Owen Sound Sun Times

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 [...]

Smoke plumes from forest fires in northeastern Ontario and Quebec are expected to cause the air quality in Grey-Bruce to deteriorate for a second time this month, prompting Environment and Climate Change Canada to issue a Special Air Quality Statement for the area. The province'sAir Quality Health Index(AQHI) for Grey-Bruce is also forecasted to reach [...]

The Sound Waterfront Festival, a free two-day multicultural festival, returns to Owen Sound this week in time for Canada Day. Owen Sound's annual bayside bash begins on Friday before spilling into Canada Day celebrations the next day. Events Saturday culminate in a fireworks show over the city's harbour at 10 p.m. The festival will feature [...]

The Owen Sound Attack released its 2023-24 Ontario Hockey League schedule on Tuesday. The Bears will open up the year in Guelph on Friday, Sept. 29, as the Storm invites the Scenic City club into the Sleeman Centre to kick off the campaign. Then, on Saturday, Sept. 30, the Owen Sound Attack open the doors [...]

The City of Owen Sound is one step closer to charging a four per cent municipal accommodation tax for short-term stays in the city. On Monday evening at its regular meeting, council carried a recommendation from its community development, tourism and culture advisory committee to have a draft municipal accommodation tax bylaw brought forward for [...]

Bruce Power and a 1,200-member local announced a new, three-year contract Monday. In May, the Society of United Professionals asked the province to appoint a conciliator and its members voted 98.6 per cent in favour of strike action if necessary. The main issues identified by the union included contracting out of members' work, forced shift [...]

SR. B NORTH STARS WIN NAILBITERS The Owen Sound North Stars headed back from Ennismore Sunday with a pair of wins and a playoff spot. The North Stars topped the James Gang 12-11 on Saturday and then 9-8 Sunday afternoon to improve to 7-4-1 on the year with four games remaining in the regular season. [...]

The Owen Sound Baysox continued to struggle on the field over the weekend but enjoyed a great turnout at Tom Williams Baseball Field for a Saturday doubleheader and the Bailey Durocher Memorial Game. Both the Baysox and the New Lowell Knights wore special jerseys in memory of the former Baysox player who was killed last [...]

Police say they charged a 37-year-old Huron County driver with stunt driving after seeing Lamborghini sports car reach more than 140 kilometres per hour near Sauble Beach. Grey Bruce OPP said an officer observed the speeding on Bruce Road 8 in South Bruce Peninsula, where the speed limit is 80 km/h, on Saturday, June 24 [...]

The Rebels are still perfect and the North Stars are one game away from falling out of contention in 2023. The still undefeated Six Nations Rebel won both games in a home-and-home weekend series against the Owen Sound North Stars to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League first-round playoff [...]

Fifty years ago a community came together to purchase a park, and on Saturday night hundreds gathered to thank those who had the vision for what is now called Hibou Conservation Area. On a beautiful sun-soaked Saturday evening folks gathered around the pavilion stage listening to live music as others splashed in the calm bay [...]

People gathered at Wiarton's Bluewater Park on Saturday in advance of Canadian Multiculturalism Day and celebrated with international food, music, dance, singing art and beautiful scenery. The event held by Grey Bruce Settlement and Language Services as well as the Grey Bruce Local Immigration Partnership was funded by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada. It's the [...]

Hanover has received a non-repayable contribution of $11,254 from the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) for an outdoor ice rink. The ice rink will be at the Kinsmen Ball Park during the winter months. In a news release, the town said the rink should provide a [...]

Georgian College, in partnership with the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) and Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board (BGCDSB), will hope to inspire a new generation to build careers in the emerging automotive electrification industry with the help of a $500,000 grant from Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network's (OVIN) Regional Future Workforce Program. Rob Theriault, the [...]

The province's independent police watchdog is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 48-year-old man in Goderich yesterday. According to a Special Investigations Unit media release, the Ontario Provincial Police were requested to check on the well-being of a man at approximately 1:15 p.m. on June 22. Officers located the man's vehicle around 2:30 [...]

A teenage cancer survivor from Georgian Bluffs is taking on a new challenge in his fourth year of raising funds for cancer research. After completing half-marathons in 2020 and 2022 and a full marathon in 2021, Jesse Walker of Balmy Beach is preparing to tackle an Olympic triathlon - 1.5-kilometre swim, 40-km bike and 10-km [...]

When learning to ride a bike, it's important to just keep pedalling. It's when the bike slows down the rider is most at risk of toppling over. Ten years after Joachim Ostertag cycled from Owen Sound to Vancouver to raise awareness of gender-based violence and missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada, he [...]

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, [...]