Owen Sound Sun Times

Home stock is continuing to climb in Grey-Bruce as new listings once again outpaces sales in May. The number of homes sold through the MLS System of the REALTORS Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound totalled 276 units last month, a moderate decrease of 8.6 per cent from May 2023. The number of new listings [...]

There's a new sheriff in town to take care of Port Elgin's pooping geese problem. More than 100 Canada geese are leaving their mark on the grass and walkway, making for unpleasant walking for harbour visitors. But the birds might have met their match: Michael Thibert's three Harris hawks, which stand guard while tethered to [...]

Saugeen Shores is holding an informal public information centre event for the proposed multi-year High Street Revitalization project and cenotaph work in Southampton. The event will be held at the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre and run from 5 to 8 p.m. on July 4. Residents are invited to drop in and talk one-on-one [...]

The City of Owen Sound has a new agreement with its inside workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. At its council meeting on Monday, council passed a bylaw ratifying a memorandum of settlement between the city and CUPE Local 1189-00, which represents the workers. Council also authorized the mayor and clerk to [...]

The Owen Sound Attack have hired Brandon Shaw to serve as an assistant coach with the club ahead of the 2024-25 season. Shaw, 29, most recently coached as an assistant with the Niagara IceDogs the past two seasons. He began coaching nearly a decade ago as an analyst with the Hamilton Bulldogs before stepping behind [...]

Hundreds of youth from across Grey-Bruce descended on the Owen Sound River District on Wednesday to celebrate diversity and inclusion. The youngsters were taking part in the 14th annual One World Festival, where numerous community groups came together to continue the work of building respectful relationships throughout the community and beyond. Colleen Purdon, a member [...]

Hospital spiritual care - provided by chaplains who listen and help people deal with anxieties and concerns when facing life's difficult moments - has undergone an upheaval" in Grey-Bruce. Brightshores Health System is taking the service in-house, by hiring a full-time spiritual care leader and two part-time spiritual care providers to cover its seven sites. [...]

The Grey Bruce OPP kept busy patrolling the waters this past weekend. On Friday, the Grey Bruce OPP Marine Unit patrolled the waters off Tobermory. They checked 10 boats/personal watercraft along with 64 kayaks and canoes. One individual, a 39-year-old from Huntsville, was charged with, operating a human-powered pleasure craft without a personal flotation device [...]

Riding a seven-game winning streak the Owen Sound North Stars junior B team will try to do something that hasn't been done since the Black Eyed Peas were topping the charts - win an Ontario Junior B Ontario Lacrosse league playoff series. The North Stars open their first-round series with the Hamilton Bengals, Saturday, at [...]

A domestic slip production industry is needed for local greenhouses to grow domestic market

A former Owen Sound North Stars field lacrosse player will wear the red-and-white for Team Canada at the 2024 World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship this summer. Team Canada selected Jillian Goldie to its roster ahead of the under-20 world championships in Hong Kong from August 15 to 24. Goldie plays at UMass Lowell (NCAA, Massachusetts) [...]

The new-look Owen Sound Attack will first take to the ice for the 2024-25 regular season on Friday, Sept. 27, in Guelph, and return to the Bayshore the next night to take on the Storm at home. The Ontario Hockey League released its regular season schedule on Tuesday. Owen Sound begins and ends their season [...]

As extreme heat engulfed Grey-Bruce for a second consecutive day Tuesday, people were being advised to protect against heat-related illness and to think about those who may be at risk due to the sweltering conditions. A heat warning from Environment Canada warned of dangerously hot and humid conditions that were expected to persist through most [...]

The Ontario Health Coalition stopped in Chesley Tuesday and heard local people share their struggles and concerns about local health care. The coalition will issue a report in early Septemberreflecting what it hears during its numerous public consultations across Ontario this summer, and will present some recommendations, coalition executive director Natalie Mehra said. It's the [...]

The top 22 wool-producing countries produce over 1.9 billion kilograms of wool annually. Out of that wool, 1.4 billion kilograms isn't accounted for.

A downburst was the cause of a swath of damage in Owen Sound on Thursday, a group of experts that studies extreme weather has concluded. The Northern Tornadoes Project confirmed through an investigation that the downburst - powerful winds that descend from a thunderstorm and spread out quickly once they hit the ground - with [...]

After talking about it for at least a couple of decades, Owen Sound officials have given the green light to green bins. Owen Sound will introduce a weekly source-separated organics residential collection program in mid-2025. At a special council meeting on Monday, city council awarded its next contract for residential waste collection in the city [...]

Matthew McQuarrie was sentenced to life in prison Monday and he won't be eligible to apply for parole for 15 years, after his surprise guilty plea to second-degree murder during his first-degree murder trial last week in Owen Sound. Superior Court Justice Clayton Conlan accepted the 34-year-old's new plea to a lesser charge on June [...]

The deep horn blast from the Chi-Cheemaun followed a 15-minute fireworks display over Tobermory's Big Tub Harbour and encouraged a round of whoops and hollers from those aboard the ferry and those gathered on the shore. After 50 years, the Big Canoe" is still the star of the show and the jewel of the town [...]

Meaford residents celebrated 150 years of local history with a parade and party at the harbour on Saturday afternoon. The Meaford Coyotes track team sped ahead of the rest of the parade. Eventually, the field caught up with the speedy youngsters making their way down St. Vincent Street to the Rotary Club Pavilion and harbour [...]

Less than a year after a fire forced the Foodland in Lion's Head to close, the fifth-generation grocery store is again open for business. Kyle and Kara Hellyer welcomed relieved customers back into the completely renovated community grocery store on Thursday morning. It's been busy, just like before the fire. We had an amazing opening [...]

Owen Sound's River District transformed into a vibrant sea of extravagant costumes, bright colours and big smiles Saturday afternoon as the city's annual Pride Parade strutted down 2nd Avenue East to the farmers' market. Pride movement organizers in Owen Sound paid tribute to the beginnings of the movement this year - while also recognizing there [...]

The Owen Sound Fire Department evacuated a 20-unit Grey County Housing complex in the city while it battled a fire Saturday afternoon. Fire crews responded to the Rockview Apartments on 7th Avenue East just after 4:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release. Firefighters contained the fire to the unit of origin with help from [...]

A report of a suspicious vehicle led to arrests and drug charges for three individuals in Hanover Wednesday evening. Hanover Police said officers responded to a suspicious person and vehicle report in a rear parking lot near the intersection of 10th Street and 17th Avenue at approximately 7:20 p.m. Hanover officers located a wanted female [...]

Arborists, city clean-up crews and hydro repair workers were busy in Owen Sound Friday dealing with the aftermath of a severe storm that knocked over trees, downed hydro lines, and caused extensive property damage in some areas. As of Friday morning, there were no storm-related injury reports according to Owen Sound police. Much of the [...]

Andrew J. Lovejoy's knowledge of hog production was earned the old-fashioned way, through trial, error and unflinching dedication

Owen Sound residents described a wall of white as a violent storm blew through the city right at 7 p.m. Thursday. When the weather cleared a few minutes later many of their streets were almost unrecognizable with downed trees and power lines. There were reports of damage to some homes from falling trees, but early [...]

At the age of 61, Martin Soder is no stranger to taking part in the Special Olympics. But on Thursday, he experienced something new when he took part in his first Law Enforcement Torch Run in support of Special Olympics Ontario. It was my first time doing the torch run, but I have always wanted [...]

South Bruce Peninsula will seek online public engagement to help determine the best course of action for the Jewel Bridge in Sauble Beach. The Jewel Bridge crosses the Sauble River, connecting Spring Creek Road from the east to Jewel Bridge Road and the Sauble Beach townsite. According to a public notice, deterioration of the bridge's [...]

They look like a ladybug but are different. Not only do Asian lady beetles bite, they can also cause allergic skin reactions. When an ALB feels threatened or is crushed, it can excrete a foul-smelling, yellow liquid

Sewer work will result in the partial closure of 10th Street West in Owen Sound early next week. According to a notice published by the City of Owen Sound, 10th Street West between 4th Avenue West and 6th Avenue West will be partially closed beginning at 5 a.m. Monday for a sewer line installation. Travel [...]

Many Grey County residents spoke in opposition to a proposed resort village development in the Beaver Valley at a meeting Wednesday night. The Beaver Valley Development Group (BVDG) aims to construct a sprawling community where people can live, work and play" at the former Talisman Mountain Resort north of Kimberley in Grey Highlands. Seeking to [...]

The Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival is back and will showcase close to a dozen short films created by youth from across Grey and Bruce counties. The festival will take place on Wednesday (June 19) at the Galaxy Cinemas on the Sunset Strip in Georgian Bluffs just outside Owen Sound. Doors open to the free [...]

When Paul Armstrong begins his tenure as president of Mohawk College in a couple of weeks, his upbringing in the Owen Sound area will have a strong influence on how he fulfills his new role. Armstrong, who was raised on a farm near Annan and Leith and went to school in Owen Sound, was recently [...]

Pierce Mbuyi will call Owen Sound his winter home. On Wednesday, the Owen Sound Attack announced the signing of the seventh-overall pick in the 2024 OHL Priority Selection to a standard player agreement. I can't believe it's happening. None of this would be possible without my family, my late mom, dad and brother supporting me [...]

A new program at the library in Owen Sound will allow visitors to put their green thumbs to use after thumbing the pages of their favourite novella. Grey County Master Gardeners will be at the Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library every third Tuesday of the month for their Gardener in Residence program. [...]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been flirting with 40,000 this year, and finally met it.

Those who use unregulated street drugs in Grey-Bruce are being advised to use extreme caution after reports of 15 overdoses over the past 10 days, including one fatal overdose. Grey Bruce Public Health issued the advisory on Tuesday afternoon after being notified of one fatal and two non-fatal opioid-related poisonings in Owen Sound within the [...]

Owen Sound is beginning to gather feedback to help create a roadmap for the future. The city announced Tuesday it was launching a survey as the first initiative under Future Owen Sound - Vision 2050. The project, which will build on the work that informed the city's last strategic plan refresh, will create a roadmap [...]

Cancel your plans and get to Meaford." That's the advice from Janice Height, the co-lead of Meaford's 150th celebration set for Saturday afternoon. The bayside town is celebrating its sesquicentennial with a parade and harbour party. The parade starts at 1 p.m. with floats gathering at the former Meaford high school at the corner of [...]

The United Way Bruce Grey's Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser contributed more than $100,000 between the communities of Saugeen Shores, Kincardine, Meaford and Grey Highlands this year. On Feb. 24, participants in those four communities gathered to walk in support of local charities serving people experiencing hurt, hunger and homelessness. The Saugeen Shores CNOY [...]

Each year, 250 ships dock at the port and there are plans to expand

The Law Enforcement Torch Run in support of Special Olympics Ontario will make its way through Grey-Bruce on Thursday. Local police services will be joining Special Olympics athletes as they run routes through a number of communities in the two counties. The torch run will make stops in Port Elgin, Hanover, Durham, Chatsworth and Owen [...]

The Crown told a jury in Matthew McQuarrie's first-degree murder trial that a text on a phone said to be associated with the accused vowed to slit Emerson Sprung's throat, and contained a photo that appeared to be the victim's body. Assistant Crown attorney Jayme Lesperance laid out the theory of the Crown for the [...]

Southampton's Auron Ward and Hepworth's Landon Lorenowich won gold at the 2024 Canadian Nationals Jiu-Jitsu Championship tournament hosted at the Save Max Sports Centre in Brampton this past weekend. Ward, 11, was crowned Canadian Champion in the boys under thirteen white belt middleweight weight division. Making his debut a year ago, Ward secured his maiden [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars still seek their first Major Series Lacrosse win after falling 19-12 to the Oakville Rock at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre Monday night. Josh Dawick, Andrew Kew and Ryan Lanchbury led the offensive onslaught as the Rock improved to 2-0 on the year. With the loss, the N'Stars fall to [...]

The best in business in the Owen Sound area will be honoured this week. The Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce will hand out its 2024 Business Excellence Awards at the Best Western Inn on the Bay on Thursday evening. Each year the chamber celebrates the achievements of businesses and organizations in the community. [...]

A controversial development proposed at the former Talisman Mountain Resort property north Kimberley is the subject of a public meeting scheduled for Wednesday at 5 p.m. Grey County and Grey Highlands are seeking input on a development application by Beaver Valley Development Group (BVDG) seeking to build up to 370 homes in a mountain resort [...]

Organizers of the 2026 International Plowing Match near Walkerton are putting a call out to the community to develop a logo and slogan for the event. Gord Lang, a local farmer, businessman and entrepreneur who is chairing the event's executive committee, has issued a challenge to everyone in Bruce County to put their logo and [...]