Owen Sound Sun Times

There's something to do every minute of the day in Owen Sound to celebrate this year's longest day of summer

'Everybody needs a place to live. It's not an industrial use.' -- planning consultant Ron Davidson speaking to neighbours concerned about proposed rental apartments

Hanover Police have obtained a warrant for the arrest of 33-year-old Codie Bloom in relation to a fatal hit-and-run in Hanover. In a news release, police said Bloom is wanted on charges of dangerous driving causing death, failure to remain at the scene of a collision resulting in death, and arson. Hanover Police said on [...]

The province is picking up the $1.3 million tab for the rehabilitation of the CP Rail Trail pedestrian tunnel that passes under Hwy. 26 (16th Street East) on the east end of Owen Sound. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Paul Vickers announced on Monday that the province's Connecting Links program will fund the $1,325,539 project. Active transportation [...]

A four-day commercial motor vehicle blitz resulted in 80 charges and 46 vehicles taken out of service by police. The Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), in partnership with the Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Finance, Hanover Police Service, West Grey Police Service, Owen Sound Police Service, and Saugeen Shores Police Service, conducted a four-day [...]

The Owen Sound Creative Playgrounds North Stars Junior Elite Women's Lacrosse (JEWL) team came up short Monday night, falling 9-6 to the Oakville Lady Hawks. Owen Sound's trend of early-game struggles continued as Oakville stormed out to a 3-0 lead within the first five minutes. Both teams generated quality scoring chances throughout the remainder of [...]

The Nature Conservancy of Canada is protecting nearly a kilometre of Lake Huron shoreline and coastal habitats on the Bruce Peninsula. The NCC announced on Tuesday that its newest 29-hectare conservation project is located west of Tobermory, in an area known as China Cove, and features thriving wetlands, forests, and alvars. The newly protected area [...]

Council directed staff to amend its flag bylaw to enact changes to when international flags may fly at city facilities.

West Grey Police Association raised concerns about impacts of joint-policing concept.

The province will fund nearly half the total project cost to replace the ice pad, arena boards and glass at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Paul Vickers announced late last week that the Ontario Ministry of Sport's Community Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Fund (CSRIF) is doling out over $2 million in [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars are headed to the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League playoffs. With a split in their final two games of the regular season, the North Stars finished the 20-game regular season with a record of 9-11-0 and finished in eighth place in the Western Conference. The bad news, the North Stars [...]

What you need to know about everything related to the G7 summit in Kananaskis

Sr. B NORTH STARS SPLIT IN ENNISMORE The Owen Sound North Stars split a two-game set on the road in Ennismore this past weekend. The Ennismore James Gang took the first game by a score of 9-5 inside the Robert E. Young Recreation Centre Friday night, led by a three-goal performance by Nick Dilauro. On [...]

Four students from Ecole secondaire catholique Saint-Dominique-Savio have created an epic wolfpack mural inside the school's gymnasium. Ange Kingue Nkongo, Arisabet O'Brien, Chloe Hicks and Mariah Adamson from the school's emerging art department produced the mural. It depicts the school's wolf mascot, but also takes inspiration from the beauty of Grey and Bruce counties, the [...]

Archery, target shooting, birdwatching and fishing challenges were just a few of the activities youth were able to experience.

Everyone was a winner at the Walk Run for REACH along Owen Sound's waterfront on Saturday morning. While those participating in the event certainly got a workout, so too did the volunteers holding the finish line tape, as every participant was given the opportunity to experience the thrill of the run and to break the [...]

The suspect vehicle was found in bush lot just west of the town

South Bruce OPP have located a teen reported missing from the Kincardine area about two weeks ago. Police said in a news release issued early Friday evening that 15-year-old Jillianne Dixon had been located safe. Police had received a report on May 31 that she had been missing from the Kincardine area. In Friday's release, [...]

Pierce Mbuyi is the latest CHL standout to ink a commitment with a U.S. college

'We look forward to enhancing service access and delivering person-centered, trauma-informed care across the region.' -- Katie Cuillerier, CEO, Participation Lodge Grey Bruce

The province is reducing the allocation of child care spaces in Grey and Bruce counties as part of a restructuring of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care program. The move has frustrated local politicians, who argue that the local demand for child care spaces justifies the need for previously allocated spaces. Plans are in [...]

Dr. Cole Radbourne recently started his career as a veterinarian with Metzger Veterinary Services in Chesley.

MBUYI TABBED FOR CHL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR As the Ontario Hockey League's Rookie of the Year, the Owen Sound Attack's Pierce Mbuyi is up for the Canadian Hockey League's annual award this Friday. Mbuyi, 17, became the first Attack player to win the Emms Family Award after breaking the franchise's true rookie" scoring record [...]

Students applaud after releasing about 300 little salmon they raised into the Sydenham River Friday

A 66-year-old Hanover woman died when hit by a car as she crossed the road.

A dead crow found in Bruce County has tested positive for mosquito-borne West Nile Virus. Grey Bruce Public Health issued a notice Thursday afternoon after receiving confirmation. The crow was submitted to the Canadian Wildlife Health Co-Operative for testing on June 6. While the risk of acquiring West Nile Virus in Grey-Bruce remains low, there [...]

SON has spent more than two decades in litigation and suspects it would have faced another decade or more on hearings and appeals, so it's discontinuing its pursuit of Aboriginal title to territorial waters in court.

The TD Summer Reading Club is launching on Saturday, June 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library. Youth are invited to the library to set a reading goal, play games and add their personal touch to the library mural. Meanwhile, the library is offering a [...]

'You do not need the government's permission to protest, and this law needs to be challenged if the municipality does not repeal it soon." -- Canadian Constitution Foundation

Young filmmakers in Grey-Bruce have been hard at work, and soon the fruits of their labour may be enjoyed for free at the Galaxy Cinemas in Owen Sound. On Wednesday, June 18, the Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival's free public screening will begin at 4:30 p.m. inside the Galaxy Cinemas (10th Street W.). Ten short [...]

New commander was born and raised in Grey-Bruce

The fourth annual Race for REACH is set for Saturday at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. The five-kilometre walk-run race, which supports youth and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, is a fundraiser for the REACH Centre Grey-Bruce, a local self-funded charity. The rain-or-shine race starts at the back entrance to the Bayshore at [...]

Markdale residents are prominently featured in the new documentary about the town's past, present and future

The teen who died was larger than life" and always a friend to anyone that needed one" a Gofundme campaign says.

More accessibility improvements are planned

West Grey Police say a machete and handgun were used in a robbery at the Northern Credit Union in Durham on Tuesday. On June 10, at approximately 4:40 p.m., members of the West Grey Police Service responded to an armed robbery at the credit union at 118 Queen St. S. in Durham. Four male suspects, [...]

Georgian College and Brightshores Health System are working together to provide palliative care simulation training to health care providers starting this fall. The two organizations said in a news release Monday that the training will bolster palliative care and support for families in Grey-Bruce. The need for high-quality palliative care in the community is greater [...]

Matthew Poste may well be the best-conditioned Special Olympian in all of Grey-Bruce. He never broke stride and barely broke a sweat as he once again carried the torch and led participants of the Law Enforcement Torch Run up the punishing 9th Street West hill in Owen Sound Tuesday afternoon. Poste carried the torch up [...]

After seeking input from the community in a months-long consultation process, Arran-Elderslie councillors voted to keep the ward-based electoral system. At its regular meeting on Monday, council voted to stick with the ward-based system for the 2026 municipal election. Five ward councillors will remain for Arran, Tara, Chesley, Paisley and Elderslie alongside a duly elected [...]

Brooklin High School won the 2025 OFSAA Boys' AAA Field Lacrosse Festival at OSDSS this past week. Brooklin won gold with a 12-10 win over St. Peter Catholic Secondary School (Peterborough) in the gold medal game Thursday afternoon. Neil McNeil High School (Scarborough) won bronze with an 11-8 win over Malvern Collegiate Institute. Twelve teams [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars fell to 2-3 early in the Major Series Lacrosse (Senior A) season with a 12-5 loss against the Six Nations Chiefs inside the Meaford and St. Vincent Community Centre Saturday night. The back-to-back defending Mann Cup champion Chiefs got hat tricks in the game from Ryan Smith and Tyson Bell [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars have now lost twice in Ontario's senior B loop early this season, and both times to the Six Nations Rivermen. The North Stars (4-2) lost 11-5 to the Rivermen (6-2) Saturday evening inside the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. Davin Bomberry did most of the damage with four goals on the night. [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars are getting hot at the right time. The North Stars went 3-0 this past week and have climbed into the final playoff spot in the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League's Western Conference. With three games remaining in the regular season, the North Stars are 8-9 and a game up on [...]

A trio of Bluewater Athletic Association athletes medalled at the OFSAA Track and Field Championship this past weekend in Toronto. Over a dozen BAA students qualified for the provincial track and field championship at York University. To qualify for the provincial high school meet, the athletes first needed to qualify through the BAA, CWOSSA and [...]

The region's unemployment rate remained the second lowest in the province in May. Last month, the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region's unemployment rate decreased by 0.3 percentage points to 3.9 per cent. Meanwhile, the provincial unemployment rate increased by 0.3 percentage points to 7.9 per cent. Both figures are unadjusted for seasonality. According to the Four [...]

South Bruce OPP cordoned off an area around 1st Avenue North in Chesley while a man barricaded himself inside a property on Saturday afternoon. The South Bruce OPP, West Region OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), Crisis Negotiators, and West Region OPP K-9 responded to a disturbance call at approximately 3 p.m. Saturday, according to a [...]

A 21-year-old woman from Mississauga is facing several charges stemming from a single motor vehicle collision in the Blue Mountains. On Sunday just after 7 p.m., members of the Collingwood and Blue Mountains OPP flagged a black Ford Mustang travelling at twice the posted speed limit while driving westbound on Highway 26 near Wards Road [...]

The South Bruce OPP are looking for witnesses and dash-cam footage following a motorcycle collision on Bruce Road 3 between Brant-Elderslie Townline and Concession 2A in Arran-Elderslie Saturday afternoon. Police received a report of a single-vehicle collision at approximately 1:56 p.m. on June 7. Police said in a news release that upon arrival, officers observed [...]

Paisley Bluesfest carried on celebrating the blues Saturday, maintaining a tradition that started in 2014. It was held in the Paisley hockey arena Friday and Saturday night, where the black hockey scoreboard's red digital clock glowed and local hockey championship banners hung from the ceiling. But strung with soft yellow lights and enhanced with acoustic [...]