Owen Sound Sun Times

Experts will try to help people repair their clothing, small appliance and electronics Saturday at a Repair Cafe in Owen Sound. Volunteers will be on duty from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Owen Sound & Union Public Library auditorium every second Saturday of the month. The impulse for the initiative is environmental stewardship [...]

A man was arrested after an incident in Owen Sound on the weekend in which a knife was pulled on a taxi driver and an attempt was made to steal the vehicle. Police responded to a 911 call on the upper east side of the city Saturday after a man attempted to rob a taxi [...]

Grey-Bruce high school students went head-to-head at the annual Regional Technological Skills Challenge March 1. Eight schools from both public and separate school boards sent students to compete and the top finishers advanced to higher stages of the provincial competition. They competed at Georgian College, Sydenham Campus and OSDSS in Owen Sound in carpentry, culinary, [...]

Grey Bruce Public Health has issued an opioid alert after receiving reports of multiple suspected overdoses and poisonings in a 24-hour period, including two that were fatal. The suspected opioid overdoses happened on Monday and Tuesday and were primarily in the Owen Sound area. The individuals who died were in their 30s and 40s, with [...]

Austin Cubitt was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment for shooting and killing Clarence Solomon at Saugeen First Nation more than 3 years ago. He must wait 10 years to apply for parole. Cubitt, 25, was found guilty of second-degree murder on Dec. 1, 2023 after a two-week jury trial in Walkerton's Superior Court of [...]

The Owen Sound River District has won a pair of awards from Festival and Events Ontario. The organization's Wheel and Ride event has received the FEO Innovation Award for events with an operating budget of $100,000 or less, while its Holiday Magic event has been named one of the top 100 festivals and events in [...]

A collection of military medals is among the items reported stolen following a residential break-in in Chatsworth Township. Grey Bruce OPP received information Sunday about a residential break-in. When officers arrieved they learned that numerous items had been stolen. Along with the victim's military medals, other items taken included jewelry, silver coins, unique coins, bank [...]

Owen Sound's short-term rental licencing bylaw came into effect on Friday, and already a handful of complete applications have been submitted. The city's STR licensing co-ordinator Niels Jensen said Monday that they are working through the licence applications that have come in. He said some operators have gone to offering long-term rentals, while others didn't [...]

A Thunder Bay man has been charged after a vehicle that was reported stolen in Toronto was located in Owen Sound. On Friday, the Toronto Police Service advised police services in the area to be on the lookout for a stolen white Ford Transit van. Just after midnight on Saturday morning, the Grey Bruce OPP [...]

Sunday night's listless, apathetic performance by the Owen Sound Attack in a 4-1 loss to the rebuilding Peterborough Petes is either a wake-up call or perhaps the curtain call for the Owen Sound Attack's 2023-24 season. The Peterborough Petes enjoyed a stellar goaltending performance from Liam Sztuska, who made 45 saves on 46 shots in [...]

Three St. Mary's High School students have qualified for a prestigious international competition meant to prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs. Rose Merritt, Islay Graham and Jiya Kukreja are headed to the DECA International Career Development Conference in California in April to compete against some of the brightest young business minds in the world. The DECA [...]

The Owen Sound Attack threw their newest Cub to the wolves Saturday night in a 6-2 loss to the Saginaw Spirit. The Memorial Cup host Saginaw Spirit entered the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre with a roster that could double as an Ontario Hockey League all-star team. Locked and loaded to make a deep run [...]

More people are living outside of the workforce in Grey-Bruce than ever before, according to a new labour report. Nearly 110,000 people within the Stratford-Bruce Economic Region were not a part of the labour force in 2023, which is a historic high according to the Four County Labour Market Planning Board's Local Labour Market Plan [...]

A 60-year-old Georgian Bluffs resident is dead and two others were taken to a London hospital with serious injuries following a two-vehicle collision near the Sauble Beach Golf and Country Club Saturday morning. Officers responded to reports of a head-on collision early Saturday morning at Bruce Road 8 and Bruce Road 14 in Sauble Beach, [...]

Take a bow, Brayden Gillespie. The 18-year-old goaltender from Oakville put on a stunning performance in overtime, and in the shootout, as the Guelph Storm topped the Owen Sound Attack 3-2 to snap a four-game losing streak inside the Sleeman Centre Friday night. Gillespie called it the game of a lifetime" in a post-game interview [...]

Georgian College has announced that one of its students is the first registered nurse in Ontario to receive credentials that allow him to prescribe certain medications. Cyril Lee Turley, an RN at a Manitoulin Island health-care clinic, earned the credential to prescribe medications and communicate diagnosis for the purpose of prescribing those medications. He earned [...]

Local writer Richard Thomas is gathering personal photos and stories about travels on the MS Chi-Cheemaun ferry for a commemorative 50th anniversary book. Chi-Cheemaun has been shuttling passengers and vehicles between Tobermory at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula and South Baymouth on Manitoulin Island since 1974, when it replaced two ferries, the Norgoma and [...]

An investigation is underway at Neyaashiinigmiing after an officer crashed a police vehicle on Thursday evening. Grey Bruce OPP responded to a call for service at 10:45 p.m. on the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. No injuries were reported in the crash, police said in a news release. The investigation is ongoing and community [...]

The federal government is earmarking $50 million for predevelopment work at the Bruce Power site for what would be the first new nuclear construction project in Canada in 30 years, if approved. The Bruce C Project is a proposed expansion at the nuclear power plant in Tiverton. If given the go-ahead, the expansion would increase [...]

With current funding to run out in a little over a year raising questions about the future of municipally operated intercommunity transit systems in Grey County, a private player appears poised to enter the market. On Monday, Owen Sound council approved an operations committee recommendation directing staff to bring forward a bylaw that will allow [...]

The answer to food insecurity isn't food banks and other stop-gap programs, it is to give people money to buy food for themselves, a local poverty reduction advocate says. That's the long-term solution Jill Umbach calls for in blog posts on the Grey Bruce Poverty Task Force website. The posts began Feb. 23 and will [...]

Coldest Night of the Year walkers raised more than $175,000 in Grey-Bruce. Walkers in Saugeen Shores, Kincardine, Grey Highlands and Meaford raised $103,000 with fundraising walks to help people who are hungry or homeless. The two- and five-kilometre walks involved 527 walkers and volunteers, co-ordinated by the United Way Bruce Grey and local community partners, [...]

Grey Bruce OPP charged a 44-year-old from Montreal with careless driving after a truck collided with a hydro pole amid deteriorating weather conditions along Highway 6 near Shallow Lake Wednesday afternoon. No injuries were reported but the truck was blocking much of the road and traffic was directed around the mishap, which was reported to [...]

Police say a 67-year-old from Etobicoke died in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 21 Wednesday night in Georgian Bluffs. Highway 21 reopened today between Springmount and Jackson after police investigated the crash, reported at 9 p.m., which involved a sedan and a pickup truck. The 67-year-old was a passenger in one of the vehicles, Grey [...]

The fourth and final person convicted in relation to the death of a 22-year-old man in an Owen Sound hotel almost three years ago has been sentenced. Robert Jackson has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the stabbing death of Kody Hunter and was sentenced by Superior Court Justice John Sproat to 15 years in jail. [...]

The recycling depot at the Miller Waste transfer station will continue to operate until at least the end of June. Owen Sound council on Monday approved an operations committee recommendation that the city fund the recycling convenience depot at the Miller Waste facility in the industrial park until June 30. The cost to the city [...]

Grey-Bruce residents who took the national Push-Up Challenge raised more than $33,000 for mental health support this month. The event challenged participants to do 2,000 push-ups between Feb. 1 and 23. As a result, more than 49,000 Canadians raised $2.4 million for the Canadian Mental Health Association. Collectively, they did 44.8 million push-ups, the event [...]

Grey Bruce OPP is warning road conditions are deteriorating after a single vehicle crash which closed Highway 6 in Georgian Bluffs this afternoon. No injuries were reported in a crash which involved a hydro pole, forcing police to close the road. They were dispatched at 2:27 p.m., amid dropping temperatures and blowing snow. Highway 6 [...]

The libraries of Bruce and Grey counties are looking for work from young and aspiring filmmakers for the Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival. The submission deadline for this year's festival is May 10 with a screening of the selected films to take place at the Owen Sound Galaxy Cinemas in June. Selected films will also [...]

It's playoff time in the PJHL and the Hanover Barons are looking to get over the hump. The Barons finished atop the PJHL's Pollock Division again this season, after last topping the table in 2021-22, before losing to the Mitchell Hawks in Game 7 of the division finals. Last year, the Barons cruised to another [...]

Stars Wars fans won't be the only ones having a blastin Owen Sound this May the Fourth. Ball hockey enthusiasts and country music aficionados are expected to flock to the Scenic City on Star Wars Day this year as a pair of major events are planned for the first weekend of May. On Monday, [...]

After reviewing over 30 pages of public testimony including dozens of detailed responses, Northern Bruce Peninsula council is looking for more information before directing staff about possibly expanding its Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT) to commercial operators. At its meeting on Feb. 26, council received a report from staff asking for direction regarding any amendments to [...]

Austin Greig scored 22 points as the Walkerton Riverhawks won the Central Western Ontario Secondary School Association (CWOSSA) single-A championship Saturday. The Riverhawks edged Woodland Christian 62-60 in the championship game as Kincardine and Walkerton split hosting duties. Walkerton beat Pere Rene 54-38 in the semifinals to earn a berth into the gold-medal game and [...]

Owen Sound council and staff saluted the work that went into keeping the 2024 tax hike one of the lowest increases in not only the Grey-Bruce region, but among its provincial comparators." But on Monday, city officials also highlighted the importance of remaining focused with still much more work to do. At its committee [...]

For many the dream is messy. I needed to, somewhat, find the love of the game again," former Owen Sound Attack goaltender Michael McNiven, 26, said from Gap, France, where he recently signed with the Rapaces de Gap hockey club. I'm playing now, which is my main concern at this point," he said of the [...]

The Good Cheer Rink at Harrison Park has closed for the season. The City of Owen Sound announced on Monday that due to rising temperatures, the rink was being closed. The basketball nets will be made available on the rink pad as soon as weather permits installation, the city said. The mild winter made a [...]

Grey Bruce Public Health is asking the province whether merging with another health unit is merely a suggestion or a requirement. At the same time, it's going to send out three letters to neighbouring health units to see if there would be a willing partner, local health board chair Sue Carleton said Saturday in an [...]

Owen Sound's police chief is interested in pursuing a Carlton University research project into barriers people face to get mental health and addiction help. Craig Ambrose mentioned the opportunity during last week's police board meeting. Agreements with community partners in the city need to be obtained before the project may proceed, he said. The aim [...]

Owen Sound taxi fare increases, which take effect March 1, could help attract more drivers, say cab company owners who hope higher prices won't scare away passengers. Cab company owners say the lack of drivers is at the root of the shortage of available cabs. That and rising taxi business costs prompted Owen Sound & [...]

It was cold as walkers departed the farmers' market and the bright late afternoon sun cast long shadows Saturday. It helps to be cold when walkers embark on the national Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser's two- and five-kilometre walks, as a simple reminder of the importance of helping shelterless people. There were 261 registered [...]

The Owen Sound Attack shook free of their scoring rut and snapped a four-game skid Saturday night with a 6-3 win over the Windsor Spitfires. Ethan Burroughs and Landen Hookey each netted a pair of goals while Colby Barlow and Servac Petrovsky scored special-teams markers to the delight of 2,964 fans inside the Harry Lumley [...]

No one was home when fire heavily damaged a two-storey house Friday in Berkeley. Firefighters were called just before 5 p.m. to the early 20th century home at 776219 Highway 10, just north of the intersection in the hamlet, on the east side of the highway. Chatsworth Fire Chief Mike Givens said about 26 firefighters, [...]

The YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce has put a call out for community support as it sees a significant rise in requests for its financial assistance program. The YMCA is conducting its Strong Communities Campaign through February and March, with hopes to raise the approximately $19,000 more needed to reach a campaign goal of [...]

David Thomson,who served as mayor during the deadly tainted water disaster in Walkerton in May 2000, died Feb. 18 at the age of 93 at Hanover & District Hospital. A tribute to Mr. Thomson, posted on Brockton's municipal website, called him a humble gentleman" who led with care and compassion for the community." David [...]

Despite a plea from residents to extend a speed limit reduction along Grey Road 31 in area of Rob Roy, Grey County council has decided against it. On Thursday, a delegation of residents from the tiny Grey Highlands community attended council with a request that council reconsider a decision it made at its Feb. 8 [...]

A bioenergy project fueled by green bin organic waste is expected to be operational in Southgate by late 2026. Envest president and chief executive officer Jason Moretto was at Grey County council on Thursday where he provided an update on the company's planned Southgate Renewables anaerobic biodigester project. The fully permitted project is slated to [...]

The Rotary Club of Markdale is hoping to finish a project some 12 years in the making with the completion of a walking trail as well as an accessible fishing platform, entrance pathways and parking at Rotary Park this summer. The club said it is planning to invest $35,000 in the completion of the park [...]

After his first 16 months as a public school board trustee for Owen Sound, Michael Craig admonished and challenged his fellow trustees Tuesday to show more leadership. Our job as trustees is to respectfully hold our administration and the system to account," he wrote in a memo to trustees and the director of education, Lori [...]

Grey County is making changes to its Grey Transit Route intercommunity bus service that will cut weekend runs and eliminate stops in order to bring down costs. On Thursday, county council approved a number of changes to the routes that will come into effect May 1. The cuts are designed to bring the cost of [...]

Owen Sound residents may see Canadian Special Operations Forces Command members near the armoury over the next few days during an ongoing training exercise. Members of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) are conducting training with Primary Reserve Force personnel from Thursday, Feb. 22 to Sunday, Feb. 25 in Owen Sound at the Tommy [...]