Owen Sound Sun Times

An Owen Sound man has been charged in connection with a fatal hit and run in the city. Devon Desborough, 21, faces charges of failing to stop at an accident causing death and dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death, city police said in a news release Wednesday night. He surrendered himself to police after [...]

Snapshots of the situation in different parts of Ontario were presented at a news conference

Georgian College is pausing operations at its Collingwood campus indefinitely due to declining enrolment and funding challenges. Georgian College said in a statement Wednesday that persistent declines in international enrolment and a provincial funding model that hasn't kept pace with institutional needs are the main causes behind the decision to temporarily pause operations at its [...]

Jake Mallard was the big winner of a boat, motor and trailer package at the fifth annual Lures N Lines Spring Trout Derby. Mallard reeled in his 11.14-pound rainbow trout on Friday to get to the top of the Sutton-Sound Realty Inc. Brokerage leaderboard, and held on until the 10-day derby wrapped up on Sunday. [...]

The Saugeen First Nation community is hoping to breathe new life into its historically significant amphitheatre site overlooking the Saugeen River.

South Bruce Peninsula is looking for tenants to occupy vacant space at its new town hall site. Council approved a staff recommendation On May 6 to use the approximately 10,000 square feet of vacant space in the building near Bluewater Park in Wiarton for government services. Staff were directed to start looking for tenants. Among [...]

Paisley will soon have a new fire hall, part of a $4.7-million project that includes a new public works building next door. Council has been saving for years to replace the Paisley Fire Hall," municipal spokeswoman Jennifer Isber-Legge said in an emailed response to questions. These savings combined with a loan from Infrastructure Ontario and [...]

Owen Sound council gave final approval to the following business licences at its meeting on Monday, May 12: Painted Paws Spa, a pet grooming salon at 675 6th St. E. Sunnyside Grill, a restaurant at 925 16th St. E. Annual hawker and peddler licence to 2369232 Ontario Inc., a fireworks retailer. Hawker and peddler licence [...]

Owen Sound council has supported a design for the intersection at 9th Avenue East and 6th Street East that is not fully compliant with the Ontarians with Disabilities Act due to space constraints. Council passed a motion 5-2 on Monday directing staff to proceed with a modified design for the intersection. The city will take [...]

The Owen Sound Police Service's criminal investigations branch (CIB) located a white Honda Civic believed to be involved in the fatal hit-and-run early Saturday morning in a residential area of Owen Sound. Police said a male pedestrian was walking in the area of 5th Street East and 5th Avenue East about 3 a.m. when he [...]

The Owen Sound Police Service is joining other police services in the province in encouraging its residents to enrol in a third-party surveillance camera network. CamSafe is a voluntary camera registry program in which the public can partner with police to solve crime. The province-wide program allows residents, business owners, and others with cameras on [...]

Owen Sound is taking steps to sell a portion of an unopened road allowance to accommodate an apartment building on the city's east side. Council passed a motion on Monday to take steps to sell a section of the 21st Street East road allowance west of 9th Avenue East to Barry's Construction and Insulation. The [...]

A man is dead after being pulled from the Saugeen River in Paisley Monday afternoon. The South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police, Bruce County Paramedic Services and Arran-Elderslie Fire & Emergency Services responded to a report of an individual in distress in the Saugeen River at about 1:30 p.m., the OPP said in a news release. [...]

Work has started on a building that has sat as a significant eyesore at a prominent Owen Sound River District intersection the last few years. Construction materials were delivered on Friday to the former Legate's building at 790 2nd Avenue East. In a social media post made on Thursday, the city notified the public that [...]

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The Rotary Huron Shore Run, supporting the Saugeen Memorial Hospital Foundation and local youth initiatives, returns to High Street in Southampton on Saturday, May 31. The popular event has brought runners, walkers, volunteers and supporters together at the Lake Huron shoreline since 1988. This year's event offers a variety of distances, including a 5K run/walk, [...]

FlixBus is launching a new seasonal extension to its route between Toronto and Owen Sound with service beginning Thursday. The service will expand to popular summer tourist spots, such as Sauble Beach, Southampton, and Port Elgin. With summer travel season just around the corner, we're thrilled to offer Ontarians and visitors a convenient, sustainable way [...]

After crushing Welland in their home opener Saturday, the Owen Sound North Stars junior B squad lost Sunday afternoon's game to the tough Orangeville Northmen team. They are now 4-3 on the year. It was all Owen Sound Saturday night inside the Durham Community Centre as the North Stars beat up on a winless Welland [...]

Port Elgin's Ian MacKay and the Buffalo Bandits will try for the three-peat" when they meet the Saskatchewan Rush in the National Lacrosse League's best-of-three championship series. The Rush swept the Halifax Thunderbirds, and we'll make our first finals appearance since 2018 against the two-time defending Bandits. Buffalo will host Game 1 of the series [...]

Dawson McKenzie scored the game-winning goal late in the third period as the Owen Sound North Stars senior B squad edged the Collingwood Cruise in what's being billed as the Hwy. 26 rivalry. The Cruise (formerly the Clearview Crushers) met the North Stars on Saturday evening in Owen Sound's temporary home in Meaford - the [...]

Trevor Smith picked up where he left off last season as the Owen Sound Baysox hurler pitched four scoreless innings in his club's home opener at Tom Williams Park on Saturday. Smith, who pitched a complete game as the Baysox won the North Dufferin Baseball League's Strother Cup over the Ivy Rangers this past September, [...]

'It should be a pope who can lead the world in present times,' local pastor says

'We all thought that he would make a good priest. We were right," Father Tom said.

Owen Sound police are looking the driver of a white Honda Civic believed to have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision early Saturday and are asking for the public's help. We are asking the public to come forward with any information, no matter how small it may seem," police said in a news release [...]

Forty confirmed or probable measles cases have been reported in Grey-Bruce since the outbreak began

County staff to consider how to keep province in the loop more

Hanover will have a new EarlyON Child and Family Centre by the end of 2026, if all goes as hoped. Grey County approved recommendations at its committee of the whole meeting Thursday which will allow staff to buy land where a 4,000 square-foot building will be erected for the centre. Staff will now issue a [...]

BAYSOX WIN OPENER The Owen Sound Baysox won their season opener, 12-4, over the Mansfield Cubs in Mansfield on Wednesday night. Newcomer Adam Shaver and last year's home-run leader Bryan Post smacked back-to-back bombs in the first inning en route to victory. Nate Kramer and Kevin Zettler took care of business on the bump. The [...]

A Neyaashiinigmiing chef who combines innovative technique with Indigenous teachings and an internationally acclaimed chef with a little spot in Flesherton feature on this year's list.

Randy Scherzer is a lifelong resident of Grey County

Grey County's long-term care program, Colour It Coach, won an innovation and excellence workplace quality award

The Township of Chatsworth has pulled the plug on a multi-use community hub proposal at the site of the former Chatsworth arena. At its meeting on Wednesday, council voted against a motion of support for a first phase of the project, that could have potentially seen construction begin in 2030. The motion on the proposal, [...]

Canada's expensive and so tourists might favour free things and not spend, county director says

Carter George's recent whirlwind hockey journey will now reach the world stage as he's been added to the Team Canada cohort ahead of the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Sweden. After his Owen Sound Attack were swept from the first round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs, George was reassigned to the Ontario [...]

Dr. Ian Arra says stay home if you're sick because measles symptoms are similar to those of a cold

Owen Sound's water rate is going up five per cent this year. The city's operation committee carried a motion during an April meeting to amend the fees and charges bylaw to raise the water rates five per cent effective July 1. The wastewater surcharge of 124 per cent of the water rate will remain unchanged. [...]

Two Hanover police officers were injured after they were viciously attacked" by as many as three dogs inside the apartment of a suspect who had resisted arrest. One of the officers sustained significant lacerations that may result in an extended recovery time, while the second officer was able to return to work after receiving treatment [...]

The Beer Store location in Wiarton is among a number of retail locations that will close this summer. The province's largest beer retailer announced Tuesday that the Wiarton location at 690 Berford St. and 10 others would close effective close of the business day on July 6. The company said it was modernizing its operations [...]

The Owen Sound Baysox won a championship in Year 3 of the franchise, and they look poised to repeat this summer.

KT Tae Kwon Do attended the 29th Annual Governor's Cup in Brighton, Michigan, this past Saturday. A small group of KT students fought hard. Everyone came home with gold medals in board breaking, patterns, and sparring. Master James Lee had a particularly hard time with patterns against a USA National Patterns Champion, but secured a [...]

The Owen Sound Ice Hawks girls' hockey program marked 30 years in the Scenic City this past season. The girls' program continues to grow, with the 2024-25 campaign reaching new heights and marking new milestones. A new record for registration was set with 225 players spread throughout 13 teams from under-7 to under-22. With 16 [...]

Two local emergency response projects are each receiving $50,000 in provincial funding. Community Emergency Preparedness Grant funding has been awarded to South Bruce Peninsula to assist with the purchase of a trailer and firefighting equipment for wildland fire response and to Saugeen First Nation for the purchase of a backup generator for the community's emergency [...]

Owen Sound police are continuing to investigate the disappearance of a Flesherton-area teen and members of the public are being encouraged to come forward with any information that could help locate her. Jillianne Dixon, 15, was last seen on April 28 around 8 p.m. on Owen Sound's upper east side and was reported missing the [...]

Not getting a parking pass could bring $300 ticket

Ontario Nature's former director of conservation and education called the province's proposed environmental deregulation painful," grim," and heartbreaking" at a recent talk in Owen Sound. Dr. Anne Bell gave a keynote speech at the Harmony Centre in Owen Sound on April 27 as part of the Owen Sound Field Naturalists Earth Day celebration. The presentation,Rapture [...]

'We know we have great (city) staff but we have a service to provide to the community,' Deputy Mayor Scott Greig, who supported exploring the county planning proposal

The Meaford Scarecrow Invasion is going back to its straw roots this year. For 2025, the Meaford Scarecrow Invasion Committee has decided that the annual festival's main attractions will not have a theme. Why? Because scarecrows are the theme. And, really, aren't they the stars of the show anyway?" The committee's statement said. Since its [...]

The 100 Women Who Care Grey Bruce group has kicked off its 2025 giving season in style with its largest donation yet. The grassroots philanthropic group that meets four times throughout the year has given $33,200 to Victim Services Bruce Grey after the organization was selected through a vote at the Women Who Care's April [...]

Developer's submissions show 'significant progress'

People were encouraged to 'listen without judgement' to people who want to tell their story