Owen Sound Sun Times

An Oliphant-area home was heavily damaged and may be a total loss in one of two fires South Bruce Peninsula firefighters were called to Monday. A lit barbecue near flammable material was the cause of the fire on Spry Lake Road, Chief Tim Wilson said in a news release Tuesday. Firefighters who live nearby used […]

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound voters will get a first look at a number of provincial candidates Thursday night during an all-candidates’ meeting in Owen Sound. The Owen Sound & District Chamber of Commerce is host for the meeting and has confirmed seven candidates are coming, chamber CEO Diane Austin said Tuesday. The event will run from 7 […]

Demolition of a Kelso Beach washroom building near the shoreline was completed last week. The washroom had only been open for larger events such as Summerfolk in recent years, since the Good Cheer washroom and change room was built, said Pam Coulter, Owen Sound’s director of community services. The washroom building was constructed entirely within […]

Wolves keep winning (rugby) The Owen Sound District Secondary School Wolves improved to 3-0 on the year with a 41-0 shutout victory over the Kincardine Knights Monday afternoon at Victoria Park in Owen Sound in senior girls rugby action. Grace Vokes had two tries as did Sydney Cowan. Hailey Frizzell added a try and two […]

The Owen Sound North Stars junior B club split a pair of weekend contests setting their early-season record at 2-2 ahead of their homecoming Friday at the Bayshore. This past Friday, the N’Stars were shellacked by the Six Nations Rebels at the Iroquois Park Arena, 18-6. Deeland Martin recorded 10 assists in the contest while […]

Owen Sound council is permitting a food trailer and licenced patio to be located at the city’s West Side Boat Launch. The city contracts with a company called Experience Grey Bruce to run its boat launches on the east and west sides of the harbour. The company approached the city for permission to add the […]

The Owen Sound Bug Juice North Stars senior B team hit the floor for the first time in over two years for Ontario Series Lacrosse action in Six Nations. The Rivermen topped the N’Stars 10-8 in a tightly contested contest at the Six Nations Sports and Cultural Memorial Centre this past Saturday. Owen Sound trailed […]

The Owen Sound Attack added prospects at all three positions this past Thursday in the Ontario Hockey League’s under-18 draft. With the team’s 11th-overall pick in the draft, Attack GM Dale DeGray selected left-shot defenceman Tristan Caldwell from the Nepean Raiders. Caldwell recorded 14 points in 30 games with the Raiders under-18 squad while suiting […]

Six Grey-Bruce students are preparing to join hundreds of young scientists from across Canada in competing for $1 million in awards and scholarships at the 2022 Virtual Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF). Team Bluewater will compete at the virtual fair from May 16 to 20. Former Team Bluewater members Laurissa Christie and Sophia Cottrill are acting […]

Owen Sound council voted in favour of a plan to turn the long-vacant eight-acre former Black Clawson Kennedy foundry site into a residential complex of six four-storey rental apartment buildings. Council on Monday conditionally approved a site plan from Hansa Financial & Property Management, which has owned the former industrial site at 1144 1st Ave. […]

A cyclist is dead after a collision between a bicycle and a motorcycle at the west end of Thornbury Monday morning. OPP with the Collingwood and The Blue Mountains detachment said in a news release issued at about 3 p.m. they are not identifying the person killed until family can be notified. Police said officers […]

The Owen Sound Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2020 inductees share a sense of determination, perseverance, discipline and a love of sport. The same can be said of committee chair Dave Barber and fellow hall of fame committee members who drove through a pair of pandemic-era cancellations before finally holding a well-attended celebration Friday […]

A man faces charges after a pick-up truck was driven over the escarpment in the northeast part of the city. City police received several 911 calls a little after 6 p.m. Friday about a truck “driving off the cliff” in the 20th Street and 5th Avenue East area, according to an Owen Sound Police Service […]

The Owen Sound Agricultural Society is chomping at the bit to swing open the barn doors and welcome the public in for a good old barn dance. After two years of having to cancel their annual dance because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ag society is once again holding the event at Victoria Park on […]

The “Miracle on 8th Street” threw opens its doors on Saturday and welcomed in the public. REACH Centre Grey Bruce held its first major public event since renovations were completed on its year-old facility that has been a game changer for the organization and the individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities that it serves. “By […]

It is time for the kids to shine on the Roxy stage. After being re-established in late 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Roxy Young Company will finally get the chance to present a full-scale production to a full house with its production of Matilda Jr. The Musical. The show is the […]

A 26-year-old Bruce County man was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to offences involving a pickup truck that collided head-on with a vehicle, killing its driver and injuring two others inside. Jeremy Hogg, of the former Kincardine Township, pleaded guilty on May 4 in the Ontario Court of Justice in Walkerton […]

Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy confirmed in an interview Friday he will be seeking re-election as mayor. But the subject didn’t arise during his keynote remarks at an Owen Sound & District Chamber of Commerce luncheon Friday, or in questions people there asked, at what was billed as a State of the City address. Boddy […]

Bruce County its offering $4,000 bursaries to eligible, first-year early childhood education students attending Fanshawe or Georgian colleges. “The key objectives of this partnership are to sustain, enhance, grow, and attract an increasingly diverse early childhood education workforce,” Tina Metcalfe, Bruce County’s manager of children’s services, is quoted saying in a news release. “This bursary […]

Bruce County has released on its website an introduction to the creation of affordable housing in the county for developers. Affordable Housing 101 provides developers with some context for affordable housing creation in the county. It also will offer step-by-step guides, tools and other resources, the county says on its website. Three “toolkits” will be […]

Owen Sound District Secondary School teams won gold and silver in the 2022 Skills Ontario Competition this week. The two local teams which competed in the Home and Team Building – Team of Four category won in this year’s virtual provincial event on April 22. Winning gold at the provincial level was the OSDSS boys’ […]

When the Georgian Triangle chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters folded in 2020 due to financial pressures, about 270 kids were left witho­­­ut any support. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Grey-Bruce stepped in for some of them but more money is needed to meet the need. The charitable organization has drawn up a plan to […]

They started rusty. With most players sidelined and stuck on dry land for nearly two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They finished firing on all cylinders. Young and hungry. Naive and inexperienced. Entertaining. In the end, what they were wasn’t enough as the Flint Firebirds doused the Owen Sound Attack 4-2 in Game 7 […]

With a new program about to launch locally and a shiny new wing at Georgian College’s Owen Sound campus nearing completion, area students thinking about a career in nursing have even more to look forward to with the creation of an endowment. Last week, the college announced that the Joyce Family Foundation was committing $1.5 […]

A man from Waterloo Region has died after a pick-up truck crashed into the Teeswater River in Brockton over the weekend. Garrett Rickert, 23, was pronounced dead at the scene. Just after 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, South Bruce OPP received a report of a single-vehicle collision along Concession 2 in the former Greenock Township. Police […]

The popular Williamsford Pie Company was extensively damaged by an early morning fire on Wednesday. A delivery driver called in the blaze at about 4:30 a.m., but by the time crews arrived and were able to knock down the fire, the damage had already been done, Chatsworth Fire Chief Mike Givens said later Wednesday morning. […]

Nick Chenard’s 46-save shutout backstopped the Owen Sound Attack to a 4-0 win over the Flint Firebirds in a do-or-die Game 6 inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Tuesday night. Owen Sound had their backs against the wall, one loss away from the offseason. They played like their hockey lives were on the line. […]

Owen Sound’s Arts and Cultural Awards took the stage at the Georgian Bay Centre for the Arts Sunday afternoon. Award nominees along with their families and friends gathered to celebrate excellence in the arts, culture and heritage in the greater Owen Sound area. The city holds the celebration every two years. “These awards are a […]

One man was taken to hospital with minor injuries after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 6 and 10 in the village of Chatsworth on Monday afternoon. Just after 2:30 p.m., the Grey Bruce OPP, Chatsworth Fire Department and Grey County EMS responded to the crash, which occurred in the area of the OPP detachment in […]

The official nomination period for the 2022 municipal elections on Oct. 24 opened on Monday, and it didn’t take long for a candidate to file papers to run for mayor in Owen Sound. Two-term councillor Richard Thomas is the first candidate to file papers for a seat on Owen Sound council, this time deciding to […]

Kincardine has banned the watering of lawns and gardens or washing of buildings, driveways and vehicles for those on its main water system as repairs continue on its treatment plant reservoir. On Monday, the municipality announced it was immediately moving into Stage 3 water supply prohibitions under its outdoor water use bylaw for the water […]

Jr. B North Stars split weekend games The Owen Sound North Stars junior B club returned to the floor in their first weekend of Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League regular-season action in nearly three years. Dominic Millman netted a hat-trick and Brayden Krueger added a pair in an 18-8 loss to the Elora Mohawks Saturday. […]

Owen Sound’s longstanding hyper-local independent bookstore and publisher The Ginger Press celebrated Independent Bookstore Day with a serial signing Saturday. Ten local authors of books published during the pandemic were in the downtown store to meet their readers and sign copies of the works for the first time. “We really had our legs pulled out […]

Home Depot recently helped police return over $5,000 worth of products after an investigation found they were purchased with a stolen credit card, police said. Owen Sound Police said they charged a 46-year-old Owen Sound woman with fraud over $5,000, unauthorized use of a credit card and possession of property obtained by crime after a […]

Co-ordinators are being sought for a handful of sites of the Grey-Bruce Good Food Box program that provides area residents with fresh fruit and vegetables. Site co-ordinators are required for the Good Food Box sites in Walkerton, Teeswater, Tara, Sauble Beach and Markdale. Grey Bruce Health Unit dietitian Laura Needham, who works with the program, […]

The Flint Firebirds entered this best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal against the Owen Sound Attack as the favourites and for the first time all series that much was clear Sunday at the Dort Financial Center. The Attack looked outmatched throughout key stretches of the second and third periods, and short bursts of domination are all this […]

On day two of the OHL Priority Selection draft, the Owen Sound Attack added 12 more prospects to the fold including seven forwards, four defenders and a goaltender. Owen Sound opened the day by selecting Quinte Red Devils centre Jared Langdon with their fourth-round pick, 74th-overall. The five-foot-11 and 163-pound centre was the second player […]

The Ottawa to Owen Sound talent pipeline continued to flow Friday night as the Attack selected Navan Grads product Ben Cormier 11th-overall in the Ontario Priority Selection draft. The five-foot-11, 175-pound centre is touted as a player with a shoot-first mentality and a nose for the net by OHL Central Scouting. He netted 38 goals […]

Perth County OPP said a 75-year-old Hanover woman died as a result of her injuries from a two-car crash which also left a man dead at the scene on March 31. Evonne “Bonnie” Bierworth, of Hanover died from injuries sustained in the crash just after 6:30 a.m. in North Perth, on Perth Line 86 at […]

Grey County Warden Selwyn Hicks will take a leave of absence from his council duties beginning on Sunday as he runs in the upcoming provincial election. Hicks is running as the Liberal candidate in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound in the election, slated for June 2. Deputy Warden Paul McQueen will serve as acting warden during the leave. […]

Construction of seven affordable homes at Saugeen First Nation is set to start next week using Habitat for Humanity as the building contractor. This is Habitat’s go-to model now, to get more homes built faster, said Greg Fryer, the executive director of Habitat for Humanity Grey-Bruce. The original model, in which Habitat raised money for […]

Half a dozen Grey County paramedics have been recognized for their work in assisting in COVID-19 response locally as well as in Essex County near Windsor as they dealt with an outbreak involving temporary farm workers early last year. Darren Clock, Sherry Foster, Lori Morton, Reid Milne-O’Neil, Sarah Brouwer and Jeff Adams have received the […]

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound’s runner-up in 2018 is once again putting their name forward to represent the local NDP in a provincial election. Karen Gventer is seeking the local NDP nomination ahead of the 2022 Ontario general election. Gventer finished second in 2018 behind Progressive Conservative candidate and current Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker with 24 per […]

Lisa Thompson has launched her bid for a fourth term as MPP for Huron-Bruce. The Conservative politician and current Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs officially launched her bid for re-election on Saturday with the opening of her campaign office in Wingham. Thompson, who was first elected to represent the riding in 2011 and […]

A Southampton man has won $2 million playing the lottery. Thomas Gibbons, 42, won an Ontario 49 top prize in the Dec. 29 draw, the OLG announced on Thursday. The small business owner and father of three said in a news release said it was New Year’s Eve when he decided to check his numbers […]

Grey County is planning a review of its CP Rail Trail as it balances accommodating different users as maintenance costs rise and the number of people hitting the trail increases. In its committee of the whole meeting on Thursday, county council received a report on the existing and future funding challenges facing the trail that […]

Hydrogen Optimized in Owen Sound hopes to build a manufacturing plant in Texas to sell the plant’s entire electrolyzer unit output to supply green hydrogen to a huge production, storage and transportation hub. It signed a memorandum of understanding with Green Hydrogen International for the proposed development of a large electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Texas. […]

South Bruce Peninsula council will not fight the latest court decision upholding the town’s conviction on two counts of damaging piping plover habitat at Sauble Beach in 2017. But a statement posted to the town’s website on Thursday, over the name of Mayor Janice Jackson, makes it clear that while council has accepted the decision […]

An Owen Sound company will review inlet-outlet structures of a 1,000 megawatt pumped-storage power project proposed in Meaford to “minimize impacts on fish and the overall aquatic environment in Georgian Bay.” TC Energy is using Makwa-Cahill, which has a facility in Owen Sound, to review the structures, which would be part of Ontario’s largest pumped […]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Grey Bruce raised more than $29,000 in its 42nd annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake event last week. It took place at bowling alleys in Owen Sound, Port Elgin and Collingwood, and there was also an online option. People could set up their own pins at home and too. More than […]