Owen Sound Sun Times

The third edition of the RAM Rodeo at Feversham led to a $50,000 donation to the Centre Grey Health Services Foundation. The 2023 RAM Rodeo featured two full afternoons of rodeo over the May 26 to 28 weekend and a country and western dance Saturday night featuring the Cara Smith band. Additional seating was added [...]

Grey County Warden Brian Milne urged everyone to listen to their mothers' advice in a statement he made in response to recent reports of anti-Pride letters being sent to homes in the area. Your mother was right. If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all," Milne said. Be kind." Milne made the [...]

Owen Sound Little Theatre has unveiled a jam-packed lineup for its 63rd season. This week the local community theatre company announced close to two dozen shows and events that have been lined up for the upcoming season, including its latest playbill of theatre productions, theatre arts company projects and a wide array of performances in [...]

Grey County has approved a subdivision draft plan for a proposed development in southwest Meaford that would create 83 new residential units. On Thursday, county council approved the plan for Meaford Union Centre, which would include 34 semi-detached dwellings and 49 single detached units on a vacant 5.21-hectare (12.9-acre) property between Union and Centre streets, [...]

Georgian Bluffs has launched an ATV campaign aimed at ensuring the safety of visitors and residents while preserving the township's environment. The campaign, in collaboration with the Ontario Provincial Police, started in July and continues throughout the summer season. The township said that Georgian Bluffs offers a diverse range of off-road riding opportunities, with its [...]

Crystal Broser admitted that being a foster caregiver can be challenging, but at the same time it has been a very rewarding experience for her. I think it is worth doing. It is about having the right mindset in it, because it is hard," Broser said. It can be very heartbreaking, but for me it [...]

Grey County is looking into the speed limit along a stretch of county road in The Blue Mountains after residents of a small community brought forward concerns about driver behavior, including speeding and running stop signs. Residents of the hamlet of Banks, at Grey Road 119 and the 4th Line, were at county council on [...]

A delegation including politicians and community members from Bruce County recently returned from a tour of the newly constructed deep geological repository (DGR) set to receive high-level nuclear waste in Finland beginning next year. The Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository near the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in the Municipality of Eurajoki is expected to be [...]

A pedestrian died after being hit by a vehicle in Walkerton Wednesday afternoon. South Bruce OPP were called to a collision at the intersection of Jackson Street and Durham Street East at 1:07 p.m., along with the Walkerton Fire Department and Bruce County EMS. The pedestrian was airlifted to a London hospital where they were [...]

Grey County has revised its upset limit for the new Rockwood Terrace long-term care home in Durham. At its meeting on Thursday, county council passed a motion to increase the price limit for the project to $96.7 million, $4.7 million higher than council had agreed to in March. The motion to adjust the figure passed [...]

The Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film is returning to Durham and various locations in Grey and Bruce counties from July 14 to 22 to present a series of screenings, performances and exhibitions of contemporary art. This year's festival has the theme of rural partnerships. Current festival events include a screening of findingtrackerzero" set for the [...]

A driver of a sport utility vehicle suffered serious injuries in a collision with a commerical vehicle along Bruce County Road 5 in Arran Township Wednesday morning. South Bruce OPP responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision alongside members of the Tara-Arran Fire Department and Bruce County EMS around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said [...]

The Team Ontario under-17 women's field lacrosse team and the Team Ontario under-17 developmental team both finished with 2-3 records at the Midweek Confidential tournament in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, on Wednesday. The Team Ontario under-17 squad, featuring Owen Sound North Stars Laine Nissen and Taryn Lee, and head coach Lyndsay Brooks, dropped their first [...]

Hockey Canada has selected Owen Sound Attack goaltender Carter George to the team for the upcoming Hlinka Gretzky Cup tournament in Czechia and Slovakia. The 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup is scheduled to begin on July 31 and run until Aug. 5. The international under-18 tournament will feature teams from Finland, Switzerland, Slovakia, Czechia, Germany, Sweden [...]

Police have charged a 32-year-old West Grey man in connection with a fatal collision that closed Story Book Park Road, near Owen Sound in rural Meaford, in March. A 44-year-old pedestrian suffered fatal injuries in the collision on March 25 and the vehicle fled the scene, according to police. Grey Bruce OPP and Grey County [...]

The Lighthouse Swing Band returns to Sauble Beach Tuesday, July 18, for a night of energetic music that will transport listeners back to the big band era. The 18-member band, in its 40th year, is one of the last remaining regularly performing big bands in the province. The performance at Sauble's Town Square is scheduled [...]

A man has been charged with first degree murder after police responded to reports of gunshots at an apartment complex on Owen Sound's west side early Tuesday morning and found a person dead. Owen Sound Police Service and Grey Bruce OPP arrested and charged Dustin Noonan, 34, of Owen Sound with first degree murder in [...]

This Saturday, fundraisers and supporters will walk a five-kilometre route from Owen Sound Fitness and Training to the Bayshore Community Centre and back in memory of a friend, family and community member and in support of local mental health support programs. The second-annual Walk for Courage sponsored by Owen Sound Fitness and Training begins with [...]

The Chi-Cheemaun is among five ferries being featured in a new stamp collection issued by Canada Post. The Owen Sound Transportation Company ferry, which winters in Owen Sound and carries passengers and vehicles between Tobermory and Manitoulin Island during the summer months, is part of the new issue honouring the country's rich marine heritage. Along [...]

The Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region's unemployment rate fell by 1.4 percentage points in June, bringing the rate across the region to 4.5 per cent. The region, which encompasses Perth, Huron, Bruce and Grey counties, sat one per cent below June's national average of 5.4 per cent, the highest national unemployment rate seen in Canada since [...]

A Bruce County-based company has been selected to build, own and operate the first public hydrogen refueling station in Ontario. Carlsun Energy Solutions, headquartered in North Bruce, is teaming up with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority to build the station for both light- and heavy-duty vehicles at Toronto Pearson Airport. The station, capable of refueling [...]

The Crowd Inn at Sauble Beach will close for the foreseeable future following the most recent judge's decision in a land dispute over a 1.4-mile strip of the popular beach. In April 2023, when Ontario Superior Court Justice Susan Vella ruled the beach from the Welcome to Sauble Beach sign to just north of 6th [...]

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has lifted a restricted fire zone that includes most of the Bruce Peninsula north of Highway 21. South Bruce Peninsula issued an advisory Tuesday that said the provincial order issued just over a month ago had been revoked by Minister Graydon Smith. The order was issued on June [...]

What started as a membership card permitting access to four Owen Sound cultural organizations has morphed into an initiative aimed at advancing a number of local partnerships and initiatives. The OPEN Team was at Owen Sound council on Monday where they highlighted the progress of their shared programming, which started with the launch of the [...]

JEWL N'STARS TOP KODIAKS 12-8 The Owen Sound Creative Playgrounds North Stars under-19 women's field lacrosse team faced the Kitchener Kodiaks in JEWL division play this past Thursday night in Acton. At halftime, the North Stars led by a score of 6-4 and managed to extend their lead to beat the Kodiaks by a final [...]

Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) will soon look under the hood of TC Energy's massive proposed 1,000-megawatt pumped storage project in Meaford and assess its potential role as part of the province's plan to meet an increasing energy demand. The Ministry of Energy is expected to make a final determination on advancing the project [...]

Owen Sound is going ahead with plans to create a youth fund with the surplus from Hockey Day in Canada celebrations. At its meeting on Monday, Owen Sound council passed a recommendation from its community services committee that the surplus of just over $20,200 from the event be transferred to an Owen Sound Hockey Day [...]

An initiative in Owen Sound to assist families fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine is being touted as a success, but help continues to be needed as the war drags on and more families continue to seek refuge in Canada. Lesya Chapman of the Ukrainian Village of Owen Sound was at Owen Sound council on [...]

The South Bruce Grey Health Centre has announced the temporary closure of the emergency departments at its hospitals in Chesley, Durham and Walkerton due to insufficient staffing. The Chesley emergency department was to close beginning at 5 p.m. Monday and is scheduled to reopen on Thursday at 7 a.m. The Durham emergency department will close [...]

A suspicious death being investigated in Owen Sound is now being treated as a homicide. The Owen Sound Police Service and Grey Bruce OPP said Monday that as a result of the post-mortem examination, the sudden death of a man at a residence on 2nd Avenue East on Friday has been deemed a homicide. Owen [...]

Three Owen Sound residents have been charged after an armed robbery at a Hanover motel late last year left a man in hospital in London for several days with fractures to his face. Two men and a woman have been arrested and charged after Hanover police investigators worked on the case for months, following leads [...]

Police were at a 2nd Avenue East residence, just south of 6th Street East Sunday afternoon, continuing what Owen Sound police announced Sunday was a suspicious death" investigation which began Friday morning. City police and OPP cars and a van were parked in front and behind the two-store brick home which neighbours said police often [...]

Likely more than 100 protesters, including some with signs that said Stop Grooming Now," stood near the public library in Owen Sound Saturday morning, where inside a drag story time for kids was taking place. They were met by people carrying Pride flags and signs and colourful costumes. Some held bubble-makers, waved ribbons, hooted, danced [...]

Hundreds of people checked out the annual Hottest Street Sale event in downtown Owen Sound Saturday. Vendors and other attractions lined 2nd Avenue East from just north of 10th Street to 7th Street. This year 9th Street East, from 3rd to 2nd Avenue, was full of vendors too. There were 150 vendors in all, most [...]

The stars of the North Dufferin Baseball League took the field at Tom Williams Park in Owen Sound Saturday for a pair of ball games. The Owen Sound Baysox played host to the 57th Annual All-Star Game and 28th Annual Junior All-Star Game in just the team's second season in the NDBL. The West Division [...]

The North Stars are rising at the right time. Owen Sound beat the Brooklin Merchants 12-11 at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Saturday night for their third-straight win. The victory improves the N'Stars regular-season record to 8-4-1 and drops the Merchants to 9-6 on the year in the Ontario Series Lacrosse senior B circuit. [...]

A passenger with serious injuries was flown to a Hamilton hospital after being involved in a car crash with a transport truck Wednesday at Bruce County roads 20 and 1 in the former Bruce Township. Police, Paisley firefighters and Bruce County paramedics responded to the crash reported at 12:07 p.m. The passenger was taken to [...]

A police officer's gun was fired during a struggle between an officer and someone in custody at Wiarton hospital Tuesday. Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release Friday that a 24-year-old has been charged with disarming a peace officer, assault a peace officer and resisting a peace officer. The release said police arrested someone [...]

More public support for Grey Bruce Pride has been offered since Owen Sound police opened an investigation into hurtful letters sent to people displaying Pride flags and signs. Beth Ezekiel Synagogue and Georgian Bluffs council have both issued statements in support of the Pride organization and against acts of hate. Beth Ezekiel Synagogue stands with [...]

Saugeen Ojibway Nation was non-committal about this week's announcement that Ontario wants to expand nuclear power generation at Bruce Power. Energy Minister Todd Smith announced preliminary work would begin to examine the suitability of the Lake Huron shoreline site to add more nuclear reactors generating up to 4,800 megawatts of electricity. The site is rated [...]

A 74-year-old bicycle rider died at the scene of a collision with a car Thursday morning in Chesley. South Bruce OPP continues to investigate the fatality, which happened along 1st Avenue South. No name will be released, the OPP said, citing police policy. The gender is also not reported by police. Police were called at [...]

As many as 60,000 salmon fingerlings were deposited in the Sydenham River at Harrison Park Wednesday, fresh from the Sydenham Sportsmen's Association hatchery. The annual stocking supports the club's annual Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular fishing derby, this year to be held Aug. 25 to Sept. 3. The fish were raised at a hatchery fed by [...]

The contractors may disagree, but for most gathered at the new Beavercrest Community School site in Markdale for a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday morning, the hard part is over. Bluewater District School Board staff and trustees joined local politicians and community partners for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the site of the new Beavercrest in the shadow [...]

A 40-year-old Hanover man was sentenced Wednesday in Walkerton to four years in prison for trading fentanyl for lottery tickets to a mother of four who died of a fentanyl overdose. John Kevin McPhee pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Justice in February to trafficking fentanyl in Hanover on Dec. 11, 2020. An autopsy [...]

Owen Sound police charged a man and woman with criminal negligence causing death involving the death of a child on July 2. Police responded to a 911 call at a westside residence and began life-saving measures on a child younger than two years from the home. Paramedics took the child to Owen Sound hospital where [...]

Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith announced Wednesday that the government is starting predevelopment work to put the first large-scale nuclear plant in more than 30 years at Bruce Power. Bruce Power's plant on the shores of Lake Huron could add up to another 4,800 megawatts of generation in 10 years or more to meet Ontario's [...]

The Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation chief and council have declared a state of emergency related to the opioid crisis impacting its citizens. Opioid-related harms, overdoses, and deaths have reached crisis proportions with Nawash members as addiction rates have increased rapidly over the last few years and as the growing presence of fentanyl and [...]

He's a hockey lifer chasing a championship and happy to be closer to home. The Owen Sound Attack announced late last week the hiring of Barrie native Darren Rumble to serve as the team's assistant coach, replacing Jordan Hill. Other than a short stint as an assistant with the Saginaw Spirit in 2019, this will [...]

The Owen Sound Police Service said they responded to 198 incidents over the Canada Day long weekend. According to a media release, Owen Sound police completed several criminal investigations which led to individuals being charged with offences such as domestic-related assault, sexual assault, forcible confinement, break and enter, threats and criminal negligence over a 72-hour [...]

The Bears got bigger on the blue line Wednesday with the addition of a 17-year-old Czech defender. With their pick in the 2023 CHL Import Draft, the Owen Sound Attack selected Martin Matejicek from Dukla Jihlava's junior hockey team. The left-shot defenceman is listed at six-foot-one and 205-pounds and is expected to contribute to the [...]