Owen Sound Sun Times

Candidates fan out in bid to lure voters in early stages of short campaign

Winter storms slammed Bruce County particularly hard this week but by Thursday afternoon, just one county road remained closed. County road crews have contended with widespread snow accumulations of 50 to 70 centimetres and at timeswind gusts of 80 - 100 kilometres per hour this week. Thursday afternoonthe county ended its significant weather event [...]

Local author Gwen Lamont's life story about uncovering the buried memories of a chaotic and abusive childhood is being converted into a screenplay. Lamont signed an agreement with Dog Eared Productions for Penny Eizenga to write, produce or co-produce the screenplay of her book The View From Coffin Ridge: A Childhood Exhumed for a feature-length [...]

Progressive Conservatives in Huron-Bruce had their incumbent candidate nominated two months ago for Ontario's snap election call, while other parties are playing catch-up. Election day is Thursday, Feb. 27 and just two parties have announced their candidates. The riding runs from Southampton to south of Grand Bend along the Lake Huron shoreline. It includes Saugeen [...]

Donations and government grants have secured a 19.6-acre swath of coastal fen and forest on the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula. The Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy and the Greenough and North Bruce Wilderness Alliance (the Wilderness Alliance) announced the Simon Bay Coastal Fen and Forest Nature Preserve, near Stokes Bay, is now preserved land. Protecting Ontario's sensitive and [...]

A new LiUNA Local 1059 training centre planned for Walkerton will provide workers and apprentices with the hands-on experience needed for careers in the skilled trades. The Ontario government announced on Wednesday that it was investing more than $6.3 million from its Skills Development Fund to support the development of the approximately $12.5-million project in [...]

Grey County's Sydenham Campus makerspace" is competing with Georgian Bay School of the Arts and could put it out of business, the GB Arts' co-founder said. Alan McIntosh, GB Arts' manager, said the makerspace within Grey County's regional skills training hub is breaking a county promise to not run arts and craft courses, which are [...]

With the area under grass and legumes shrinking, expanding forage acres remains a tough sell.

The people have spoken - after they finished eating. The European Bakery and Cafe in Owen Sound took home this year's People's Choice Award at the third annual Soup's On competition in support of Alzheimer Society Grey-Bruce. Eight vendors crafted 16 styles of soup for the competition and fed 661 people this past Saturday at [...]

Leaders of all four parties campaigning across the province

Brrrrrrrrrrrrr. Martin Misiak's overtime winner will make the Ontario Hockey League highlight reel. The Chicago Blackhawks draft pick danced around Bruce McDonald and picked the corner to give his Erie Otters a 4-3 win over the Owen Sound Attack inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Wednesday night. As his Otters teammates rushed the ice [...]

The province's Special Investigations Unit has terminated an investigation relating to a man who was injured while in police custody in Walkerton, after determining the injury was caused by punching a cell wall. The SIU's director Joseph Martino terminated the investigation based on the SIU's preliminary inquiries in the case, including a review of video [...]

It is like a three-way cross between Registered Education Savings Plans, Agristability, and a pension plan.

Two new tenants have been welcomed into Heritage Place Shopping Centre. It was announced Wednesday that Happy Earth Shop, a one-stop eco-products, body and home store, as well as Wizard's Castle VR Arcade had arrived at the mall in Owen Sound. Happy Earth Shop, located near centre court, is described as a business dedicated to [...]

The Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre arena floor and board replacement project will cost significantly more than expected, with the city planning to defer other projects at the facility, while remaining hopeful that provincial funding will come through. On Monday, Owen Sound council approved a non-standard procurement for the project from CIMCO Refrigeration at a [...]

An Alliston man has been arrested after someone withdrawing funds from an ATM in Markdale was reportedly robbed at gunpoint. Just after 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 23, Grey Bruce OPP received a report of a robbery involving a firearm at a financial institution on Toronto Street North. The suspect had fled before police arrived, Grey [...]

Owen Sound council has allocated funds to replace a section of sanitary sewer in the east side industrial park that was compromised by suspected chemical damage from a former industrial business. At its meeting on Monday, council agreed to reallocate $1.4 million in Collection System Capital Reinvestment funds to the project to replace the 16th [...]

Peavey Mart farm supply and hardware stores in Owen Sound and Walkerton will close as part of a nationwide closure and liquidation. Originally, the company headquartered in Red Deer said it was closing some locations in Ontario and Nova Scotia as part of an organizational structuring" with the local stores rumoured to be spared. On [...]

Owen Sound's 2025 budget is nearing completion, with a proposed municipal levy increase that is now sitting below 2.5 per cent. Owen Sound council held a public meeting on the budget Monday to provide details and gather feedback. The bylaw to adopt the document is scheduled to happen at its Feb. 24 meeting. Council heard [...]

A downhill skier who got his start on the hills of Georgian Peaks just outside Thornbury became the Canadian skier in 42 years to win the prestigious World Cup downhill on the Streif course in Kitzbuhel, Austria this past weekend. James Jack" Crawford shared the podium with his third-placed teammate Cameron Alexander on Saturday. Crawford, [...]

The winner of this year's Ontario Elite Hockey League championship will play for the historic Allan Cup. The OEHL announced on Monday that the 2025 AA' playoff champion will not only win the J.F. Paxton Trophy but will also be granted admission to the Allan Cup Challenge tournament, which will be played April 20 to [...]

The Association of Municipalities of Ontario calculated there were at least 1,400 homeless encampments in the province in 2023

A public meeting was held on Monday for a proposed Hampton Inn hotel on lands just to the east of Heritage Place Mall. 16 Avenue OS Inc. is proposing to construct a six-storey, 120 room hotel on a 1.72-hectare parcel of land at 1750 16th Ave. E. The property is onthe west side of 16th [...]

A nearly $3.5 million investment in critical water infrastructure should help pave the way to build up to 2,300 more homes in Dundalk. On Monday, outgoing Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers announced the government of Ontario will provide $3,462,139 to the Township of Southgate as part of the second intake of the Housing-Enabling Water Systems [...]

Two people including a 15-year-old are dead following a fatal collision near Dundalk Monday morning. Grey Bruce OPP said they are investigating a collision between a commercial motor vehicle and a passenger vehicle that resulted in the deaths of a 49-year-old and a 15-year-old from Kitchener. A 19-year-old sustained serious injuries and was transported to [...]

School and road closures continue Tuesday following another day of nasty winter weather. Environment Canada's latest weather update, issued Tuesday morning, said snow squalls are expected to diminish in the area today. However, blowing snow could cause an additional five to 10 centimetres of snow, reducing visibility. According to the weather service, lake-effect snow off [...]

Motorists are being advised to avoid travel as weather conditions worsen across Grey-Bruce. Bruce County put out an advisory just after 4 p.m. asking motorists to stay off the roadways if there was no need to travel. High winds and blowing snow were creating significant drifts, low visibility, and slippery roads. The county advisory stated [...]

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Ontario has agreed to pay up to $285 million for continuing predevelopment work to advance TC Energy's proposed Ontario Pumped Storage Project in Meaford - the latest step forward for the local electricity megaproject. The funding will cover costs including those to complete a detailed cost estimate and environmental assessments to determine the proposed multi-billion-dollar [...]

Just over a week after Owen Sound Attack captain Landen Hookey scored his first game-winning goal in overtime, he did it in the shootout Saturday night as the Owen Sound Attack topped the Sarnia Sting 5-4 at the Bayshore. Hookey's five-hole deke earned the Attack their first shootout win of the season. We've struggled in [...]

With Ontario Premier Doug Ford expected to officially send people to the polls Feb. 27, local political parties have a lot of work ahead of them. The Conservative leader has confirmed he will be visiting the lieutenant-governor Tuesday to dissolve the legislature and have the writs issued on Wednesday. That puts fire under the feet [...]

Adrian Misaljevic scored a natural hat-trick and the Kitchener Rangers dominated special teams in a 5-1 win over the Owen Sound Attack Friday night inside the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium. The Owen Sound Attack never seemed to get their footing in Kitchener and are now losers of three straight. Kitchener scored twice on the power play, [...]

Grey County staff and council members pitched health-care, transit and other requests to provincial officials at the recent Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference in Toronto. Now, they wait. Deputy chief administrative officer Randy Scherzer summarized the meetings for county councillors on Thursday. The county asked the Ministry of Health for more operating and capital funding [...]

Meaford Fire Chief Courtney Allen has been named the new fire chief of King Township. Allen, who has more than 20 years of leadership in fire and emergency services including the past four years with Meaford, will begin his new role on Feb. 1 It has been an incredible four years and a great experience [...]

Increased need has prompted Safe n Sound, the downtown Owen Sound homeless drop-in centre, to seek funding to move to bigger quarters. The 8th Street East location is intended to be a warming centre this time of year, particularly at night. There are no beds there and those who use the centre aren't supposed to [...]

The Push-Up Challenge in support of the Canadian Mental Health Association is returning to Grey-Bruce. Just don't get lost in all the snow when you drop down and give 20. The CMHA Grey Bruce is encouraging the community to push for better mental health by participating in the fitness-based mental health initiative. The challenge, [...]

Wiarton Willie may help put an early end to winter this Groundhog Day, Sunday, Feb. 2, at the future home of the new south Bruce Peninsula town hall (370 William Street) in Wiarton near Bluewater Park. A lot is on the line this year, with heavy winter storms battering a beleaguered public into downright begging [...]

Bruce Power executive James Scongack discussed Saugeen Ojibway Nation's nuclear moratorium warning at Grey County council Thursday. Bruce Power operates nuclear reactors in the territory, along the Lake Huron shoreline near Tiverton, and is exploring building an additional nuclear plant at the site. The Ontario Power Generation's Western Waste Management Facility stores nuclear waste there [...]

CMHA Grey Bruce officials are hoping they will soon be able to reopen some of their locations that have been temporarily closed. The agency, which provides mental health and addiction services in the area, has temporarily closed a portion of its location in the Owen Sound's River District, including the popular Fresh Roots Cafe and [...]

Saugeen Ojibway Nation says it plans to issue a moratorium on future nuclear intensification and waste projects if no progress is made on nuclear legacy issues in its territory. A joint letter from Nawash Chief Greg Nadjiwon and Saugeen Chief Conrad Ritchie sent to SON members on Wednesday says the joint chiefs and councils of [...]

Update: The weather has caused an issue at The Rumpus Room, which will no longer be able to host the event. The Meet the Candidate event has been postponed to a future date. The Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Federal Riding Association is planning to hold a meet the candidate event in Owen Sound. The event was originally [...]

Grey-Bruce home sales in 2024 were more than 40 per cent higher than they were the year before. A total of 2,478 units were sold last year, which was a 41.1 per cent increase over 2023, according to figures released by the OnePoint Association of Realtors this week. The higher sales last year were buoyed [...]

As the snowfall shifts to the peninsula Thursday morning more school closures have been announced. Bruce Peninsula District (Lion's Head) and St. Edmunds Public (Tobermory) are closed for the day due to inclement weather. Meanwhile, buses have been cancelled for schools in Teeswater, Lucknow, Ripley, Port Elgin, Southampton, Kincardine, Wiarton, Hepworth, Sauble Beach, Walkerton, Mildmay, [...]

Chris Aitcheson created a monster. His nephew Kashawn will hear his name called in the NHL Entry Draft this summer, but until then he'll continue to terrorize Ontario Hockey League opponents and their fans. Like he did on Wednesday night when the Barrie Colts defender recorded a Gordie Howe Hat-Trick with a goal, assist and [...]

Jurors in an Owen Sound courtroom Wednesday heard the detailed Crown's theory of what led to the murder of a 36-year-old Toronto woman in Northern Bruce Peninsula more than three years ago. Grey County Crown attorney Patrick Clement presented what he said he expects the evidence to show over the five-week first-degree murder trial [...]

If there is a silver lining to the bitter cold that has settled on Grey-Bruce and southern Ontario, it may be that it has allowed some ice to form on Lake Huron. And while that ice cover is needed to slow down the lake-effect snow that has dumped by some estimates as much as two [...]

A Ghost Bike now stands as a memorial to a cyclist who died this month after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 26 just west of the town of Thornbury. Many of these deaths are preventable. We want a reminder out there for people to be safe and look after each other," said David [...]

No injuries were reported after a transport truck flipped onto its side west of Kimberley in Grey Highlands Wednesday. Grey Bruce OPP advised just before noon that the 7th Line between Sideroad 4A and Sideroad 7A in Grey Highlands had been closed due to a transport truck on its side in the ditch. Police said [...]

Among the Ontario winners are two four-time honourees: Quality of Vaughan, and Heather Holme of Kincardine