Owen Sound Sun Times

A resident of West Grey has been charged with human trafficking following an investigation in the Brockton area. In June, the South Bruce OPP Crime Unit began an investigation involving a victim from the Brockton area. As a result of the investigation a 27-year old resident of West Grey has been charged with six counts [...]

Ontario-based Clean Works moving into commercialization, and additional crops

A South Bruce Peninsula man faces arson, assault and weapons charges after a fire at a home nearWiarton over the weekend. Just after 6 a.m., Grey Bruce OPP and the South Bruce Peninsula Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire at a residence on Beford Street in the Township of Georgian Bluffs. [...]

Police are seeking witnesses after a crash in Sauble Beach last week left a person with serious injuries. Police, fire and ambulance were called to the crash between a motor vehicle and a motorcycle on Bruce Rd. 8 in South Bruce Peninsula just before 7 p.m. on Thursday (Aug. 22), Grey Bruce OPP said in [...]

A London resident has been charged following a sexual assault at a business in Paisley. On Monday, South Bruce OPP received a report of a sexual assault at a business on Queen Street in the village in the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie. The individual responsible was arrested on Wednesday by the South Bruce OPP Crime Unit, [...]

The captain isn't coming - at least not yet. Owen Sound Attack GM Dale DeGray said Colby Barlow informed the team a few days before training camp that he's decided to stay and prepare in the Toronto area before the Winnipeg Jets meet for camp next month. The Jets selected Barlow in the first round [...]

A 22-year-old Mississauga resident drowned at Sauble Beach on Tuesday. Just before 4 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP, Bruce County paramedics and the South Bruce Peninsula Fire Department responded to a report of two people in distress in Lake Huron. One of the individuals was brought safely to shore. The second person was brought to shore [...]

The Owen Sound Fall Fair returns Sept. 6 and 7 with truck andtractor pulls, a horse show and demolition derby - all on the Victoria Park track in front of the grandstand -which was partly damaged by fire in May and won't be repaired in time for the fair. But the 172nd Owen Sound Fall [...]

For the eighth time this summer Grey Bruce Public Health is sounding the alarm over the local street drug supply following reports of one fatal and four non-fatal drug poisonings over three days last week. Each of the most recent overdoses took place between August 23 and 25. Three of the reported overdoses occurred in [...]

"It's not developing weed control resistance by being here, it's already bringing Group 9, Group 2, and Group 14 resistance with it," says one agronomist

Police charged someone with domestic mischief at the annual Lucknow Music in the Fields festival Friday. Police investigated a report of intimate partner violence on Aug. 23 at a campsite at the weekend concert in Huron-Kinloss, and charged a 48-year-old Owen Sound resident with domestic mischief, a South Bruce OPP news release said. Const. Melissa [...]

Three people wearing life-jackets were rescued after their canoe capsized on Lake Huron south of Kincardine Friday night. One person was taken to hospital for observation but otherwise no injuries were reported, a South Bruce OPP news release said. About 8:35 p.m., three people were reported overdue by family. South Bruce OPP wascontacted aboutthe incident, [...]

A woman will speak Thursday about her experience of addiction in Owen Sound and her recovery. Andrea Donaldson, who grew up in Owen Sound and spent 20 years here in active addiction, said July 30, 2015 was either going to be my recovery date or the date on my tombstone," a news release announcing her [...]

There's new and then there is brand-spanking-new, and for most of those at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre on Monday, it was the latter. Three new coaches, two new imports (one currently in Owen Sound and the other dealing with paperwork), and a boatload of rookies trying to make the team were in town [...]

A young man found guilty of criminal negligence causing deathfor setting a tree house on fire while the victim slept with her boyfriend inside, was sentenced to 18 months in jail, followed by 18 months of probation. After a trial, Superior Court Justice Roger Chown found an intoxicated and disgruntled Taran Hibma, then 18, of [...]

There was a new leader to start the week at the 36th McDonald's Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular. As of noon on Monday the biggest catch so far was a 24.06-pounder caught by Brandon Strain of Sauble Beach on Sunday. He unseated Nick Mandeno of Owen Sound at the top after Mandeno weighed in a 21.82-lb. [...]

A clothes dryer malfunction is being blamed for a fire at a home on Owen Sound's west side on Sunday. The Owen Sound fire department responded at approximately 12:30 p.m. to a report of a structure fire with heavy smoke coming from a second-floor window of a home in the 1000 block of 6th Avenue [...]

Owen Sound fighters put out a fire and kept it to the area of a clothes dryer in the basement of a two-storey home in Owen Sound Sunday. The home sustained about $10,000, including minor smoke damage, in the fire which was reported about 12:30 p.m., a city fire department news release said. Owen [...]

An Owen Sound man has been charged with impaired driving after a collision on Owen Sound's east side on Saturday. Just before 6 p.m., two vehicles were involved in a collision near the intersection of 9th Avenue East and 10th Street East, Owen Sound police said in a news release. A Dodge Caravan was waiting [...]

As Clara Smith said a prayer for those taking part in a more than 30-kilometre walk from Ferndale to Wiarton early Sunday morning, she became so emotional that at times it became hard to say the words. For Smith, it has now been almost 31 years since she last saw her grandson Leslie Jones, who [...]

To say the fishing has been good to start off the 36th McDonald's Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular would be an understatement. The 482 fish weighed in on opening day at this year's derby was the most in one day since 1993. Another 428 were weighed in on Saturday, and 438 were weighed in Sunday, bringing [...]

Public health is warning the public about a blue-green algae bloom in Lake Eugenia that could make people and pets sick. The algae bloom in the southern portion of the lake in Grey Highlands has tested positive for the presence of naturally occurring toxins called microcystins that are harmful to human and animal health, Grey [...]

Two men have been charged and police are continuing to investigate after an assault and robbery on Owen Sound's east side on Aug. 17 that left another person critically injured. Owen Sound Police Service officers responded to an apartment building at approximately 5 p.m. in response to a male being assaulted in the parking lot [...]

The near-perfect conditions on Georgian Bay Friday morning meant that when the weigh station opened for the first time at the 2024 Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular only a handful of anglers had gathered in line. But it didn't take long for the line to grow as a steady stream of fishing derby entrants hauled their [...]

The United Way Bruce Grey's backpack program has already surpassed its initial estimate by handing out more than 2,500 fully-stocked backpacks to kids heading back to school in September. The 2,513 students served to date are the most in the program's history, and the United Way expects that tally to keep ticking upwards. Last year, [...]

Local politicians and staff discussed a wide range of priorities and issues affecting Grey-Bruce at the Association of Municipalities on Ontario conference in Ottawa this week. Everything from homelessness and addictions, to healthcare and long-term care, to energy, transportation and infrastructure were on the minds of area representatives when they met with provincial ministers and [...]

A University of Waterloo student completing a degree in mechanical engineering is the first recipient of the Sharifur Rahman Memorial Scholarship. Shaan Banday said he's honoured to receive the first scholarship in memory of Sharif Rahman, an Owen Sound restauranteur and community leader who was assaulted outside his downtown Owen Sound restaurant and later died [...]

For all the experience that we may have, maybe we don't even recognize the worth of things on our own farms.

Owen Sound teacher Mike Foulds has been elected president of the Ontario Teachers' Federation for a second time. The OTF board of governors elected Foulds as the organization's 81st president at its annual meeting on Tuesday. Foulds, who has been on OTF board of governors since 2009, also served as its president in 2016. OTF [...]

Grey County and its nine member municipalities are discussing a potential shared service model for planning services. County and lower-tier municipal leaders met on Aug. 8 and discussed the model, which would see local planning staff join a reorganized planning department. Local municipal decision-making authority would be unchanged and operational efficiencies would be expected at [...]

Who the (redacted) is Bruce McDonald?" The language used by Owen Sound Attack GM Dale DeGray in his earliest scouting report of the team's newest player isn't fit to be published in a newspaper, but even after redacting the offending word - which starts with an F' - his message of shock is thoroughly conveyed. [...]

The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) is reopening a conservation area after repairs for damage done by illegal off-road vehicles. The SCVA is also temporarily closing the 98-acre Stoney Island Conservation Area for forest management. The conservation authority on Wednesday announced three changes to its properties' availability while reminding the public that the use of [...]

Owen Sound's Jillian Golden and her Team Canada teammates will play for gold at the 2024 World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship in Hong Kong. On Thursday, Goldie and the Canadians beat Japan 17-2 in the semifinals to earn a berth into the gold-medal contest scheduled for 6:30 p.m. (6:30 a.m. EST). The Canadians went a [...]

A crow from Grey-Bruce has tested positive for West Nile, the first bird in the two counties to test positive for the mosquito-borne virus this year. Grey Bruce Public Health announced the findings on Wednesday after the American crow was submitted to the Canadian Wildlife Health Co-operative for testing earlier this month. While the risk [...]

A variety of heritage properties will be on display this weekend in Owen Sound. The Doors Open Ontario heritage tourism program of the Ontario Heritage Trust is running on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with 14 sites in and around Owen Sound open for public viewing. The program showcases buildings, natural spaces, infrastructure [...]

A group of classmates who share a lifelong bond as the final class of the Owen Sound Regional School of Nursing are gathering together for a major milestone. Members of that 1974 class - the last for the hospital-based regional school and the first for the Georgian College Nursing Department - will descend on the [...]

Doug Kennedy is being remembered as a champion for local sports, health care and the Kincardine community. A member of Kincardine council for nearly six years, Kennedy died on Aug. 15 at Huron Shores Hospice in Tiverton at the age of 70 following a battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife Cathy Alcombrack, [...]

South Bruce OPP have made an arrest in a recent break-in and theft, but say they're looking for additional suspects. On Aug. 20, police made a public appeal for information related to an Aug. 18 break and enter at a Queen Street business in Kincardine where approximately $2,500 worth of clothing was stolen. As a [...]

Moreston Heritage Village will be adorned with an array of classic vehicles this weekend. Grey Roots Museum and Archives is having an Antique and Classic Car Show on its grounds on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Last held in 2019, the event will include a variety of restored antique and classic vehicles [...]

The South Bruce Grey Health Centre will hold a pair of community engagement sessions to gather public input on the health care needs in the communities it serves. The sessions will be held on Monday, Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. at the Durham Community Centre and on Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. at the [...]

Grey Bruce Public Health is reminding people to stay up to date on their routine vaccinations, with cases of pertussis on the rise both locally and provincially. In the first seven months of 2024, public health has been notified of 16 confirmed or probably cases of the highly contagious bacterial respiratory infection, which is also [...]

Grey Bruce Public Health has advised against swimming at area beaches after recent heavy rains. The local health unit issued a reminder to residents and visitors Monday that swimming at beaches within 48 hours of heavy rain or while the water remains unusually cloudy can pose a risk to one's health. While Public Health does [...]

The owner of a dog that jumped a cedar-rail fence and fell into an old hand-dug well near the Bruce Trail in Bognor wants more done to avoid similar incidents. I'd hope it would be done soon, and continue to be one of the best maintained and historic trails around, than end up reading years [...]

The New Lowell Knights didn't do themselves any favours in Game 1 of the North Dufferin Baseball League semifinal series against the Owen Sound Baysox Monday night. After taking a 2-0 lead in the top of the fifth inning, the defending back-to-back champions imploded as the Baysox took Game 1 of the best-of-five series by [...]

The owners of the former Talisman Mountain Resort property has announced plans for a large health and wellness community complete with a hotel and Nordic spa at the former ski resort. Brian Ellis and Phil Cavano, who own the property that includes the former resort and ski hills, have announced the proposal that could see [...]

A new class of local entertainment legends are set to be inducted into the Bruce Grey Music Hall of Fame. The local music hall of fame committee has announced that five nominees will be inducted into the hall as part of the class of 2024. The new members, who will enshrined in the hall at [...]

It's a wet and swampy Saturday night at the Summerfolk Music Festival in the Scenic City - but the crowd is riding the wave. Whether in defiance of the atrocious weather or deference to it, the folkies" in their tarp-covered lawn chairs push rain-matted hair out of their eyes and take in the show. Sporadic [...]

It's both a homecoming and a welcome to new guests. The 39th Annual Neyaashiinigmiing Traditional Pow Wow at Cape Croker Park combined history, culture, and a market at the powwow grounds on Saturday and throughout the weekend. Some in attendance came from as far away as Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan, returning home for the [...]

A little rain won't stop someone in the middle of an 80-kilometre bike ride on a gravel course, especially if they're riding to help save a life. You reach a point of saturation where it's not going to get any worse," Mark Kirton said at the finish line of the Gran Fondo Lake Huron, which [...]