Owen Sound Sun Times

Oxenden’s Julian Smith is back on the trails for the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) cross-country race season that began for the local athlete with the 2022 Eastern Canada Cup earlier this month at Nakkertok, Quebec. Snow needed to be made to cover much of the 1.3-kilometre loop, but the volunteers made certain the […]

This weekend’s blizzard may have had everyone seeing white, but those itching to get out on the snowmobile trails in Grey-Bruce are going to have to wait. The close to 3,000 kilometres of snowmobile trails in the region remain closed this week, with the forecast in the days ahead not favourable for those hoping to […]

After council turned down a community garden in a small city park near Hillcrest Elementary School due to community concerns in July 2021, council resolved to update city policies about such gardens. City staff have come up with a draft update, which eliminates the park in question, Stobbe Park, on 5th Avenue A West, a […]

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff is holding a series of free public skates in the riding over the holidays. “I welcome all constituents to attend these free events to enjoy some family fun, warm refreshments and a chance to chat,” Ruff said in a news release. The skates include: Meaford and St. Vincent Arena, Dec. […]

Bruce County plans to promote economic opportunities in the region to an international audience in 2023. The county recently announced representatives will attend the annual MIPIM event, one of the world’s largest property conferences, which brings together thousands of investors and developers from around the world. The event is March 13 to 17 in Cannes, […]

A person reported missing by family members on Thursday has been located. Owen Sound Police Service issued an update on Monday that the family of Sonya Nadjiwon had reported to police that they had spoken with her on Christmas Day and that she seemed OK. “The Owen Sound Police Service would like to thank the […]

Bruce County has received $60,000 to explore a seniors home sharing program. The funding, provided through the province’s Inclusive Community Grants Program, will go toward the Exploring a Bruce County Seniors Home Sharing program, which will result in a consultant report that will provide direction and an outline for next steps in the initiative, it […]

Grey County farmers can apply for funding from a pilot program designed to try out and track the results of new soil health and carbon recapture practices on a small scale. The Experimental Acres Pilot, which launched in Wellington and Dufferin counties, is expanding to Grey County in 2023 and is seeking six farms to […]

Grey-Bruce continued to dig out on Monday from the weekend’s blizzard that left area roads treacherous, stranded numerous motorists and knocked out power to thousands. After heavy snow and driving winds closed roads across the two counties and knocked out power for thousands on Friday and Saturday, improvements were seen in some areas on Sunday. […]

For a second day in a row, Grey-Bruce was under a blizzard warning, forcing widespread road closures, power outages and throwing a wrench into Christmas Eve travel plans for many on Saturday. While there were no reports of serious injuries, police were dealing with numerous stranded motorists throughout the two counties. Early Saturday afternoon Grey […]

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A predicted winter storm arrived in Grey-Bruce Friday and knocked out power and prompted more closures and schedule changes. Heavy snowfall and up to 100-kilometre-per hour wind gusts prompted Environment Canada to warn travel would be extremely difficult to impossible at times and advised against it in Grey-Bruce. At mid-afternoon Friday, more than 1,500 Hydro […]

Georgian College has recognized a local man for paying to renew part of the space to train nurses in the new four-year nursing degree program in Owen Sound. Peter Van Dolder donated $25,000 to help outfit a learning pod at one of the new nursing labs in the Nursing and Wellness Wing at the Owen […]

Chesley hospital’s emergency department will be closed Friday at 5 p.m. and won’t reopen until Tuesday, Dec. 27 at 7 a.m., due to ongoing staffing shortages at South Bruce Grey Health Centre hospitals. Walkerton’s emergency department will be closing Saturday at 5 p.m. and will reopen at 7 a.m. Sunday, Christmas morning. “All efforts to […]

A nasty winter storm that’s been warned about all week and is forecast to arrive Friday has prompted closures and weather declarations in Grey-Bruce. Environment Canada is warning of a “crippling blizzard” across all of Grey-Bruce starting Friday morning and Saturday. Winds will gust up to 100 kilometres per hour and snowfall accumulations of 25 […]

People concerned about the scale of development proposed for the former Talisman ski resort in southeast Grey County have called a public meeting next Thursday. Erica Ferguson is one of the Dec. 29 meeting’s organizers. She sits on a committee established by the proponents of the Talisman development to gather local input. She grew up […]

Owen Sound Transportation Company’s new president and CEO is a familiar local face. Carl Kuhnke, who left the Walkerton Clean Water Centre in March, around the end of his five-year term, now heads the company that runs some provincial ferry services, including the local Chi-Cheemaun ferry between Tobermory and South Baymouth. Kuhnke is also a […]

City firefighters put out an air-compressor fire at an eastside business Wednesday. The Bayside Storage building’s industrial air compressor, which supplied air to pneumatic machinery in the building, caught fire and filled the building with smoke, Owen Sound Fire Chief Phil Eagleson said Thursday in an interview. Firefighters poured water on the fire which extinguished […]

Owen Sound police issued a plea for assistance in finding a woman reported missing by her family. Sonya Francis Nadjiwon, 31, is described as an Indigenous woman who is 5’5” tall with a medium build. She has shoulder-length dark hair and brown eyes. Police have no description of her clothes but released a photo of […]

It’s the home stretch for the Christmas kettle campaign — the largest annual fundraiser for the Salvation Army. The four days leading up to Christmas are the busiest time for donations. Kettles have been set out in Owen Sound since the Santa Claus parade on Nov. 19 and this weekend they’ll be at Port Elgin’s […]

South Bruce Peninsula council has given approval to a draft subdivision plan that could see 46 lots developed on a property near Amabel-Sauble Community School. On Tuesday, council endorsed the draft plan of subdivision for the development known as Sauble Falls Estates, located on a 17.6-hectare (43.5-acre) parcel of land bordered by Sauble Falls Parkway, […]

Alan Barfoot has been elected chair of the Grey-Bruce Board of Health. Barfoot, a provincial appointee who is a former Georgian Bluffs mayor and Grey County warden was elected to the position in a secret ballot during the local health unit’s board meeting on Friday. His selection to the role comes as the organization also […]

An initiative to create more long-term rental housing in Northern Bruce Peninsula is not only expected to bring more units to market, but also to create awareness of the importance stable rental housing plays in a healthy community. The Long-Term Landlord Housing Initiative, launched earlier this year, has approved funding for four rental properties on […]

Provincial health-care funding announcements have been coming just in time for Christmas. Last week, MRI operating funding was announced for hospitals in Owen Sound and Collingwood. This week was Kincardine’s turn to receive MRI operating fund approval. Owen Sound should have its second MRI machine functioning by the fall of 2023 and Kincardine’s first MRI […]

A person has died after a crash on Highway 21 in the Municipality of Kincardine on Monday. Emergency services responded after receiving the report of a crash just after 1 p.m. South Bruce OPP, Kincardine Fire an Emergency Services and Bruce County EMS attended the scene, which involved two vehicles, police said in a news […]

Lara Widdifield has been hired as the new director of public works and engineering for Owen Sound. Widdifield is joining the city’s leadership team with more than 20 years experience in both the private and public sectors in Ontario and Alberta. She was most recently employed with by South Bruce Peninsula as director of public […]

A Hamilton man charged with murder in a woman’s death, whose remains were found in the woods near Mount Forest, Ont. three years ago, pleaded guilty to lesser offences and was sentenced to eight years in prison. Ahmet Nikqi, 42, who is also known by three other similar surnames, pleaded guilty on Dec. 6 in […]

The OPP is investigating a collision between an Inter Township Fire Department truck and a passenger vehicle at Springmount on Saturday. The collision occurred just after 10 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 6 and 21 and Grey Road 18 as the fire truck was responding to a call for service, OPP Const. Nick Wilson […]

At 17, Colby Barlow is a team captain and one of the better goal scorers in the Canadian Hockey League. But what is he going to be at 25? That’s the question scores of National Hockey League scouts and management teams are asking themselves of the top-rated prospect who is projected to go in the […]

The Owen Sound Police Service is seeking help identifying a vehicle believed to have struck a dog before leaving the scene in the 800 block of 27th Street East in Owen Sound on Saturday. The family pet was transported to an emergency veterinarian, but later died, police said in a media release. Owen Sound police […]

Inspiration struck film director Taylor Prestidge while he skated with his nieces on their rink inside the family’s flooded barn near Owen Sound. “They have a picture of Hayley Wickenheiser hanging up overlooking the ice, like how old rinks use to have pictures of the Queen,” Prestidge said. “It really resonated with me. Look at […]

Last season the Owen Sound Attack dropped eight-straight games right before going on a tear, winning six in a row and recording points in 13 straight. On Saturday night, the Windsor Spitfires won an entertaining end-to-end affair, 5-4, making it six straight ‘Ls’ for Owen Sound heading into the holiday break. So, does Jordan Hill […]

A South Bruce Peninsula woman is facing several charges following a lengthy multi-jurisdictional drug investigation that resulted in a large seizure of suspected controlled substances, police said in a media release. Earlier in the year, members from the Grey Bruce Community Street Crimes Unit (CSCU), the Collingwood CSCU and Huronia West CSCU entered into an […]

Sharrie Brick has helped put on the Chatsworth Santa Claus parade for more than 30 years, but the chair of the event said she couldn’t remember more floats involved than on Saturday. “I have the most floats registered, certainly that I can recall,” she said ahead of the festivities. A long line of dancers, marching […]

Owen Sound waited until the game was all but over to play their best hockey. Again. After going down 5-0 to the London Knights Friday night, the Attack stormed onto the ice in the third period and chipped away at the insurmountable lead. The result? A 5-2 Knights victory, a fifth-straight loss for the Attack, […]

While the City of Owen Sound becomes the hockey world’s focal point for Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada next month, the greatest game on ice is going to hit the pavement as well. Registration for the Josh Armstrong Memorial Road Hockey Tournament opened Friday on the city’s website. The tournament will host two divisions with […]

A new Zamboni will wheel into Owen Sound soon. At this past Monday’s City of Owen Sound council meeting, the committee of the whole approved the purchase of a new ice resurfacer from the Zamboni Company Ltd. for $106,766.64. Delivery of the new Zamboni to the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre is anticipated within 43 […]

Long-term care homes in Owen Sound and Meaford, with a combined 288 beds, have officially been opened. The Ontario government announced on Thursday that construction of the homes had been completed and they were beginning to welcome residents. The two homes are peopleCare’s 128-bed Meaford Long-Term Care Home on the former site of the Meaford […]

A local drug overdose death followed by two more overdoses prompted the community of Saugeen First Nation to call on chief and council to do something about an ongoing problem. In response, Chief Conrad Ritchie called a meeting to listen to the community and on Dec. 8 council declared a state of emergency and struck […]

Georgian Bluffs is warning residents to take extra care with their pets outdoors after a fatal coyote attack in the Brooke neighbourhood just west of Owen Sound earlier this week. Following the attack, residents are being advised to be on the lookout for coyote activity and to take extra care when pets are outdoors. A […]

Hanover police have charged an Owen Sound man with 65 criminal counts after an investigation into alleged theft and fraud from a Hanover business. Hanover Police Service announced the charges against Christopher Dewdney, 55, of Owen Sound, in a news release. The name of the business involved was not released by police. Hanover Police Service […]

West Grey Police Service announced charges against a Woodstock man in connection with a “drive-by shooting” in Durham. West Grey police said in a news release Thursday that multiple shots fired at a parked vehicle, which left no one injured, was a “targeted incident, and there was no threat to public safety.” Police began an […]

The townships of Georgian Bluffs and Chatsworth are ready to explore the possibility of someone else taking over ownership and operation of their biodigester. At a special joint meeting of the two councils on Monday, the two councils accepted a recommendation to direct staff to invite proposals for a majority shareholder of the jointly owned […]

Owen Sound police say two separate car crashes over 24 hours involved drivers who meant well by encouraging others to proceed. A crash just after 3 p.m. Wednesday in the 700 block of 9th Avenue East was like that, police said in a news release. A motorist entered the road from driveway and turned left […]

Saugeen First Nation council has declared a state of emergency over what it says is as a drug epidemic “which introduces criminality, violence and contributes to the tragic loss of lives.” To help it organize a response “for the safety, security, and well-being of our Nation,” a community safety task force is being struck, a […]

Ontario will provide Grey Bruce Health Services with $800,000 annual operating funding for a new magnetic resonance imaging machine. The diagnostic tool will be the Owen Sound hospital’s second MRI machine. the hospital corporation plans to have it installed and ready to use by fall of 2023. “It is way up there on our wish […]

The Chesley hospital’s emergency department is closed today and will reopen Friday at 7 a.m., South Bruce Grey Health Centre announced this morning. All efforts to find staffing for the emergency department have been undertaken without success, a hospital corporation statement said. Ambulances will divert patients to the nearest open emergency department. Anyone requiring immediate medical attention […]

The Bruce Grey Music Hall of Fame will be back, and its first choice for a home is at the legion in Hepworth. Hall of fame co-founder Arnie Clark said this week that the organization plans to present at the legion’s next general meeting on Jan. 12. “Our plans are to return. Our first choice […]

The Hepworth Shallow Lake Royal Canadian Legion is ready to begin the rebuilding process. The general membership of Branch 586 unanimously voted at a meeting on Dec. 8 to accept a settlement offer from its insurance provider, Aviva Insurance. Settlement details are not being disclosed. With the settlement, the legion executive is now seeking ideas […]

Georgian Bluffs has lowered its flags to half-mast following the death of long-time councillor Carol Barfoot. Ms. Barfoot, who was first elected to the council of the former Keppel Township in 1991, passed away on Monday after a battle with cancer. She was 82. “Carol was a force in the community,” Georgian Bluffs Mayor Sue […]