Owen Sound Sun Times

The Municipality of Meaford will explore an idea to make some vacant surplus lands available for tiny home communities. At its committee of the whole meeting on Monday, council approved a motion by Deputy-mayor Shirley Keaveney directing staff to initiate a strategic land disposal process, including the development of a Request for Prequalification procedure, to [...]

The Municipality of Meaford is planning a phased-in approach to regulating short-term rentals that starts with the creation of a registry and culminates with a formal licensing program. During its committee of the whole meeting on Monday, council approved a project plan for STR regulations from staff and endorsed the initiation of the STR regulation [...]

A driver suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash involving two SUVs on Bruce Road 8 in South Bruce Peninsula Wednesday afternoon. Grey Bruce OPP posted on Facebook about 2:45 p.m. that the road was closed and police were on the scene. The driver who was badly hurt was to be airlifted to a trauma centre, [...]

Meteorologist says Grey-Bruce is headed for a 'snowier than normal winter.'

Meaford has awarded the contract for a new splash pad at McCarroll Park. On Monday, council approved a committee of the whole recommendation to award the supply and installation of the new splash pad to Open Space Solutions for $332,262.25. The splash pad is expected to be completed in the spring. In the fall, playground [...]

The vast majority of overdoses happen in Grey County, mostly in Owen Sound.

The extreme cold that has settled on Grey and Bruce counties is challenging the area's unhoused and the agencies that support them. Safe N Sound Grey Bruce, which operates a 24-hour warming centre, community outreach and other services in Owen Sound, is seeing more people during the cold snap. Rachel Paterson, chair of Safe N [...]

Owen Sound is accepting nominations for its 2026 Arts and Culture Awards. The awards celebrate excellence in the Owen Sound area's arts, culture and heritage by recognizing groups and individuals for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the area's cultural vitality. This year awards will include emerging artist, cultural impact, artistic excellence, outstanding event, cultural [...]

A pair of new exhibitions have opened at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery in Owen Sound. Forecast - January to June, and Harold Klunder: The Dance of Life launched with an opening reception at the gallery on Saturday. Together, Harold Klunder: The Dance of Life and Forecast reflect the gallery's commitment to presenting art as [...]

Their new sheep barn at Tyrone hosts a District 7 tour

Snow squall warnings were in place across Grey and Bruce counties again on Tuesday, with the forecast calling for another 15 to 50 centimetres of snow depending on the location. School buses across the region were again cancelled, and while most schools remained open for those who could get there safely, St. Edmunds Public School [...]

McQuail and his wife Fran are organic farmers who helped start what is now known as the Ecological Farmer's Association of Ontario.

Grey County has earmarked $198,000 to help decide what to do with the old Rockwood Terrace property in Durham and provide future direction on Grey Gables in Markdale. At its council meeting on Thursday, county council approved a long-term care committee of management recommendation to establish a budget using reserve funds to support the establishment [...]

An excavator continues to scoop out river ice in Clarksburg Monday.

Vehicle had been impounded after individual had ben charged with impaired driving, stunt driving

Five Grey County residents each face multiple charges in a drug trafficking investigation that had been focused on a residence on Wellington Street in Markdale. Four people from Markdale and one from Hanover were arrested in the investigation, which began in the fall. Before 6 a.m. on Jan. 16, members of the OPP Tactics and [...]

Four of them pulled a heavy wooden sled through the woods, blazing their own path into the deep snow. A gentle wind blew down large snowflakes from the trees above as a little girl, suffering from faux hypothermia, joked that the squirrels were attacking them. A volunteer from Flesherton, swaying side to side to keep [...]

One of the region's tastiest fundraisers served up hundreds of litres of piping hot soup on a frosty Saturday afternoon at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre on Saturday. More than 630 people flooded into the fourth annual Alzheimer Society Grey-Bruce SOUP'S ON and Silent Auction. Ten soup vendors served up 18 different varieties. But [...]

The Owen Sound Attack are in a tailspin and looking for parachutes.

Mayor Luke Charbonneau's long-awaited ceremonial cannonball went off without a hitch Saturday morning. The mayor leaped into the heated eight-lane pool at the new state-of-the-art Pryde Aquatic and Wellness Centre in Port Elgin as hundreds of onlookers celebrated the grand opening of the new building. Talk about making a splash. The ribbon was going to [...]

The Kitchener Rangers pushed all of their chips (draft picks) to the centre of the Ontario Hockey League's poker table earlier this month. And they're reaping the benefits. The Owen Sound Attack traded their captain and starting goaltender away to contenders. And they're folding. On Friday night, two teams heading in opposite directions met inside [...]

Grey Sauble Conservation Area says water level of Beaver River has risen significantly

Farmers make some capital and risk decisions based on the stage of their career

Candidates have until Tuesday to withdraw their name or it will appear on the ballot

The Mathew Eckert Charitable Gift Fund will support projects in community that reflect his passion and values.

With the region feeling the affects of a cold snap, Wiarton Willie waits in the wings to deliver us from frigidness, or cast us into six more weeks of winter.

Most public schools are closed Friday and all Catholic schools are closed.

Grey Road 14 remains closed in both directions between Southgate Road 3 and Highway 89 as a result of the collision that involved a snowplow.

The return of colder temperatures after a slight warmup expected to cause ice accumulation again

Subsidized lifeguard training is available through the YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce if applicants apply by Jan. 28. Funding, through a Canadian Tire Jumpstart grant, is for anyone aged 13 to 25 in Grey-Bruce who wants learn to be a lifeguard. Course materials will be covered for everyone who is admitted to the training [...]

Charges faced by three suspects in the 2023 death of Owen Sound restaurateur, Sharif Rahman, are making their way through the court process.

The Ontario government has announced more that $9.5 million in funding for water infrastructure projects in three Grey-Bruce municipalities. Projects in South Bruce Peninsula, Arran-Elderslie and Hanover are among 127 projects provincewide that will receive funding through the $700-million Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program's Health and Safety Water Stream to support access to safe drinking water, [...]

A hacking fraud, and all that came next, had little human involvement

The snow keeps coming on, and more is on the way, according to weather reports on Thursday. Environment Canada has issued snow squall warnings for much of Grey-Bruce through Friday night, with additional snowfall of 20 to 40 centimetres possible and gusts up to 60 km/h. The snow and strong winds are expected to reduce [...]

The Coldest Night of the Year is once again coming to Owen Sound and communities throughout Grey-Bruce to raise money for those facing homelessness. On Saturday, Feb. 28, Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) walks will take place in Owen Sound, Meaford, Grey Highlands, Saugeen Shores, and Kincardine. Last year, the weather lived up to [...]

Robert Busby Evans appeared by video Wednesday in an Owen Sound courtroom.

Young minds and the local environment will both benefit from a grant that has been received by the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority. Hydro One's Energizing Life Community Fund has provided a $25,000 grant that will support GSCA's Wetland Education for a Resilient Future, a hands-on program designed to teach students about wetland conservation, species at [...]

Snow squalls and winter storms eased overnight Wednesday, preventing a third straight snow day at many schools across the region. Bluewater District School Board announced early Wednesday morning that three schools on the peninsula would remain closed. Those schools included Bruce Peninsula District (Lion's Head), Peninsula Shores District (Wiarton), and St. Edmunds (Tobermory). Several school [...]

While home sales picked up in Grey-Bruce in 2025, it remains a buyer's market with the number of new listings outpacing sales over the past year. Statistics recently provided by the OnePoint Association of Realtors, show that home sales in Grey-Bruce totalled 2,311 units in 2025, which is up 6.6 per cent from 2024. But [...]

Equipment being deployed by West Grey to remove blockages

Recent tests revealing contaminants such as animal tranquilizers in the local street drug supply are causing added concern for Grey-Bruce health officials and their partner agencies and organizations. Over the past few weeks, Grey Bruce Public Health and the Wellness Centre at Saugeen First Nation have both issued community alerts over the presence of an [...]

Thousands of children in Grey-Bruce are home for a second straight day, while several roads remain closed across the two counties due to winter weather conditions. The blizzard warning that was in effect across the two counties on Monday, had been downgraded to a yellow-level snow squall warning, according to Environment Canada's colour-coded weather alert [...]

Four people in the same vehicle were all arrested and charged after a traffic stop in Port Elgin last week. Just before 11 a.m. on Jan. 13, Saugeen Shores Police Service officers conducted a traffic stop on Elgin Street for a possible suspended driver. The stop resulted in all four of the occupants in the [...]

Festival entries open to youth in Grade 7-12 living in Grey-Bruce

A Chatsworth man is one of two people who have been charged in relation to the theft of telecommunications wire. Throughout 2025, the theft of telecommunications wire had been a recurring issue in the Grey-Bruce, Wellington and Dufferin OPP detachment areas, police said in a news release issued on Monday. Someone had been cutting poles [...]

Adaptive grazing will increase water-holding capacity, species, and carbon sequestration

Public being advised to avoid travel and outdoor activities due to forecasted blizzard conditions

Owen Sound Attack head coach Scott Wray is choosing sunny ways over dark clouds with his team riding a five-game losing streak.

Budget facts presented Friday when Owen Sound's 2026 municipal budget was finalized: The average household will see a total tax bill of $4,747, an increase of $214 or $18 per month. About 73 per cent of the tax bill is for city services. The rest is for county and provincial education use. A 5.5 per [...]

Ryan Brown has some big shoes to fill on the London Knights power play, but he looked the part Saturday in Owen Sound. The 18-year-old from Newmarket scored a pair of power-play goals as the London Knights defeated the Owen Sound Attack 5-4 inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. It's good to get a [...]