Owen Sound Sun Times

Raoul Edema is used to extreme temperatures, being from Australia and spending time in the outback where the thermostat can regularly hit 50 C. But on Saturday it was extreme cold and a biting wind that settled over the Wiarton Willie Festival at Bluewater Park and Edema was certainly feeling it. “It is cold,” said […]

Cops For Cancer Canadian ambassador Mike Duhacek hit the road in Owen Sound early Saturday morning. With the temperature around -15 C, much colder with the wind chill, Duhacek set off on his more than 200-kilometre trek pulling a sled that weighed well over 200 pounds containing a wood block displaying the word CANCER . […]

The Flint Firebirds like to play high-event hockey and the Owen Sound Attack didn’t get the message until it was too late. Flint scored four unanswered goals in the opening 40 minutes inside the Dort Financial Centre en route to a 5-3 victory. Flint’s first win in five games snaps Owen Sound’s four-game winning streak […]

The future of the Kemble arena is in question, after Georgian Bluffs council has decided to “take a pause” after the projected price tag to renovate the facility ballooned to more than three times the original estimate. At its committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, council passed a motion to withdraw its existing grant […]

A second degree murder charge has been laid in connection with crash that occurred in the Town of the Blue Mountains on Jan. 26. James Schwalm, 38, of Collingwood has been charged with second degree murder and indignity to a dead body in relation to the death of Ashley Schwalm, 40, also of Collingwood. The […]

Polycor Inc., a company with quarries and manufacturing plants across North America and Europe, has big plans for its newly purchased Ebel Quarries Inc. near Wiarton. The Quebec-based company plans to invest more than $1 million worth of quarrying and sawing equipment into the long-time family-run businesses this year, said Matt Howard, co-chief operating officer […]

A group of residents in opposition to a pumped storage hydroelectric project being proposed by TC Energy at the 4th Canadian Division Training Base in Meaford are holding another polar bear plunge and “freezin’ for a reason”. The Save the Bay Polar Dip is set for Feb. 25 from noon to 2 p.m. at Fred […]

A 10-building indoor self-storage facility proposed to neighbour the Van Dolder’s Custom Exteriors building at the east end of the city is one step closer to having shovels in the ground. Owen Sound city council carried a motion directing staff to bring forward a bylaw to amend the zoning at 1730 27th Avenue East from […]

The operator of a snowmobile who fell off a sled near the Julie McArthur Regional Recreation Centre late Thursday night will be without a driver’s licence for three days. According to an Owen Sound Police Service media release, when officers arrived at the scene around 11 p.m., in the area of 10th Street East, they […]

Saugeen Shores police have charged a Kitchener woman with manslaughter and trafficking in a controlled substance as part of a fatal overdose investigation. A news release said Saugeen Shores Police Service in 2021 attended a residence in Saugeen Shores for a fatal overdose investigation. On Tuesday police arrested and charged Christine Seibert, 28, with manslaughter […]

Grey Highlands Mayor Paul McQueen questioned consultants designing the new Rockwood Terrace long-term care/assisted living home in conjunction with county staff about how pandemic-resistant it will be. One of the most difficult things during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic was when home residents couldn’t visit with their families, he said. Would the new home […]

In a hurry to get hitched? Do you want to “say yes” without the fuss and stress – and with up to 15 guests? Owen Sound and the Owen Sound River District are inviting couples to city hall on Valentine’s Day for an all-day “I do” assembly line of love. The city’s Just Say Yes […]

Feb 2, 2023

Fire completely destroyed a home west of Walkerton on Highway 9, according to officials. Walkerton Fire Chief Chris Wells said an older two-storey home near Riversdale was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived on the scene at approximately 8:30 p.m. Monday There was no one at the property at the time and no injuries as a […]

Jan 21, 2023

The prediction is in and Wiarton Willie says it is an early spring. The weather prognosticating albino groundhog made his 67th annual prediction at 8:07 a.m., and since he didn’t see his shadow, an early spring it was. It was the first prediction for the latest Willie, who arrived in Wiarton late last year after […]

Colby Barlow is the Ontario Hockey League’s player of the month for January. The Owen Sound Attack captain produced 14 goals and six assists in 12 games to usher in the new year and was a plus-six to boot. The Orillia, Ont., native also managed to score in the 2023 Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects game […]

The Knights of Meaford are hosting a memorial game Thursday to raise funds for the young daughters of a woman who helped take care of the team and its players for 10 years as a faithful volunteer and billet mom. Ashley Clock, a single mother, died suddenly and unexpectedly on Nov. 12, 2022, at the […]

Snowmobile season has arrived in Grey-Bruce. The combination of cold and snow is just what local snowmobile clubs were looking for after a mild start to 2023, and trails in the area are starting to open. “The clubs have been out there since it started snowing finishing up their staking and signing, making sure no […]

A stone monument will mark a former early Black settlement, home to 19th-century freedom seekers, around Negro Creek Road in Chatsworth Township, possibly by this summer. About 20 people packed the small township council chambers Wednesday to seek council’s support for a monument inscribed with the settlement’s history. The mood was collegial and generous. Council […]

The Lake Huron Coastal Centre (LHCC) use $44,000 in provincial funding to expand its plastic pollution reduction projects in 2023. The Great Lakes Local Action Fund money is part of a larger $1.9 million investment in 38 projects across the province. The money will be used for microplastics research, beach clean-up stations and stormwater catchment […]

Ontario Green Party leader Mike Schreiner is weighing his options after being courted by some to lead the Ontario Liberal Party, but is not saying how long he plans to take before he makes a decision. Schreiner, who was in Owen Sound on Tuesday for a local rally against Bill 23, said he has always […]

The message was loud and clear in Owen Sound on Tuesday that Ontario’s farmland and wetlands need to be protected. And Ontario Green Party leader Mike Schreiner, who was in town for a downtown rally, said he plans to take that message back to Queen’s Park in hopes that Doug Ford’s Conservative government will hear […]

A 31-year-old West Grey man has pleaded guilty to drug offences and was sentenced to six years in prison Monday. Dillon Joseph Irwin pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice in Walkerton to two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, in fentanyl and methamphetamine, on Nov. 1, 2021 in West Grey. A […]

Aaron Barber, a chronically homeless man who said he prefers to live outside, was released from custody at Owen Sound court after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to causing a disturbance at the hospital Nov. 30 and threatening a police officer Dec. 6 in the city. Barber is one of about 100 known chronically homeless people […]

Plans are in the works to create an eco retreat on the shores of Georgian Bay north of Owen Sound. The proposed development, known as the Aqorpions Eco Retreat, would see the construction of five residential units along with a retreat that could also include treetop huts, luxury tents and a clubhouse, along with trails, […]

Even Wiarton Willie’s prediction isn’t safe from the deluge of online sports betting. The NorthStar Bets casino and sportsbook gaming platform has announced that it is giving Willie watchers a chance to wager on the outcome of his appearance on Thursday morning. And they plan to have one of the faces of their company in […]

Police laid 34 charges during an enforcement blitz police conducted in Grey County after the Ministry of Transportation received a complaint about overweight and unsafe trucks. Grey Bruce OPP laid the charges once an OPP team conducted enforcement efforts on Jan. 23, a police news release said on Monday. Police said one commercial vehicle was […]

World-class curlers competed in the men’s and women’s provincial curling championships, which ended Sunday in Port Elgin, with total attendance estimated at more than 10,000 for the week-long event. Three-time Scotties Tournament of Hearts winner Rachel Homan of the Ottawa Curling Club won Sunday 9-2 in eight ends against Hollie Duncan of the Woodstock Curling […]

Bruce County council will be back at the budget table on Thursday after its proposed tax levy increase was reduced by more than three per cent during preliminary discussions. But even after the reductions achieved during a budget meeting on Jan. 19, the county was looking at a levy increase of 7.42 per cent. Further […]

Police are investigating a fatal vehicle collision last Thursday morning in The Blue Mountains. Sometime before 5:55 a.m. on Jan. 26, a grey coloured Mitsubishi Outlander sport utility vehicle was northbound on Arrowhead Road, which meets Highway 26 just east of Craigleith Provincial Park and runs south. The vehicle left the road, continued down an […]

It’s championship Sunday at the Port Elgin Chrysler ’23 Ontario Tankard and Scotties presented by Bruce Power at The Plex in Port Elgin. At 10:30 a.m., Team Danielle Inglis of the Ottawa Hunt Club will play Team Holly Duncan representing the Woodstock Curling Club for a berth into the Ontario Scotties final. The winner of […]

Colby Barlow’s 10th game-winning goal of the season, and his 36th goal of the 2022-23 Ontario Hockey League campaign, gave the Owen Sound Attack a 4-3 win over the Sudbury Wolves Saturday night at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Barlow now leads the league in goals and game-winning goals as the Owen Sound Attack […]

After 25 years the popular Meaford Scarecrow Invasion and Family Festival may have run its course. On Friday, the “remaining few members” of the Scarecrow Invasion organizing committee announced via press release that the event is officially paused indefinitely. “It is with regret, some sadness, but also hope, that the remaining few members of the […]

Following a tiebreaker on the Scotties side on Friday night the field has been set for both the Tankard and Scotties playoffs at the Port Elgin Chrysler ’23 Ontario Tankard and Scotties presented by Bruce Power at the Plex in Port Elgin. The Scotties crossover playoffs continued Saturday morning with Team Carly Howard of the […]

The Owen Sound Attack kept its impressive run alive Friday night in Guelph as the Scenic City Club dispatched the Storm 6-3 in front of 4,684 hockey fans at the Sleeman Centre. The win gives Owen Sound three in a row after topping two tough Eastern Conference teams in Peterborough and Ottawa this past weekend. […]

Grey County staff have done council’s bidding and found the close to $1.5 million in savings requested to lower the amount to be collected by taxpayers this year. County council met for a special budget meeting on Thursday where staff presented a draft budget that had been revised down from a preliminary document presented two […]

Grey Bruce Public Health announced Friday it knows of two fatal opioid overdoses in Grey-Bruce in the past seven days. Fentanyl is the suspected opioid responsible for the overdoses, which both took place in Grey-Bruce, a health unit news release said. Alexis Cook, responsible for harm reduction programs at the health unit, expressed condolences to […]

Ontario Green party leader Mike Schreiner will join others in Owen Sound Tuesday to protest the expected loss of farmland as a result of provincial Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act. They’ll stand at the Gitche Namewikwedong Bridge on 10th Street between 4 and 5 p.m. in hopes of educating people about the […]

Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health said the waning impact of COVID-19 locally means most people may resume their normal lives. “We are in the tail end of the pandemic. There is going to be transmission of COVID, it’s going to be with us,” Dr. Ian Arra said Friday in an interview to check in on […]

After finishing third on the first day of races, Poland’s Oskar Kwiatkowski elevated to the top of the podium Friday at the Alpine TKO event Friday at Blue Mountain Resort. The event pits some of the world’s best parallel grand slalom snowboard racers in head-to-head competition as part of the FIS Snowboard Alpine World Cup […]

This past weekend marked the start of the 2023 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu season, with the highly popular Grappling Industries Tournament held at Toronto Metropolitan University. The Grappling Industries Tournament featured close to 1,300 athletes competing in both Gi and Nogi in a round-robin format, with athletes from Shallow Lake’s Kilian Academy representing Grey-Bruce County. Thirty-Three-year-old Mike […]

Owen Sound Attack captain Colby Barlow led Team White to a 4-2 victory in the 2023 Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game on Wednesday at the Langley Events Centre. Barlow captained the winning team and got them on the board in the first period, collecting his own rebound and depositing it upstairs after a nice feed […]

Grey Bruce OPP has asked for the public’s assistance in identifying a person of interest. On Jan. 23 the OPP began investigating a break and enter that occurred at a residence on Highway 6-10 in the Municipality of Meaford. The Grey Bruce OPP is asking for assistance in identifying the person of interest, a male, […]

The Crown is seeking up to 3 1/2 years in prison for Megan Hopkins, who pleaded guilty in December to accessory after the fact to murder in the death of Kody Hunter, 22, at an Owen Sound hotel on May 16, 2021. Assistant Crown attorney Michelle Mckay argued Thursday for a three to 3 1/2 […]

Nobody was injured but a home was completely destroyed by fire in the northern part of Georgian Bluffs early Thursday morning. Fire crews, OPP and EMS were called to the fire at a home on Grey Road 1 near Centennial Park on the Georgian Bay shore at about 12:15 a.m. The Inter Township Fire Department […]

Some of the world’s best parallel grand slalom snowboard racers hit the hill at Blue Mountain Resort Thursday to start two days of world cup races. The Alpine TKO event pits racers head-to-head in a knockout elimination format as part of the FIS Snowboard Alpine World Cup series. On Thursday, Olympic gold medalist Benjamin Karl […]

There is renewed optimism about the survival of the Eat Local Grey Bruce local food co-operative. While the not-for-profit co-op arrived at its Indigogo campaign deadline with pledges of about $45,000 of its $115,000 goal, a couple of “ethically aligned” corporate donations and substantial offline donations have pushed them well past their target. Also on […]

Officials from Owen Sound and Georgian Bluffs met with Ontario’s minister of health at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association’s (ROMA) convention in Toronto this week to discuss difficulties attracting and retaining physicians in rural areas of the province. The local officials requested support from Health Minister Sylvia Jones, who is also the Deputy Premier of […]

Five undefeated teams remain after three days and seven draws at the Port Elgin Chrysler ’23 Ontario Tankard and Scotties at The Plex in Port Elgin. Team McEwen, out of Toronto’s Royal Canadian Curling Club, leads in Pool A at the Ontario Tankard with a record of 3-0 with Team Mooibroek chasing from behind at […]