Owen Sound Sun Times

Grey County has recognized two residents who were recently inducted into the Ontario Agriculture Hall of Fame. County council recognized Ray Robertson and Brian Gilroy on Thursday after they were inducted into the hall of fame at a ceremony in Elora on June 11. The Ontario Agriculture Hall of Fame Association announced in February it [...]

Grey County plans to expropriate two small parcels of land required to construct a roundabout at an intersection identified in the past as the county's most dangerous. At its committee of the whole meeting on Thursday, Grey County council approved a staff recommendation to expropriate the two pieces of land southeast and southwest of the [...]

Grey County will make some speed limit changes to county roads in and around Allan Park, Neustadt and Walter's Falls. Council directed staff Thursday to bring forward a bylaw to amend its traffic and parking regulations to allow for some changes, including the speed limit reductions in the communities. The recommended changes include reducing the [...]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit issued an opioid alert Friday following reports of four suspected drug overdoses, including a fatal overdose, over a recent six-day period. The health unit said a person in their 50s died on June 21 of a suspected fentanyl overdose, while other non-fatal overdoses were reported between June 16 and June [...]

A planned collaboration between Grey Roots and the Bluewater District School Board is expected to breathe some farm life into the Moreston Heritage Village next year. The Grey County-run museum and archives and the Bluewater board are working through a draft agreement that would see the board's specialist high skills major program in agriculture moved [...]

One of the fastest-growing sports in North America is taking centre stage in Wiarton this July to help Big Brothers Big Sisters raise awareness and funds. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Grey Bruce and Western Simcoe in partnership with the Taylored Pickleball Academy (TPA) will hold a three-day pickleball weekend extravaganza featuring learn-to-play clinics and [...]

The Bluewater District School Board has named Wendy Louwerse a superintendent of education effective Sept. 1. She will replace superintendent of education Andrea Tang, who is set to retire. A media release announcing the post said Louwerse grew up in Caledon but has spent more than 34 years as a resident of Grey County. With [...]

New this year is a celebration of the local culinary arts and international food scene at the Owen Sound Farmers' Market Saturday morning.

A 28-year-old Owen Sound man is facing operation while impaired charges after police were called about two people in running vehicle outside an eastside business early Wednesday morning. Owen Sound police, fire services and Grey County paramedics were called to the business around 2 a.m. after receiving reports of two unresponsive males inside a running [...]

A Saugeen Shores police officer and firefighters helped save a woman from drowning in Lake Huron on June 21 around 9 p.m., according to a police media release. Police attended the area near Scubby's Point Park in Southampton after receiving reports of a person in crisis. Upon arrival, police observed the female walking into the [...]

A 32-year-old woman from Bruce County faces several charges after a Saugeen Shores police officer was punched in the face. Officers received a report of an intoxicated woman stealing a vehicle from Lamont Sports Park in Port Elgin at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday, Saugeen Shores police said in a news release. Approximately 10 minutes later an [...]

A Huron-Kinloss man was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a fatal pickup truck rollover almost four years ago in Southgate. John Franken, who was 25 at the time, was sentenced in the Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound on June 9. He pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death [...]

Port Elgin's Ian MacKay is bringing the NLL Cup to the Queen's Bar and Grill on Saturday. MacKay and the Buffalo Bandits won the National Lacrosse League's top prize in a deciding Game 3 over the Colorado Mammoth with a 13-4 victory at Buffalo's KeyBank Center earlier this month in front of over 18,000 fans. [...]

The South Bruce Grey Health Centre will close the Durham emergency department overnight at times this summer due to a lack of staff. Hospitals across Canada and Ontario are facing staffing challenges and South Bruce Grey Health Centre is no exception. We are experiencing an ongoing shortage of physicians, nurses and other healthcare workers over [...]

South Bruce Peninsula has postponed its Canada Day weekend fireworks in Sauble Beach and Wiarton due to the dry conditions on the Bruce Peninsula. The municipality announced on Tuesday that the fireworks at Sauble Beach and Bluewater Park in Wiarton had been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date once a municipal fire [...]

A third person has pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of a young man at an Owen Sound hotel two years ago. Mackenzie Paterek, 23, of no fixed address when arrested, pleaded guilty over Zoom from jail Wednesday in the Superior Court of Justice to manslaughter in the death of Kody Hunter, 22, [...]

West Grey council is throwing its support behind a proposed battery farm south of Hanover. Grant Johns and Bogdan Dinu of the Halton-based Shift Solar Inc. appeared as a delegation at the West Grey council meeting Tuesday morning and presented their plan to build a 100-megawatt battery energy storage system (BESS) on 40 acres of [...]

The Bruce Grey Music Hall of Fame is tuning up to induct six more members at its first induction ceremony in three years Sunday in Owen Sound. Doors to the Memorial Auditorium at the Royal Canadian Legion in Owen Sound open at 1 p.m., as the local music hall of fame celebrates entertainment legends of [...]

Owen Sound firefighters put out a fire at a triplex on the city's west side early Saturday morning. All units were evacuated and the fire was contained to the deck and family room of the main floor unit. The fire started on the exterior of the home. Improperly extinguished smokers' materials are the suspected cause, [...]

Event organizers are planning to make the three-day festival bigger and better in 2024 for the 50th anniversary

The Ukrainian Village of Owen Sound continues to provide assistance to families as Russia's invasion of their homeland drags on. The organization is preparing to welcome a mother and her child from Ukraine in the next two weeks, with another larger family expected to move to the city by the end of July, Lesya Chapman, [...]

The Friends of Hibou Park are throwing a party to help celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the park's purchase for public use on Saturday. The family event will feature live music, children's activities and a cash-only barbecue supported by the Sydenham Junior Optimists. The 50th anniversary event begins at 5 p.m. and runs until 11 [...]

Georgian Bluffs council has approved spending an additional $308,623 on a major road reconstruction project at its northwestern boundary with South Bruce Peninsula. The municipality's committee of the whole voted at its meeting on Wednesday to fund the additional cost of the Elm Street reconstruction project from its working capital reserve. The additional funds are [...]

The Ontario Jiu-Jitsu Association hosted its annual Kids Jiu-Jitsu Festival in Brampton earlier this month, a very popular tournament raising funds for children challenged by autism, with a strong showing from local Kilian Academy athletes. Canadian Champion and pupil at Harvest Canadian Reformed Christian School, Derrick Scheper, pressed his claim as one of the best [...]

UNITED SHUT OUT KITCHENER The Owen Sound United sponsored by the Jerry Pfeil Auto Group won 1-0 over Kitchener Riverside in Kitchener and District Soccer League action Sunday night at the Kiwanis Soccer Complex. Colin Lake scored the game-winner in the first half and Flynn Cowell-Castles earned the shutout. The United's next game is Sunday [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars junior B club will open up the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League playoffs against the top-seed and undefeated Six Nations Rebels. N'Stars general manager Ethan Woods said the teams were working to confirm the schedule for the best-of-five series Monday. The North Stars finished the 20-game regular season schedule this [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars stalled out against the Six Nations Rivermen Saturday and are sliding down the standings in the province's senior B lacrosse circuit. The North Stars travelled to the Six Nations Sports and Cultural Memorial Center for their fourth game against the Rivermen this past Saturday, losing 11-6. The North Stars are [...]

The work of some of the area's young amateur filmmakers will hit the big screen at the 2023 Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival screening on Wednesday. A lineup of 10 short films created by youth from across Grey and Bruce counties will be screened at Galaxy Cinemas just west of Owen Sound, followed by an [...]

A person died after a collision involving an all-terrain vehicle in West Grey on Sunday. At about noon, the West Grey Police Service, West Grey Fire Department and Wellington County EMS were called to a single-vehicle ATV crash in the area of Grey Road 3 and Concession 8 east of Elmwood. The male driver, who [...]

Bring on the crowd because the performers with The Roxy Star Company are ready for an audience. The Owen Sound Little Theatre program for adults with intellectual, developmental or physical disabilities is wrapping up its first session and the participants can’t wait to present their finale event — The Imagine Talent Show — on Thursday, […]

A program that prepares medical residents for rural family practice is benefitting the Grey-Bruce region in a big way. On Tuesday, a virtual graduation ceremony was held at the Meaford Library for five family medicine residents who were part of McMaster University’s Rural Stream Program, which provides residency training for aspiring family doctors at six […]

Owen Sound police say they charged a 19-year-old with stunt driving after they saw him perform a stunt in his pickup truck Thursday at noon on the east side of the city. His driver’s licence was suspended immediately for a mandatory 30 days and the truck was impounded for 14 days. The driver, whom police […]

Police charged a 15-year-old from Grey Highlands with assault with a weapon and possession of an imitation weapon for a dangerous purpose in a “school-related” incident Tuesday. Grey Bruce OPP were called at 12:47 p.m. to a local school for a weapons call, a police news release said Thursday. There were no injuries reported and […]

Music at the Market, a free series of concerts, takes place in July and August at the Owen Sound Farmers’ Market building on Thursdays and Fridays in downtown Owen Sound. Thursday concerts begin at 5 p.m. and Friday shows start at noon. The live concerts will be presented rain or shine at 88 8th St. […]

Harbour Nights concerts return for the summer starting this Sunday at 7 p.m. with the Rob Elder Trio. The free concerts will be held every Sunday but one through Aug. 20 and some Sundays will feature concerts at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. There’s no concert on Aug. 6 of the Civic holiday weekend. Bring […]

Georgian Bluffs is moving forward with a number of initiatives aimed at managing short-term accommodations across the municipality. At its committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, Georgian Bluffs council approved half a dozen motions aimed at STAs, including the implementation of voluntary registration program for providers of short-term rentals like Airbnb and VRBO in […]

COVID-19 may be in the rear-view mirror for many, but nurse practitioner Michelle Lanteigne deals with people infected with the lingering pandemic virus every day. She runs an acute-care clinic for people with active COVID-19 and one for long COVID patients at the Owen Sound Family Health Team offices on 1st Avenue West. The clinic […]

The players were focused, the pressure was on and the rivalry was intense, as close to a dozen teams of Grey-Bruce high school students battled it out to finish on top on Friday. But the competition wasn’t played out on a field, in a gymnasium or at an arena. It was in the classrooms and […]

Temporary emergency department closures are “likely in the coming months” due to hospital staff shortages in Grey-Bruce, a joint statement from the three area hospital corporations said. “Local hospital CEOs and leadership are working together to ensure an emergency department will be open and available within a reasonable distance at all times,” the statement said. […]

The Owen Sound District Wolves girls’ rugby team won the 2023 CWOSSA ‘AAA’ championship Friday afternoon in Brantford 20-12 over Guelph’s J.F. Ross. It’s the first time the locally dominant rugby team has won the CWOSSA ‘AAA’ championship and qualified for OFSAA in the school’s history. The sixteen-team OFSAA ‘AAA’ championship is set to take […]

A 67-year-old driver who lived in West Grey died Thursday at the scene of a crash involving a transport truck and a car on Highway 9 between Mildmay and Walkerton. South Bruce OPP said the collision was reported to police at 12:32 p.m. The car driver was pronounced dead at the scene, near Concession 12, […]

Meaford officials were advising people Friday not to use the town’s municipal water supply as a precaution after a fire at an automotive business late Thursday. Municipal officials were in contact with the province’s Ministry of Environment and continued to assess the fire scene at Johnny B’s Automotive to ensure no byproducts from the fire […]

The Owen Sound Baysox crushed the Mansfield Cubs to win their first game of the season in their home opener Thursday night at Tom Williams Baseball Field. Nate Kramer pitched a complete-game shutout as the Baysox topped the Cubbies 12-0. Kramer, Bryan Post and Ryan Bartley all smacked home runs as part of a 10-run […]

A large fire destroyed a decades-old family-run auto repair shop and disrupted the flow of water in Meaford Thursday night. Black smoke from the blaze at Johnny B’s Automotive and Car Care was seen as far away as Owen Sound and The Blue Mountains as neighbours reported hearing explosions and being overwhelmed by fumes and […]

It’s sometimes called a victory lap when a high school senior returns for an extra year. An apt description in the case of fifth-year senior Tyson Morrison who scored the game-winning goal in triple overtime Thursday at Victoria Park as the St. Mary’s Mustangs topped the McKinnon Park Blue Devils 10-9 to secure back-to-back CWOSSA […]

A 1,200 member local with employees at Bruce Power have voted in favour of strike action. The members of the Society of United Professionals voted 98.6 per cent in favour of strike action if necessary. The vote is to support meaningful bargaining and to reach a fair collective agreement, it said in a news release […]

After a rainy and gray beginning to the May long weekend, Sauble Beach businesses were happy to see the sunshine and blue skies on Sunday, which brought the crowds out. While only a few brave souls were braving the still frigid Lake Huron waters, Main Street and Lakeshore Boulevard had good-sized crowds browsing local shops […]

As members of his community gathered on the sand just north of the iconic Welcome to Sauble Beach sign on Sunday, former Saugeen First Nation chief Vernon Roote recalled the decades he spent fighting for what he always knew belonged to his people. Roote said after the ceremony that he has been hoping for many […]

A financial business in Grey Highlands was robbed Friday afternoon. At about 5 p.m., Grey-Bruce OPP were called to the robbery on Grey Road 2, where two people armed with a firearm entered the business, bound employees and stole a quantity of currency, police said in a news release. Police described one suspect as a […]

A firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation, but no other injuries were reported after a home was destroyed by fire in Sauble Beach on Saturday. Shortly before 11 a.m. the 911 call came in for a working structure fire, South Bruce Peninsula Fire Chief Tim Wilson said Sunday morning. Both the Wiarton and Sauble Beach […]