Owen Sound Sun Times

Bruce Power is supporting a study that will explore the potential to produce hydrogen using electricity generated by nuclear power. The feasibility study by Kinectrics and FuelCell Energy was one of a number that the Independent Electricity System Operator announced on Thursday that it would fund through its Hydrogen Innovation Fund. The studies will all [...]

Grey County is pitching the province in an effort to turn the former Georgian Bay Community School track property in Meaford into affordable housing and green space. The 8.4-acre parcel of land at 87 Aiken St. in Meaford will soon be offered to the public for sale, but Meaford and Grey County are hoping the [...]

The West Grey and Owen Sound police services are receiving funding to enhance supports for mental health crisis response in those communities. On Tuesday, the Ontario government announced just over $113,000 in funding for the Owen Sound police and $93,000 for the West Grey police through the Mobile Crisis Response Team Enhancement Grant program. In [...]

The Georgian Bay Symphony will kick off its 52nd season on a sinister and spooky note. On Oct. 28, the local symphony will hold its Halloween Fright Night featuring some of the spookiest classical music ever written. It will include selections from Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre, Mussorgsky's Night on Bald [...]

Long-time Meaford resident Ruby Ferguson will have a lasting impact in the community after her estate made a more than $1.15 million contribution to Brightshores Health Systems. Ferguson's estate recently made a donation totaling $1,153,836 to the hospital corporation through the Owen Sound and Meaford foundations. Her will directed that the funds be directed toward [...]

Three public access points on Bass Lake will remain open and in control of Georgian Bluffs, but the township has no plans to make any improvements or upgrades for public use. But the township says it will be receptive to reviewing and considering a future proposal if one is made for a resident group-owned and [...]

Georgian Bluffs council has turned down a proposal from a private business to install artificial turf in the Derby arena and rent out the facility to users. At its committee of the whole meeting in Shallow Lake on Wednesday, council moved to direct staff to inform Ontario Sport Development that it is not interested in [...]

In January, Owen Sound was the site of Hockey Day. Next month, the city plans to again celebrate the game when it holds HockeyFest. On Tuesday, the City of Owen Sound announced that a number of partners are coming together to hold HockeyFest 2023 on Nov. 17 and 18. The event will include a Ontario [...]

Students at Owen Sound District Secondary School are teaming up with local potters and area businesses to hold a fundraiser that will help those in need in the community. The Leadership Class at the school is getting set to put on their Empty Bowls event on Nov . 9, where participants can enjoy soup prepared [...]

A wood manufacturing industry group with roots in Grey-Bruce is welcoming a new funding program that will help small- and medium-sized companies in the age-old industry continue to be successful into the future. The federal government recently announced that it was providing almost $2.9 million in support to the Wood Manufacturing Cluster of Ontario (WMCO) [...]

Hellyer's Foodland will be rebuilt after fire at the fifth-generation Lion's Head business forced it to close Aug. 29. The store itself is structurally sound," a post on the store's Facebook site said Thursday. A portion of the rafters and ceiling that were affected by the fire need to be replaced as does one exterior [...]

Owen Sound YMCA Peace Medal nominations are open until Oct. 27. The award celebrates acts of peace by recognizing individuals and groups who, without any special resources, status, wealth or position, have demonstrated a commitment to building peace within their community or communities elsewhere in the world," a Y news release says. Local peacemakers will [...]

Justin Ertel scored a bizarre shorthanded goal that proved the winner as the North Bay Battalion defeated the Owen Sound Attack 3-1 Monday in Ontario Hockey League action. Carter Kostuch and Owen Van Steensel, into an empty net, had the other North Bay goals before a Memorial Gardens crowd of 2,709 for the renewal of [...]

The unemployment rate remained steady at just over four per cent in the region last month while the labour force decreased by 1,600 and those not participating in the labour force increased by 2,000. According to a report from the Four County Labour Market Planning Board, the region's unemployment rate decreased by 0.3 percantage points [...]

Ski and snowboarding fans can mark Thursday, Dec. 7 on their calendars as Blue Mountain Resort has pegged the day as the opening of the local ski season. The popular ski resort near Collingwood announced the date on Friday, citing the forecasted drop in temperatures and a historical precedent of the resort opening in the [...]

Bruce County's chief administrative officer is set to retire in December just over a year after his appointment. The county announced CAO Derrick Thomson has officially announced his intention to retire on Dec. 15 after a 43-year career in public service. On behalf of the entire county, I would like to thank CAO Derrick Thomson [...]

A husband and wife team from Walkerton will push their mental and physical limits while raising money for palliative care in the area. Jenna Lee Lethbridge and Tyler O'Gorman have entered the Spartan Race set for Blue Mountain on Oct. 21 and are raising money for the Saugeen Hospice. The Spartan Race Sprint is a [...]

Local filmmakers working on a documentary about invasive quagga mussels in the Great Lakes discovered what's believed to be a wreck of a 128-year-old wooden steamship in Lake Huron. The discovery happened in June after Yvonne Drebert and Zach Melnick received a tip that scientists doing a fish study off Bruce Peninsula's west coast noticed [...]

They almost let it slip away, but 2,500-plus Owen Sound Attack fans went home thankful for the team's veterans on Saturday night. Ethan Burroughs recorded the first four-point night of his career including the overtime winner in a 6-5 win over the Erie Otters at the Bayshore. Deni Goure netted two goals, including a shorthanded [...]

Five hours after first alerting the public about an increased police presence in Kincardine, the South Bruce OPP said on X (formerly known as Twitter) that the incident is over and one person was taken into custody. Police said more details will shared as they become available. The South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police are making [...]

A house fire in Meaford resulted in a trip to the hospital for one person who suffered burns in the blaze. According to Meaford Fire Chief Courtney Allen, the fire began around 2 p.m. the afternoon of Oct. 2 on the second floor of a Lombard Street home in Meaford. Allen said the firefighting effort [...]

The Ontario Provincial Police's Community Street Crime Unit along with the South Bruce OPP and Hanover Police Service have charged four people with drug and stolen property offences after executing search a warrant along 10th Street in Hanover. According to a police media release, officers executed the search warrant Friday and seized a quantity of [...]

Colby Barlow scored a pair of goals in his first game back and Carter George once again tormented Rangers fans at The Aud as the Owen Sound Attack beat Kitchener 5-2 on the road Friday. Jake Crawford opened the scoring early in the first period. Jackson Stewart drove wide before cutting into the net area. [...]

The St. Mary's Mustangs bounced back from a loss to Saugeen District in their Bluewater Athletic Association gridiron opener with a shutout of cross-town rival Owen Sound District Friday afternoon. Quarterback Dereon Bushey's connection with wide receiver Wyatt Fassl proved the difference on the scoreboard as the Mustangs' topped the Wolves 20-0. The Stangs defence [...]

Thanksgiving came early at OSHaRE, with a full roast beef dinner Thursday, leftover roast beef in shepherd's pie Friday, then Saturday visitors will get three meals to take with them. That's why we do ours on Thursday, 'cause we always want to make sure we can use everything up," said Colleen Trask Seaman, executive director [...]

Kincardine council has approved the sale of the municipally owned Bruce Telecom telecommunications company to a private investment firm. The municipality announced on Thursday that it was selling all shares of the company, whose roots can be traced back almost 115 years in the community, to Windsor Private Capital. The purchase price is valued at [...]

The SS Norisle, a predecessor to the MS Chi-Cheemaun on the ferry route between Tobermory and Manitoulin Island, is on its way to being scrapped. On Wednesday, the 214-foot ship that has been moored at Manitowaning on the island for close to 50 years was pulled from its berth by a tugboat and began the [...]

Work starts Tuesday on a six-week project to fix the foundation at Meaford Museum. The museum is housed in the town's old water pumping station, built in 1895. The museum's been there since 1961 and the building has undergone renovations and expansion. The work will focus the foundation of the original building, said Cassandra Cesco, [...]

Four people have been charged and a significant quantity of illegal drugs have been seized after search warrants were executed at three residences on Highway 6 in Georgian Bluffs on Thursday. Police seized suspected methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine, in addition to scales, cellular phones and prohibited devices, police said in a news release. These arrests [...]

City staff have approved a community garden application for Ed Taylor Park, the first since policies were updated for gardens in city parks. The Ed Taylor Park Community Collective was granted a one-year term, renewable possibly for a three-year term. It's in the neighbourhood below the 10th Street East extension, which passes to the south [...]

Statistics are showing that it was a particularly deadly year on the roads, trails and waterways of Grey-Bruce. On Thursday, days before the start of a provincial traffic safety blitz, the Grey Bruce OPP said that there were 14 fatal collisions in the detachment area in 2022, more than any other area of the province. [...]

A Saugeen Ojibway Nation lawyer said they're considering seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a recent Ontario appeal court decision concerning SON's multi-billion-dollar Bruce Peninsula land claim and Aboriginal title claim. SON lawyer Cathy Guirguis said Thursday they have until the end of October to formalize an appeal of the Aug. [...]

Grey Bruce Public Health has reported the area's first laboratory-confirmed flu case of the respiratory 2023-24 illness season. A Grey County resident has tested positive for Influenza A, which was likely acquired during out-of-province travel, the health unit said in a news release. It is an earlier than usual start to the influenza season in [...]

Grey Bruce Public Health has issued an alert after it received reports of four drug overdoses, including a probable fentanyl-related death, in the past five days. Toxicology results are still pending, but fentanyl is suspected in three of the four overdoses, while methamphetamine is the suspected substance in one of the non-fatal overdoses, the health [...]

A cyclist was airlifted to hospital in London with serious injuries following a crash in South Bruce on Tuesday. Just before 6 a.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a collision involving a bicycle near the intersection of Bruce Rd. 28 and Conc. 4 in the former Carrick Township south of Mildmay. Police responded [...]

A Newmarket resident has been charged after driving on the wrong side of the road cresting a hill to pass a line of traffic and then attempting to drive around a firefighter holding a stop sign at a collision scene on Highway 10 in Chatsworth. Grey-Bruce OPP were investigating the collision on the highway before [...]

South Bruce Grey Health Services are adjusting their masking guidelines as the region enters the fall respiratory virus season. The local health corporation, which operates hospitals in Chesley, Durham, Walkerton and Kincardine, announced Wednesday that effective immediately, it was introducing new masking requirements for patients, visitors and staff. For patients and visitors, it is recommended [...]

NEW GM AT SAUBLE SPEEDWAY Brad Holmes is the new general manager at Sauble Speedway. Racetrack owners Jeff Cassidy and Paul Gresel announced the hiring Wednesday afternoon. Holmes has experience in the automotive industry and 20 years of passion and dedication to racing, a media release said. Holmes said he's spent years preparing for the [...]

A few years before Colby Barlow started marking headlines for looking like a man in a teenager's body and becoming a premier National Hockey League prospect, he was taking Owen Sound by storm. On Tuesday, the first-round pick of the Winnipeg Jets returned to the Scenic City to lead the club for another season. In [...]

The Owen Sound Police Service still has spots available in its annual citizen's police academy. The service announced on Tuesday that it was looking for people interested in taking a deep dive into the world of policing operations in the city. The citizen's police academy begins on Oct. 18 and runs eight consecutive Wednesday evenings [...]

Grey-Bruce residents will now be able to pick up and drop off well water testing kits and samples at 14 locations throughout the two counties. Grey Bruce Public Health announced that beginning Wednesday, a service that was locally developed in collaboration with area municipalities, was to begin offering improved local access to the Public Health [...]

With winter around the corner, Grey-Bruce's first West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes for this year have been found in a trap in southern Bruce County. Grey Bruce Public Health confirmed on Tuesday that they had received confirmation from a microbiology laboratory in St. Catharines that the mosquito pool retrieved in Brockton and sent for testing on [...]

Kesleys restaurant in Owen Sound will undergo a major renovation, required after a fire Aug. 1, and is anticipated to reopen in early fall 2024. The company provided an update Wednesday by email in response to a Sun Times request. We've confirmed that the fire at our Owen Sound Kelseys location started in the electrical [...]

South Bruce OPP is investigating a theft in Lucknow of a pickup truck valued at more than $52,000. On Saturday, just before 4 p.m., police received a report of the theft from an address on Campbell Street. The red Ford F-250 pickup with licence plate No. BW89137 was taken sometime between Sept. 28 at 9 [...]

The Owen Sound Salvation Army's annual Thanksgiving food drive has a lot riding on it, again. August saw an increase of 42 per cent in the number of people helped at the food bank, compared with last August. There were 1,064 individuals helped, compared to 745 a year ago. These are the latest figures available. [...]

The Friends of Sauble Beach have completed the first phase of their Post and Rope project aimed at protecting the sand dunes at Sauble Beach. In recent days, about 20 volunteers from the friends group and the community installed the ropes and posts along a section of the beach from the area of the former [...]

The Owen Sound Attack have solved an overage abundance issue. On Tuesday afternoon the team announced Kaleb Lawrence is heading closer to home to play out his Ontario Hockey League career with the Ottawa 67's. The 67's are returning their 2024 8th-round pick in the deal. Lawrence recently returned from training camp with the National [...]

The smiling faces said it all as the Owen Sound District Secondary School leadership class held its second annual Terry Fox Fire Truck Pull out front of the school on Tuesday morning. The event was a smashing success. Held as a fundraiser for the Terry Fox Foundation and to teach students about community involvement, teams [...]

Jay Kirkland has been sworn in as mayor of South Bruce Peninsula. The municipality passed a bylaw during its council meeting on Tuesday to appoint Kirkland to the position, which had been vacant since Garry Michi resigned in late August. The former mayor stepped down after he was heard on a recording making disparaging remarks [...]