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PERE-RENE WIN SENIOR VOLLEYBALL TITLE Cambridge's Ecole Secondaire Catholique Pere-Rene-De-Galinee topped Delhi District Secondary School in straight sets to win the CWOSSA Single-A senior girls' volleyball championship in Walkerton Thursday. Les Chevalieres went undefeated in the six-team tournament. Walkerton District fell in the semifinals to Delhi. LOCAL SCHOOLS OUT AT CWOSSA The St. Mary's Mustangs [...]

Unit 3 should be back in service in 2026

Advance voting started Thursday in Ontario. Voters can cast their ballots at any advance voting location in their electoral district from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Feb. 20, 21, and 22. In Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, advance voting is available at the following locations: Bethel Missionary Church, 18 Ferndale Rd., Lion's Head. Chesley and Area Fire [...]

The Owen Sound Attack played one of their best games of the season Thursday night in Barrie resulting in a 5-1 victory over the Colts inside the Sadlon Arena. Owen Sound scored five unanswered goals after going down 1-0 midway through the first period to hand the Colts their fourth-straight loss. Tristan Delisle matched a [...]

Bruce County wants to know how U.S. tariffs might impact local businesses. The Western Ontario Wardens Caucus (WOWC) drafted a survey to gauge how local business owners are affected as threats of U.S. tariffs continue to mount. The county is also looking for business owners to tell them what support they need and how the [...]

Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative Party and local candidate Paul Vickers were on everyone else's radar during a Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound all-candidates meeting in Keady on Wednesday night. Seven of the eight candidates registered in the riding took part in the event put on by the Grey and Bruce County federations of agriculture in front of about [...]

Beyond any necessary retaliatory tariffs, Canada must resist its own version of Trumpian protectionism

Jake Crawford is pretty easy to spot on the ice. He's the six-foot-three centre whose legs are churning a mile a minute. It hasn't always translated to offence for the 17-year-old Owen Sound Attack sophomore, but the work rate doesn't go unnoticed. It's one of the reasons the Attack's new coaching staff made him an [...]

Inspire and harness Canadian ambition to build a prosperous future for our families, our communities, and our country

It's easy to overstate the importance of sixty minutes on a sheet of ice as the shadow of the Ontario Hockey League's postseason crowds into view. Wins count just as much in late February as they did in October. But for the Owen Sound Attack, this three-game northern Ontario road swing seems like a good [...]

Health care and Trump tariffs topped questions at an all-candidates meeting, via Zoom, in Huron Bruce Feb. 17 .

Some candidates enter elections with little thought of winning. While mainstream parties like the PCs, Liberals, NDP and Greens may be best known among voters in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, there are as many candidates for lesser-known parties running in the riding. For Ann Gillies, a candidate for the Stop the New Sex Ed Agenda, winning isn't [...]

Efforts to clear snow from Grey-Bruce roads after days of squalls and drifting appeared to be paying off Wednesday morning as roads listed as closed began to reopen. All school buses in Grey Bruce were cancelled again and many Bluewater District School Board schools, listed below, were closed. Grey Bruce OPP, which covers most of [...]

Save Georgian Bay's fourth annual polar dip is going virtual. The dip planned by thegroup opposed to the TC Energy pumped storage project in Meaford is being held virtually because of unsafe dipping conditions in Georgian Bay. The non-profit organization committed to stopping the pumped storage project announced on Monday that it would be holding [...]

Intense snow squalls continued to result in road closures in Grey-Bruce on Tuesday, while students across the two counties were home from school. Grey-Bruce OPP said they responded to close to 40 collisions on Monday alone, along with numerous other traffic hazard calls, including vehicles stuck in drifts and snowbanks. They were asking people to [...]

Delivery of today's Owen Sound Sun Times newspaper is being delayed due to poor weather conditions. In some areas, delivery may only be made the following day. The e-Edition, a digital replica of the print edition, is being made available to all online. Click hereto read it. If you need to reach the circulation department, [...]

Susanne von Torne has been helping resettle Ukrainians who fled the Russian war in their country for three years. Mostly she settled them in Owen Sound, including in a house she and her husband purchased for some of these displaced people, many of whom left Ukraine to protect their children, while leaving partners and parents [...]

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With U.S. President Donald Trump threatening to annex Canada and impose tariffs on Canadian goods, the American national anthem has become a point of protest at some sporting events. On Saturday night, as fans at the Bell Centre let their displeasure be known with the current political landscape before Team USA and Team Canada faced [...]

Bruce Peninsula Sportsmen's Association Family Day events Monday are postponed due to weather. Heavy snow has reduced parking at the sportsmen's clubhouse northwest of Wiarton and forced the planned events and open house to be postponed, a news release from the club said. No new date has been announced yet. Last year's open house drew [...]

A Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound provincial all-candidates meeting will take place Friday, Feb. 21 in Markdale. South Grey Bruce Chamber of Commerce is host for the meeting at Annesley United Church. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will start at 7 p.m. ,the chamber said in a news release. The debate will offer a structured [...]

On Friday night the Owen Sound Attack scored enough to keep the Erie Otters at bay, but on Saturday the scrappy team from Pennsylvania wouldn't be denied. Sam Alfano scored his 34th goal of the season to tie the game in the third period and Malcom Spence played overtime hero as the Otters came from [...]

A few snowflakes and sub-freezing temperatures? That's perfect weather for Saturday's Polar Plunge for Special Olympics in Durham. The annual fundraiser held by West Grey Police Service witnessed people jump, step or roll into a big, collapsable orange fire department pool full of water, which took place behind the Durham arena. The total raised wasn't [...]

Police charged a 35-year-old from Arran-Elderslie with assault police and obstruct a peace officer in Chesley Feb. 13. South Bruce OPP officers were called about a disturbance at an address on 1st Avenue South. Police arrived and an individual became assaultive with officers," a police news release said. There were no injuries to police or [...]

When the Owen Sound Attack drafted Pierce Mbuyi in the first round of the 2024 OHL Priority Selection this past April the silent M' in his last name tripped some people up. On Friday night, as the 16-year-old rookie recorded another hat trick, over 2,700 fans chanted his name from the stands in a call-and-response [...]

Grey County will apply for grant funding for reconstruction projects on Grey Road 1 north of Owen Sound and Grey Road 17B through Nicol's Gully just west of the city. At its meeting on Thursday, county council gave approval to a staff recommendation to apply for federal funding through the Active Transportation Fund for [...]

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Grey County is puttinga draft forest management bylaw out for public consultation that proposes to increase fines of up to 400 per cent for someone convicted of breaking the rules. The draft bylaw, presented to council on Thursday, proposes increasing the fines for a first conviction from the current maximum of $10,000 for individuals or [...]

Grey County has been cleared of any wrongdoing after a complaint was made about a closed meeting held in August to discuss sharing planning services with its lower-tier municipalities. County council received an investigation report from its appointed closed meeting investigator, Aird and Berlis LLP, that determined the county did not break any rules when [...]

A 43-year-old man faces charges and the John Deere tractor he was driving was impounded for at least 45 days after colliding with a vehicle while clearing snow in the city Thursday morning. The Georgian Bluffs resident operating the tractor with a snow blower fixed to the rear hit a 2009 Honda Civic near the [...]

Pain and hockey go hand-in-hand but nothing could prepare Landen Hookey for the news he received in November 2023. It's then that Hookey's uncle Brent VandenBroek died by suicide. VandenBroek was living and working as an artist in British Columbia. It's crazy. I FaceTimed him the day before he passed. You just never know what [...]

Polar plungers will be 'freezin for a reason' at events for Special Olympics this month

Grey County is getting readyshould U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats become a reality. County staff made a presentation Thursday in which they outlined the ways the county could support local, Ontario and Canadian businesses, and any potential assistance it could provide to those area businesses affected by a trade war between Canada and the [...]

Grey County's job fair next week will feature full-time, part-time and seasonal work.

More snow. More problems. Despite Wiarton Willie's assurances earlier this month of a waning winter, the season's end seems even further away after another dumping of snow overnight Wednesday and into early Thursday morning. All school buses in the region are cancelled. More snow is expected to continue through the weekend. Steven Flisfeder, a meteorologist [...]

Firefighters fought the fire and cold temperatures which froze equipment.

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization's offices in Teeswater will close to the public on Friday and the organization plans to dispose of the lands it had secured for a potential underground used nuclear fuel vault in South Bruce. The more than 1,800 acres of land the organization had secured in South Bruce through a series [...]

North America's beef cow population remains lower than at any time since 1961. That's because of drought in some cattle-growing areas and relatively high feeding costs in recent years. Total beef cattle population has never been smaller in 74 years. The bottom-line analysis of U.S. Department of Agriculture economists appears in their Jan. 1 cattle [...]

As a child, I had to have two smallpox vaccinations before entering Grade 1. You might wonder why. The reason is directly related to the place we find ourselves in Canada, with respect to the 47thPresident of the United States. When I began school, many decades ago, we lived in Quebec. But my doctor at [...]

An event that raises funds and brings awareness to the challenges facing Grey-Bruce's most vulnerable residents will be held on Feb. 22. The Safe N Sound homelessness initiative, the United Way of Bruce Grey and Bruce Grey Mentorship are holding Coldest Night of the Year events in communities throughout the two counties. Safe N Sound, [...]

Lenny Greenberg grew up in California and is now playing junior hockey over 4,000 km away in Owen Sound. This is the story of how and why.

From Windsor to Waterloo region, four area cities rank among those in Canada that would be hardest-hit by U.S. tariffs, a new report shows.

Owen Sound councillor wants report on how to help seniors clear driveway after snowplow comes.

A Northern Bruce Peninsula councillor wants vehicle manufacturers to install tow hooks on all new vehicles sold in Canada. Coun. Todd Dowd brought forward a notice of motion at Monday's Northern Bruce Peninsula council meeting proposing a nationwide mandate that all new cars and trucks sold in Canada be equipped with a tow hook. Dowd's [...]

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threat prompted strong reaction from Owen Sound's mayor and led to a soverignty declaration by Halton Hills.

Owen Sound council has approved a total municipal levy of $36.2 million - a 2.57 per cent municipal tax levy increase for 2025. The entire blended increase, including provincial education and Grey County tax levies, will be 2.52 per cent. City council had stipulated that staff propose an increase of no more than five per [...]

Launch Pad decision devastating I am writing to express my profound disappointment with the recent decision to withdraw funding from the Launch Pad Skills Training & Technology Centre. This decision has had devastating consequences, resulting in the immediate closure of an invaluable resource for our youth and the broader community. The Launch Pad provided young [...]

The Owen Sound Field Naturalists clubs next speaker presentation features Dufferin County forest manager Kevin Predon and is entitled Forestry Isn't Always an F Word. Predon's goal is to cajole the audience into an appreciation (or at least an understanding) of commercial forestry and its progressive environmental practices. This talk is scheduled for 7 p.m. [...]

The unemployment rate for the economic region that includes Grey-Bruce jumped two percentage points in January, the largest increase in the province. The unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region increased to 5.8 per cent after being at one of the lowest rates in the province for months. Meanwhile, the provincial unemployment increased by [...]

The Bluewater District School Board has declared trustee Janice Kaikkonen's seat vacant. On Feb. 4, after a closed session with only one item on the agenda, board members voted to declare Kaikkonen's seat vacant under Section 228(1)(b) of the Education Act. That section of the Education Act states A member of the board vacates his [...]