Owen Sound Sun Times

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 [...]

Dozens of costumed kids streamed through Owen Sound's downtown and business owners made last-minute trips to the dollar store to restock dwindling candy supplies with an hour left to go in the River District's successful Trick-or-Treat Trail Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 34 participating businesses took part in the trick-or-treating festival, giving families [...]

The Bruce Grey Music Hall of Fame has found a new home at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 6 in Owen Sound. Legion branch members voted unanimously earlier this month in favour of a proposal to locate the hall at the branch after its previous home - the legion in Hepworth - and its memorabilia [...]

The Lakeshore Triathlon will call Saugeen Shores home in 2024 and beyond. Organizers of the race announced earlier this week the former Kincardine Women's Triathlon, which shifted to Port Elgin this summer due to Kincardine's big downtown dig, will make the move permanent. We are excited to start a new chapter for the Lakeshore Triathlon [...]

COMPETITIVE CURLING LEAGUE SEEKS TEAMS The BrokerLink Insurance Grey Bruce Major Curling League is still accepting teams for the 2023-24 curling season. The league will play a round-robin schedule on Wednesday nights at various curling clubs in Grey-Bruce from November to January with playoffs to follow in February. The BrokerLink Insurance Grey Bruce Major Curling [...]

A pair of Owen Sound Attack players are featured on the NHL Central Scouting's players-to-watch list ahead of next summer's 2024 NHL Entry Draft. Rookie goaltender Carter George, the team's 53rd-overall pick in 2022, is listed as one of the top-ranked goaltenders in the upcoming draft and received a B' rating from the scouts. The [...]

When the Ontario University Women's Field Lacrosse Championship is played in Kingston this weekend there's a good chance former Owen Sound North Stars will have a say in the outcome. As the 2023 season comes to a close nine North Stars will play prominent roles on six of the competing teams. The top-rated team from [...]

One person was taken to hospital with life-threatening after a crash on Highway 10 north of Flesherton early Thursday morning. Grey-Bruce OPP responded to a vehicle in the ditch on the highway in Grey Highlands just before 2 a.m. The driver was transported to hospital with life threatening injuries. Highway 10 was closed between Grey [...]

Ancestral Indigenous remains that were unearthed at Sauble Beach last week have been laid back to rest in a ceremonial burial. Saugeen First Nation Chief Conrad Ritchie confirmed the remains were reburied on Wednesday at the same location they came from in South Bruce Peninsula. Ritchie said Thursday that the ceremony and the week leading [...]

Owen Sound is lowering monthly bus pass rates for those on the Ontario Disability Support Program and Ontario Works. The city will begin a pilot program Nov. 7 to offer an affordability rate of $55 for monthly passes. The new rate will be available on a trial basis for those on ODSP and OW until [...]

Owen Sound has applied for funding for two major infrastructure projects on the edges of the city. The city has made one Connecting Link funding application for an almost $1.4 million project to rehabilitate the pedestrian tunnel on the CP rail trail under 16th Street East (Highway 26) on the city's east side, and another [...]

The Manitoba ship sculpture on Owen Sound's east harbour wall is getting some lighting and electrical upgrades. Owen Sound council approved a staff recommendation on Monday to increase the amount to light the sculpture to $36,000 after it was determined that an original $25,000 allocation from the Festival of Northern Lights Reserve was insufficient. Council [...]

A zoning bylaw amendment that would permit a rock climbing bouldering gym in Owen Sound's industrial park has been appealed by an adjacent property owner. On Monday, Owen Sound council directed staff to advise the Ontario Land Tribunal that it confirms and supports the change and to prepare for representation at an appeal hearing. The [...]

Taran Hibma pleaded not guilty Tuesday in an Owen Sound courtroom to criminal negligence causing death by starting a fire, in a backyard tree house, which caused the death of 17-year-old Genesis Young at Sauble Beach three years ago. Hibma, 22, entered his plea to the Aug. 15, 2020 charge before Superior Court Justice Roger [...]

Owen Sound council has condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Israel. On Monday, Owen Sound council opened its first meeting since the Oct. 7 attacks that left 1,400 dead and more than 200 as hostages by denouncing the violence that was carried out. The City of Owen Sound extends its deepest condolences to the families [...]

Owen Sound council is taking another look at its short-term rental licensing program after concerns were raised about some of the rules set out in the planned bylaw. Council was set to pass its bylaw to license, regulate and govern the operation of short-term rentals in the city beginning next March. But at the request [...]

The proponents planning to convert Owen Sound's old courthouse and jail into an entertainment and event venue and business incubator are looking forward to moving ahead with the project after getting zoning bylaw and official plan amendments approved for the property. Owen Sound council on Monday passed bylaws to approve the amendments for the properties [...]

Hanover Police are investigating after being told of a robbery in the town on Oct. 15 in which a firearm was discharged at a pursuing vehicle. On Sunday, Hanover Police Service received the report of a home invasion robbery a week earlier at a residence in the 400 block of 11th Street, near 13th Avenue. [...]

The local virtual urgent care program has gone through a transition, but those who access it can expect to see little change in the service being provided. The program, which targets patients with ailments who are unable to see a family doctor but aren't sick enough to require a trip to the hospital, has transitioned [...]

Operation Christmas Child is back in full swing in Grey-Bruce. The program, which provides shoeboxes full of necessities and other items to children in need around the world, is once again up and running locally, preparing shoe boxes in time for collection week in mid-November. Paula Heatherington, a longtime participant in Operation Christmas Child, said [...]

Eight out of ten teams make the playoffs in the Western Conference and the little kids bombing around during the Sunday afternoon post-game fan skate didn't seem to care their favourite team just dropped three straight games and looked to be in a bit of an existential tailspin. That's the positive note of an otherwise [...]

Saugeen and Nawash members are helping to create a map that shows how Saugeen Ojibway Nation people have used territorial lands and how much their lives are connected to the land and water. The land use and occupancy mapping project has heard from at least 40 SON members so far. Interviews started Oct. 21 at [...]

Penn Kemp goes back to her five-year-old self to stimulate her poet's muse. She encouraged a small group of people at her participatory poetry workshop Saturday in Owen Sound to return to their uninhibited, child-like selves too. Her workshop was part of the Words Aloud Poetry Festival which took place this weekend in Meaford and [...]

The cat show is on this weekend at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre but no one told the Brantford Bulldogs who came in and marked their territory with a 5-2 win over the Owen Sound Attack Saturday night. The Bulldogs scored four straight goals in the contest and chased Corbin Votary from the net [...]

For cat enthusiasts, it was purrfect. Nearly 100 cats representing about 20 breeds competed in four rings at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Saturday in Owen Sound to see which was the best of the best at the No Name Cat Club Show, which continued Sunday. But beyond the three purebred cat categories, judged [...]

Owen Sound police chased, caught and charged a man in Kelso Beach at Nawash Park Friday night. A police news release said officers were contacted by concerned citizens about a suspicious man exiting a residence on 29th Street West in the city. Police located him on a bicycle in the area. Police said he gave [...]

Hanover police charged a 64-year-old Hanover man with public mischief, breach of probation and breach of his conditional sentence for what police say was an erroneous report of a mugging. A news release from Hanover Police Chief Chris Knoll said police received a report of a mugging that took place the evening of Friday, Oct. [...]

Darren Rumble restarted his head coaching career where it all began as a major junior player inside the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Friday night. The current Rangers gave the former Blueshirt a rude homecoming, sending him and the Owen Sound Attack packing with a 5-3 loss. The Rangers are red hot. Friday's win was their fourth [...]

Human remains found at the Southampton compost site on Thursday originated at Sauble Beach and have been found to be Indigenous. The skeletal remains were found by a citizen at the yard waste compost site on Thursday. Later that evening police revealed that a forensic anthropologist thoroughly examined the remains and determined they were historic [...]

Bruce Power is planning to begin the Impact Assessment for a possible Bruce C nuclear generation station. On Friday, the company that operates Bruce A and B near Tiverton, announced that it had notified the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada of its intent to launch the IA for the [...]

Bones found at the Southampton yard waste compost site are human and are historic in nature, police say. The skeletal remains discovered at the site Oct. 19 by a citizen were thoroughly examined by a forensic anthropologist, the OPP said in a news release. The remains will not be part of a criminal investigation and [...]

Police are investigating after bones were discovered at the compost site in Saugeen Shores. Members of the Saugeen Shores Police Service and OPP are working together on the investigation after a citizen contacted police on Thursday after noticing the bones at the site on Conc. 14 in Saugeen Shores, it said in a news release. [...]

Student achievement in Grey-Bruce is below the provincial average across the board, according to standardized testing results. The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) has released the results of the 2022-23 assessments, which include the scores of 580,000 Grade 3, Grade 6 and Grade 9 students across the province, in both English and French language [...]

Owen Sound officials are looking to make major upgrades to the ball diamonds at Duncan McLellan Park over the next three years. On Wednesday, the city's community services committee received an information report on planned work at the east-side facility, which sees an estimated $690,000 invested over the next three years. The proposed timeline would [...]

Bruce Power has started to remove and replace key components of its Unit 3, the second reactor unit undergoing refurbishment through its six-unit Major Component Replacement project. On Wednesday, the operator of the nuclear generating station near Tiverton announced that workers had successfully installed protective shielding and 16 bulkheads to isolate the unit from the [...]

Demolition began Thursday on a two-storey building downtown, north of the St. Francis' Place apartments, to clear the site for a 40-unit, six-storey apartment building. When siding and yellow spray-foam insulation was removed from the north wall of 1043 3rd Ave. E., an old advertisement for Old Chum smoking tobacco was revealed. The building was [...]

Christine MacDonald will take over Chief Administrative Officer of Bruce County upon the retirement of Derrick Thomson. On Thursday, the county announced the appointment of MacDonald to the CAO's position. The current Deputy CAO who has served as the county's interim CAO and director of human services in the past, first joined the county in [...]