Owen Sound Sun Times

JEWL NORTH STARS WIN BRONZE The Owen Sound Legacy Ridge Golf Club North Stars JEWL women's lacrosse team capped off a strong weekend with a convincing 15-6 win over the Halton Hills Bulldogs on Sunday in Burlington, securing the bronze medal at the league's inseason tournament. While the Owen Sound offence clicked from the opening [...]

2026 run includes 15, 10 and 5-kilometre events, along with kids' fun run

Wayne McGill of Oakville proposed to his wife in the car he brought to the city over the weekend

Bakery in downtown recently expanded to add a seating area for customers

Owen Sound police are investigating a break and enter at a home on the city's east side early Sunday morning. Police were called to the scene after it was discovered that a suspect or suspects had unlawfully entered a home at approximately 4 a.m., police said in a news release. The investigation remains ongoing and [...]

Feelings of relief and gratitude that case is coming to end, along with frustration and even anger at sentences levied

Bailey Durocher's memory will live on in Owen Sound through the game he loved. The Bailey Durocher Memorial Tournament began Friday evening with an opening ceremony where the team officially unveiled the new Bailey Durocher Memorial Scoreboard behind the right-field wall at Tom Williams Park in Owen Sound. Durocher, 24, was a pitcher with the [...]

Shortly after Sharif Rahman's death, there were marches and a vigil. Many stood at the roadside along parts of the funeral procession route from the mosque to the cemetery.

Georgian Bluffs is cutting down a historic oak tree after it was found to have oak wilt. The tree is estimated at 150 years old and is widely recognized as a landmark in the Shallow Lake community. The impressive English Oak Tree on 2nd Street in Shallow Lake has been confirmed to be infected and, [...]

The unemployment rate in the economic region that includes Grey-Bruce rose to 5.9 per cent in May. The 0.7 per cent increase in May was the largest percentage increase among all economic regions in the province. Yet the region continues to hold steady as the province's lowest-unemployment region. These figures are included in the monthly [...]

Sentencing of two men expected later today, third scheduled for July

The Owen Sound North Stars fell to 0-4 in the Major Series Lacrosse league with a loss in Brampton Thursday night. In a meeting of two winless teams, the Excelsiors (1-3) came out on top with a 9-7 win inside Brampton Memorial Arena. Owen Sound fell behind early, going down 4-1 to Brampton in the [...]

A 26-year-old Hanover man is facing several charges after reports of a pick-up truck towing a trailer driving dangerously. According to police, the driver of the pick-up truck and trailer was going at a high rate of speed and passing vehicles dangerously before losing control on 10th Street. The truck-and-trailer nearly struck another vehicle before [...]

Three people charged in connection with Sharif Rahman's death are scheduled to appear in person in court in Owen Sound today. Robert Evans Jr., 25, who is also known as Michael Jones, was charged with manslaughter. He is to appear with his father, Robert Busby Evans, 49, who is also known as Justin Jones, and [...]

Despite the defeat, Owen Sound clings on to the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference with five games remaining.

This project's 1,000 MW output would supply one million homes for up to 11 hours. TC Energy has been advancing the project since 2019. But critics favour alternatives to pumping water back and forth in Georgian Bay.

Bruce County, Saugeen Shores and Kincardine sign multi-million dollar deals, while fund established for other municipalities in region

Save Georgian Bay, a group opposed to the pumped storage project for environmental and economic reasons, criticized the in-water drilling as premature.

No Stone Left Alone events recently held at at cemeteries in South Bruce

Owen Sound's new head hockey honcho isn't wasting any time putting his stamp on the club this week.

It didn't take long for Dale DeGray to come calling for one of his former players. Now in Niagara, DeGray and the new Attack boss, Tyler Nother, completed a trade on Wednesday. The two swapped 2009-born defenders, with Blake Munnings headed to St. Catharines and Caden Bell en route to the Scenic City. It's a [...]

Owen Sound officials have revised the 2026 road resurfacing program and added several sections of roadway this year. The city provided the update on Tuesday, which includes a scheduling adjustment that means work originally anticipated to start in May is now expected to begin by this Friday. The revisions also allowed several segments of road [...]

Reassessment found some of the completed work did not meet standards

South Bruce Peninsula council approved a $6,000 repair to Wiarton Willie's home as the search for a new groundhog continued. South Bruce Peninsula councillors, at a meeting Tuesday, approved funding for repairs from the town's festival and events reserve. The town actually has two Wiarton Willie houses. One is at the Ross Whicher Centre and [...]

The Owen Sound Legacy Ridge Golf Club North Stars Junior Elite Women's League (JEWL) lacrosse team capped off a strong stretch of play with a 16-11 road win over previously undefeated Kawartha on Tuesday. The victory marks Owen Sound's third straight, following weekend home wins over Halton Hills and Toronto. Kawartha opened the scoring, but [...]

The Owen Sound Attack are bringing in a ton of experience between the pipes. On Tuesday, the Attack announced a deal that sent unsigned 18-year-old Jet Kwajah and three draft picks to the Brantford Bulldogs for goaltender Ryerson Leenders. Leenders, 20, has 168 games of Ontario Hockey League experience between the Mississauga Steelheads and Brantford [...]

Property is located within 150-200 metres of the Saugeen River

Pierce Mbuyi, Cole Zurawski and Wesley Royston are in Buffalo participating in an in-depth job interview with all 32 NHL clubs.

On the way back home, the students were talking about what projects they wanted to work on next year.

The Bluewater District School Board has announced the appointment of Erin O'Grady as Superintendent of Education effective Aug. 1. O'Grady will take over from Sheryl Elliott, who has been in the position for the past year after stepping in to fill a vacancy. In addition to a teaching career that has spanned over a decade, [...]

The company that brought a Halloween-themed circus to Owen Sound last fall is returning to the city with its Water Circus show. Cirque Italia's cast of acrobats, jugglers, aerialists, dancers and clowns are set to perform under the big top at Heritage Place mall on the city's east side June 19-22. The company, which calls [...]

Police decided not to release his name to avoid identifying the former partner and children, Hanover Chief Chris Knoll said.

Co-ordinated operation also led to seizure of suspected fentanyl and crystal methamphetamine

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Paul Vickers has announced more than $236,000 in annual funding for five Seniors Active Living Centres in his riding. The five centres include Northern Bruce Peninsula's Seniors Active Living Centre, which receives $57,640, South Bruce Peninsula's Sauble Beach Community Centre, receiving $56,534, Active Lifestyles Centre Grey-Bruce in Owen Sound, receiving $55,000, Hanover's [...]

The North Stars extended their winning streak to four games with an 8-7 overtime win at the Bayshore.

The Owen Sound Legacy Ridge Golf Club North Stars Junior Elite Women's League (JEWL) lacrosse team capped a successful weekend with a narrow 12-11 win over the visiting Toronto Beaches on Sunday. The victory followed a 12-9 triumph over the Halton Hills Bulldogs the previous day, lifting Owen Sound to 3-1 on the season. The [...]

A startled deer disrupted the slumber of an Owen Sound resident when it crashed through her ground-floor bedroom window

In the city of saints and sinners, the sinners didn't fare too well. Call is an exorcism. The Owen Sound North Stars downed the Wallaceburg Red Devils and London Blue Devils this weekend by a combined score of 32-11. The North Stars turned into the shooting stars with an offensive onslaught. It's been pretty," said [...]

Adalee Turland is one of several Bluewater Athletic Association athletes headed to the provincial high school track and field championship this week. The top four finishers at OFSAA West Regionals, which went this past week in Cambridge, qualified for the provincial championship. The 2026 OFSAA Track and Field Championship is set to go from June [...]

The Owen Sound Legacy Ridge Golf Club North Stars JEWL women's lacrosse team started their weekend homestand on a winning note, defeating the Halton Hills Bulldogs 12-9 on Saturday. London Doyle scored the opening goal of the game for the North Stars, but it was all Bulldogs from that point on. Halton Hills scored four [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars fall to 0-3 early in the 2026 Major Series Lacrosse season.

The Meaford Scarecrow Invasion is celebrating 30 years with the theme of peace, love and happiness. In a news release, invasion organizers said the major milestone will be celebrated with a colourful display of creativity throughout the town. This year's Scarecrow Invasion Parade and Family Festival is set for Oct. 2, bringing together the community [...]

The Benallen Wetland Nature Preserve is now a conservation landmark for all to enjoy.

The Alzheimer Society of Grey-Bruce raised over $85,000 before a single step was taken on Saturday. The annual IG Wealth Management Walk for Alzheimer's fundraiser set forth from the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority's Arboretum just after 10 a.m., with a crowd of supporters departing from under a blue-and-white balloon archway and onto the trail. It [...]

Grey-Bruce residents can pick up water sample collection kits and drop off water samples at 14 locations in Grey-Bruce.

The Owen Sound Attack helped to raise over $150,000 for local charities this past season. The off-ice All-Stars, led by Evan Longland, organized two charity games, a warm-up jersey auction, and several drives for toys, food and winter clothing. An additional $117,000 was raised by Owen Sound Minor Hockey as the team's official 50/50 partner. [...]

Police are investigating a series of thefts from unlocked vehicles in the Waverly Heights area of Georgian Bluffs. Grey Bruce OPP say they received multiple reports of unlocked vehicles being entered and property stolen in the area of Grey Road 5 and Concession Road 3 of Georgian Bluffs during the overnight between May 24 and [...]

The former hospital property in Markdale is off the market. Brightshores Health System announced Friday afternoon that the old Centre Grey Hospital, which was listed for sale late last year, and which has been vacant since the new Markdale Hospital opened in 2023, was sold to an unnamed buyer this week. Proceeds from this sale [...]

Open drug use, loitering, littering, discarded belongings, abandoned shopping carts, and concerns for safety among concerns raised at meeting

'Staying around and assisting in very unusual circumstances, with that many critical patients arriving, is above and beyond the expectations.'-- Dr. Sunil Mehta