Owen Sound Sun Times

Work continues on Grey Sauble Conservation Authority plans to renovate and expand its administration building in Georgian Bluffs near Inglis Falls. The octagonal building's updates will bring it up current office standards, make offices for future needs, and add a ground-level accessible main entrance, lobby and elevator and meeting space. The lobby and meeting space [...]

Is it possible to be a heavyweight in today's OHL? Jackson Stewart thinks so, but he's paying the price for acting like one Saturday night against London.

By the middle of the month, local pet owners faced with an after-hours emergency may have no other option than a long drive to the nearest open clinic after a phone call with a third-party telemedicine worker. A group of eight local veterinarian clinics recently informed clients they will no longer provide on-call emergency care [...]

The word dynasty doesn't seem to do it justice anymore. The St. Mary's Mustangs won a ninth-straight Bluewater Athletic Association championship Tuesday afternoon at Victoria Park with a 19-0 win over the Owen Sound District Wolves. Their championship streak is almost old enough to play on the team. Mustangs offensive coordinator, Callin Bethune, was in [...]

Owen Sound council passed a motion Monday in support of Midland council's call for meaningful improvements to the current state of catch and release justice in the Ontario legal system." Coun. Suneet Kukreja's motion was to support what she said was Midland's call for tighter bail rules, particularly for repeat offenders. Police spend so much [...]

An Owen Sound couple who run an Airbnb short-term rental in their home told city council Monday the city's proposed 90-day rental cap would severely limit income they rely on. Christopher Johannsen and Cheslea Miller appeared during public question period. Johannsen said theirs is a small, city Airbnb for a maximum of five guests. They've [...]

Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public library books and DVDs will be available from vending machines in the Keady and Shallow Lake community centres early next year. The project will extend access to library materials - paperback, hardcover books and DVDs - beyond the walls of the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public [...]

In October, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region decreased by 0.6 percentage points to 3.6 per cent, but there are several employment vacancies in the region. Those who want to work are working," said Dana Soucie, executive director of the Four Country Labour Market Planning Board. The provincial unemployment rate increased slightly [...]

The cost of living simply doesn't add up for large swaths of the population in Grey-Bruce. according to new figures from the Ontario Living Wage Network. The living wage in Grey-Bruce climbed to $22.75 per hour over a 40-hour workweek in 2023. That's up 9.6 per cent from the previous year, which represents the biggest [...]

The St. Mary's Mustangs road to a ninth-straight Bluewater Athletic Association senior football championship will go through its crosstown rival. The Owen Sound District Wolves (1-4) upset the Saugeen Royals (4-1) Thursday in Port Elgin to earn a berth into Tuesday's championship game. The Wolves have struggled all year but managed to top the Royals [...]

The Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre and Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre played host to the Owen Sound Regional Silver Stick Championships this past weekend. Thirty single-A representative teams from southwestern Ontario spread out over the under-10, under-12, under-14 and under-16 divisions played in the three-day tournament. The winners of each bracket advance to the [...]

Emmett Leary from Meaford medalled at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Association (OFSAA) cross-country championships on Saturday at Centennial Park in Oakville. The Georgian Bay Community School student finished third in the novice four-kilometre race at 12:53.6. The novice men's race featured 265 competitors. Leary got swallowed up in a bit of a pack [...]

Kids and the kids at heart packed into the Bay Room at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre for the Owen Sound Card and Collectible Show and Sale on Sunday. About 30 vendors filled more than 50 tables with a variety of collectibles, such as classic and current toys, games, books, sports cards, artwork, jewelry [...]

As trail director of the Sydenham Bruce Trail Club for more than two decades, Ron Savage has spent countless hours exploring the Niagara Escarpment and surrounding countryside, staking out and working with others to build new paths through the wilderness for all to enjoy. Now, his new book, Exploring Sydenham, launched at the Ginger Press [...]

A small team of high school students was helping preserve Canada's military history this weekend so that future generations can learn from it. The students gathered at Branch 6 of the Royal Canadian Legion in Owen Sound on Saturday compiling and researching old photographs, letters and logs brought in by families of veterans of the [...]

Hockey is a game of mistakes and it cost us tonight." The Owen Sound Attack's top defensive pairing of Sam Sedley and Taos Jordan did a pretty good job for nearly 60 minutes holding the London Knights in check Saturday, but a lapse at the end of the game, while the teams played four-on-four, is [...]

The Bruce Grey Catholic District School Board is holding a pair of regional trade fairs that will give students and residents the opportunity to connect with trade unions and post-secondary institutions. The upcoming fairs will take place at St. Mary's High School in Owen Sound on Nov. 14 and Sacred Heart High School in Walkerton [...]

Halloween is long over, but the Sarnia Sting were still haunted Friday by what they saw as a phantom penalty. The Owen Sound Attack rallied for a 6-4 win by scoring on all four of their power plays before a crowd of 3,801 at Progressive Auto Sales Arena. The third and fourth power-play goals came [...]

A group of youth from the Owen Sound area are inviting others to put pen to paper and send a heartfelt message to Canadian military members and local seniors. The Owen Sound and District Junior Optimists have partnered with the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 6 in Owen Sound to put on its postcard program. It [...]

Day parking prices are rising by 13 per cent at Grey Sauble Conservation Authority properties, while other passes are going up more. The new rates go into effect at Ainslie Wood, Christie Beach, Hibou, Old Baldy, Bognor Marsh, Bruce's Caves, Eugenia Falls, Inglis Falls and Spirit Rock in 2024. Since 2021, day passes have cost [...]

The first night that Safe n Sound drop-in centre in Owen Sound was open overnight this fall, 23 people came. It was Wednesday, the day after a snowstorm hit Grey-Bruce on Halloween night. The next night 15 people showed up. For 15 years, Safe n Sound has run a drop-in centre for homeless people and [...]

Georgian Bluffs council has deferred a staff recommendation that would see the base water rate for users in Shallow Lake increase by 30 per cent after concerns were raised about the financial shock it could cause for those on the system. At its committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, council received a report from [...]

The Bells of Christmas will ring anew at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre this holiday season. The popular holiday gift-giving campaign ensures lonely seniors at local long-term-care homes will open a present on Christmas morning. Volunteers will hang 150 Bells of Christmas on a tree at the lobby of the Bayshore on Nov. 11 [...]

When Allan Mason was chosen to play Chief Bromden in Owen Sound Little Theatre's production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, he thought his acting career was kicking off with a fairly minor role. He would soon learn that his character is pivotal to the play, something that has admittedly been stressful and anxiety [...]

The province's Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances around a crash in Saugeen Shores on Thursday afternoon that left two people with serious injuries. Just after 2 p.m., a Saugeen Shores police officer on patrol attempted to stop a vehicle for a Highway Traffic Act investigation, Saugeen Shores police said in a news release. [...]

Half the fun of looking at Chris Hughes' hand-carved wooden figures at the Owen Sound Artist's Co-op is watching how he has animated them. Press a button and the figures come to life - knights in battle square off, a lone swordsman wields his weapon and a cross-country skier, who by the sweep of her [...]

The Women's Centre Grey Bruce has a new home for its anti-human trafficking program for youth. On Wednesday, moving trucks were on the road as the anti-human trafficking (AHT) moved to a new private residence from its former home on 2nd Avenue East in Owen Sound. In early 2023, The Women's Centre purchased a home [...]

The South Bruce OPP are investigating following a fatal two-vehicle collision on Highway 21 in Bruce Township Wednesday evening. In a media release, police said they received a report of the collision just after 5 p.m. and responded to the scene with members of Kincardine Fire and Emergency Services as well as Bruce County EMS. [...]

We just came out and laid an egg." Owen Sound Attack head coach Darren Rumble said his team lacked effort and compete Wednesday night in a 6-3 loss to the Flint Firebirds at the Bayshore. The Firebirds have secured points in six of their last seven games but had to travel to Owen Sound on [...]

South Bruce Peninsula has appointed Caleb Hull to the deputy-mayor's position. Council voted on Oct. 17 for the first-term councillor to be the replacement in the deputy-mayor's seat after Jay Kirkland was sworn in as mayor of the municipality at a meeting on Oct. 3. Hull's appointment still needs to be made official by passing [...]

Federal money will help accelerate habitat protection near Bruce Peninsula National Park, one of 10 parks prioritized in a new program announced last week. The Landscape Resiliency Program includes $15 million from Parks Canada, which the Nature Conservancy of Canada intends to at least match, under a two-year agreement which ends in March 2026. Its [...]

Anyone's old diaries, letters and other documents or images concerning the world wars will be digitized for free at the Owen Sound legion Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. OSCVI students will help with the digital preservation. In return, those whose documents have been digitized are asked to share a copy with the Exhibits [...]

Police in Grey-Bruce were kept busy on the roads the last couple of days as the first significant snowfall of the season hit Grey-Bruce. The Grey-Bruce OPP and South Bruce OPP reported dozens of crashes in the region on Tuesday and Wednesday, with several attributed to road and weather conditions. Grey-Bruce OPP said Tuesday morning [...]

The Saugeen Ojibway Nation is raising concerns about what it says are Metis groups asserting rights in their traditional territory and the willingness of organizations, proponents and governments to engage with those communities. On Oct. 25, SON - made up of the Saugeen First Nation and the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation - released [...]

The Western Mustangs defeated the Queen's Golden Gaels 9-6 at the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) women's field lacrosse championships in Kingston on Sunday. The Mustangs, featuring former Owen Sound North Stars Reese Wilkins and Jamie Carr, were down 6-4 at the half before scoring five unanswered goals in the second half to capture the gold [...]

Port Elgin's Rachel Hannah set a new course record at the 16th annual Indianapolis Monumental Marathon this past Saturday. Hannah, 37, won the women's race in a record-setting time of 2:35:17. In a post to social media, Hannah said, I'm thrilled to have a course record and run a time I haven't been close to [...]

New signs installed at the Clendenan Conservation Area at Clarksburg has been damaged and destroyed, leaving Grey Sauble Conservation Authority staff shocked and perplexed" and feeling very defeated." The GSCA said Tuesday the vandalism has been reported to the OPP after they were informed by a resident that the wayfinding signage had been damaged. The [...]

A violent robbery on Saugeen First Nation on Tuesday afternoon left one person injured and another arrested and charged. Just after 4 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP responded to a disturbance at the First Nation. Officers determined that the suspect had lured the victim into a secluded area where a physical confrontation occurred that left the [...]

The Bluewater District School Board will move its agricultural specialist high skills major program to Grey Roots Museum and Archives as a pilot project. Grey County council approved a motion Thursday to sign the agreement to operate the program at the county museum's Moreston Heritage Village near Rockford. Grey Roots manager Jill Paterson said in [...]

The most recent COVID-19 vaccine and this year's flu shot are now available to the public in Grey-Bruce. Grey Bruce Public Health has announced that as of Monday the general public can receive the most recent XBB-containing COVID-19 vaccine and this year's influenza vaccine from their primary care provider or at a participating pharmacy. The [...]

Grey County is expanding its joint accessibility advisory committee after Owen Sound voted in late September to disband its own committee at the municipal level. On Thursday, county council approved a motion to amend the terms of reference for the county committee to add Owen Sound as a municipal member and increase the voting membership [...]

Stolen property valued at almost $150,000 has been recovered from a property near Holland Centre and two Township of Chatsworth residents have been charged. On Oct. 16, Grey Bruce OPP received a report a GPS tracker on a stolen skid steer was pinging at a location near Holland Centre. The Grey Bruce Community Street Crime [...]

The new bridge over the Teeswater River in Paisley is to open on Friday after a replacement project that began more than a year ago. Bruce County and the Arran-Elderslie are inviting the public to a ribbon cutting ceremony at 2 p.m. Friday to celebrate the grand opening of the bridge. The short ceremony will [...]

The safety of downtown Owen Sound was in the spotlight during a town hall meeting Monday morning. Close to 100 people, many of them business owners, attended the meeting organized by the Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce along with the River District Board of Management and the city, where officials from various organizations [...]

Three men have been charged after a shotgun was fired within Owen Sound's city limits. Owen Sound police issued a news release Sunday evening in which they commended the experience and investigative skills" of a vigilant officer" in the incident. The officer followed a suspicious vehicle to a secluded area in the city, where it [...]

While ham and turkey cooked in Rebecca Morris-Miller's parents' home for Thanksgiving, the dining room table was covered with NORS drug helpline T-shirt transfers and water bottles, rather than being set for dinner. What was Morris-Miller's priority - the National Overdose Response Service - is now her Owen Sound family's. She co-founded what became a [...]

Carter George made 33 saves and Ben Cormier scored the game-winning goal as the Owen Sound Attack won their second-straight game 3-2 over the Oshawa Generals Sunday evening. The Gennies played host to an Owen Sound team looking to continue its turnaround inside the Tribute Communities Centre. Cedrick Guindon entered the game with 10 points [...]

Descendants of the captain who perished when the Africa disappeared hauling coal from the United States to Owen Sound 128 years ago have been offered a chance to visit the site of the recently discovered shipwreck. Local filmmakers Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick discovered the shipwreck of the Africaon the bottom of Lake Huron in [...]

Too young to join the Royal Canadian Navy, John Garvey sailed all over the world after enlisting with the Merchant Navy in Halifax in 1940. He boarded a ship headed to the Caribbean and later travelled to North Africa and Europe aboard ships carrying cargo in support of the war effort. He was wounded in [...]

After a coaching change and a tough three-loss weekend, the Owen Sound Attack focused on fun. Assistant coach Sean Teakle said they used rest as a weapon and dialled back the practice time while Cedrick Guindon mentioned the team went bowling and horseback riding. Whether because of the fun or getting back to the fundamentals [...]