Owen Sound Sun Times

About 45 people turned out in person and online for two meetings Monday about Regenerate Grey-Bruce. It’s a project which aims through ongoing interviews with stakeholders and others to come up with a vision which encourages improving local landscapes. The results will be shared with decision-makers to help promote biodiversity, landscape rehabilitation and other goals, […]

The City of Owen Sound is offering an annual parking pass for $300 targeted to people with long-term parking requirements in the city’s River District. The new annual parking passes allow for daytime parking from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in any municipal lot for $300 inclusive of taxes in 2023. The price point is […]

About 100 people came to Tuesday’s annual vigil marking the Montreal Massacre 33 years ago and all were urged to sign and publicly affirm their support for a community pledge to end gender-based violence. Community members marked the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women at the Market Building in downtown Owen […]

The Ontario Land Tribunal issued a verbal order Monday to approve the “Knights Harbour” proposal by Skydev Inc. at 226 Boucher Street East and 138 Bridge Street in Meaford. According to a media release distributed by the Municipality of Meaford Tuesday, the approval is based on a settlement between Skydev and the municipality which took […]

Southgate Mayor Brian Milne has been acclaimed as the warden of Grey County for 2023. Milne, who was also warden in 2014, was the lone candidate nominated during council’s inaugural session held at the county’s administration building in Owen Sound on Tuesday. “I am excited to get going,” Milne said following Tuesday’s meeting. “I think […]

A former Owen Sound Selects captain and five-year team veteran won a silver medal with the Canadian Men’s National Team at the 2022 WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup in Auckland, New Zealand, earlier this month. Quinten Bruce, from Grand Valley, Ont., was also named to the tournament all-star team. He took the tournament batting title […]

One man has been charged and another suffered a fractured skull after an attack involving a hammer in Hanover. Hanover Police Service is investigating the incident that occurred at a convenience store in the town, Hanover Police Chief Chris Knoll said on Twitter on Sunday. Both the victim and the suspect were known to each […]

Owen Sound Attack alumnus Matthew Struthers will suit up for the U SPORTS men’s hockey all-stars when they face players invited to Hockey Canada’s national junior team selection camp as part of the preparations for the 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship. The Milton, Ont., native is currently playing in his second season with the St. […]

Local people still remember Susan Tice, a 45-year-old women who was found sexually assaulted and slain in her Toronto home in 1983. Tice, a mother of three boys and a girl, belonged to a well known local family. Her father was a local physician and she attended OSCVI in the 1950s. She became a registered […]

On the one hand, Colby Barlow extended his goal streak to a franchise-record 10 games in Sault Ste. Marie. On the other, the Owen Sound Attack stumbled and stalled and eventually fell to the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, 5-3, inside the GFL Memorial Gardens Sunday afternoon. The loss snapped Owen Sound’s two-game win streak and […]

The CFOS-Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast went live again this Sunday after it was altered the past two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 83rd annual broadcast was back with performers gracing the Roxy Theatre stage with a live audience watching on after in 2020 and 2021 a radio-only broadcast was held with musicians […]

What’s better than plenty of hockey? More hockey. The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and teams from Ontario University Athletics (OUA) will be on display at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre as part of the Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada celebrations in Owen Sound. Team Scotiabank versus Team Adidas from the PWHPA will […]

Four friends who met through the art show circuit have now started up their own show to give Grey-Bruce vendors a chance to showcase and sell their original works to local residents. Early indications were that the Artisans Holiday Show and Sale in Owen Sound was turning out to be a big success for the […]

Staffing challenges at Grey Bruce Health Services has led to the elimination of most outpatient lab services at the Owen Sound hospital. The services will be eliminated as of Jan. 1, with an exception being made for oncology patients. In a news release issued on Friday by GBHS it said that throughout the last several […]

Two people been charged after police investigated a road rage incident in Port Elgin on Friday morning. Saugeen Shores police were dispatched to the 200 block of Bricker Street at about 7 a.m. after receiving a report of an assault that had occurred. Police were advised that a road rage incident had turned physical and […]

Colby Barlow kissed his glove and pointed a finger to the sky after scoring the game-winner Friday night in Sudbury as the Owen Sound Attack came from behind with heavy hearts to beat the Sudbury Wolves 3-2 inside the Sudbury Community Centre. Earlier that day the Owen Sound Attack announced the death of Ray McKelvie, […]

Ray McKelvie loved life at the rink nearly as much as those at the rink loved him. The long-time supporter of the city’s sports community died of cancer Thursday night at the Chapman House Hospice in Owen Sound, with family by his side. He was 87. Just a few weeks earlier he was working away […]

Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody will serve as Bruce County’s warden after being elected during the inaugural council meeting Thursday at the administration centre in Walkerton. He’ll serve a one-year term as warden. It’s Peabody’s first term as county warden. He was elected to Brockton’s municipal council in 2000 and served five terms as a councillor […]

Grey Bruce Health Services will receive a one-time funding of $500,000 to help expand its Crisis Support Program, according to a media release distributed by Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers Thursday. “This investment of one-time funding to Grey Bruce Health Services for their Crisis Support Program will help significantly to ensure that our local residents […]

The 83rd Annual CFOS-Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast will once again hit the airwaves live from The Roxy Theatre Sunday. Tune in from 1 to 8 p.m. on AM560 CFOS or online at www.560cfos.ca, or join in person at The Roxy Theatre at 291 9th St. E. in Owen Sound. In 2021, a virtual CFOS-Sun […]

The Owen Sound Attack started a four-game road trip on the right foot, or skate, Thursday night with a 5-2 win over the Barrie Colts inside the Sadlon Arena. Slow starts have been a frustrating anomaly for the otherwise scorching Scenic City Skaters, but a bevy of seemingly blessed bounces helped the Bears take a […]

Northern Bruce Peninsula and Parks Canada recently collaborated to move a historically significant 1800s-era settler’s log cabin from the Little Dunks Bay area to the St. Edmunds and Peninsula Museum. The log cabin was moved to its new poured-cement foundation at the museum property in November where it remains on steel beams until the spring […]

The Ontario Provincial Police’s Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign is underway and runs until Jan. 3 with the goal of taking impaired drivers off the road during the holiday season. In a media release, the OPP West Region said this year’s campaign has begun amid a disturbing increase in deaths due to impaired […]

Students across Grey and Bruce counties recently competed in a map-making competition using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to help solve local queries and showcase the area’s tourism hot spots. GIS is a scientific framework for gathering, analyzing and visualizing geographic data, often used to help make decisions. Such systems are used every day by mobile […]

A vigil is to be held in Owen Sound on Dec. 6 to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Several local agencies are again working together this year to commemorate the 14 women who were murdered by a lone gunman on Dec. 6, 1989 in what has become known […]

The Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week conference and tradeshow is returning for its 57th year. The event is once again being held in-person at the Elmwood Community Centre after being held virtually over the past couple of years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, which runs Jan. 4 to 10, can also be livestreamed. Co-ordinated […]

A new painting by Saugeen First Nation artist Emily Kewageshig has been unveiled in the lobby of the Owen Sound campus of Georgian College, where it will welcome students, staff and visitors for years to come. On Wednesday, a ceremony to reveal the large piece was attended by Georgian representatives, local dignitaries, staff and students. […]

Saugeen Shores has placed a stop work order on what it says is an unauthorized building demolition at an Anishinaabe archaeological site north of the mouth of the Saugeen River in Southampton. The stop work order was issued by the town earlier this month at the Ne’bwaakah Giizwed Ziibi site at 6 Rankin St., which […]

The Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle Campaign is ramping up in Grey-Bruce, and not only is the organization looking for members of the public willing to contribute, but it is also looking for volunteers to staff the kettles at area businesses. The need is as high as ever in the region as factors like increased food, […]

Police are investigating a house fire that left one person dead near Teeswater on Monday. Just after 9 a.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a fire along Bruce Road 6 in the former Culross Township. Officers attended along with members of the South Bruce Fire and Rescue to find a home fully engulfed […]

After more than four years as president and chief executive officer of the South Bruce Grey Health Centre, Michael Barrett has elected not to renew his contract. The organization, which operates hospitals in Chesley, Durham, Kincardine and Walkerton, announced on Monday that Barrett would not be renewing his contract when it expires on March 31, […]

A community group that formed in the Durham area earlier this year to support Ukrainians displaced by war have recently welcomed two families to the area. Ukrainian Friends in West Grey and Area have helped to relocate two families, each consisting of a mother and two children, with host families in the municipality. One family […]

A survey has been launched to gauge the Owen Sound public’s perception of crime, neighbourhood concerns, satisfaction with the city’s police service and safety. The Owen Sound Police Services Board has collaborated with the Owen Sound Police Service in the survey that will assist in determining future direction and policing priorities for the city’s police […]

An award-winning musical about First World War flying ace Billy Bishop of Owen Sound is touching down on the Roxy stage this week. The two-person play Billy Bishop Goes to War will be at the Owen Sound Little Theatre venue for one night only on Thursday (Dec. 1) at 7:30 p.m. The musical, which has […]

Santa Claus is busy spreading holiday cheer around Grey-Bruce. The big guy made an appearance in Port Elgin Saturday night with the Saugeen Shores Rotary Club being host for Saint Nick’s party along with a free barbecue and hot apple cider. Rotary Club president Pat O’Connor said 44 floats helped usher in Santa as the […]

Big Brothers Big Sisters Grey Bruce wants to ensure no child goes without this holiday season and is asking for the community’s help in making it a December to remember for area youths. The organization is asking people to become a Secret Santa this year for a child in need. To donate funds visit www.greybruce.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca […]

The St. Mary Catholic High School girls’ basketball team is the 2022 Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations single-A champion. The Crusaders from Brockville defeated Nicholson Catholic College 53-44 in the gold-medal game played in Walkerton Saturday night. The Crusaders’ Grace Kelly led all scorers in the contest with 20 points while Evelynn Shakell dropped […]

Sacred Heart’s perfect season held firm all the way up until the semi-finals at the OFSAA double-A boys’ volleyball championship in Muskoka Saturday. It’s there the Crusaders finally suffered a defeat at the hands of Ottawa’s École secondaire catholique Béatrice-Desloges, dropping a fifth and deciding set 15-13. The Walkerton school rebounded in the bronze medal […]

Oh Danny Boy, the goal horns the goal horns are calling. Danny Zhilkin deflated the comeback balloon Saturday night inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre with a bullet in overtime to secure the Guelph Storm’s fourth-straight win, 4-3 over the Owen Sound Attack. The Winnipeg Jets prospect rushed down the left wing and snapped […]

Four local hospital organizations and health care service providers will receive $3.2 million in funding from the provincial government this year to support critical infrastructure upgrades and repairs. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers made the announcement in a media release distributed Friday. As part of the infrastructure funding, Grey Bruce Health Services receives $1,808,269, Hanover […]

The Owen Sound Attack are playing with fire. The Bears ranked fifth in the league in penalty minutes per game heading into Friday night’s match-up in Guelph and suffered seven minor infractions inside the Sleeman Centre before losing in a shootout, 4-3, to the suddenly surging Guelph Storm. It’s not good to be on the […]

Take a bow seeding committee. After two full days of basketball at the OFSAA single-A senior girls’ championship in Walkerton and Kincardine, the top-four teams are headed to Saturday’s championship semi-finals. Days before the tournament began the committee ranked the 16 best small-school teams weighing the strength of schedule, season record, program history and any […]

Two local police services are getting provincial funding for technology that automatically scans vehicle licence plates. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers announced the Owen Sound Police Service will receive more than $95,000, while the West Grey Police Service will receive just under $72,000. “The Ontario government is providing our local police services with additional funding […]

Actions speak louder than words, but in the case of Owen Sound Attack general manager Dale DeGray, they’re both loud and clear. Nearly a third of the way through the Ontario Hockey League season and with under two months until the trade deadline the Attack find themselves atop the Midwest Division and second in the […]

Colby Barlow and Servac Petrovsky both netted hat-tricks as the Owen Sound Attack beat the Windsor Spitfires 6-3 inside the WFCU Centre Wednesday night. Barlow extended his goal streak to five games, the longest current streak in the OHL. He has eight tallies in those five contests and now has 15 on the season, which […]

An Owen Sound man has been charged with several sex-related offences after police in the city concluded a human trafficking investigation. The 43-year-old man was arrested on Monday after investigators were alerted about a 15-year-old girl being exploited for sexual services, the Owen Sound Police Service said in a news release. The investigation found that […]

A new opportunity for young people in Grey-Bruce looking to make an impact in their communities is launching in Owen Sound later this month. The first monthly meeting for the new Grey Bruce Youth Council is set to take place Wednesday, Nov. 30, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The initiative is a partnership between Big […]

A Tobermory doctor, described as “a true champion for the needs of rural physicians,” has received an award from the Ontario College of Family Physicians. Dr. Elaine Blau was recognized for her leadership and excellence in patient care with the Regional Family Physician of the Year award for the Erie St. Clair and Southwest Ontario […]

The best small-school teams in Ontario will step onto the hardwood in Walkerton and Kincardine Thursday and compete for the OFSAA single-A senior girls’ basketball championship. Sixteen squads have qualified for the three-day tournament with host Walkerton District Community School and games set for both WDCS and Kincardine District Senior School. More than 250 participants […]

The Bruce Grey Poverty Task Force has joined a growing list of local organizations that are speaking out against the province’s plan to build 1.5 million homes in the next decade through legislative changes intended to help streamline development. Bill 23, sometimes referred to as the “More Homes Built Faster” act, is the Doug Ford […]