Owen Sound Sun Times

Roadwork planned for later this year will remove a hill and install lighting to improve safety at an intersection on Grey Road 16 between Chatsworth and Keady. Grey County council awarded a tender of just over $1 million to Harold Sutherland Construction Ltd., operating as Walker Construction Grey-Bruce, for a reconstruction project along 4.3 kilometres [...]

A presentation on Grey County's new four-year strategic plan turned into a discussion about restructuring around the county council table on Thursday. The completed plan for 2024 to 2027, called Working Together for Success, was presented to council by chief administrative officer Kim Wingrove. It outlines the county's priorities and goals for the next four [...]

For a moment or two, the Owen Sound Attack looked like they believed they could win Thursday night in Saginaw. They didn't. The Memorial Cup hosts and 50-win Spirit eventually scored four unanswered goals and took Game 1 of the Western Conference quarterfinal series by a score of 6-4 inside the Dow Event Center. But [...]

Owen Sound firefighters tested a prototype portable, helmet-mounted thermal imaging camera with heads-up display in a smoke-filled house Thursday afternoon. Firefighters and the designers watched a livestream on a monitor nearby of what firefighters were seeing inside the abandoned house along Highway 26, which the department uses for practice. The camera saw through smoke and [...]

A Grey County paramedic has been honoured with a 2023 Medical Directors Award of Excellence by the Southwestern Ontario Regional Base Hospital Program. Teresa Tibbo, who has been with Grey County Paramedic Services since July 2020, received recognition for the award at Grey County council on Thursday. The award is presented to paramedics who demonstrate [...]

As the winter overnight program comes to an end at Safe n Sound, there are concerns over where those who found shelter with the agency over the past five months will go. Grey County's funding for the pilot program at the drop-in centre on 8th Street East runs out as of Monday, at which time [...]

Mohamed Hamed left resumes with employers at the nuclear industry job fair in Owen Sound Wednesday, many of which he'd already applied to online. But he made the trip from Mississauga to add a personal touch to his job search efforts in what he finds to be a slow job market. He said he moved [...]

An elementary school in Chesley was placed under a hold-and-secure protocol while police investigated reports of a robbery nearby Wednesday morning. South Bruce OPP received a report of a robbery in a wooded area near Chesley a little after 11:30 Wednesday, police said in a news release. Members of the South Bruce OPP, OPP Canine [...]

Two Meaford residents face several drug and weapons charges after police searched a property on Concession Road 2 North in Meaford. Police executed a search warrant at the property at 5 a.m. Wednesday after an investigation into drug trafficking, according to a news release from the OPP. During the search, officers seized a quantity of [...]

The Owen Sound District Wolves girls' rugby squad hopes to run it back this season and return to OFSAA, where last year the team debuted at the provincial championship and earned a bronze medal. Perhaps looking for some inspiration, head coach Rob Lee and the entire Wolves' squad headed to England and Wales earlier this [...]

The Memorial Cup tournament is heading south of the border for the first time in 26 years, set for May 24-June 2 in Saginaw, Michigan.

Local volleyball and basketball associations are growing in Owen Sound with registration increasing and organizers eyeing expansion. This past Sunday, the Bluewater Ballistix volleyball club's under-18 girls' team won gold in an Ontario Volleyball Association (OVA) tournament hosted at Owen Sound District Secondary School. In December, the Ballistix under-16 boys' team won gold at home. [...]

Earth Day will again be marked in Owen Sound with a lineup of events aimed at celebrating the planet and energizing everyone to take steps toward climate action. Earth Day Grey Bruce 2024 will be held in the city on April 20 from 11 to 4 p.m. along 1st Avenue West between 8th and 9th [...]

Bluewater District School Board administration is facing criticism for plans to cut down trees at elementary schools in Flesherton and Tara and what critics say is a lack of say trustees have had and what some consider a lack of administration transparency. At Macphail Memorial Elementary School in Flesherton, trees planted by former students and [...]

Owen Sound council has received its 2023 statement of remuneration and expenses. At its meeting on Monday, council was presented with the report on remuneration and expenses from Deputy-clerk Staci Landry and received it for information. According to the report, Mayor Ian Boddy earned salary and per diems of $58,436.66 last year, along with expenses [...]

A tip from the public led to Grey Bruce OPP charging a 40-year-old Melancthon man after a $20,000 combine header was stolen in Southgate earlier this year. On Feb. 10, police responded to a report of a stolen Case International Combine header" valued at over $20,000 in Southgate. On Monday, the Grey Bruce and Dufferin [...]

Police recovered two stolen pickup trucks, a Harley Davidson motorcycle and three off-road vehicles while executing a search warrant in Brockton Tuesday. According to a media release, the OPP's Community Street Crimes Unit and the South Bruce OPP executed a search warrant at a residence along Concession 16 in Brockton. Police recovered a Ford 150 [...]

Owen Sound Police charged a 29-year-old man of no fixed address after investigating a break-and-enter at a city cannabis shop. According to police, a man used a rock to smash through a front bay window of the pot shop in Owen Sound around 2:30 a.m. on March 26, before stealing items including iPads. The man [...]

The City of Owen Sound has given conditional support to TC Energy's proposed pumped storage energy facility in neighbouring Meaford. Council made the decision to offer conditional support following much discussion about the project at Monday's council meeting, which included a presentation by the project's proponents, and from those opposed, calls for council to hold [...]

Drones are the latest weapon in the firefighting arsenal in Northern Bruce Peninsula. A provincial emergency preparedness and response grant worth about $42,000 paid for three of them, plus the first year's training to operate these eyes in the sky. Seven pilots" will be trained to fly them. Fire Chief Jack Burt said in a [...]

Both drivers in a two-vehicle crash Monday night on 10th Street West in Owen Sound face charges. City police say a westbound 1999 Toyota Corolla turned left in front of an oncoming 2006 Dodge Magnum at 6th Avenue West, causing substantial damage to both vehicles but minor injuries to the drivers. There were no passengers. [...]

Owen Sound is launching a video camera pilot project in the River District after calls for more safety measures following the deadly assault of a downtown businessman last August. On Monday, Owen Sound council approved the implementation of the project, which will see up to 17 cameras installed in two phases in the downtown. Deputy-mayor [...]

Grey County has been named to the Smart21" list of the Intelligent Community Forum, an international economic development research, training and certification network. Grey made the top 21 list, as it did in 2016, 2017 and 2023. In June the top seven will be announced, which included Grey in 2017, followed in November by the [...]

Members of a diverse, grassroots group calling itself Ceasefire Grey Bruce stood atop the steps of Owen Sound's city hall Saturday, as they have done every Saturday since November, chanting slogans about freedom, peace and loss. Behind the scenes, they've lobbied local politicians to address their concerns about the ongoing war in Gaza and its [...]

APPLEKINGS WIN HUGH McCLEAN TROPHY The Georgian Bay Applekings held on to win 7-5 over the Milverton 4 Wheel Drives Sunday afternoon in a Game 7 nailbiter at the Meaford and St. Vincent Community Centre to win the Hugh McLean Memorial Trophy as OHA Sr. A champions. It's the first time since 1987 that the [...]

The Owen Sound Attack have a date with the hosts of the big party in their best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal. Owen Sound (29-30-6-3) clinched seventh place Saturday night but woke up Sunday morning with either London or Saginaw as possible first-round playoff opponents. Michael Simpson notched a shutout for the Knights in a 3-0 victory [...]

It's often said it takes a village to raise a child. On Sunday, a community helped say goodbye. A steady stream of neighbours walked down 2nd Avenue East in Owen Sound to the Jubilee Bridge just before 1 p.m., flowers in hand, downcast eyes and solemn faces. At the middle of the bridge, organizer TracyLee [...]

It's the end of an era. Owen Sound lost a heartbreaker to the Guelph Storm 7-6 in overtime in the team's regular-season finale Saturday at the Bayshore. The loss snapped the team's 30-win epoch. A mile marker achieved every year since Owen Sound won it all in 2010-11. A streak some believed would last until [...]

Owen Sound police arrested a man Friday in connection with two armed robberies at area pharmacies. City police were called to a robbery in progress at a city pharmacy just after 9 a.m. Friday, according to a news release from the Owen Sound Police Service. A man with no fixed address disguised himself and brandished [...]

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Georgian Bluffs has started a process it hopes will help clear up the muddy waters" around the ownership and use of the shoreline road allowance in the municipality. Council approved a motion Wednesday directing staff to hire Weir Foulds LLP to work with the township on a comprehensive background study of the shoreline road allowance. [...]

Bruce County councillors voted to approve a reallocation of $26,500 to fund 50 per cent of Grey Transit Route 5 from Wiarton to Owen Sound for the remainder of 2024 after Grey County cuts off funding in September. Grey County council voted Feb. 22 to cease operating Route 5 on Sept. 2, among other changes [...]

Rural history professor Catharine Wilson will talk about 19th and early 20th century daily life in Grey-Bruce and elsewhere in southern Ontario as revealed in diaries. The University of Guelph professor emeritus, who founded the online Rural Diary Archive, will speak at the Bruce County Museum & Archives on April 6 from 2 to 4 [...]

Community members are invited to a memorial Sunday for an Owen Sound teen who died last weekend. The ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. at Jubilee Bridge. Community members are asked to gather at the bridge and toss flowers into the Sydenham River. TracyLee King said she didn't know 16-year-old Meredith Wiebe but felt pulled" [...]

Two young pedestrians suffered minor injuries and a Meaford resident has been charged following a fail to remain collision in Markdale on Thursday morning. Just after 10:30 a.m., Grey Bruce OPP received a report of a collision between a vehicle and two pedestrians at the intersection of Toronto Street North and Grey Rd. 12 in [...]

The YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce is hoping a final fundraising push will help it reach its $100,000 goal in its YMCA Strong Communities Campaign. The local YMCA said on Thursday that with 10 days left until the campaign ends on March 31, it had to raise $10,000 more to reach its goal. The [...]

This article is sponsored by Unsmoke Canada, an initiative of Rothmans, Benson and Hedges Despite decades of government programs and regulations, today, nearly five million Canadian adults continue to smoke. Even if you are not a smoker yourself, chances are someone you know, love or work with, is. About 22 per cent of the world's [...]

The Owen Sound Attack needed a win Thursday night in Guelph to clutch and grab at any chance of climbing the ladder in the Western Conference. A slow start followed by a 5-3 defeat at the hands of the Royal City club means Owen Sound will finish no higher than seventh place. And there's a [...]

Owen Sound police charged a 27-year-old man with manslaughter and fentanyl trafficking after a 37-year-old man overdosed in the city and was pronounced dead at hospital. Police said in a news release Thursday that officers and paramedics responded to a 911 call on March 5 seeking medical assistance for a drug overdose at an apartment [...]

The back and forth over a plan to set up a pickleball club at the Kemble arena continues after Georgian Bluffs council determined a floor rental fee that had been proposed was just too low. On Wednesday, council approved amending its fees and charges bylaw to offer a reduced floor rental fee to the Georgian [...]

Three dogs died in an eastside Owen Sound house fire that caused an estimated $250,000 damage Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters received a 911 call at 12:41 p.m. about a fire in the front unit a century home in the 200 block of 13th Street East. The residents had left early in the morning and the rear [...]

With maple syrup festival season right around the corner, people are gearing up to drown themselves in the sweet elixir of the sugar bush. Local maple syrup producers have worked hard this year thanks to wonky weather patterns and warmer-than-normal temperatures. It's extending the season over a longer period of time. So, we're getting more [...]

South Bruce Peninsula council has supported the construction of a new town hall at its newly purchased property near Bluewater Park in Wiarton. At a meeting on Tuesday, council endorsed the use of the property for the town hall, using the existing steel frame structure of the former grocery store on the site, which is [...]

Though not home at the time, a homeowner witnessed three people breaking into his home via surveillance cameras and called police in time to catch them Monday. Grey Bruce OPP received the report at 4:42 p.m. and found three people on the property. Police charged Charolette Beirnes, 49, of Meaford, Jeffrey Carder, 49, of Meaford [...]

Grey County council has approved four major road project tenders for this year, three quarters of which have come in significantly under budget. At its committee of the whole meeting on Thursday, county council approved tenders for repaving projects for Grey Road 40, Grey roads 9 and 14, Grey Road 13, and Grey Road 3 [...]

The Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce has announced Stephen Musehl as its next chief executive officer. Musehl has been appointed CEO of the organization effective April 15 following a search process conducted by the CMHA Grey Bruce board of directors and a CEO recruitment committee. He will be aided in his transition to the [...]

A new nature reserve at Hope Bay will protect 463 acres on the Bruce Peninsula considered critical habitat to a variety of birds and mammals. The Bruce Trail Conservancy announced Thursday the creation of the MapleCross Nature Reserve at Hope Bay. Located along the Niagara Escarpment two kilometres east of Hope Bay and adjacent [...]

A former president and director of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation Finance Corporation is facing fraud and forgery charges. The charges come after in March 2021 the Neyaashiinigmiing First Nation Police Service commenced a fraud investigation after receiving a complaint from the Saugeen First Nation and Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation band councils. The complaint [...]

Oxenden's Julian Smith competed at the 96th Canadian Ski Nationals at the Nakkertok Ski Trails in Ottawa this past week. With temperatures of 12 degrees and no snow in the forecast, it is a miracle that the races were run at all, Smith's team said. Normally a 7.5-kilometre trail would be used, but the man-made [...]

The Young Guns ladies' broomball team won gold at the 2024 FBAO Intermediate Provincials held in Fergus on the weekend. Heading into the tournament, and sitting pretty after earning a bye, the Young Guns didn't play their first game until late Friday against Witches of Brooms. The game was a nail-biter, but the Guns came [...]