Owen Sound Sun Times

Final arguments ended Thursday in a 32-year-old legal dispute over ownership of part of the beach at Sauble Beach, a tourist destination the local municipality wants to keep. Superior Court Justice Susan Vella reserved her decision and no return date was set. The Toronto hearing was broadcast on YouTube this week. Saugeen First Nation, which […]

Water use restrictions have been lifted on Kincardine’s main drinking water system. With the system’s reservoir back online, the municipality announced on Thursday that restrictions implemented late last month had been lifted. But residents on the system can expect another water conservation period in October, with full reservoir repairs being delayed until then. On April […]

Brunette a Jack Adams finalist One of the best junior hockey players to ever pass through the Scenic City is a finalist for the National Hockey League’s coach of the year award. Andrew Brunette, who played three seasons for the Owen Sound Platers from 1990 to 1993 and is the team’s second all-time leading scorer […]

Attack rookie Cal Uens won the Ontario Hockey League’s Ivan Tennant Memorial Award presented annually to the league’s top academic high school student. Uens achieved a 98.7 per cent average in studies at Owen Sound District Secondary School, excelling in Business Leadership (100%), a pair of English courses (98%, 99%) and Challenge and Change in […]

Part of Hanover’s downtown is expected to remain closed for the weekend, while various community services continue to help the dozens of people displaced after a major fire in the town on Thursday morning. The town’s mayor, Sue Paterson, declared an emergency following a meeting of the Emergency Control Group, increasing the town’s ability to […]

The Owen Sound North Stars clawed back from a 7-1 deficit against the Guelph Regals to force overtime, but couldn’t bag a fourth-straight win in Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League action Thursday night at the Bayshore. The Regals scored the only two goals in the extra frame to earn the 15-13 victory and improve to […]

GIRLS RUGBY The Owen Sound District Wolves are headed to the Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association (CWOSSA) triple-A championship. The Wolves went 2-0 through pool play Wednesday at Brantford’s Bison Alumni North Park Sports Complex to finish first in Pool B and earn a berth into the championship game. Friday’s championship contest is set […]

Grey Bruce Health Services warned Thursday of possible temporary closures of emergency departments at any of its rural sites due to staff shortages. The hospital corporation issued a news release to announce the prospect of closing the emergency department in Lion’s Head, Wiarton, Southampton, Meaford or Markdale due particularly to physician shortages but also nursing […]

Mask mandates have been lifted most places since mid-March and many people seem to have quit wearing masks in public places, a decision the local medical officer of health said is appropriate. “Of course we’re not out of the woods yet but the level of risk that require restrictions is not there,” Dr. Ian Arra […]

Rick Howald was asleep in the rooming house in Hanover he has called home for almost a year when the fire alarm went off Thursday. Immediately he could see and smell the smoke and knew he had to get out. “I went across the roof and came down the back on the fire escape,” Howald […]

Owen Sound police charged an 81-year-old school bus monitor with sexual offences after they say two girls were touched “inappropriately in a sexual manner on an area school bus.” The suspect is an Owen Sound man who was a school bus monitor for a local bus company, city police Insp. Dave Bishop said in a […]

Grey Highlands and Westway Capital are set to close their hotly contested $2.5 million deal for the municipally owned former Talisman Resort lands near Kimberley later this month. A motion to advance the closing date for the sale of the municipal lands at the former resort property to May 25 was carried at Tuesday’s council […]

Firefighters from multiple departments were continuing to fight a fire at a rooming house in Hanover hours after it started early Thursday morning. In a news release issued by the Hanover Police Service just after 9 a.m., it said it was believed that everyone had escaped from the building, however due to the transient nature […]

Durham Furniture has purchased the local Vokes Furniture brand and now the former Vokes Furniture company has a new name and new mission to meet an exploding home outdoor sauna demand. Mike Vokes has opened True North Saunas to build barrel-style outdoor saunas and others with less expensive pine in a market dominated by pricier […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is holding a vaccination clinic on Friday for those who have added their names to a waiting list to receive the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. The clinic, for individuals wanting to receive a first or second dose of the protein-based, non mRNA vaccine, will be held at the Grey Bruce Health […]

EPCOR is continuing a multiyear project to bring natural gas to communities in southern Bruce County. The company announced last week that construction was recommencing on the service in a number of communities, with work already starting in Inverhuron, Chesley and Point Clark, with Paisley and Lurgan Beach resuming in the coming weeks. Crews will […]

Long-time local secondary school administrator Melissa McEwen will assume the position of superintendent of education on Sept. 1, upon the retirement of Sheryl Elliott, the Bluewater District School Board announced this week. McEwen was a vice-principal at the former Chesley District High School and John Diefenbaker Secondary (now Senior) School, and a principal at Saugeen […]

A Southampton pharmacist instrumental in distributing COVID-19 vaccines and who helped shape the region’s response to the pandemic as part of the Grey-Bruce vaccine distribution task force has been named Ontario’s Pharmacist of the Year. Kristen Watt, the owner of Kristen’s Pharmacy, won the Ontario Pharmacy Association’s annual award for outstanding achievement in all areas […]

The Sauble Area Medical Clinic has made a final donation toward the purchase of a point of care ultrasound for the critical care unit at the Owen Sound hospital. On Tuesday it was announced that the clinic had provided $63,700 to the Owen Sound Regional Hospital Foundation for the project. The contribution brings its total […]

A pair of local communities will participate in a national program aimed at fostering respectful government-to-government partnerships between First Nations and neighbouring municipalities to jointly implement long-term plans for community economic development initiatives and land use. Saugeen Shores and Saugeen First Nation are one of eight partnerships accepted by the Council for the Advancement of […]

It’s called the ultimate test of human will. Season nine of the History channel’s reality TV survival series Alone premieres on May 26 and features Owen Sound doctor Teimojin Tan. The premise of the show is simple, 10 contestants equipped with just 10 items of their choosing are dropped into a remote wilderness valley along […]

The head of the local real estate board says the Grey-Bruce market is showing signs of leveling off from the frenzied buying that had been taking place over the past couple of years. Steve Dickie, president of the Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound, said Tuesday that local agents are starting to again see […]

An area of Harrison Park has been temporarily closed after there was a diesel spill in a parking lot. A small amount of diesel fuel from an unknown source was spilled in the parking lot at the park on Monday, the city said in a news release. City staff and the Owen Sound Fire Department […]

Fun isn’t hard with Owen Sound’s new OPEN Card. The soon-to-launch OPEN Card grants cardholders free membership and access to The Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Billy Bishop Museum and Marine and Rail Waterfront Museum. As an additional benefit, through the TOM’s affiliation with the Ontario Association of […]

Two people were airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a crash in Huron-Kinloss on Sunday. Just before 4 p.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Bruce Rd. 7 and Concession 10 in the former Huron Township. Officers responded with Bruce County Paramedics and members of the […]

The Owen Sound District Wolves shut out the Grey Highlands Lions 35-0 Monday afternoon at OSDSS to win the Bluewater Athletic Association senior girls rugby championship and cap off another undefeated season. Claire Vokes had two tries in the contest while Grace Vokes, Madeline Matcheski, Jamie Norman, and Laiki Mckenzie had single tries. The Wolves […]

Cattle climate concerns were raised at Grey County council. Included in county council’s agenda package Thursday was a letter from John Tamming, an Owen Sound city councillor, who questioned why Grey County’s recently approved climate action plan didn’t have any answers as to how to deal with greenhouse gas emissions generated by cattle in the […]

Grey County is working with its licensed child-care providers to help them decide if they will opt in or out of the new Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Program designed to lower the child-care fees parents pay. Grey County children’s services manager Tara Cockerill provided an update to county council on Thursday on the […]

Grey Roots is moving ahead with the redevelopment of its gallery space with a second phase of construction. On Thursday, Grey County council approved a project to update a 1,500-square-foot section of the gallery to be called the Grey’t Abundance. The revamp will combine artifacts, photographs, archival records and interactive components to showcase the county’s […]

Sr. B North Stars split weekend contests The Owen Sound North Stars split a pair of weekend contests on the road in Ontario Series Lacrosse action and have now played to a 1-2 record early in the senior B season. On Friday, the N’Stars picked up their first win of the campaign over the expansion […]

Tyson Morrison and the Owen Sound North Stars power play led the way as the Bayshore Boys handed the Windsor Clippers their first and only loss of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League season, 12-7, at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Saturday night. The N’Stars enjoyed back-to-back wins over the weekend to open up […]

There’s still time for the endangered piping plovers to arrive and get busy at Sauble Beach, but one of their biggest allies is a little worried. Don Kennedy rises daily and checks the beach for the little winged travellers, and was surprised at the unmistakable sight of a one-footed visitor from Mexico, dubbed Nubbins, on […]

A judge has ordered Bruce County to pay $140,000 to local heritage advocates, a follow-up to his January finding that the county improperly used a county archives bequest and displayed behaviour that was “atrocious throughout.” Superior Court Justice G. D. Lemon’s Jan. 31 decision found Bruce County breached the Krug Trust by using $500,000 from […]

Police have charged two people with drug-related offences after executing a search warrant in Meaford. Amanda Armitage, 43, of Meaford is charged with possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking and unauthorized possession of a weapon, a Grey Bruce OPP news release said Saturday. Quinton Armitage, 18, is charged with possession […]

The Owen Sound North Stars junior B squad returned to the Bayshore floor for their first regular-season game in over two years Friday, and they returned in style. The N’Stars exploded on offence topping the winless London Blue Devils 19-7 in Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League action. With the win, the North Stars improved to […]

An appeal tribunal has ruled the Major Series Lacrosse league must return the Excelsiors franchise to Brampton and facilitate a seventh MSL franchise for the 2022 season to be operated in Owen Sound. According to a written summary of the hearing, On May 6, a three-member tribunal of Sharon Hrinco, Bill Wills and W. (Bill) […]

The Kiwanis Club of Owen Sound donated $38,800 to the Giche Namewikwedong Reconciliation Garden committee Thursday to support their efforts in completing the current phase of the healing and reconciliation garden near Kelso Beach. “We thought it was important to contribute to this community project,” said local Kiwanis Club president Jim McManaman. The community service […]

The cause of a fire on May 11 at the Bentinck landfill is under investigation, West Grey’s chief administrative officer said Friday. Firefighters used an aerial truck to help douse the fire, an effort which involved West Grey firefighters, police, public works teams and area emergency crews. A photo tweeted by West Grey police at […]

A summary of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound provincial candidates’ introductions and summarizing comments at Thursday night’s all-candidates’ meeting in Owen Sound, presented in the order they were introduced. Suzanne Coles – Ontario Party – A mother and grandmother of six grandchildren, who lives in Grey County, just outside of Chesley. Worked as a social worker with high-risk […]

Grey Highlands is bringing back the RAM Rodeo Tour from May 27 to 29 at the Osprey Community Centre in Feversham. After the sold-out event raised $35,641.73 for the new Markdale Hospital’s Together in Care campaign in 2021, Mayor Paul McQueen and the municipality decided to bring back the cowboys, cowgirls, bulls and broncos for […]

Responses from the six provincial candidates who attended Thursday’s first all-candidates’ meeting for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound at the Harmony Centre in Owen Sound. What will your party do to make housing more affordable and accessible for working families in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound? Rick Byers, Progressive Conservative – He’s knocked on more than 2,600 doors and “this is a […]

Thursday’s all-candidates’ meeting at Harmony Centre in downtown Owen Sound provided a glimpse of six of the nine candidates running provincially in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound. There were two experienced politicians — Liberal Selwyn Hicks, a lawyer and three-time Grey County warden who’s on temporary leave, and Green candidate Danielle Valiquette, a Grey Highlands councillor and farmer, […]

The Bluewater Athletic Association’s track and field championships returned the Davidson Centre in Kincardine Thursday after two years on the shelf due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Athletes from across the region took part in the full-day meet on a scorcher of a day. The top four finishers in each event qualified for next week’s Central […]

Owen Sound Attack captain Mark Woolley is the 2021-22 recipient of the Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy awarded to the OHL Humanitarian of the Year. Diagnosed as a Type 1 Diabetic as a teenager, Woolley raised $25,000 toward Diabetes Canada during the 2021-22 season, contributing to an overall contribution of over $60,000 through his Woolley’s Warriors […]

Ten athletes represented Owen Sound’s KT (Kim-Thibodeau) Tae Kwon Do in Brampton this past Saturday for Grand Master Son’s 2022 Premier Taekwondo Championships. Master James Lee, Head Instructor Rick Thibodeau, and Master Jason Kim coached the athletes in both poomsae (patterns) and full contact kyorugi (sparring). It was a long day with lots of amazing […]

The fields were full Wednesday afternoon in Owen Sound at both Owen Sound District Secondary School (OSDSS) and Victoria Park with a full slate of Bluewater Athletic Association spring sports on offer. The OSDSS Wolves and St. Mary’s Mustangs squared off in varsity boys soccer at OSDSS in the afternoon with the Wolves locking down […]

Seven athletes from Shallow Lake’s Kilian Academy attended the 2022 Ontario Open International Jiu-Jitsu Championship hosted in Whitby this past weekend. The open is Canada’s largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament, with 1400 athletes competing for gold. Nick Mole from Southampton once again took gold with a dominant performance in the Lightweight Division and was crowned 2022 […]

It will be easier to fine people in Owen Sound who have recreational fires and set off fireworks contrary to the rules. A review of calls and complaints over the last few years produced recommendations to change city open-air fire and fireworks bylaws, which city council approved recently, city fire prevention officer Greg Nicol said […]

A meeting is scheduled at Meaford Hall Monday to receive information from the public on a proposed five-storey 160-unit residential development near the inner harbour. Advancecorp Developments is requesting an official plan amendment and a zoning bylaw amendment, both necessary to move forward with the proposed condo building. Members of the public are able to […]