Owen Sound Sun Times

Rapid, on-site test kit distributed worldwide helps hunt down rapidly spreading pathogens like ToBRFV

Grey County's long-term care service has been accredited with exemplary standing under a program that shows a commitment to providing safe, high-quality health services. The county recently announced that it had received the highest performance rating achievable under the Omentum Long Term Care accreditation program. I'm thrilled by the results of our accreditation review and [...]

An arrest has been made after a recent string of break-ins in the Municipality of Meaford. Grey Bruce OPP investigated five break and enters on Albert Street, Parker Street and Birchwood Court between June 23 and 24. Thanks to the public an individual was identified, and on June 27, a 36-year-old Meaford man was [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars junior B team's season ended in Hamilton as the Bengals pulled out the brooms and swept the Scenic City squad in three games. The Bengals topped the N'Stars 12-7 inside Hamilton's Lawfield Arena to earn a berth into the second round onJune 27. Reed Allen led the way for Hamilton [...]

A new sponsorship and naming agreement will allow for some much needed upgrades to the theatre at the Grey Roots Museum and Archives. At its meeting on Thursday, county council authorized the signing of an agreement with Wheildon Investments Inc. for sponsorship of the theatre in the amount of $50,000. Under the deal the 75-seat [...]

Carter George was six the first time the Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup. He was eight when they won it again two years later. At 18, he realized a childhood dream when his favourite team picked him with the 57th-overall selection in the NHL Entry Draft Saturday inside the Sphere in Las Vegas. [...]

Canadians at Owen Sound's Canada Day celebration at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park said they felt proud and lucky to live in this country. The park was busy with activity Monday, the country's 157th birthday, under sunny skies and a cooling bay breeze. Many ate barbecued hot dogs and hamburgers, ice cream and enjoyed [...]

It was grey and cool at Owen Sound's Westside Boat Launch as 12 people in life vests prepared to head out in a dragon boat Sunday. They paddled out past the John D. Leitch, the towering, black-hulled lake freighter moored against the east harbour wall, and tooled around the inner harbour. The Sound Waterfront Festival, [...]

City firefighters extinguished a tent fire amid tall reeds near the harbour's edge by the wharf at the grain elevators Sunday afternoon. The call came in at 3:24 p.m., just as firefighters were returning to the fire station from an apartment fire on 3rd Avenue East, which remains under investigation by police and the provincial [...]

South Bruce OPP investigated two reports of intimate partner violence in Chesley over the long weekend. On Sunday police charged a 23-year-old Chesley resident with assault, assault with a weapon and uttering threats. In an unrelated investigation Saturday, police charged a 70-year-old with breaching firearms regulations and unauthorized possession of firearms. Police provided no other [...]

A man was found dead outside an east side Owen Sound apartment where there was a fire Sunday afternoon, city police said in a news release. The circumstances of the death, including the apartment fire, are currently under investigation by the Office of the Coroner, The Ontario Fire (Marshal) and the Criminal Investigations Branch of [...]

Owen Sound's waterfront festival was all about kids on Saturday. They played on the beach and in the bay, built tall wooden Jenga towers, ran race and climbed into a fire truck and a police cruiser. There were dogs running obstacle courses to watch, a roaming, 7' 4'' woman to hug, candy floss [...]

Registration is open for the third Annual Walk for Courage Campaign to raise money for mental health support for those who are struggling and n memory of people who have taken their own lives. The five-kilometre walk is Saturday, July 20 at Owen Sound Fitness and Training. Registration starts at 9 a.m. and the walk [...]

The Women's Centre Grey Bruce s first Charity Golf Classic takes place Thursday, July 4 at Legacy Ridge Golf Club. Planning new events, like the Golf Classic, will help get the word out about our programs and services to support women, childrenand at-risk youthaffected by abuse in Grey and Bruce counties," Women's Centre executive director [...]

City police charged an Owen Sound man with aggravated assault and other offences after police say someone was attacked with a knife in downtown June 22. An Owen Sound man was attacked with a knife in the 300-block of 8th Street East at about 10:15 p.m. June 22, police said. Officers were called about two [...]

Nearly 10 years after Grey County began exploring redevelopment options, shovels hit the dirt Friday morning in Durham to officially kick off the new 128-bed Rockwood Terrace construction. Once completed, sometime in 2026 if all goes to plan, the new long-term care home and the county's largest capital project to date will offer 28 additional [...]

The Canada Day weekend began in Owen Sound on Friday with a solemn and reflective ceremony dedicated to remembering and honouring those who have called the area home for thousands of years. About 80 people gathered as the Saugeen Ojibway Nation flag was raised up the flagpole to fly permanently above the Gichi-Name Wiikwedong Reconciliation [...]

Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies after young volunteers to keep fairs viable

The door hasn't yet been fully opened, but Grey County council has at least agreed to take a peek at Owen Sound's calls to have court security costs funded regionally. At its meeting on Thursday, Grey County councillors agreed to receive a staff report summarizing the issue of court security and prisoner transportation costs for [...]

When Jana White and a few dozen other people disappointed in their local hospital organization arrived at the Best Western Plus parking lot to protest Wednesday night in Walkerton, a police officer greeted them and asked them to vacate the area. White said the Save the Durham Hospital committee protestors made it a few steps [...]

World exports are expected to surpass 3 million metric tonnes by 2025

An Owen Sound woman has been charged with careless driving after a rollover on the city's east side on Wednesday. Owen Sound police said a vehicle was travelling north on 7th Avenue East from 16th Street East when it struck a parked vehicle and rolled over onto its passenger side. The driver was taken by [...]

Police have identified an individual they described as a person of interest in relation to multiple break-ins reported in the Municipality of Meaford. Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release issued on Thursday morning that an individual they had asked for the public's help in identifying earlier in the week had now been identified. [...]

Canada Day events are talking place in the Owen Sound area over the coming days, while Meaford will be celebratingCanada's 157th birthday and its own 150th together. The four-day, free Sound Waterfront Festival this weekend in Owen Sound will be capped with Canada Day celebrations on Monday, July 1. Canada Day window flags for [...]

GEORGE WAITS FOR NAME TO BE CALLED Attack goaltender Carter George is expected to be one of the first goalies taken in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft this weekend. The draft at the Sphere in Las Vegas begins Friday night with the first round of selections and continues Saturday with rounds two through seven. NHL [...]

The Owen Sound Attack rounded out its coaching staff Tuesday hiring former OHL defender Reagan O'Grady to an assistant coach position with the club. O'Grady completes an entirely new Attack coaching trio headed by Scott Wray and alongside assistant Brandon Shaw, who the Attack hired from the Niagara IceDogs last week. O'Grady, 25, played 285 [...]

The Owen Sound Baysox are rolling in the North Dufferin Baseball League. On Saturday, the Baysox earned their seventh win in a row with a 3-2 victory over the New Lowell Knights at Tom Williams Park in Owen Sound. The win improved the ball club's record to 9-2-1, which is good enough for second place [...]

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Police are asking for the public's assistance in identifying a person of interest in relation to multiple break-ins in the Municipality of Meaford. Police have received video footage of the person of interest in relation to the break and enters that were reported to police on Sunday and Monday. On Sunday, just after 8:30 p.m., [...]

A Grey Highlands man is facing multiple charges following a multijurisdictional property crime investigation that led to the recovery of about $600,000 worth of stolen property. On June 17 one person was arrested following an ongoing investigation, and search warrants were executed on June 18 at a storage location in West Perth and on June [...]

A Collingwood man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder of his wife, which he staged to look like a fiery car crash in January 2023 in the Town of the Blue Mountains. James William Schwalm, now 40, pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie on June 20. He had been charged with first-degree [...]

Georgian Bluffs will look at taking steps to address speeding concerns on Inglis Falls Road. At its committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday (June 19), council heard from a concerned resident about increased speeding along the road since it was reconstructed in 2020. Cathy Walsh who appeared before council as a delegation, said she [...]

Chickens could soon be clucking around in some residential areas of Georgian Bluffs. At its committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday (June 19), staff was directed by council to present an amendment to the township's zoning bylaw that would permit backyard poultry as a permitted use on certain residential properties within the township. Council [...]

A shed fire Monday night behind the Quality Inn likely originated with a lawn tractor which had been used before the fire, Owen Sound Fire Chief Phil Eagleson said. Firefighters found heavy smoke and flames coming from the garden shed when called to the hotel at 4:01 p.m. The fire was put out quickly and [...]

What possible reason would there be for a stock split down at the 'ole OMAFRA franchise right now?

Hanover police arrested a Hanover woman for allegedly attempting to influence a Crown witness early Sunday morning. Police arrested a 23-year-old woman after finding her at 1:45 a.m. walking with someone that she wasn't supposed to communicate with under terms of the woman's release on bail. Further investigation determined the female suspect had attempted to [...]

A 62-year-old Owen Sound man pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for pushing a 38-year-old woman down the fire escape at his apartment and he received an 18-month conditional sentence. Austin Soucoup pleaded guilty and was sentenced June 17 in Owen Sound's Superior Court of Justice, court staff confirmed. Soucoup's lawyer, Anya Shahabi, confirmed her client [...]

Georgian Bluffs council has been presented the first draft of a short-term rental accommodations licensing program. At its committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, council supported the first draft with some feedback on potential adjustments. The plan is for the final framework to be presented for council's approval in September. The licensing program would [...]

A 70th anniversary gathering is planned for Ryerson Public School's 1954 kindergarten alumni in Owen Sound on Tuesday, Sept. 3. John Christie, one of the reunion organizers, said he hopes as many classmates from that year, and students who became part of that group in later years at Ryerson, from 1954 to 1963, will be [...]

Music has a funny way of distorting time. When the Ridge River Ramblers started into Van Morrison's Brown Eyed Girl Sunday afternoon at the grand reopening of the Bruce Grey Music Hall of Fame at the Royal Canadian Legion in Owen Sound you could close your eyes and imagine a time before the fire when [...]

MAJOR NORTH STARS LOSE TO LAKERS The Peterborough Lakers outscored the North Stars 4-0 in the third period en route to a 15-8 victory inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Saturday night. Lion's Head product Rob Hellyer did most of the damage for Peterborough with three goals and four assists in the contest. Austin [...]

If they're going down, it will be while hitting, kicking and screaming. The Owen Sound North Stars dropped Game 2 of their first-round best-of-five Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League playoff series 10-4 to the Hamilton Bengals inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Sunday evening. In large part, because of the over 70 minutes in [...]

The Billy Bishop Museum is hosting a plaque return ceremony for the 2023 Honouring Our Local Veterans inductees. On Wednesday at 4 p.m., the honoured veterans and their families will receive the plaques that have been touring the community since the induction ceremony on Oct. 29, 2023. The plaques have made stops at Heritage Place [...]

Dozens of people from all around the world celebrated cultural diversity right here in Grey-Bruce on Saturday. The YMCA of Owen Sound and Grey Bruce partnered with Grey Roots Museum and Archives to present this year's multicultural celebration. The journey to Canada, the choices to made to come here. It's cool to see these artifacts [...]

The outdoors is calling as the weather warms and summer is ushered in, and that means an uptick in animal bites, scratches, and, sometimes, intense interactions with gnarly neighbourhood dogs. Grey Bruce Public Health advises people to avoid wildlife and exercise caution with unfamiliar pets as rabies exposure investigations continue to increase. GBPH said it [...]

A sunrise ceremony marked National Indigenous Peoples Day in Owen Sound Friday and next Friday there will be a flag-raising there to acknowledge the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. People gathered at the Gichi-Name Wiikwedong Reconciliation Garden, where some spoke and a sacred fire burned. Many people are becoming aware of this day, and [...]

N'STARS SHINE AT FATHER'S DAY TOURNAMENT Three Owen Sound North Stars box lacrosse teams won gold at the annual Owen Sound Minor Lacrosse Father's Day Classic. In the gold-medal contests, the North Stars under-17 team topped the Sarnia Pacers 8-2, the North Stars under-11 squad beat London 5-1, and the North Stars under-9 team edged [...]

One of Europe's top choral ensembles will be performing in Owen Sound early next month. The Estonian National Radio Mixed Choir will be making one of their only public performances in Southern Ontario when they make a stop at Georgian Shores United Church on July 3 at 7:30 p.m. The choir, led by Chief Conductor [...]

Wiarton has its own food forest" alongside its community garden now. The community garden's raised beds are used to grow annual fruits and vegetables. The food forest has perennials including elderberries, currents, pears, hazelnuts, echinacea and mint, wild strawberry, rhubarb and lemony seedless sorel. Like produce from the raised beds, the food forest's production is [...]

A bequest from the estate of Elwood Moore will ensure his commitment to conservation and environmental education in Grey and Bruce counties inspires others to do the same. The Grey Sauble Conservation Foundation recently announced the bequest, which will support its Environmental Awareness and Education Fund, reflecting Moore's passion for educating individuals of all ages [...]