, dark green all-terrain vehicle (ATV) in the Grey Highlands area. Police said they were notified that a green Honda Foreman ATV had gone missing from 10 Sideroad on Sunday morning. The vehicle was left on the roadside due to [...]

Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a double theft from a commercial property in the Township of Georgian Bluffs. On Sunday, between 6:17 p.m. and 6:24 p.m., two vehicles were observed entering the back lot of the property located near Highway 6 and 21. Surveillance footage shows both vehicles gained access through an [...]

Catholic school development to be first to access city services extended to area to spur growth

This month, the best player in major junior hockey chose a new development path.

Two men died in a serious collision near Feversham on Sunday morning. Grey Bruce OPP said they are investigating the fatal multi-vehicle collision that occurred shortly after 10 a.m. on Grey Road 31. Police said two pick-up trucks were involved in a head-on collision. The drivers of both vehicles, a 22-year-old male from Southgate and [...]

Jessey The Elf defended his jingle-bell-topped crown in the Olympic distance event at the Subaru Triathlon Series in Owen Sound on Sunday. Elf - his legal name after he changed it because of his love for Christmas - finished in a time of 2:06:23 to take his second straight Scenic City title. I really love [...]

For 40 years Mark Perry helped share local stories and put people on television, from future NHLers to beer-league heroes and everything in between.

The walk in memory of Jeff Courage who died by suicide in 2019 has become the CMHA's biggest local fundraiser.

Grey Bruce Public Health submitted the bat for testing following a possible human exposure.

Boat will go on permanent display at Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre

Anthony Lippett nearly drowned in Lake Huron almost 30 years to the day after his father went missing nearby while canoeing.

The ceremony is a show of respect and honour between a town and military force.

NORTH STARS FALL IN BROOKLIN Sean Westley scored three goals as the Brooklin Lacrosse Club topped the Owen Sound North Stars 10-5, Wednesday night inside the Iroquois Park Sports Centre. Steve Orleman earned the win in net. Owen Sound's Brayden Mayea netted a pair of goals for the second-straight game, while Tanner Buck, Jackson Webster [...]

A quartet of young Owen Sound Attack players and prospects received a call from Hockey Canada recently. Earlier this week, Hockey Canada announced its summer rosters for the organization's under-17 and under-18 selection camps. The camps will help Hockey Canada's management select the final rosters for Team Canada ahead of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup and [...]

South Bruce Peninsula is likely to sign an agreement with St. Catharines for fire dispatch services when its agreement with the Owen Sound police expires at the end of the year. The move comes after South Bruce Peninsula joined forces with other Bruce County fire departments to seek out a new fire services dispatching contract. [...]

Police recovered more than $100,000 worth of stolen property after locating a stolen U-Haul truck in an investigation spanning two counties this month. The Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), and Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), in partnership with Dufferin CSCU and Grey Bruce OPP Crime Unit, have charged a 51-year-old man from Southgate and [...]

People "released to the sidewalk" are sometimes faced with starting over without identification, transportation, money, immediate medical needs or shelter, a new report says

The Owen Sound Attack signed Nicholas Sykora to a player agreement Wednesday. The Attack selected the 18-year-old son of NHLer Petr Sykora in the third round of the 2025 OHL Priority Selection. He split time between the USHL's Omaha Lancers and Sioux City Musketeers last season and is committed to Quinnipiac University for the 2026-27 [...]

South Bruce Peninsula councillors unanimously supported a proposed 60-acre solar farm near the intersection of Bruce Road 14 and Pleasantview Road. Council received a delegation from Roberto Caputo on behalf of Compass Greenfield Development, where Caputo is the senior director of development, at a meeting Tuesday. The company proposes to develop an approximately 11 MWac [...]

A driver was flown to hospital in London after a two-vehicle crash closed an intersection southwest of Teeswater this morning. Police received a report of the collision, at Con. 4 and Sideroad 20 in South Bruce, at about 7 a.m. Wednesday, South Bruce OPP said in a news release. One driver was flown to a [...]

Arran-Elderslie council has rejected a zoning bylaw amendment application for a 400-megawatt battery storage facility on a property southeast of Tara. Council voted unanimously on Monday to refuse the application by the proponent of the Tara BESS facility, which is proposed for a 40-acre leased parcel of land on the southwest corner of Arran Concession [...]

The Subaru Triathlon Series returns to the Scenic City on Sunday, and the athletes who take to Kelso Beach at Nawash Park will have a chance to qualify for the 2026 World Triathlon Championship in Spain. Owen Sound's course includes both Olympic and sprint distances. Owen Sound's triathlon is one of 12 races in Ontario [...]