Owen Sound Sun Times

The swans from Harrison Park have made it through their quarantine period and are again on display at Harrison Park. While the bird sanctuary remains under quarantine following an outbreak of avian influenza that resulted in close to 100 birds being euthanized, a temporary home has been constructed in the campground at the park for […]

The Harmony Centre in Owen Sound is celebrating its 10th year in operation with 10 free or by-donation events. The “Ten for Ten’ event series kicks off with a pay-what-you-can concert performed by world-class harmonica player Carlos del Junco and the Blues Mongrels on Nov. 5. The del Junco concert will showcase the Centre’s 700-seat […]

The South East Grey Community Health Centre board announced Southgate approved the official site plan for a new clinic in Dundalk. The municipality’s approval of the site plan was one of the remaining steps needed to meet the Ministry of Health’s capital guidelines in anticipation of final approval and funding for a new facility between […]

An Owen Sound couple is half a million dollars richer after winning a Maxmillions prize in the June 7 Lotto Max draw. Brenda and Bradley Hammill of Owen Sound won $500,000 with their Lotto Max Maxmillions ticket purchased at the Daisy Mart on 14th Street. The married couple told OLG they have been playing the […]

Police charged an Owen Sound man with driving while impaired after striking a hydro pole in the city and fleeing on foot. According to a media release from the Owen Sound Police Service, both the police and the Owen Sound Fire Department responded to the collision in the 600 block of 10th Street West Thursday. […]

Delays in offloading patients at hospitals has not yet become a major problem in Grey County like it has in some other jurisdictions, but it is being watched closely as call volumes rise and the health-care system is strained. Grey County council was presented with a comprehensive deployment review of its paramedic service, conducted by […]

Four first-half fumbles won’t help in a bid to beat a bad team, let alone the undefeated and dynasty-defending St. Mary’s Mustangs. A young Owen Sound District Wolves team flubbed in the first half as the Mustangs flourished en route to a 32-0 victory. With the win, the Mustangs improve to 3-0 on the year […]

Grey County has passed a bylaw to adopt an amendment to its official plan, including hotly debated sections pertaining to future secondary plan areas for Hanover that are located in neighbouring West Grey. After close to two hours of discussion, a motion by West Grey Mayor Christine Robinson to remove items 7 and 47, which […]

Free vision screenings to help identify common impairments in young children are being offered to senior kindergarten students in Grey-Bruce. The Grey Bruce Health Unit is working with District A-9 of Lions Club International to provide free, in-school vision screenings for senior kindergarten students at Bluewater District School Board and Bruce Grey Catholic District School […]

The Bruce Peninsula Sportsmen’s Association is celebrating its 60th year of operation with a birthday party Sunday. The BPSA’s 60th birthday party is open to the public. It will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the clubhouse property at 611 Northacres Rd. in Wiarton. The club has planned to celebrate with a wildlife […]

Some of the region’s finest felines will be on display at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre this weekend as the No Name Cat Club presents its first two Canadian Cat Association (CCA/AFC) cat shows. Over two days breeders and owners of pedigreed and non-pedigreed cats will compete following the CCA/AFC rules and hope to […]

Two third-period goals in a minute and 40 seconds sunk the Owen Sound Attack as they opened the week on the road in Sarnia Wednesday night. The Attack held a 2-1 lead heading into the third period against the Sting inside the Progressive Auto Sales Arena, but it evaporated quickly to the delight of 2,901 […]

Meaford’s 25th Annual Scarecrow Invasion and Family Festival returned after a two-year hiatus to a swell of support and a surge of energy, according to festival organizers. Festival chair Donna Earl said the enthusiasm was overwhelming. “From the turnout for the parade to the crowds on the streets, and the residents’ participation in the apple […]

Weekend Grey Transit Route service from Dundalk to Orangeville will be suspended for at least the start of 2023. At its Oct. 3 council meeting, the Town of Shelburne — which funds the weekend pilot program between those communities with stops in Shelburne — voted to suspend the weekend service as of Jan. 1, 2023, […]

Dale DeGray said he moved quickly Tuesday upon hearing the Niagara IceDogs may move on from overage forward Matthew Papais to clear space for another incoming 20-year-old. In June, new IceDogs owner and general manager Darren Dedobbelaer traded third and fourth-round picks to Guelph for Papais, but after six games and one assist in a […]

Two people were taken to hospital following a collision involving a sport utility vehicle and patient transfer vehicle in Owen Sound early Tuesday evening. Just after 6 p.m., Owen Sound police received the report of the collision at the intersection of 16th Street East and 9th Avenue East. The Owen Sound Fire Service and Grey […]

Some bus stops in the area of 16th Street East in Owen Sound are to be closed next week during road resurfacing work. On Wednesday, the city announced that the transit stops in front of the Pioneer gas station at 1598 16th St. E. and the stop beside the nearby Canadian Tire gas station will […]

The Community Foundation Grey Bruce has announced an award for Grey-Bruce residents who are interested in acquiring palliative care knowledge and skills. Applications are now being accepted for the Dr. Hilli Huff Palliative Care Education Award, which will support those currently working in palliative care or interested in expanding their skills. The $5,000 award will […]

A pedestrian who was struck on Highway 6 and 10 just south of Rockford early Wednesday morning was flown to hospital by air ambulance. Grey Bruce OPP, Grey County Paramedic Services and the Inter Township Fire Department responded to a report of a collision involving a pedestrian just before 7 a.m. The pedestrian was transported […]

A motorcyclist has died following a collision in Chatsworth on Tuesday evening. Just after 7:15 p.m., Grey Bruce OPP, Grey County Paramedic Services and the Chatsworth Fire Department responded to a crash involving a motorcycle and a vehicle on Highway 6, police said in a news release. Life-saving efforts were performed, but the driver of […]

Christopher Solomon admitted he caused the death of Tyson Denning by criminal negligence in a boating accident at Wiarton more than three years ago. Solomon, 42, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound Tuesday to criminal negligence causing death on June 7, 2019 in Wiarton. Tuesday had been scheduled to be […]

Voting will open up for residents of the City of Owen Sound on Friday. The voting period for the Oct. 24 municipal and school board election begins at 10 a.m. on Friday and runs until 8 p.m. on election day, with the city offering telephone and online voting at OwenSoundVotes.ca. Once voting opens it can […]

Staff and students at St. Mary’s High School in Owen Sound are making a “tiny” home for Saugeen First Nation. The 250-square-foot home will serve as an emergency shelter when it is completed in the spring. Tiny homes have been developed in some communities as part of the answer to the shortage of affordable housing. […]

A local doctor who competed on the TV survival series Alone is teaching survival medicine courses at the Bluewater Outdoor Education Centre on the Bruce Peninsula starting Oct. 17-21. The show featured 10 contestants left to fend for themselves in the wilds of Labrador and outlast each other to claim a $500,000 prize. They could […]

Grey Highlands electors may vote online or in person during this year’s municipal and school board elections. Internet voting started Oct. 7 and will run through election day, Monday, Oct. 24 until 8 p.m. Voting in person on election day may take place between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. at the municipal administrative office. There has […]

Home sales fell by 41.4 per cent in September, the lowest sales level for that month in 22 years, the Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound reported. There were 190 units sold through the Multiple Listing Service in September, which also was 34 per cent below the five-year average and 35.7 per cent below […]

Alessio Beglieri is keeping the puck as a keepsake. The Mississauga Steelhead’s first-round pick in the 2022 Import Draft earned his first-career Ontario Hockey League shutout in a 4-0 victory over the Owen Sound Attack Saturday night at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. He only needed to stop 14 shots as the Steelheads outmanned […]

Owen Sound’s River District board of management 2023 election ended with seven acclamations. It was the first time in years the board held a formal election to see if more people would be interested in volunteering for the work, said Dave Parsons, a long-time board chair, who is one of those acclaimed. In the past, […]

The cream is starting to rise to the top in Bluewater Athletic Association fall competitions, but there is still plenty of time for a Cinderella story or two before playoffs and the regional championships. Here’s a recap of high school sports in Grey-Bruce for the week of Oct. 3-7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Two teams remain undefeated […]

The weather was cold and damp Saturday as people dropped off coats and other winter clothing at Safe ‘n Sound. A lot of coats will be needed, as homeless numbers have climbed in Owen Sound, though exact numbers are hard to know. About 60 per cent of visitors to the downtown drop-in centre at 310 […]

It’s hard to get to the top and even harder to stay there, but on Friday night the Hamilton Bulldogs looked like a team not ready to move off the mountaintop. The defending Ontario Hockey League champions stormed into the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Friday night and barrelled through the Owen Sound Attack en […]

Chesley hospital’s emergency room is closed for eight weeks starting today due to a “critical shortage of nurses.” The rest of the hospital remains open, the hospital announced in a news release. Chesley’s ER is scheduled to reopen Dec. 2. Persistent nursing shortages have forced the emergency room to close multiple times this summer. The […]

An Owen Sound criminal court exclusively for Indigenous people seeks to avoid jailing people while fostering more accountability and better results than would be seen in everyday criminal court, its proponents say. It’s not a trial court — accused people must be prepared to plead guilty or accept responsibility and agree to terms of a […]

Police across the country are focusing on behaviours that put drivers, passengers and others a risk this weekend as part of Operation Impact 2022. The national public awareness campaign aims to make Canada’s roads the safest in the world by promoting safe driving behaviours. The goal of the campaign is to prevent collisions, and therefore […]

The Owen Sound District Wolves were relentless on the ball Thursday afternoon in a 46-22 victory over the St. Mary’s Mustangs at St. Mary’s High School in Owen Sound. Hosting the Wolves in their first game of the season, the Mustangs struggled to break free of the full-court press. When St. Mary’s did get a […]

Free Thanksgiving dinner for everyone who wanted it was provided Thursday afternoon at OSHaRE in downtown Owen Sound. It was take-out-style service, with guests entering the OSHaRE building at 946 3rd Ave. E., stopping by the counter and receiving a complete, packed turkey dinner still steaming. Providing Thanksgiving dinner early allows for leftovers to be […]

The Owen Sound and District Chamber of Commerce is channelling The Big Easy with its business excellence awards ceremony this year. The ceremony at the Best Western Inn on the Bay set for Thursday, Oct. 20, is themed the Mardi Gras Gala featuring dinner, drinks and music inspired by the annual New Orleans carnival. Popeyes […]

Bragging rights and cookies were the prizes at a good old-fashioned fire truck pull Thursday morning at OSDSS. Hundreds of the school’s 1,200-plus students watched the spectacle, while music pumped from speakers and MC Joshua Durette called on teams named The Potatoes, Mr. Watson’s Knee Replacement, Plan B, Attack team members, and others, to take […]

The provincial government has officially approved a $1.7 million renovation at Tobermory’s St. Edmunds Public School aimed at adding two new child-care rooms with 39 child-care spaces. On Thursday Bruce Grey Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers announced in a media release the Bluewater District School Board has been given the go-ahead to tender for the […]

High-speed internet and improved 5G cellular service for Rogers customers is coming to the Oliphant area by the end of the year according to the Town of South Bruce Peninsula. The municipality is partnering with the Oakville-based networking infrastructure company Shared Tower, and Rogers, to install five 5G cell towers and run a fibre-optic cable […]

A home was extensively damaged but nobody was injured in a fire along East Bayshore Road on Tuesday afternoon. Just before 2 p.m., the Inter Township fire Department responded along with the Owen Sound and Meaford departments to the home just north of the Owen Sound city limits in the Municipality of Meaford. ITFD Chief […]

The president of a company that assembles giant prototype battery-powered subway vehicles in Owen Sound sees growth ahead as he rides a green wave to replace fossil-fuel-powered vehicles, as well as service them. Mike Buller’s company, Nuts and Volts Inc., is hiring and within a year will have 20 shop employees — there are currently […]

The future of the municipal biodigester, shared services and collaboration with Owen Sound and the protection of the Niagara Escarpment were among the items top of mind during a Georgian Bluffs all-candidates meeting on Tuesday night. Approximately 75 people turned out at the Canadian Reformed Church southwest of Owen Sound for the meeting, put on […]

More than 400 people used the Grey Transit Route’s extension to Sauble Beach this summer, the vast majority in July and August. In a staff report presented to South Bruce Peninsula council on Tuesday, ridership data showed 418 total trips taken on the Route 5 extension to Sauble Beach during the months of May to […]

BURROUGHS NAMED PotW Ethan Burroughs’ four-point effort in the Owen Sound Attack’s first weekend of the season has earned him Player of the Week honours, the team announced Tuesday. The Georgetown, Ont., native scored a goal and added three helpers as Owen Sound topped Midwest Division rivals London (5-3) and Kitchener (4-3). Burroughs also made […]

The Salvation Army in Owen Sound no longer sends out brown paper bags for donors to fill but its Thanksgiving Food drive is still its most significant food drive of the year. People continue to donate food bins at left in grocery stores, which are emptied twice daily this time of year. Meanwhile, homelessness and […]

The Bluewater Athletic Association returned to action in late September with girls basketball, boys volleyball and senior football the feature sports in the fall slate. GIRLS BASKETBALL The Sacred Heart Crusaders jumped out to a 2-0 start with wins over John Diefenbaker (29-17) and Walkerton, a 39-38 nail-biter. Gabby Hopkins netted 20 points as John […]

Four athletes successfully represented both Kilian Academy and Grey-Bruce at this year’s London Open Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament. Double Ontario Champion Nick Mole continued his success in the Masters 1 Light-Weight division, once again securing gold. “Nick’s domination this year of his division has been something wondrous to behold. Since last year’s 2021 GTA Classic, Nick […]

Bruce Power announced on Monday that it is exploring the production of another type of cancer-fighting medical isotope. Bruce Power has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Boston Scientific to explore the feasibility of producing yttrium-90 (Y-90) in its reactors. “The growing global demand for medical isotopes is our opportunity to cement Ontario’s leadership […]