Owen Sound Sun Times

Grey County is purchasing the Diamond Motel on 9th Avenue East in Owen Sound to serve as a short-term residential shelter for those experiencing homelessness. On Thursday, county council directed staff to finalize an agreement to purchase the motel at 713 9th Ave. E. from 2367529 Ontario Inc. for just over $3 million. A bylaw [...]

An expansion to the daycare centre at Ecole catholique Saint-Dominique-Savio in Owen Sound will add 10 early learning and child care spaces. The announcement made earlier this week is part of a $2.3 million investment by the Ontario Ministry of Education. We are very pleased that the Ontario government has recognized the growing needs of [...]

It's hard to get any shine standing in an old-growth forest full of redwood trees, but Carter George is making himself known within NHL scouting circles. When the Owen Sound Attack selected the Thunder Bay goaltender with the 35th-overall pick in the 2022 OHL Priority Selection draft, he measured in at five-foot-11 and 167-pounds. It [...]

Grey County Warden Brian Milne said provincial officials were clearly told at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association Conference in Toronto that municipalities need a better deal from the province but only time will tell if they listen. The mayor of Southgate left the three-day event, which ended Tuesday, searching for how to answer whether he [...]

Free postcards created by the Owen Sound and District Junior Optimists are now available at the Owen Sound Legion for those wishing to do a random act of kindness. The local Optimists are encouraging residents to cheer up seniors and honour people serving in the military by writing a positive message on the postcards. Mailing [...]

A fundraiser that assists the community's most vulnerable is expanding in Grey-Bruce. On Feb. 24, Coldest Night of the Year walks will be held in six communities throughout the two counties, including for the first time in Markdale, Meaford and Hanover. The United Way of Bruce Grey will again lead walks in Saugeen Shores and [...]

Bruce County Warden Chris Peabody left the three-day Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference Tuesday with assurances of more rural access to natural gas and that municipalities would be consulted on impacts such as on housing in the event of future nuclear expansion at the Bruce. Natural gas buildout in Brockton, where Peabody's mayor, and elsewhere [...]

Calling all tastemakers, community builders and culture shifters, nominations are now open for the city's 2024 Arts, Culture and Volunteer Awards. Owen Sound will be host for the awards ceremony on Sunday, April 14, at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery from 2 to 4 p.m. Nominations close Thursday, March 14 at 5 p.m. The public [...]

The Owen Sound Attack and third-year defender Taos Jordan have teamed up to help raise money for the Owen Sound Emancipation Festival and Team Jamaica in celebration of Black History Month. On Feb. 3, when the Owen Sound Attack host the London Knights inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre, the Attack will wear special [...]

Georgian College's Henry Bernick Entrepreneurship Centre is establishing an office in Owen Sound where it will provide expertise to help Grey-Bruce businesses stabilize and grow. The Bernick Centre provides mentorship through a global network of experts, programs and services tailored to needs. It will be located in Grey County's Sydenham Campus, in the former elementary [...]

Street drugs worth an estimated $34,000 were located during a vehicle search in downtown Owen Sound early Sunday morning. At approximately 4 a.m., a uniform patrol member was conducting proactive patrols in the downtown core when he observed a driver committing a Highway Traffic Act violation, Owen Sound police said in a news release. The [...]

Everyone is falling for the puppy dog eyes at the Owen Sound Artists' Co-op this month. Throughout January the Legacy Gallery has been home to a special art show fundraiser by Studio XX called PUP-arazzi. The show of more than 30 acrylic paintings features dogs of all breeds - as well as one cat - [...]

One in six or seven post-secondary students are international students at Georgian College's Owen Sound campus. Monday, the federal government capped study permits for international students Canada-wide at about one-third fewer this year over last. In Ontario, the cap could amount to as much as a 50 per cent intake cut, since the federal cap [...]

Owen Sound's rich marine, rail and industrial heritage will be in the spotlight in 2024 as the Community Waterfront Heritage Centre marks its 10th year of operating the marine and rail museum. The CWHC is planning events throughout the year to mark the occasion, beginning with a Folk for Heritage fundraising concert on Saturday evening [...]

A Kincardine woman has been charged with assault with a weapon after police responded to a disturbance on Sunday. Just after noon, South Bruce OPP received a report of a disturbance in the 300 block of Queen Street in Kincardine. Officers responded with members of the Bruce County EMS to find an individual had been [...]

The Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce is holding a lunch event with Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound's provincial and federal political representatives. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff and MPP Rick Byers will be the special guests at the event being held at the Stone Tree Golf Course on Friday. Chamber CEO Diane Austin said the event [...]

A 35-year-old Port Elgin man was found guilty of possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking and was sentenced to six years behind bars. Matthew Weaver, of 605 Market St. in Port Elgin, was arrested and charged June 9, 2021 in Port Elgin. He had 42 grams of the highly lethal street drug fentanyl [...]

Wiarton Willie will be gently awakened from his winter slumber starting later this week. Each day, town staff will slightly raise the temperature in his enclosure so that come Friday, Feb. 2, Groundhog Day, Willie should be up and at em. There is much anticipation of the albino groundhog's annual prediction, from all corners of [...]

One man has been arrested and police are looking for another suspect after a pick-up truck was stolen in the Municipality of Meaford. Just after noon on Thursday, the Hanover Police Service were assisted by the West Grey Police Service in the arrest of a 29-year-old Chatsworth man police said was in possession of a [...]

Two people have been charged after a tractor theft was foiled when a citizen followed the stolen piece of machinery. Just after 5:30 a.m. on Jan. 15, Grey Bruce OPP responded to a report of a stolen John Deere tractor from a property in Meaford. Police learned that a tractor that was being used for [...]

A passenger is dead and a driver is being treated for serious injuries at a London hospital after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 21 in Saugeen Township Sunday morning. Police responded to reports of the collision at 10:38 a.m. Sunday and arrived with Saugeen Shores Police, Saugeen Shores Fire Department and Bruce County EMS to [...]

This one was wild. When Braeden Kressler scored 58 seconds into the third period to put the Ottawa 67's up 5-1 over the Owen Sound Attack the game was over . . . or so it seemed. A good Eastern Ontario road trip by the Owen Sound Attack fizzles out in the nation's capital at [...]

Just weeks after getting the official go-ahead to join the Major Series Lacrosse league, the Owen Sound North Stars selected a young dynamo goaltender with the first-overall pick Sunday. North Stars general manager Steve McCarthy used the pick he received in a trade with the Brampton Excelsiors to select Christopher Origlieri from the Orangeville Northmen. [...]

Anyone who has suffered a frozen orange road hockey ball smacking into frosted flesh knows the stinging pain of winter well lived. Hundreds of people braved temperatures well below zero to embrace the Sauble Beach slow season" this past weekend at the 44th edition of the town's popular Winterfest celebration. We were anticipating doing everything [...]

There's a buzz in the air of Grey and Bruce counties these days, the buzz of distant snowmobiles ripping through the fresh fallen snow and welcoming with enthusiasm the start of true winter weather. As of Saturday morning, there were over 11,000 kilometres of Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) trails available to riders. Most [...]

Carter George earned a league-leading fourth shutout and Declan Waddick netted a pair of goals as the Owen Sound Attack continued to roll through Eastern Ontario with a 3-0 win over the Kingston Frontenacs Friday night. George, a CHL top prospect and the highest-ranked North American goalie ahead of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, pulled [...]

Grey-Bruce politicians will head to Toronto this weekend to meet fellow rural municipal leaders and try to get provincial ministers and their assistants to see things their way at the annual Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference. It's an opportunity discuss common causes and plead cases to those with the power to help - even if [...]

The Community Waterfront Heritage Centre is holding a special event to help celebrate 10 years of operating the marine and rail museum in Owen Sound. The centre is holding a coffeehouse-style Folk for Heritage concert at the Owen Sound Royals Canadian Legion Branch 6 on Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. During the event, Owen Sound's [...]

Employers and job seekers will be looking for that perfect match in a special Valentine's Day edition of the regional job fair. Grey County and its partners are combining their efforts to present one large regional job fair on Feb. 14 this year. The event, which in past years has attracted more than 1,000 job [...]

Another step has been taken towards building a hospice in southern Grey and Bruce counties. The Ontario government announced Monday it was providing $1.5 million to the Saugeen Hospice, which is planning to establish a residential hospice in Walkerton. The funding includes a $225,000 planning grant and upon further approval, $1.275 million as an implementation [...]

REGISTER FOR OWEN SOUND MINOR BASEBALL There is still time to be entered into the Owen Sound Minor Baseball Association's early-bird draw as the Hawks open registration for the 2024 season. All registrations completed before Feb. 1 will be put into a draw with one lucky winner getting their registration fees back. The winner will [...]

The Owen Sound Attack needed that. A full and healthy lineup, a 60-minute effort, and a soft landing spot. The Attack rolled into Peterborough Thursday night and snapped a four-game losing streak over the rebuilding Peterborough Petes with a 4-1 victory. The Attack displayed their new aggressive style on the forecheck and outshot the Petes [...]

Storms socking it to Grey-Bruce over several days continued Thursday with more lake-effect snow squall warnings. But calmer weather is coming. Many schools have been closed and buses cancelled at least a couple of days this week, granting Snow Days to kids in both the public and Catholic separate school boards. At Bruce Grey Catholic [...]

Ever sat at home wondering how you might fare on the popular British comedy gameshow, Taskmaster? Now's you're chance. This winter the Library in Owen Sound is putting its own twist on the gameshow that pits teams of people against each other to compete in pointless and ridiculous tasks. To enter, register a team of [...]

Comedian and CBC Radio host Ali Hassan is coming to the library in Owen Sound this February as part of the Owen Sound Memoir Series. The two-day event (Feb. 2 to 3) will feature the talented stand-up comedian reading from his memoir Is There Bacon In Heaven? Hassan will also lead a memoir-writing workshop. It's [...]

The soup is on and it will soon be game on to determine whose is the favourite. A total of 11 vendors are putting their souper talents to the test as the Alzheimer Society of Grey-Bruce presents its Soup's On fundraiser at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre on Jan. 27. The friendly competition, which [...]

Every Monday and Wednesday for almost a year now, volunteers have cooked meals in Wiarton for homeless people, those struggling to pay for food and elderly people who may be shut in or can no longer cook. They've organized themselves into groups of two or three to cook, 29 volunteers in all, and have prepared [...]

The OPP executed a search warrant near Priceville on Tuesday that resulted in the seizure of almost $70,000 in tractors, equipment and tools. In relation to an ongoing property crime investigation, members of the Grey Bruce OPP Community Street Crime Unit obtained search warrants for two properties along Conc. 4 in West Grey, police said [...]

In some form, and for nearly two decades, Darren Rumble has coached hockey. From the American Hockey League to all three of the Canadian Hockey League's Western, Ontario, and Quebec/Maritime circuits. Click through enough Google results and stumble across the time he helped coach the Icelandic national men's team to a bronze medal at the [...]

South Bruce Peninsula council wants a staff report about a Friends of Sauble Beach plan to finish installing ropes and posts and creating new walkways through the dunes. The project aims to protect the dunes from people tramping through them in areas they shouldn't be. Last fall, Friends volunteers completed installing posts and rope barriers [...]

Grey Bruce Public Health is reminding residents about the importance of getting the flu vaccine, with elevated Influenza A activity in the region. Surveillance data has indicated a surge in Influenza A cases at both the local and provincial levels, and residents can still protect themselves from the respiratory virus by getting the vaccine, the [...]

Ron Oswald is being remembered for his tireless dedication to the community and his ability to calmly navigate the challenges he faced as a municipal leader. The first mayor of Arran-Elderslie and former Bruce County warden died Thursday, Jan. 11 at the Village Retirement Community in Hanover at the age of 91. Mark Davis, who [...]

One week in May is scheduled for the Appeal Court for Ontario to hear arguments in South Bruce Peninsula's appeal of a decision which found Saugeen First Nation owns most of the north beach at Sauble Beach. The case will be heard starting May 27 in Toronto and will be available for viewing on Zoom, [...]

Eat Local Grey Bruce faced bankruptcy in early 2023. Now the local co-operative is ringing in the New Year with a donation-matching campaign thanks to an anonymous corporate sponsor. The anonymous corporate donation pledges to match donations from the community up to $1,000 until the end of February. In addition, Eat Local is offering a [...]

Owen Sound council has approved a two per cent budget levy increase for the River District Board of Management. On Monday, council was presented with the budget that had been considered by the River District board at a public meeting on Jan. 10. The total levy for the budget is $260,208, up from 2023 when [...]

A longtime Wiarton and District Chamber of Commerce member and insurance professional is the newest council member for South Bruce Peninsula. Councillors appointed Paul Deacon to the vacant seat during a special meeting Tuesday afternoon in which 12 applicants had the opportunity to give a three-minute pitch for the position. The applicants included Deacon, John [...]

Meaford and the Bluewater District School Board plan to swap land to turn a portion of the the former high school track and field property at 87 Aiken St. into community parkland. The school board deemed the track and field property surplus the adjacent Georgian Bay Secondary School was closed in 2021. The municipality targeted [...]

Owen Sound residents will continue to pay $2.50 to put a bag of garbage at the curb on collection day. On Monday night, council voted against a motion to amend its fees and charges bylaw to increase the cost of a bag tag to $3.50. The motion was defeated 5-2 in a recorded vote. Instead, [...]

Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation offered comfort to community members after an elder was cremated outside the custom of the First Nation, according to a notice to the community. The nature of the concern was not spelled out in an online Jan. 10 notice to the Bruce Peninsula community at Neyaashiinigmiing but it said [...]

Many schools were closed and buses kept off the roads in Grey-Bruce Monday after a winter storm with snow squalls hit the area over the weekend, closing many area highways Sunday. The Bluewater District School Board announced Monday morning that GC Huston Public in Southampton,Port Elgin-Saugeen Central, Northport Elementary in Port Elgin,Saugeen District Senior in [...]