Owen Sound Sun Times

JEWL N'STARS TOP KODIAKS 12-8 The Owen Sound Creative Playgrounds North Stars under-19 women's field lacrosse team faced the Kitchener Kodiaks in JEWL division play this past Thursday night in Acton. At halftime, the North Stars led by a score of 6-4 and managed to extend their lead to beat the Kodiaks by a final [...]

Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) will soon look under the hood of TC Energy's massive proposed 1,000-megawatt pumped storage project in Meaford and assess its potential role as part of the province's plan to meet an increasing energy demand. The Ministry of Energy is expected to make a final determination on advancing the project [...]

Owen Sound is going ahead with plans to create a youth fund with the surplus from Hockey Day in Canada celebrations. At its meeting on Monday, Owen Sound council passed a recommendation from its community services committee that the surplus of just over $20,200 from the event be transferred to an Owen Sound Hockey Day [...]

An initiative in Owen Sound to assist families fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine is being touted as a success, but help continues to be needed as the war drags on and more families continue to seek refuge in Canada. Lesya Chapman of the Ukrainian Village of Owen Sound was at Owen Sound council on [...]

The South Bruce Grey Health Centre has announced the temporary closure of the emergency departments at its hospitals in Chesley, Durham and Walkerton due to insufficient staffing. The Chesley emergency department was to close beginning at 5 p.m. Monday and is scheduled to reopen on Thursday at 7 a.m. The Durham emergency department will close [...]

A suspicious death being investigated in Owen Sound is now being treated as a homicide. The Owen Sound Police Service and Grey Bruce OPP said Monday that as a result of the post-mortem examination, the sudden death of a man at a residence on 2nd Avenue East on Friday has been deemed a homicide. Owen [...]

Three Owen Sound residents have been charged after an armed robbery at a Hanover motel late last year left a man in hospital in London for several days with fractures to his face. Two men and a woman have been arrested and charged after Hanover police investigators worked on the case for months, following leads [...]

Police were at a 2nd Avenue East residence, just south of 6th Street East Sunday afternoon, continuing what Owen Sound police announced Sunday was a suspicious death" investigation which began Friday morning. City police and OPP cars and a van were parked in front and behind the two-store brick home which neighbours said police often [...]

Likely more than 100 protesters, including some with signs that said Stop Grooming Now," stood near the public library in Owen Sound Saturday morning, where inside a drag story time for kids was taking place. They were met by people carrying Pride flags and signs and colourful costumes. Some held bubble-makers, waved ribbons, hooted, danced [...]

Hundreds of people checked out the annual Hottest Street Sale event in downtown Owen Sound Saturday. Vendors and other attractions lined 2nd Avenue East from just north of 10th Street to 7th Street. This year 9th Street East, from 3rd to 2nd Avenue, was full of vendors too. There were 150 vendors in all, most [...]

The stars of the North Dufferin Baseball League took the field at Tom Williams Park in Owen Sound Saturday for a pair of ball games. The Owen Sound Baysox played host to the 57th Annual All-Star Game and 28th Annual Junior All-Star Game in just the team's second season in the NDBL. The West Division [...]

The North Stars are rising at the right time. Owen Sound beat the Brooklin Merchants 12-11 at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Saturday night for their third-straight win. The victory improves the N'Stars regular-season record to 8-4-1 and drops the Merchants to 9-6 on the year in the Ontario Series Lacrosse senior B circuit. [...]

A passenger with serious injuries was flown to a Hamilton hospital after being involved in a car crash with a transport truck Wednesday at Bruce County roads 20 and 1 in the former Bruce Township. Police, Paisley firefighters and Bruce County paramedics responded to the crash reported at 12:07 p.m. The passenger was taken to [...]

A police officer's gun was fired during a struggle between an officer and someone in custody at Wiarton hospital Tuesday. Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release Friday that a 24-year-old has been charged with disarming a peace officer, assault a peace officer and resisting a peace officer. The release said police arrested someone [...]

More public support for Grey Bruce Pride has been offered since Owen Sound police opened an investigation into hurtful letters sent to people displaying Pride flags and signs. Beth Ezekiel Synagogue and Georgian Bluffs council have both issued statements in support of the Pride organization and against acts of hate. Beth Ezekiel Synagogue stands with [...]

Saugeen Ojibway Nation was non-committal about this week's announcement that Ontario wants to expand nuclear power generation at Bruce Power. Energy Minister Todd Smith announced preliminary work would begin to examine the suitability of the Lake Huron shoreline site to add more nuclear reactors generating up to 4,800 megawatts of electricity. The site is rated [...]

A 74-year-old bicycle rider died at the scene of a collision with a car Thursday morning in Chesley. South Bruce OPP continues to investigate the fatality, which happened along 1st Avenue South. No name will be released, the OPP said, citing police policy. The gender is also not reported by police. Police were called at [...]

As many as 60,000 salmon fingerlings were deposited in the Sydenham River at Harrison Park Wednesday, fresh from the Sydenham Sportsmen's Association hatchery. The annual stocking supports the club's annual Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular fishing derby, this year to be held Aug. 25 to Sept. 3. The fish were raised at a hatchery fed by [...]

The contractors may disagree, but for most gathered at the new Beavercrest Community School site in Markdale for a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday morning, the hard part is over. Bluewater District School Board staff and trustees joined local politicians and community partners for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the site of the new Beavercrest in the shadow [...]

A 40-year-old Hanover man was sentenced Wednesday in Walkerton to four years in prison for trading fentanyl for lottery tickets to a mother of four who died of a fentanyl overdose. John Kevin McPhee pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Justice in February to trafficking fentanyl in Hanover on Dec. 11, 2020. An autopsy [...]

Owen Sound police charged a man and woman with criminal negligence causing death involving the death of a child on July 2. Police responded to a 911 call at a westside residence and began life-saving measures on a child younger than two years from the home. Paramedics took the child to Owen Sound hospital where [...]

Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith announced Wednesday that the government is starting predevelopment work to put the first large-scale nuclear plant in more than 30 years at Bruce Power. Bruce Power's plant on the shores of Lake Huron could add up to another 4,800 megawatts of generation in 10 years or more to meet Ontario's [...]

The Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation chief and council have declared a state of emergency related to the opioid crisis impacting its citizens. Opioid-related harms, overdoses, and deaths have reached crisis proportions with Nawash members as addiction rates have increased rapidly over the last few years and as the growing presence of fentanyl and [...]

He's a hockey lifer chasing a championship and happy to be closer to home. The Owen Sound Attack announced late last week the hiring of Barrie native Darren Rumble to serve as the team's assistant coach, replacing Jordan Hill. Other than a short stint as an assistant with the Saginaw Spirit in 2019, this will [...]

The Owen Sound Police Service said they responded to 198 incidents over the Canada Day long weekend. According to a media release, Owen Sound police completed several criminal investigations which led to individuals being charged with offences such as domestic-related assault, sexual assault, forcible confinement, break and enter, threats and criminal negligence over a 72-hour [...]

The Bears got bigger on the blue line Wednesday with the addition of a 17-year-old Czech defender. With their pick in the 2023 CHL Import Draft, the Owen Sound Attack selected Martin Matejicek from Dukla Jihlava's junior hockey team. The left-shot defenceman is listed at six-foot-one and 205-pounds and is expected to contribute to the [...]

Six Owen Sound North Stars girls' field lacrosse players, and one Owen Sound coach, have been named to Team Ontario clubs and will represent the province at tournaments and the national championships this summer and into the fall. Laine Nissen and Taryn Lee with be with the Team Ontario under-17 team, Mykah Harris will play [...]

The same company proposing to build a battery farm near Hanover is asking Northern Bruce Peninsula council to support a 20-megawatt solar panel project on 96 acres of leased land on Little Pike Bay Road. Proponents Bodgan Dinu and Grant Johns from Solar Shift Inc. appeared as a delegation to Northern Bruce Peninsula council at [...]

With shaving soaps, tomato ketchup and candy displays featuring elaborate old-fashioned packaging, the new Arnott General Store at the Grey Roots Museum and Archives is an ode to the past and a sight to behold. The newest addition to the museum's Moreston Heritage Village launched with a ribbon-cutting celebration on Friday. The two-storey blue building [...]

Police have arrested a 38-year-old South Bruce man who now faces several weapons-related charges stemming from an incident in Chatsworth nearly a year earlier. Grey-Bruce OPP said in a news release their major crime unit arrested a man on June 13, in connection with a weapons investigation. On June 14, 2022, police responded to what [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars season is done. For the second-straight year, the North Stars were swept out of the first round of the playoffs, losing 15-4 Friday night to the Six Nations Rebels on the road and losing their best-of-five series in three-straight games. Anahalihs Doxtator netted a hat-trick and added two helpers while [...]

ATTACK PLAYERS AT PRO CAMPS Six Owen Sound Attack players are attending NHL Development Camps including two undrafted prospects. Sam Sedley will attend the Philadelphia Flyers camp from July 2 to 6 while James Petrovski got the invite to the New York Rangers camp. NHL draft picks Kaleb Lawrence (LA), Servac Petrovsky (MIN) Cedrick Guindon [...]

Owen Sound Attack General Manager Dale DeGray is replacing Jordan Hill with a veteran coach and former professional defenceman. Late last week the team announced the hiring of Darren Rumble, a 54-year-old coach who spent the better part of the late-'80s and '90s between the American Hockey League and the National Hockey League before transitioning [...]

More than 200 families, farms and businesses in Bruce County are about to get high-speed internet thanks to a nearly $1 million investment. On June 30, the governments of Canada and Ontario announced they're investing more than $913,000 to bring reliable high-speed internet to 233 families, farms, and businesses in Bruce County. Providing reliable internet [...]

The accolades and awards keep pouring in for Ray Robertson of Markdale. Just weeks after being inducted into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame, it was announced on Monday that Robertson will also be inducted into the Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame later this year. Robertson, president and executive director of Grey Agricultural Services, is [...]

Canada Day in Grey-Bruce was a time to celebrate with community, family and friends as the country marked its 156th birthday on Saturday. From Cobble Beach, to Kincardine, to Clarksburg and just about everywhere in between, people came together to mark the day with music, festivities, food and fun. In South Bruce Peninsula, fireworks were [...]

Two people have been arrested and face several charges after police in Hanover observed a driver slipping in and out of consciousness with his foot on the brake and the vehicle in drive on Friday afternoon, according to a police news release. At about 4:20 p.m., Hanover police officers observed the man slumped in the [...]

Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy and Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff issued statements Friday condemning recent written attacks in letters mailed to city residents displaying Pride flags at their homes, which police are now investigating. Boddy said in the statement he and city council condemn actions which maliciously attack the 2S-LGBTQQIAP+ community or any citizen [...]

Work has begun to remove 39 ash trees around Owen Sound's inner harbour, part of a cull of 90 of the trees this year due to emerald ash borer infestation. Cutting was taking place Thursday on the west side of the inner harbour, beside the footpath by the water's edge, north of the Community Waterfront [...]

Family fireworks are not permitted in Northern Bruce Peninsula due to a municipal fire ban in place due to fire conditions. But there will be a public display at Dyer's Bay, from the government dock there which people are invited to view to celebrate Canada Day Saturday night. Fireworks are permitted in South Bruce Peninsula [...]

An unattended pot of oil used to make french fries caused a fire Wednesday in Owen Sound. The fire at 1349 2nd Ave. W. was reported about 9 a.m. in the kitchen located on one side of a two-storey duplex, fire prevention inspector Doug McEwan said Thursday. There were no injuries. Two residents of the [...]

Durham hospital's emergency department will be further reduced over the Canada Day holiday weekend due to staffing limitations, South Bruce Grey Health Centre announced. Today's emergency department hours remain the same reduced hours as announced last week. The department will be closed from 5 p.m. today to 7 a.m. on Friday, June 30. But Friday [...]

Captain Colby is staying in Canada. The Winnipeg Jets selected Owen Sound Attack captain Colby Barlow with the 18th overall pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft Thursday night at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Ranked as the 12th-best North American skater ahead of the draft, Barlow is the first member of the Attack to [...]

Owen Sound police have launched a priority investigation" into the source of letters sent to local Pride supporters' homes. It's a bit of a religious diatribe that's got a lot of just sort of hateful stuff in there about you're going to hell and God's going to punish you and all this kind of stuff," [...]

On the eve of the 35th anniversary of Lisa Maas's disappearance, searchers hope an army of volunteers will comb six sites for any remaining signs of her. Maas was 22 and pregnant when she went missing in the early morning of Sunday, July 17, 1988. She left a house party in Woodford, east of Owen [...]

The young man takes a seat in the back row of the city's council chambers and prepares to make a speech about being sexually assaulted at the age of 14 in his school's bathroom. He looks nervous. He's delivered the speech 30 times before and, by now, he knows the reaction awaiting him. He won [...]

A local firefighter and police officers have won 2022 annual provincial bravery awards. An Ontario Medal for Firefighter Bravery, for firefighters who have gone above and beyond to protect and serve their community, went to Fire Chief Stephen Conn of the Blue Mountains Fire Services. Information from the Solicitor General ministry says that on Jan. [...]

CITY SUPPORTS SIDEWALK DISPLAYS Owen Sound is waiving a nominal fee and allowing River District businesses to set up shop on the sidewalk during a one-year trial from July 1 to Oct. 31. Council approved a recommendation at its meeting Monday to help animate the River District and allow businesses to place merchandise on the [...]

School's almost out and Owen Sound police are reminding drivers to be cautious on city streets during the summer months. For most students in Owen Sound, summer holidays begin on Friday. In a media release, police urged drivers to be extra careful by looking out for child pedestrians and asked parents to remain diligent about [...]

Global demand for medical isotopes is projected to more than double by 2031 and in response, the federal government announced Tuesday at Bruce Power up to $35 million for the Canadian medical isotope sector. The funding will help create the Canadian Medical Isotope Ecosystem, to encourage the domestic production of medical isotopes and lead to [...]