Owen Sound Sun Times

Owen Sound police announced Wednesday that five people face a total of 23 drug-related charges after police targeted drug traffickers in the city. A police news release said Project Winter was an “extensive investigation” and involved executing a residential search warrant and seizure of $8,000 worth of illegal drugs including fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine. The […]

Leading up to International Women’s Day in March, organizers of a local celebration are seeking Woman of Distinction and Young Woman of Distinction nominations. Nominators should write a 200-word biography/outline explaining why the person they’re nominating should be recognized. Criteria for both nominations are many, according to a news release from Women’s House Serving Bruce […]

The 2023 Canadian Ambassador of Cops for Cancer has picked Owen Sound as the starting point for a trek that will have him pulling a heavy sled more than 200 kilometres to raise funds and awareness for the Canadian Cancer Society. Mike Duhacek will begin his helpmeburycancer “Double Up” event at Kelso Beach at Nawash […]

A national writing contest, which invites elementary school students to share what home means to them, is looking for submissions until Feb. 24. Grey-Bruce students in Grades 4, 5 and 6 may enter, the winners of which will be helping their local Habitat for Humanity. That’s because the best entries in the Meaning of Home […]

Free shuttles will take people to and from Hockey Day events in Owen Sound’s Harrison Park Saturday, as there’ll be no general parking at the park. Buses will depart from three locations beginning at 9:30 a.m.: the north parking lot at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre every 30 minutes; Scotiabank’s rear lot at 857 […]

Teddy Sawyer will want it back but Owen Sound Attack associate coach Jordan Hill won’t hold the mistake against the overage defender. As the last man back, as the Attack and Barrie Colts played three-on-three in overtime tied 5-5, Sawyer had the puck stripped by Brandt Clarke who sent in teammates Evan Vierling and Ethan […]

Willie’s all snug in his Wiarton home now, ready for his world premiere. The albino groundhog probably doesn’t know it, but eyes and ears around the world will be focused on his prognostication — this time at an in-person event Feb. 2, at 8:07 a.m. on Groundhog Day. Fireworks over the bay will start at […]

In Jesse Thomas Cook’s campy horror comedy, Cult Hero, the city of Owen Sound plays itself. Cook has shot other movies in the Scenic City back to 2010, and even cast locals including Barry More, whose turn-of-the-century homes have provided some of the the moody settings. But until now, the city has remained nameless, or […]

Only 6,230 people voted in the 2022 municipal election in Owen Sound and although the figure might be low, it is higher than the city’s neighbours. The 39 per cent voter turnout was the lowest in the city’s recent history, other than 2006 when 34.55 per cent of voters cast a ballot. The provincial voter […]

The SweetWater Music Festival is asking Owen Sound for $3,500 to support the production of a 20th anniversary documentary film and the operation of this year’s festival in September. Vivian McCaffrey, SweetWater Music Festival board chair, appeared at city council Monday on behalf of the board to make the request. The SweetWater Music Festival showcases […]

Owen Sound Attack captain Colby Barlow earned Ontario Hockey League Player of the Week honours for his performance in the team’s three victories this past week. Barlow netted four goals and added three assists extending his goal-scoring streak to seven games and his point streak to nine. He has recorded 18 points in those nine […]

The music industry can be cruel sometimes, but Owen Sound-raised songwriter and producer Jeff Catto has stuck to it. Now 36, Catto says he thinks he is in good place in his career and looks forward to what lies ahead. “Things are finally at a point in my career where it is starting to actually […]

A number of Grey County paramedics have been recognized for years of service with the Emergency Medical Services Exemplary Service Medal. Nine paramedics were recognized during a Grey County council meeting on Thursday, with the medal awarded to professionals who have served at least 20 years in emergency medical services and performed their duties to […]

The Owen Sound Attack needed six goals and all sixty minutes after the game looked over early, but the Bears managed to hold on and beat the hang-around Guelph Storm 6-4 in the team’s return to the Bayshore Saturday night. After going up 3-0, the Attack couldn’t snuff out their Highway 6 rival and Guelph […]

Eat Local Grey Bruce has approached Grey County for support as it attempts to remain afloat while it navigates insolvency and potential bankruptcy. On Thursday, the local not-for-profit food co-op made a deputation to county council where they asked for a $20,000 grant conditional on the achievement of a $115,000 fundraising goal, and to cover […]

The membership of the Hepworth-Shallow Lake Legion has decided to rebuild without the Bruce Grey Music Hall of Fame. The majority of the legion members voted at a general membership meeting on Thursday to reject the hall of fame from being included in the legion in the future, with many suggesting the veterans should be […]

An Owen Sound resident faces stunt driving and careless driving charges after a collision on the 401 in Elgin County. The 25-year-old was stopped for travelling 163 km/h on the 401, it said in a tweet from the Chatham Detachment of the Elgin County OPP on Friday. Prior to being stopped by police, the vehicle […]

Police say it appears that properties that had cable and internet lines cut in downtown Owen Sound recently were randomly selected. Police announced in a news release late Thursday afternoon that a 41-year-old Owen Sound woman had been charged with mischief over $5,000, mischief under $5,000 and failure to comply with a probation order in […]

People gathered Friday to remember and pay their respects to a homeless man who lived for years along the rail trail out past the hospital, and was found dead there by hikers Monday. Those who met in the chapel at Owen Sound hospital said his name was Wayne Milner. Police have not identified him but […]

A long-running issue of unauthorized off-road vehicle use on Grey County properties is once again on council’s radar. On Thursday, Grey County council asked staff to come back with a report on off-road vehicle use in the county’s forests, including some enforcement options and the costs associated with them. The issue was raised after council […]

A much-needed transitional housing project in Owen Sound is expected to be completed by the spring, with occupancy by the middle of the year. Grey County council received an update Thursday on the 14th Street Supportive Housing project from community services director Anne Marie Shaw. “The renovation itself is going quite well and we are […]

Hydrogen Optimized announced it has successfully demonstrated in Owen Sound that its RuggedCell hydrogen production system could be powered by the variable winds found in the west African country of Mauritania. That’s where renewable energy developer CWP Global is exploring generating green hydrogen at its planned 30 gigawatt AMAN project. The company is building large-scale […]

Police are looking for a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant who is known to frequent Owen Sound, Walkerton and Hamilton. Aaron Marshall, 34, is serving five years for weapons and drug offences, a news release from the Ontario Provincial Police said. The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad issued a request for the public’s help […]

Owen Sound police have laid charges after cable and internet lines were cut at numerous downtown properties on Sunday. A 41-year-old Owen Sound woman has been charged with mischief over $5,000, mischief under $5,000 and failure to comply with a probation order. The woman was held in police custody on the charges as well as […]

Nobody said it was easy. The band Coldplay wrote that lyric in their hit song The Scientist, but with respect to Chris Martin and crew, it should have been easy for Owen Sound Thursday night in Pennsylvania after going up 4-0 over the struggling Erie Otters. The same Erie Otters who have won just one […]

Grey County council has asked staff to find close to $1.5 million more in savings after it was presented with a draft budget Thursday. In a recorded vote that passed 55-34, council directed staff to attempt to lower the net levy increase to $1 million, down from the $2.45 million increase that staff had proposed. […]

A man who drove a vehicle off the escarpment in Owen Sound in May received a 90-day conditional sentence, probation and a driving prohibition. A 46-year-old Owen Sound man pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and driving while impaired on May 6 in Owen Sound. He participated by audio link to the Owen Sound courtroom, where […]

The Mildmay Moose junior broomball team will represent Ontario at the 2023 Juvenile Nationals, the national under-20 broomball championship. The Moose qualified as the Ontario 2 team this past year in Trenton. The 2023 Juvenile Nationals will be held from March 29 to April 1 in Saskatoon at Merlis Belsher Place. The Moose have been […]

A Toronto man in a consensual fight at Blue Mountain Resort, who was punched first then delivered blows that fractured the other man’s face, pleaded guilty Thursday to assault causing bodily harm. Daniel Ferre Coppin, 37, of Toronto pleaded guilty to the charge for the fight on Dec. 21, 2021 at Blue Mountains. Ontario Court […]

Generally about half of all Crime Stoppers of Grey Bruce tips eligible for rewards are accepted by the tipsters, said Peter Reid, the chair of the board, in a year-end review of statistics. In 2022, out of 588 tips, there were 20 tips eligible for rewards. When asked, tipsters for 13 of the tips indicated […]

Ethan Burroughs and Cedrick Guindon recorded three points each as the Owen Sound Attack rolled over the lowly Niagara IceDogs in St. Catharines Wednesday night. After having their lunch eaten in a 5-1 defeat to the league-leading Ottawa 67’s Sunday afternoon the Scenic City Skaters returned the favour to the ‘Dogs 5-1 in front of […]

Winterfest is returning to Sauble Beach. The annual celebration of winter in the community along the Lake Huron shore is back on Jan. 20 and 21 after being cancelled the past two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are looking to get everybody out and about, especially with isolation in the winter here,” Sauble […]

Eight teams punched their ticket to Port Elgin this past weekend. Qualifiers for both the Port Elgin Chrysler ’23 Ontario Tankard and Scotties curling tournaments held in Welland and Midland this past weekend decided the final eight teams for the provincial tournament. In Midland, Team Chelsea Brandwood of the Listowel Curling Club, Team Susan Froud […]

A Grey Highlands family doctor responsible for in-patient care at the Markdale hospital says staff are struggling under their workload, Markdale’s population is set to double and the $68-million new hospital under construction will have too few beds. Dr. Erica Ferguson, a hospitalist at Markdale’s Centre-Grey General Hospital, is calling for a moratorium on Grey […]

Grey Bruce Health Services is undertaking a “grand planning” process that could recommend replacing the Owen Sound hospital, said Gary Sims, the president and CEO of the six-site corporation. “In Southampton, it might be a whole new addition. In Lion’s Head, a brand new hospital. Owen Sound, might be a brand new hospital. And I’m […]

The death of a person whose body was found along the Bruce Trail near Owen Sound is not suspiscious, the OPP said Wednesday. Grey Bruce OPP provided an update about the case that led them to ask the public to avoid an area around Concession 11 south of Superior Street in the Municipality of Meaford. […]

Bayshore Broadcasting is improving its radio coverage on the Bruce Peninsula. The local radio broadcaster officially turned on the switch Tuesday to begin testing the FM radio signals for 91.9FM the Bruce (CFPS-FM-1) and 104.3 FM, the Tobermory Information Station (CIBP-FM). “Spotty radio reception on the peninsula for local radio and a demand for local […]

Chatsworth and Georgian Bluffs have issued a request for proposals as it searches for ownership or partnership opportunities for the biodigester they own. On Tuesday, the townships announced in a news release that the RFP would be available for interested parties to make submissions until March 24 at 1 p.m. The two councils directed staff […]

Bruce County egg farmer Gerald Poechman is harnessing the past in order to feed the masses today. During Ecological Day at Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week on Monday, Poechman made a presentation on small-scale poultry farming where he talked about how he is using some of the same practices farmers utilized decades ago in his own […]

Farmers who asked questions at a weather seminar on the final day of Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week were hungry for news they could use. Andrew Pritchard, a senior meteorologist with global farm fertilizer, seed and crop protection product company Nutrien Ag Solutions, did his best to answer. But the weather forecaster was candid about the […]

You don’t have to be a hockey savant to deduce what the Owen Sound Attack hope to improve on the ice based on the pair of deadline deals the team made early this week. Size and toughness. “We need to play harder. We need to be harder to play against, without question. A little bit […]

Hanover police arrested two people at gunpoint on Sunday evening after they were seen acting suspiciously behind a commercial building. An officer on patrol observed the individuals, who refused to comply with police commands, Hanover Police Chief Chris Knoll said in a Twitter post. Both suspects were eventually taken into custody, Knoll said in a […]

More than 24 hours after they received the call, police remained on scene along the Bruce Trail just southeast of Owen Sound Tuesday morning. People were still being asked to avoid the area as police investigated, but few details of what that investigation entailed were being released. An OPP spokesperson said Tuesday morning he expected […]

Police charged a 30-year-old Brantford resident with stunt driving in Huron-Kinloss Sunday after noticing a speeding vehicle. South Bruce OPP said the vehicle was clocked at 144 kilometres per hour in an 80 km/h zone, along Bruce Road 86 at 3:24 p.m. That would be 64 kilometres per hour over the limit. The driver’s licence […]

The Owen Sound Attack and Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds swapped 2004-born wingers Julian Fantino and Landen Hookey a day before the Ontario Hockey League’s noon Tuesday trade deadline. The deal also included the swapping of 15th-round picks in the 2026 OHL Priority Selection draft. Owen Sound Attack general manager Dale DeGray said the pick swap […]

The Grey-Bruce real estate market came into 2022 like a lion, but went out like a lamb. After record home sales and prices were reported in a hot start to 2022, they finished off on a “subdued note,” according to the Realtors Association of Bruce Grey Owen Sound. In the final month of 2022, a […]

Work is proceeding this week on drainage improvements in Kemble to try to alleviate flooding that has occurred there in the past. Georgian Bluffs is planning to do roadside ditching work along Kemble Rock Road south of Concession 20 this week. Georgian Bluffs Ssuperintendent of infrastructure and building services Tim Lewis said on Monday that […]

Police are continuing to investigate a crash involving an OPP cruiser that occurred south of the village of Chatsworth on Jan. 2. Both drivers of the vehicles involved suffered minor injuries in the crash, which occurred on Highway 10 just south of Grey Rd. 40 just after 3:15 p.m. The highway was closed for a […]

Organizers of the annual holiday-season light show in Owen Sound pulled the plug on Sunday night but planning for 2023 is already underway. The last night of the annual Festival of Northern Lights in Owen Sound Sunday marked the close of the 35th iteration of the display throughout downtown Owen Sound and Harrison Park. Owen […]