Owen Sound Sun Times

Meaford chief administrative officer Rob Armstrong is retiring. Armstrong has worked for the municipality since 2009 in a variety of roles and has served as Meaford's CAO since 2018, it said in a news release from the municipality. Throughout his tenure at the Municipality of Meaford, Rob has been instrumental in guiding the organization to [...]

The OPP in Grey-Bruce laid dozens of charges during its Civic Holiday Weekend Campaign. On Wednesday, both the South Bruce OPP and Grey-Bruce OPP released results for the Aug. 4 to 7 campaign, which focused on traffic moving over for emergency vehicles and tow trucks, as well as the big four" infractions - distracted driving, [...]

Bruce B's Unit 6 is another step closer to returning to service after it achieved a sustained fission chain reaction, which creates the heat needed to produce electricity. The unit, which is the first of six that Bruce Power and its partners are refurbishing as part of its Major Component Replacement between 2020 and 2033, [...]

Summerfolk 48 is just a little over a week away and preparations are in full swing to welcome thousands of music fans back to the annual music and crafts festival. This year's festivities will run Aug. 18-20 at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park in Owen Sound, and will feature approximately 35 musical acts, more than [...]

A road rage incident in Wiarton on Tuesday has resulted in assault charges against a South Bruce Peninsula resident. At approximately 1:40 p.m. Grey Bruce OPP responded to a report of an assault on Berford Street. Officers determined a driver assaulted another one, police said in a news release. A 46-year-old from South Bruce Peninsula [...]

The South Bruce Grey Health Centre has announced the temporary closure of emergency departments in Chesley, Durham and Walkerton due to insufficient staffing. On Tuesday, it was announced that the Chesley ED would be closed Tuesday at 5 p.m. and reopen Friday at 7 a.m. The Chesley ED will then again close on Friday at [...]

The sand at Sauble Beach is ready to be moulded into whatever creations flow from the minds of sculptors when Sandfest returns to the Lake Huron community this weekend. The annual event will kick off on Saturday with the sand sculpture competition just north of the Sauble Beach sign along Lakeshore Boulevard. Registration is at [...]

The annual Chantry Chinook Classic Salmon Derby has wrapped up for 2023 with 1,530 fish weighed in. The numbers that really impressed me, was that of those 1,530 fish, 1,103 of them were chinook salmon," Derby chair Mike Hahn said Tuesday. For some reason this spring on both sides of the Peninsula - on the [...]

Two motorcyclists have been charged with stunt driving after they were stopped on the Bruce Peninsula for going more than 65 kilometres per hour over the posted speed limit. Just after 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, police stopped two motorcycles on Highway 6 in Northern Bruce Peninsula after an officer observed them travelling in excess of [...]

An accused porch pirate" in Owen Sound has been arrested two days after a package was taken, but police have unfortunately been unable to recover the goods. Shortly after noon on Sunday, a man entered the front porch of a west-side residence and stole the package that had recently been delivered. The home was equipped [...]

An Owen Sound woman has been charged with impaired driving after a stop sign was struck at the corner of 32nd Street East and East Bayshore Road on Sunday afternoon. Just prior to 2:30 p.m., the 47-year-old woman was driving a 2019 Toyota Corolla northbound on East Bayshore Road. As she attempted to turn right [...]

Former Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation chief Vernon Roote died Aug. 4 at Chapman House hospice in Owen Sound. He was 74. He died of a chronic condition and spent two days in hospice. A cedar bath ceremony was performed there to remove any body negativity before he entered the spirit world, his son, Mark, [...]

You could say Ethan Kruisselbrink celebrated the Civic holiday Monday the hard way. Facing headwinds and rain in his face, he finished first in the 13-kilometre Shore to Shore race along hilly roads from Oliphant on the Lake Huron shoreline to Wiarton on the shores of Georgian Bay in a time of 45:20.7. The event [...]

Wiarton's Rotary Club threw birthday bash Sunday marking its 85th anniversary afternoon and everyone was invited. The free event included a barbecue, inflatable slide and lawn games, Petunia the Clown and more in Bluewater Park, the same space the cancelled Rotary Village Fair has used for generations. Kids painted and played with golf ball-sized robots [...]

The unemployment rate in the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 4.3 per cent in July but there was a net loss of 700 jobs, Statistics Canada figures show. The provincial unemployment rate increased by 0.4 percentage points to 5.9 per cent. Both rates are unadjusted for seasonality, a monthly bulletin [...]

Alex Williams stood at the Black History Cairn in Harrison Park at the the end of a 15-day bicycle journey that traced the Underground Railroad route escaping U.S. slaves used to reach freedom in Canada. It's been very rewarding, we shed tears," said the 47-year-old married father of three from Normal, Ill. He and eight [...]

Chippewas of Nawawh Unceded First Nation voters elected Greg Nadjiwon as chief over incumbent Veronica Smith Friday. Nadjiwon, a former chief and councillor, was elected with 291 votes over Smith, who received 218. Smith also ran for a councillor position, as rules in the election permitted, but was not elected, the statement of votes from [...]

Local demand for food aid has never been so great, the Owen Sound Salvation Army food bank co-ordinator said Friday. In a week when owners of Kelseys restaurant donated about 1,100 pounds of frozen meat to the food bank after a fire Tuesday, Alice Wannan said that food will be hugely impactful for the next [...]

Kelseys restaurant franchise owners in Owen Sound donated food spared by Tuesday's fire to the Salvation Army. The donation was noted in a Facebook post by Alice Wannan, co-ordinator of Owen Sound Family Services and the food bank at the Salvation Army, the day of the fire. In the midst of tragedy ....30 employees who [...]

A decision by the Grey Highlands committee of adjustment to deny the severance and sale of a Lake Eugenia public access point to abutting cottagers is being called a small victory for democracy by some residents. A complex multi-year process came to a head in July when the committee voted on two severance applications proposed [...]

Warrant Officer Reid Bellamy, a graduate of St. Mary's High School in Owen Sound, is serving in Kamloops as part of Operation LENTUS in support of the B.C. Wildfire Service. LENTUS is the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) response to natural disasters in Canada. The objectives of operation LENTUS are to help provincial and territorial authorities [...]

Already a city sports Hall of Famer, Chatsworth's Bayleigh Hooper has added another sporting accomplishment to her list of accolades. On Thursday, Hooper tied for the lead in the women's lower extremity division at the 2023 NOBULL CrossFit Games in Wisconsin, at her first CrossFit Games competition. Her 680 combined points in the fitness challenge [...]

On Friday, the Owen Sound Attack continued their build-up to the 2023-24 season with the signing of 2023 OHL Priority Selection draft third-round pick Gabriel Smith to a standard player agreement. Attack General Manager Dale DeGray welcomed Smith and his family to the Attack organization in a team media release. I look forward to seeing [...]

The Team Ontario under-15 and under-19 teams won gold and silver respectively at the Women's Field Lacrosse National Championships in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Thursday. The under-15 squad beat Team BC 11-8 in the final. The team, featuring Owen Sound North Stars Bree Wilkins and Taryn Weppler, went undefeated in the tournament winning all four of their [...]

Chippewas of Nawash Chief Veronica Smith says her priorities heading into Friday's band elections include dealing with the opioid crisis on the reserve, referendums on big issues including the DGR nuclear waste vault, and the housing shortage. Smith is completing a two-year term as chief. She served five terms as band councillor, from 2007 to [...]

In honour of Tom Thomson's birthday, the art gallery bearing his name in Owen Sound has announced plans to digitize its entire collection. To mark the birth 146 years ago Saturday of this local artist of national importance, 70 Thomson artworks and related items in the collection are presented on the Tom Thomson Art Gallery [...]

A dead crow in Grey-Bruce tested positive for West Nile virus. This is the first bird to test positive for the virus in Grey-Bruce this year. No human cases of the mosquito-borne viral disease had been reported in Ontario or Canada this year, up to Aug. 2, a news release from Grey Bruce Public Health [...]

The OPP is rolling out a new video surveillance camera registry locally for anyone who wishes to share video with police to help them solve crimes. Grey Bruce OPP is inviting anyone they serve, who has a video surveillance camera, closed-circuit TV or doorbell camera, to register. Even once registered, there's no obligation to provide [...]

Speed limits of 30 km/h are coming to several school zones throughout the city following amendments to the Owen Sound traffic bylaw. Late last month, city council passed changes to the bylaw to include school zones at most of the city's elementary schools. The amendments will create speed limits of 30 km/h on weekdays between [...]

South Bruce Peninsula is setting off fireworks on the Civic Holiday weekend after cancelling them due to dry conditions before Canada Day.. The town is holding two fireworks shows this weekend. Sauble Beach residents and visitors can see the fireworks on Saturday at King Edward Avenue, at the north end of the beach, beginning at [...]

Russian brothers Danil and Roman Korenkov, who escaped Russia after they were arrested and fined for their protest in support of jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny, are living in a Warsaw hostel awaiting local efforts to bring them to safety in Hanover. The 22-year-old twins are in daily contact with Hanover Mission Church pastor David [...]

Athletic medals and memorabilia were stolen from a home in Chatsworth, and the OPP is asking for help recovering them The items were reported stolen on July 4 after a residential theft in the township, according to a police news release. The stolen medals include awards from the 1988 Canadian National Championship, 1986 Elite Canada [...]

A Londoner previously alleged to be a member of the Hells Angels and two developers, all of whom were charged in a crackdown on illegal sports betting, are embroiled in a multi-million dollar lawsuit over a botched luxury development near Collingwood. At the centre of the legal battle is a 2.5-hectre parcel of land in [...]

The Owen Sound John Shute Optometry North Stars under-15 B team won Ontario Women's Field Lacrosse gold and brought home the gold for the Scenic City. After a dominant round robin, in which the North Stars won both games by a combined score of 35-5, the girls punched their ticket to the semifinals with a [...]

The Women's Centre Grey Bruce is raising $150,000 for renovations to a house where young victims of human trafficking can stay. A new Adopt-A-Room campaign supports the Owen Sound-based organization's Anti-Human Trafficking Program for Youth. Renovations have started and the house purchased this year should be open this winter for eight youths, a Women's Centre [...]

Former Chippewas of Nawash chief Greg Nadjiwon is running for chief in Friday's band elections, which he views as a report card" on the current chief. I'm running because quite a few people had come up and asked if I'd consider accepting a nomination," he told The Sun Times Tuesday. I look at it as [...]

A suspected electrical room fire before opening at Kelseys restaurant in Owen Sound Tuesday morning caused extensive smoke damage but no injuries. The staff did an excellent job of notifying 911 immediately and evacuating the building," Owen Sound Fire Chief Phil Eagleson said at the scene. Firefighters contained flames in the electrical room, the origin [...]

Durham hospital's emergency department hours are being reduced temporarily due to ongoing staff shortages starting tonight, South Bruce Grey Health Centre announced. The department will be closed today at 5 p.m. and will reopen Aug. 2 at 7 a.m.; it will close over the weekend starting Friday, Aug. 4 at 5 p.m. and reopening Sunday, [...]

Friday's Chippewas of Nawash election will feature incumbent Veronica Smith and Gregory Nadjiwon on the ballot in the race for chief. Members of the First Nation will go to the polls Friday to elect a chief and eight councillors. All eight incumbent councillors are running again, amid a field of 24, according to a post [...]

Tobermory summer resident and airport user Thomas Brown asked Northern Bruce Peninsula council if it would sell the local airport to him and his partners. Brown made the proposal on July 24. Municipal staff will review the idea and prepare a report within two months. A recording of his presentation is on the town's YouTube [...]

Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police responded to eight marine-related calls on the weekend on Lake Huron. Saturday at 1:14 p.m. the Grey Bruce OPP Marine Unit helped rescue a disabled vessel on Lake Huron.With the assistance of the Coast Guard the vessel made it to shore safely, a police news release said Monday. At 2:27 [...]

Owen Sound's Hannah Fraser finished first in the women's Olympic distance race at the 2023 Owen Sound Subaru Triathlon Sunday at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park. Before she crossed the finish line there was a buzz surrounding the Owen Sound racer leading the pack among the women. When she crossed the line in a time [...]

As Julian Smith continues his pursuit of excellence and his dream to race for Canada, his friends and family are once again holding an annual fundraiser to help with training and race expenses. The Communiski Dinner is set for Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. at Gleason Brook Pottery, 070527 Zion Church Road, Georgian [...]

This year's Walkerton Clean Water Legacy Award winner is Owen Sound's Katelynn Lavergne, who is studying environmental sciences at the University of Guelph. Lavergne was awarded $1,500 to help support the cost of her tuition. Lavergne is in the final year of a bachelor of science program and is home working for the summer. I [...]

Local MPPs recently announced the Ontario government will invest $6 million to support 30 multi-year projects aimed at helping protect, conserve and restore the Great Lakes. The investments are aimed at reducing plastic litter, excess nutrients and road salt entering lakes, rivers and streams, and advancing climate resiliency while restoring environmentally degraded areas of the [...]

The Oakville Rock put a stop to the Owen Sound North Stars 2023 campaign by completing a three-game sweep at home Friday night. With the N'Stars on the brink, the Rock topped Owen Sound 16-12 inside the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre and will now face the winner of the Brooklin Merchants and Six Nations Rivermen [...]

In four years childhood cancer survivor Jesse Walker has raised nearly $100,000 for cancer research by running a full marathon, two half-marathons and now an Olympic triathlon. What's next? I'm going to try and find a cure. That's the goal I'm trying to beat when I become a doctor," he said moments after crossing the [...]

Careless smoking is said to be the cause of a highrise balcony fire in Owen Sound Friday afternoon. Owen Sound fire crews responded to a fully involved fire on the balcony of a sixth-floor unit at the Parkway Apartments just after 2 p.m. According to a media release from Owen Sound Fire and Emergency Services, [...]

BAYSOX EDGE MARINERS IN FINALE The Owen Sound Baysox finished their sophomore season in the North Dufferin Baseball League on a high note. The Baysox beat the Midland Mariners 9-8 in their final game of the regular season. A double hit by Trevor Smith in the top of the seventh inning plated the winning run. [...]

Police have charged a 37-year-old Owen Sound man with second-degree murder and forcible confinement in connection with the death of Terry Albert Hull, 47 of Toronto, at a 2nd Avenue East residence earlier this month. A 37-year-old woman faces charges of accessory after the fact and forcible confinement, while both individuals face firearms charges, police [...]