Owen Sound Sun Times

'I found the whole experience uplifting being with many hundreds of people to worship in a service.' -- Rob Lawrence, of Owen Sound.

'I think that everybody recognizes that there is a demand for transit in rural areas.' -- Southgate Mayor Brian Milne

The family of Walkerton District student Olivia Rourke is honouring her legacy through a weekend basketball tournament and the launch of a foundation in her name. The Hoops for Hope 3-on-3 youth basketball tournament will go ahead as planned on Saturday at Walkerton District Community School. The basketball tournament was being organized by Rourke before [...]

The Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce held its business excellence awards on Thursday, with a sold-out crowd watching as winners were selected in 14 categories. Tiffany James, the chamber's chief executive officer, said the community really got behind this year's event at Best Western Inn on the Bay, which saw a record number [...]

A measles case at a Flesherton school has led local public health officials to take steps to prevent the spread of the disease there. Grey Bruce Public Health confirmed on Friday that it received a report of a person who had contracted measles who attended Macphail Memorial Elementary School on May 20. The local health [...]

The Middlesex Agricultural Hall of Fame announced its inductees recently, and it stirred an old memory when I read that one of the men honoured was Dr. Burt Matthews.

'Just as you wouldn't leave your child alone in a city, don't let them navigate the online world alone.' -- OPP Det. Staff-Sgt. Tim Brown

A teen from South Bruce Peninsula has died as a result of a single-vehicle crash near Hepworth early Friday morning. An 18-year-old who was taken to hospital has died from injuries sustained in the crash, while another individual remains in hospital with serious injuries, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release late Friday morning. [...]

'It wasn't long ago that this province was making school boards choose which rural schools they would keep open, which ones they would close. Well, I'm proud to say that those days are over.' -- Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Paul Vickers

As spring turns to summer in Grey-Bruce local health unit is reminding people about ways to prevent tick bites. Blacklegged ticks, which are capable of transmitting bacteria, viruses and parasites that can cause potentially serious diseases in people, are present in the area and are primarily active in the spring and summer. Grey Bruce Public [...]

Walk will begin July 19 at Niagara Falls, NY, and end in Owen Sound on August 2

Some criticized MNRF decision to tranquilize bear so high in tree

A college student who is originally from Owen Sound has walked away with an award from the Skills Canada National Championships held in Regina on May 29-30. Noah Rittenhouse, a first-year CNC Machining student at Mohawk College has won the RBC Best of Region Award for Ontario at the national championships. Rittenhouse, 25, was [...]

Politicians of many colours and levels frequently like to toss an old favourite into the election promise mix. They promise to get tough on crime.

The event will be the culmination of Choir Camp

Spiritual council work could 'go back to the roots,' Rev. Joan Silcox-Smith says

Backyard hens could soon be permitted on residential lots in South Bruce Peninsula. Town council directed staff to place a bylaw on the agenda of an upcoming meeting that would permit up to 10 chickens in any zone where a main residential dwelling is established. The move came after a public meeting was held to [...]

Integrated advanced greenhouse technology with a focus on environmental responsibility produces sweeping, crunchy leafy greens

The Owen Sound Aquatic Club's 2024-25 season is in the home stretch, but before it ends team members will compete in a range of meets, including local, regional, national and international competition. Two OSAC swimmers are making their way to Victoria, BC, June 7-12 to compete in the Bell Canada Swimming Trials, the highest domestic-level [...]

A bid to capture provincial bronze on home soil came up just short for the Owen Sound District Wolves girls field lacrosse club. After falling behind 9-1 to Blessed Trinity of Grimsby early in the second half, the Wolves mounted a mad comeback but fell just short in a 10-9 heartbreaker at the Trillium Cup [...]

The board has $36.097 million in provincial funding for a 1,012-pupil school.

An Oxford County couple has been expanding in an old aircraft hanger since 2023

New use of the Quyon mill will be as a farmers' market, a cafe and terrace with river view, and ice cream truck on site

The Law Enforcement Torch Run in support of Special Olympics Ontario will make its way through Grey and Bruce counties on Tuesday. Members of the Owen Sound Police Service, Saugeen Shores Police Service, Hanover Police Service, West Grey Police Service and the OPP will be walking and running routes in a number of area communities, [...]

Owen Sound council has approved closing streets for a pair of events in the River District. Council on Monday approved closing the 900 block of 1st Avenue East for the Downtown River Precinct Phase 2 Opening Celebration on Friday, and the use of 9th Street East between 2nd and 3rd Avenue East for the Pride [...]

'It started in the hockey arena in downtown Toronto," Rev. Marsha Roberts said of the origins of the United Church of Canada.

Owen Sound council has voted to remove an artifact display area and training space from a planned firehall renovation and expansion in order to lower the project's cost. Council approved a staff recommendation Monday morning at a special meeting to remove the two features from the space needs, conceptual floor plan and cost estimate identified [...]

The season had kicked off with High Point Farms dispersing March 21 where 75 lots brought $390,250 for a $5,200 average

In front of a packed crowd inside the Durham Community Centre, the Owen Sound North Stars couldn't climb all the way back in an emotionally charged game against the Guelph Regals. In the North Stars' first home game since the passing of their assistant coach Mat Eckert, the team paid tribute with a pre-game ceremony. [...]

If those who come out to see the Owen Sound Little Theatre's production of 7 Stories walk out the door agruing about it, the production will be considered a success in the mind of director Gerrard Morrison. That is because the past-paced, dark comedy is what Morrison calls a thinking piece," and each viewer is [...]

A man has died in a crash involving an all-terrain vehicle in Elmwood. West Grey Police Service, Elmwood Fire Services and Bruce County paramedics responded to the single-vehicle crash near the intersection of John Street East and George Street in Elmwood on Sunday. When police arrived, community members were already providing first aid and CPR [...]

The Ontario Provincial Police are again asking for support in locating a missing Flesherton teen just days after she was reported found. Jillianne Dixon, 15, is five-foot-three and 130 pounds. According to police, she was last seen Saturday, May 31, at midnight on Princes Street in Kincardine, wearing white sneakers, black pyjama bottoms and a [...]

A teacher and four students died while returning home from a softball tournament. As their communities lay them to rest, plans to honour their legacies are taking shape.

Five different goal scorers hit paydirt Friday night as the Owen Sound North Stars downed the Collingwood Cruise, 5-3, at the Eddie Bush in Collingwood. With the win, the N'Stars improved to 4-1-0 in the Ontario Series Lacrosse league, behind only the Brooklin Merchants and Six Nations Rivermen in the six-team circuit. Owen Sound has [...]

A bunch of Bluewater Athletic Association track and field athletes punched their ticket to the 2025 OFSAA Track and Field Championship in Toronto with big performances this past week. The OFSAA West Region championship was held at London's Western University, with the top four finishers in each event qualifying for the big show in the [...]

The Rotary Huron Shore Run is growing in popularity and, in turn, raising more money for life-saving equipment in local hospitals. Most people don't realize the government does not buy the equipment for hospitals. They pay, really, less than 10 per cent for that. They pay for the staff, the building, the operating expenses, but [...]

An Ontario Superior Court has confirmed the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority's ownership of the Hibou Conservation Area Lands, five years after for sale" signs were erected on a portion of the property. The GSCA announced Friday that a recent court decision has confirmed its ownership of lands at the Hibou Conservation Area, ensuring continued public [...]

Monday is gearing up to be a big day for the birds and the bees in Owen Sound. The Owen Sound Field Naturalists and Birds Canada are hosts for a SwiftWatch at the Old Grey County Courthouse on Monday night to celebrate the refurbishment of the structure's old chimney - the last communal chimney roost [...]

The Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce is gearing up to celebrate the local business community at its annual awards night. The chamber is holding the 2025 Business Excellence Awards at the Best Western Inn on the Bay, 1800 2nd Ave. E., on June 5. The awards night is the chamber's largest event of [...]

Michelle and Nick Hoeffsuemmer contributing a part of their profits to worthy local causes

When contemplating his latest big project, local Lego creator Ken Reid wanted to replicate a landmark that best symbolized Owen Sound and Grey-Bruce. But when he started thinking about what to build there wasn't any particular building that jumped out at him as one that was representative of the Scenic City or the surrounding area. [...]

The bylaw seeks to formalize a process that started when TC Energy proposed to build a 1000-megawatt pumped storage project on federal land within the municipality.

Operations committee chair says increase warranted

But there were also some offsetting savings in other areas

The museum, run by 40 volunteers, is located in the old stone dairy cattle barns on the Macdonald College campus

The province's Special Investigations Unit has terminated its investigation into a case in which a man suffered a right wrist fracture in Owen Sound in February. The SIU said in a news release Wednesday that it is apparent the man was responsible for his injury, leaving nothing to investigate as far as the potential criminal [...]

Owen Sound police have charged a Bruce Grey Catholic District School Board employee. Police said in a media release that the Criminal Investigation Branch of the Owen Sound Police Service arrested and charged the individual. A court-ordered publication ban is currently in effect, prohibiting the publication, broadcasting, or transmission of any information that could identify [...]

All stood in the council chambers to honour and remember them.

A Flesherton-area teen missing for a month has been found safe, police said. Owen Sound police announced in a brief news release late Wednesday afternoon that 15-year-old Jillianne Dixon had been located and was safe. In the release, police extended their gratitude to the public, media, social service agencies and various police services for their [...]

Grown-ups can now have fun in the great outdoors at a facility that has been creating lasting memories for young people in Grey-Bruce. The Bluewater Education Foundation announced it is launching adult-focused initiatives at the Bluewater District School Board's Outdoor Education Centre near Oliphant on the Bruce Peninsula. The not-for-profit organization that was formed in [...]