Owen Sound Sun Times

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 […]

A public information drop-in session about the addiction and mental health treatment centre going into the former Bayview Public School will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday in downtown Owen Sound. Grey Bruce Health Services plans to open its Wellness & Treatment Centre by late 2023 at 616 6th Street ‘A’ East in […]

Police want to speak to the driver of a red pickup truck involved in a collision with a pedestrian in Owen Sound on Tuesday afternoon. The collision occurred at about 3:15 p.m. at the intersection of 10th Street west and 4th Avenue West, it said in a news release from the Owen Sound Police Service. […]

The Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library has launched a new website. As of Monday, those visiting the library website were directed to the new site atwww.library.osngupl.ca. Staff worked with a small web design firm and utilized in-house staff to build the brand new site, it said in a news release “The website […]

Mother Nature is finally co-operating for local skiers and snowboarders hoping to hit the slopes. Blue Mountain resort announced on Tuesday that it would be opening its first runs on Thursday, after having to delay its planned opening by a week due to mild weather. But the return of colder temperatures this week has allowed […]

The Ontario Pumped Storage Project proposed for the army base in Meaford could provide upwards of $2 billion directly to the region’s economy if built, Owen Sound’s city council heard at its meeting Monday evening. Clark Little, TC Energy’s public affairs consultant, presented as a delegation and updated council on the Ontario Pumped Storage Project, […]

Owen Sound’s elected officials joined a growing chorus of discontent over the province’s More Homes Built Faster Act Monday. In its last regularly scheduled meeting of 2022, city council voted to formally express its concern over what was called the short and ineffective consultation period regarding Bill 23, which passed on Nov. 28, just over […]

Owen Sound Attack captain Colby Barlow will join the Canadian Hockey League’s blue-chippers at the 2023 Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game. On Monday the Canadian Hockey League announced the 40 players invited to the Jan. 25 game set for the Langley Events Centre. Barlow is among 15 Ontario Hockey League players invited to participate. The […]

The Owen Sound Attack needed to bounce back from a Saturday night letdown against the Guelph Storm. Instead, the squad slumbered through 50 minutes of Sunday’s game and let a struggling Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds team beat them for the second time in a week. The Greyhounds took a 4-1 lead into the third period […]

Kemble combined community spirit with Christmas spirit at its 20th non-motorized parade Sunday afternoon. More than a dusting of snow made the pretty hamlet into a Christmas postcard for the parade. The mood was convivial and relaxed among the 150 or so people who stood at the roadside to watch, including a number of little […]

Work continues on Grey Roots’ main gallery redesign. Grey County councillors on Thursday supported museum manager Jill Paterson’s recommendation to award a design services contract for the remaining three sections of the gallery to Origin Studios for $100,400, net HST. A report to the committee of the whole on Dec. 8 said the work is […]

A discussion about affordable housing in The Blue Mountains arose during a routine Grey County draft plan approval of a subdivision. Councillors endorsed a staff recommendation to approve a draft plan of subdivision with conditions for 22 detached homes on a cul-de-sac, a development referred to as Long Point Road in the northeast part of […]

No hockey player wants to be called “soft” by a coach, but when Jordan Hill calls his team soft he doesn’t mean it as an insult, just a problem the players need to fix. “There’s some soft skill and there’s some hard skill. We like to evaluate players that way. Right now we have way […]

The Ginger Press’s 37th annual authors’ open house Saturday showcased dozens of local books, along with some of their authors who were either self-published or published by the downtown Owen Sound bookstore. The Flemings of Derby Township: A Family History, is a newly self-published, limited edition work that combines family and local history. It’s a […]

The Guelph Storm picked up their tenth win of the season Friday night, and the Owen Sound Attack have been on the wrong end of nearly a third of those victories. The Storm won a back-and-forth affair inside the Sleeman Centre, 4-3, to snap a two-game losing skid and pick up their third-straight win in […]

A 469-lot “attainable” housing subdivision proposed for Markdale cleared a hurdle at Grey County council Thursday and discussion revealed one developer’s approach to try to keep prices down. Council endorsed an official plan amendment recommended by planning staff which brings a roughly 5.3-hectare strip of “rural” designated land just north of Markdale within the its […]

More than 2,500 people, farms and businesses in rural Grey and Bruce counties now have access to high-speed internet. The federal and provincial governments teamed up with Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology Inc. (SWIFT) as part of a $3.5 million investment to improve access to high-speed internet in rural communities in the region. Some of the […]

Grey-Bruce home sales continued to fall in November. A total of 127 units sold last month, according to new figures released by the Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound. Sales were 49 per cent lower than they were in November 2021, when 258 units sold in the region. The lower sales numbers continues the […]

Quota Club of Owen Sound members will be back at the Heritage Place mall to wrap Christmas gifts starting on Saturday. “Let us help you, in this busy holiday season, to professionally wrap your gifts,” the club said in a news release. “We start this Saturday, Dec. 10th and will continue to Dec. 24th.” The […]

‘Tis the season for toy drives. Inter Township Fire Department’s 41 volunteer firefighters and their families ensure families in Georgian Bluffs and the Sydenham side of Meaford who have asked for help with Christmas gifts get it. Last year, firefighters distributed gifts for about 60 kids. That number is expected to be exceeded this year, […]

The quickest and easiest way to score in a rugby game is to run really fast in a straight line with the ball. But, as in life, success rarely comes easy. Obstacles must be traversed or trampled. Sacrifices are demanded. Failure is unavoidable. Dreams come true, or they don’t. A new day dawns. Repeat. Keep […]

Grey County council voted Thursday to stop funding Grey Transit Route’s bus service between Flesherton and Walkerton after next March. But discussion of the six-route service was broader, with some questioning the nature and future of the service and others maintaining the importance of having it. Councillors aired concerns about the relatively low, though growing […]

Users of street drug are being asked to exercise caution following the death of another Grey-Bruce resident from a suspected overdose. The Grey Bruce Health Unit has issued a plea to people who use unregulated substances to presume that all street drugs may contain fentanyl and to take steps like not using alone and not […]