Owen Sound Sun Times

No hockey player wants to be called “soft” by a coach, but when Jordan Hill calls his team soft he doesn’t mean it as an insult, just a problem the players need to fix. “There’s some soft skill and there’s some hard skill. We like to evaluate players that way. Right now we have way […]

The Ginger Press’s 37th annual authors’ open house Saturday showcased dozens of local books, along with some of their authors who were either self-published or published by the downtown Owen Sound bookstore. The Flemings of Derby Township: A Family History, is a newly self-published, limited edition work that combines family and local history. It’s a […]

The Guelph Storm picked up their tenth win of the season Friday night, and the Owen Sound Attack have been on the wrong end of nearly a third of those victories. The Storm won a back-and-forth affair inside the Sleeman Centre, 4-3, to snap a two-game losing skid and pick up their third-straight win in […]

A 469-lot “attainable” housing subdivision proposed for Markdale cleared a hurdle at Grey County council Thursday and discussion revealed one developer’s approach to try to keep prices down. Council endorsed an official plan amendment recommended by planning staff which brings a roughly 5.3-hectare strip of “rural” designated land just north of Markdale within the its […]

More than 2,500 people, farms and businesses in rural Grey and Bruce counties now have access to high-speed internet. The federal and provincial governments teamed up with Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology Inc. (SWIFT) as part of a $3.5 million investment to improve access to high-speed internet in rural communities in the region. Some of the […]

Grey-Bruce home sales continued to fall in November. A total of 127 units sold last month, according to new figures released by the Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound. Sales were 49 per cent lower than they were in November 2021, when 258 units sold in the region. The lower sales numbers continues the […]

Quota Club of Owen Sound members will be back at the Heritage Place mall to wrap Christmas gifts starting on Saturday. “Let us help you, in this busy holiday season, to professionally wrap your gifts,” the club said in a news release. “We start this Saturday, Dec. 10th and will continue to Dec. 24th.” The […]

‘Tis the season for toy drives. Inter Township Fire Department’s 41 volunteer firefighters and their families ensure families in Georgian Bluffs and the Sydenham side of Meaford who have asked for help with Christmas gifts get it. Last year, firefighters distributed gifts for about 60 kids. That number is expected to be exceeded this year, […]

The quickest and easiest way to score in a rugby game is to run really fast in a straight line with the ball. But, as in life, success rarely comes easy. Obstacles must be traversed or trampled. Sacrifices are demanded. Failure is unavoidable. Dreams come true, or they don’t. A new day dawns. Repeat. Keep […]

Grey County council voted Thursday to stop funding Grey Transit Route’s bus service between Flesherton and Walkerton after next March. But discussion of the six-route service was broader, with some questioning the nature and future of the service and others maintaining the importance of having it. Councillors aired concerns about the relatively low, though growing […]

Users of street drug are being asked to exercise caution following the death of another Grey-Bruce resident from a suspected overdose. The Grey Bruce Health Unit has issued a plea to people who use unregulated substances to presume that all street drugs may contain fentanyl and to take steps like not using alone and not […]

Controversial concrete barrier walls along Lakeshore Boulevard North in Sauble Beach are going away, but not to make room for more beachside parking. At its meeting Tuesday, Town of South Bruce Peninsula council carried a motion to remove the temporary jersey barrier wall currently installed alongside Lakeshore Boulevard North and to replace it with the […]

Georgian Bluffs plans to approach the City of Owen Sound about extending city water to the Pottawatomi area just west of the city. On Wednesday during its committee of the whole meeting, township council passed a motion directing Mayor Sue Carleton to draft a letter to city council requesting a meeting between the mayors and […]

A partnership between the Grey Bruce OPP, South Bruce OPP, and Grey Bruce Health Services (GBHS) to provide a Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) to individuals and families within the Grey Bruce and South Bruce OPP detachment area, officially launched on Nov. 28. “As a member of the Community Safety and Well Being Advisory Committee […]

City firefighters have begun packing toys for an estimated 700-plus Owen Sound kids for Christmas. The tradition of city firefighters organizing the collection of toys for kids, using lists provided by the Salvation Army, goes back about 25 years. But city firefighters have been collecting toys for about double that, Doug McEwen said Wednesday. Originally […]

Donations of Christmas gifts for kids, gift cards and money, all for Ukrainians who’ve fled their country due to the Russian invasion and are living in Grey-Bruce, are being collected now. About 50 Ukrainian families are being accommodated in Grey- Bruce and there are at least that many kids to provide for, said Rob Cordell, […]

Peanut Butter Jam is returning to the stage Dec. 18 at Heartwood Hall in downtown Owen Sound. It’s the 20th anniversary of the fundraiser for the Salvation Army, which in 2002 put out a call for peanut butter. Local musician Kevin Dandeno figured musicians know how to jam and so began the Peanut Butter Jam […]

At its meeting on November 28, Meaford’s council voted unanimously to turf its Business Improvement Area (BIA) and create a “Main Street” organization in its place. Council voted 7-0 in favour of the new way forward. In a report to council, town staff said the BIA is limited in its ability to achieve success in […]

Local authors and their latest works will be on display this weekend as the Ginger Press Bookshop holds its 37th Annual Authors’ Open House. The open house is slated for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday at the bookshop in downtown Owen Sound. The authors being showcased have written a wide variety of books, […]

About 45 people turned out in person and online for two meetings Monday about Regenerate Grey-Bruce. It’s a project which aims through ongoing interviews with stakeholders and others to come up with a vision which encourages improving local landscapes. The results will be shared with decision-makers to help promote biodiversity, landscape rehabilitation and other goals, […]

The City of Owen Sound is offering an annual parking pass for $300 targeted to people with long-term parking requirements in the city’s River District. The new annual parking passes allow for daytime parking from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in any municipal lot for $300 inclusive of taxes in 2023. The price point is […]

About 100 people came to Tuesday’s annual vigil marking the Montreal Massacre 33 years ago and all were urged to sign and publicly affirm their support for a community pledge to end gender-based violence. Community members marked the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women at the Market Building in downtown Owen […]

The Ontario Land Tribunal issued a verbal order Monday to approve the “Knights Harbour” proposal by Skydev Inc. at 226 Boucher Street East and 138 Bridge Street in Meaford. According to a media release distributed by the Municipality of Meaford Tuesday, the approval is based on a settlement between Skydev and the municipality which took […]

Southgate Mayor Brian Milne has been acclaimed as the warden of Grey County for 2023. Milne, who was also warden in 2014, was the lone candidate nominated during council’s inaugural session held at the county’s administration building in Owen Sound on Tuesday. “I am excited to get going,” Milne said following Tuesday’s meeting. “I think […]

A former Owen Sound Selects captain and five-year team veteran won a silver medal with the Canadian Men’s National Team at the 2022 WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand, earlier this month. Quinten Bruce, from Grand Valley, Ont., was also named to the tournament all-star team. He took the tournament batting title […]

One man has been charged and another suffered a fractured skull after an attack involving a hammer in Hanover. Hanover Police Service is investigating the incident that occurred at a convenience store in the town, Hanover Police Chief Chris Knoll said on Twitter on Sunday. Both the victim and the suspect were known to each […]

Owen Sound Attack alumnus Matthew Struthers will suit up for the U SPORTS men’s hockey all-stars when they face players invited to Hockey Canada’s national junior team selection camp as part of the preparations for the 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship. The Milton, Ont., native is currently playing in his second season with the St. […]

Local people still remember Susan Tice, a 45-year-old women who was found sexually assaulted and slain in her Toronto home in 1983. Tice, a mother of three boys and a girl, belonged to a well known local family. Her father was a local physician and she attended OSCVI in the 1950s. She became a registered […]

On the one hand, Colby Barlow extended his goal streak to a franchise-record 10 games in Sault Ste. Marie. On the other, the Owen Sound Attack stumbled and stalled and eventually fell to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, 5-3, inside the GFL Memorial Gardens Sunday afternoon. The loss snapped Owen Sound’s two-game win streak and […]

The CFOS-Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast went live again this Sunday after it was altered the past two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 83rd annual broadcast was back with performers gracing the Roxy Theatre stage with a live audience watching on after in 2020 and 2021 a radio-only broadcast was held with musicians […]

What’s better than plenty of hockey? More hockey. The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and teams from Ontario University Athletics (OUA) will be on display at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre as part of the Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada celebrations in Owen Sound. Team Scotiabank versus Team Adidas from the PWHPA will […]

Four friends who met through the art show circuit have now started up their own show to give Grey-Bruce vendors a chance to showcase and sell their original works to local residents. Early indications were that the Artisans Holiday Show and Sale in Owen Sound was turning out to be a big success for the […]

Staffing challenges at Grey Bruce Health Services has led to the elimination of most outpatient lab services at the Owen Sound hospital. The services will be eliminated as of Jan. 1, with an exception being made for oncology patients. In a news release issued on Friday by GBHS it said that throughout the last several […]

Two people been charged after police investigated a road rage incident in Port Elgin on Friday morning. Saugeen Shores police were dispatched to the 200 block of Bricker Street at about 7 a.m. after receiving a report of an assault that had occurred. Police were advised that a road rage incident had turned physical and […]

Colby Barlow kissed his glove and pointed a finger to the sky after scoring the game-winner Friday night in Sudbury as the Owen Sound Attack came from behind with heavy hearts to beat the Sudbury Wolves 3-2 inside the Sudbury Community Centre. Earlier that day the Owen Sound Attack announced the death of Ray McKelvie, […]

Ray McKelvie loved life at the rink nearly as much as those at the rink loved him. The long-time supporter of the city’s sports community died of cancer Thursday night at the Chapman House Hospice in Owen Sound, with family by his side. He was 87. Just a few weeks earlier he was working away […]

Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody will serve as Bruce County’s warden after being elected during the inaugural council meeting Thursday at the administration centre in Walkerton. He’ll serve a one-year term as warden. It’s Peabody’s first term as county warden. He was elected to Brockton’s municipal council in 2000 and served five terms as a councillor […]

Grey Bruce Health Services will receive a one-time funding of $500,000 to help expand its Crisis Support Program, according to a media release distributed by Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers Thursday. “This investment of one-time funding to Grey Bruce Health Services for their Crisis Support Program will help significantly to ensure that our local residents […]

The 83rd Annual CFOS-Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast will once again hit the airwaves live from The Roxy Theatre Sunday. Tune in from 1 to 8 p.m. on AM560 CFOS or online at www.560cfos.ca, or join in person at The Roxy Theatre at 291 9th St. E. in Owen Sound. In 2021, a virtual CFOS-Sun […]

The Owen Sound Attack started a four-game road trip on the right foot, or skate, Thursday night with a 5-2 win over the Barrie Colts inside the Sadlon Arena. Slow starts have been a frustrating anomaly for the otherwise scorching Scenic City Skaters, but a bevy of seemingly blessed bounces helped the Bears take a […]

Northern Bruce Peninsula and Parks Canada recently collaborated to move a historically significant 1800s-era settler’s log cabin from the Little Dunks Bay area to the St. Edmunds and Peninsula Museum. The log cabin was moved to its new poured-cement foundation at the museum property in November where it remains on steel beams until the spring […]

The Ontario Provincial Police’s Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign is underway and runs until Jan. 3 with the goal of taking impaired drivers off the road during the holiday season. In a media release, the OPP West Region said this year’s campaign has begun amid a disturbing increase in deaths due to impaired […]

Students across Grey and Bruce counties recently competed in a map-making competition using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to help solve local queries and showcase the area’s tourism hot spots. GIS is a scientific framework for gathering, analyzing and visualizing geographic data, often used to help make decisions. Such systems are used every day by mobile […]

A vigil is to be held in Owen Sound on Dec. 6 to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Several local agencies are again working together this year to commemorate the 14 women who were murdered by a lone gunman on Dec. 6, 1989 in what has become known […]

The Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week conference and tradeshow is returning for its 57th year. The event is once again being held in-person at the Elmwood Community Centre after being held virtually over the past couple of years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, which runs Jan. 4 to 10, can also be livestreamed. Co-ordinated […]

A new painting by Saugeen First Nation artist Emily Kewageshig has been unveiled in the lobby of the Owen Sound campus of Georgian College, where it will welcome students, staff and visitors for years to come. On Wednesday, a ceremony to reveal the large piece was attended by Georgian representatives, local dignitaries, staff and students. […]

Saugeen Shores has placed a stop work order on what it says is an unauthorized building demolition at an Anishinaabe archaeological site north of the mouth of the Saugeen River in Southampton. The stop work order was issued by the town earlier this month at the Ne’bwaakah Giizwed Ziibi site at 6 Rankin St., which […]

The Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle Campaign is ramping up in Grey-Bruce, and not only is the organization looking for members of the public willing to contribute, but it is also looking for volunteers to staff the kettles at area businesses. The need is as high as ever in the region as factors like increased food, […]

Police are investigating a house fire that left one person dead near Teeswater on Monday. Just after 9 a.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a fire along Bruce Road 6 in the former Culross Township. Officers attended along with members of the South Bruce Fire and Rescue to find a home fully engulfed […]