Owen Sound Sun Times

April 14, 2022

Cedrick Guindon is breaking Owen Sound rookie-record marks set years before he was even born. Set back when the Attack were still called the Platers. Back when the sticks had some heft to them. Back when visors looked like welding shields. With two goals in Wednesday night’s 4-1 win over the Barrie Colts, Guindon passed […]

There are 15 facilities in the region experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak including 12 declared within the last week, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s website. On Tuesday outbreaks were declared at Keystone Child and Family Services as well as Lee Manor in Owen Sound. Monday, an outbreak was declared at Elgin Abbey long-term care […]

Bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial poultry flock in West Grey. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which confirmed bird flu in a backyard flock at Neyaashiinigmiing on March 31, added the West Grey bird flu confirmation Wednesday, saying it was discovered on April 9. An April 12 report of suspected avian influenza in […]

It’s full steam ahead for the Chi-Cheemaun ferry to begin its season May 6. Repairs have been made to the ship since fire was contained to a boiler room while in dry dock in Thunder Bay in March and it looks like clear sailing now, said Kaleena Sanford, a spokeswoman for the Owen Sound Transportation […]

Despite record low supply, home sales reached their third-best March in history, according to the latest statistics released by the Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound. The number of homes sold last month totalled 271, which was actually a decrease of 18.6 per cent from the same month in 2021, but RAGBOS chalked much […]

About 100 people took part in a demonstration outside Kincardine’s municipal office building Monday afternoon to bring awareness to the disrespect organizers said women in politics often face. The protest was organized by Meagan Fair and Cheryl Cottrill after a disrespectful remark was made when Coun. Laura Haight spoke at a council meeting April 4. […]

A former Owen Sound teacher and coach of girls hockey and gymnastics pleaded guilty Monday to sexual exploitation involving a female student and was sentenced to 22 months in jail, followed by three years probation. Kristopher Brian Seaman, now 46, of Owen Sound when charged in 2019, appeared in person in the Superior Court of […]

When audience members take in the latest Owen Sound Little Theatre play, director Kevin Haxell expects many to leave wondering if American politics and society in general are much different now than they were 75 years ago. Born Yesterday, a classic comedy from the mid-1940s that was also made into a film in 1950, opens […]

Ronald Oscar Seifried, 60, of West Grey was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for dangerous driving causing death and failing to remain after he drove a farm tractor over his one-time friend. Superior Court Justice Bruce Durno summarized the facts, the victim impacts and walked through a lengthy legal analysis to arrive at […]

The Owen Sound Fire and Emergency Services is advising residents to take a quick and simple survey with the potential for it to be life saving. The city department is bringing back its annual home fire safety assistance program to help residents ensure their home is properly equipped in case of fire. The program, which […]

For nearly 100 years Beatrice Beauty Shoppe in Owen Sound has helped city residents look their best for weddings, graduations, portraits and the simple day-to-day. Since the mid-1930s, three generations of the Ward family have operated the shop and taken care of loyal customers from its downtown Owen Sound location. From labour-intensive big-bodied perms to […]

A pair of Grey-Bruce minor hockey teams returned home with red hats and medals after a golden weekend at the Ontario Minor Hockey Association championships. The Shallow Lake Lakers under-11 squad dominated the OMHA Tier 3 championship in Windsor finishing a perfect 6-0 and outscoring opponents 48-11 en route to the gold medal and red […]

The postscript to a pandora’s box-like tale in Meaford is nearing its final chapter. Years ago, cottagers at the north end of Georgian Beach Road engaged in a decade-long waterfront property dispute with the municipality, which ended up costing Meaford taxpayers over $1.6 million in court costs and legal fees. And it all started in […]

The Owen Sound Ice Hawks glided to record success with its registration this season but the program’s executives are hoping things really take flight in 2022-23. The Owen Sound Girls Hockey (OSGH) program has grown steadily since 2014 when free registration was offered to attract new players. By 2018, registration was just over 100 players […]

New figures from Statistics Canada show the Grey-Bruce economic region’s unemployment rate is holding steady at pre-pandemic levels. The Stratford-Bruce Peninsula Economic Region’s unemployment rate decreased 0.1 per cent in March to 4.5 per cent and remains the second-lowest in the province. Those figures remain unadjusted for seasonality. “We are continuing to see that the […]

The Scenic City is now one of only 18 officially recognized Tree Cities in Canada. The Arbor Day Foundation and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has recognized Owen Sound as a Tree City of the World for its dedication to growing and maintaining the best urban forestry practices. There are 138 officially […]

The players don’t like each other. “We’re going to give it to them next game. We’re going to outscore them. We’re going to outplay them. We’re going to outmuscle them,” Attack winger Nick Porco said. The coaches don’t like each other. “Him and his other four coaches don’t shut up on the bench. I don’t […]

Nobody beats the Owen Sound Attack nine times in a row and gets away with it. The Scenic City Skaters had one last chance to exorcise their green-and-yellow demons Friday night in London or face a 10-game season-series sweep. Nick Porco’s two-goal third period ensured the Attack enjoyed the last laugh. The speedy Porco scored […]

Hundreds of Ontario Hockey League executives, coaches and scouts attended the OHL Cup recently to watch 20 of the best triple-A teams in Ontario play in Toronto. It’s one of the last prime scouting opportunities as talent evaluators prepare for the OHL Priority Selection later this month. It’s at the draft where teams can set […]

Local realtors welcomed the federal budget’s focus on housing but said it can’t do much to help people buy them while prices are so inflated. Steve Dickie, president of the Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound, said the new tax-free savings plan to help new homeowners put together a down payment will help “a […]

Chatsworth has notified Georgian Bluffs that it wants out of the biodigester partnership the two municipalities entered into when the facility was constructed more than a decade ago. On Thursday, the municipalities held a joint meeting at the Keady Community Centre where they passed a motion to direct staff to negotiate alternative ownership opportunities, including […]

South Bruce Peninsula has reached an agreement with its outside workers who had been locked out this week. The town announced Thursday night that a new three-year agreement had been reached with the 22 employees, who are members of the Service Employees International Union. The employees work for South Bruce Peninsula in road maintenance, landfill […]

Inter Township Fire Department Acting Fire Chief Jeff Gautreau is taking on the role in a permanent capacity. Georgian Bluffs passed bylaws Wedneseday to appoint Gautreau as fire chief and Andy Redmond as deputy fire chief of the department. Council in Meaford, which has a 25 per cent stake in the department, will be presented […]

Eligibility for the fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is expanding in Ontario while rising transmission rates are affecting staffing at area hospitals and outbreaks at long-term care homes are increasing. People over 60 as well as First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals and their non-Indigenous household members aged 18 and over are now eligible […]

A Kincardine councillor’s profane and vulgar remark at the council table has prompted official complaints to the municipality’s integrity commissioner and by Thursday, the municipality had received 48 informal complaints too. This will be the integrity commissioner’s third investigation into Coun. Dave Cuyler’s conduct. Twice he has been found to have breached the code of […]

TC Energy’s Meaford pumped-storage proposal failed get past the province’s electricity system and market operator’s first step in a three-gate evaluation process, a letter from Ontario’s energy minister reveals. But Energy Minister Todd Smith’s Nov. 10, 2021 letter to the Independent Electricity System Operator directs Lesley Gallinger, its president and chief executive officer, to advance […]

Grey County’s inter-community transit system is increasing the frequency of trips and improving route times for its ridership. The county has collected rider statistics and feedback about the Grey Transit Route (GTR) service since its inception in 2020 and is now using the data to optimize route schedules and daily trips. GTR service is now […]

The popular Youth Discoveries – The Road to Summerfolk program is back for 2022, providing young people the opportunity to hit the stage at the music and crafts festival in Owen Sound this summer. The program, which was cancelled due to the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, is being presented in a hybrid model this […]

Bruce County’s first of 13 household hazardous waste drop-off days is May 7 in Southampton. People are encouraged to drop off materials including paints, stains, used oil, aerosols, batteries, antifreeze, oil filters, solvents, household cleaners, fluorescent lights, fertilizers, fuel, pharmaceuticals, fire extinguishers, pesticides and pool chemicals. See www.brucecounty.on.ca/hazardouswaste for a full list of materials eligible […]

Hanover police charged a 38-year-old Hanover man with attempted break-and-enter and other offences after someone tried to break into the police station, then cut the police station’s Internet line Monday night, police said. “Your tip of the day . . . It’s never a good idea to break into the cop shop,” tweeted Hanover Police […]

The provincial Greens have tapped a Grey Highlands councillor to run in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound. The Green Party of Ontario announced Danielle Valiquette as its local riding candidate this week ahead of the June 2 provincial election. As well as serving as the Municipality of Grey Highlands’ environment liaison, Valiquette has been the Ontario Greens critic […]

It is broadband infrastructure construction season in Grey-Bruce. The provincial and federal governments and the Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology projects have announced that work is underway or about to start on projects that would see thousands of homes, farms and businesses in the two counties with access to high-speed Internet by the end of the […]

The Owen Sound North Stars Junior B program shook off the rust in Desboro this past weekend as they prepare for the first Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League season in over two years. The province’s Junior B circuit shut down completely in 2020, and in 2021 the North Stars program organized several exhibition contests amid […]

Owen Sound has received five awards of achievement from Festival and Events Ontario. The awards, presented at the organization’s virtual conference last month, were presented in honour of five events held in 2021. The events honoured include Music at the Market, TD Harbour Nights, Canada Day, Snowen Sound Frolics and Savour Owen Sound. The awards […]

Markdale-based Chapman’s Ice Cream is overseeing the delivery of more than 1,600 first-aid kits to Ukraine as they continue to do what they can to help on the ground in the war-torn country. With family in Ukraine, Lesya and Ashley Chapman have watched in horror since the Russian army invaded the country in late February, […]

Preparations are underway for the Residential Hospice of Grey Bruce’s annual Hike for Hospice, with organizers launching an initiative to get more local children and youth involved. The annual fundraiser, which is the biggest of the year for the annual charitable organization that operates Chapman House, now includes a school package to engage and educate […]

Move for Hospice, the virtual hybrid of the annual Hike for Hospice, encourages you to get out and active this May

The driver of a vehicle was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash in Southgate on Monday morning. Just after 10 a.m., Grey Bruce OPP, the Dundalk Fire Department and Grey County EMS responded to a report of a single-vehicle collision on Grey Road 9. The driver of the vehicle was airlifted to […]

An occupant of a horse-drawn buggy died after a collision in Grey Highlands on Monday. Just after 1 p.m., the Grey Bruce OPP, Dundalk Fire Department and Grey County EMS responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision involving a motor vehicle and a horse-drawn buggy on Grey Road 2 northeast of Dundalk. An occupant […]

South Bruce Peninsula has locked out its outside workers, after they voted last month in favour of a strike mandate. The town announced in a news release on Monday that the town had made the decision to lock out the workers effective Sunday to prevent labour disruptions during their peak season. Mayor Janice Jackson said […]

It’s championship season in the minor hockey world and local teams keep bringing home the hardware. In late March, the Township of Chatsworth Keady Community Club Rebels under-13 C club defeated the Saugeen Shores Storm, 5-1, to win the Western Ontario Athletic Association Maroon Division championship. Meanwhile, the Saugeen Shores Storm under-9 C team won […]

The Shallow Lake Crushers “stuck to their guns” and earned a WOAA Senior A championship as a reward. Facing a Game 6 showdown with the Petrolia Squires, the Crushers scored three third-period goals en route to a 4-1 win and a title celebration on home ice inside the Shallow Lake and District Community Centre. Crushers […]

A 22-year-old unlicensed driver faces criminal and provincial charges for what Owen Sound police described as a “careless and senseless act.” Police recognized an unlicensed driver driving in the area of 11th Street East and 3rd Avenue East just after 5 p.m. March 30 and pulled him over, an Owen Sound Police Service news release […]

The Owen Sound Attack blew a three-goal lead to the Guelph Storm Friday night and are headed to the playoffs. It’s that time of year. Danny Zhilkin capped off a wild night at the Sleeman Centre by scoring the overtime winner after Cooper Walker’s hat-trick performance helped the Royal City club come back from being […]

Boxes of Ukrainian relief supplies packed in an Owen Sound church gym Friday will head to Toronto Wednesday on their way to Poland. There were dozens of boxes filled with socks, clothes and other essentials gathered as part of a community response initiated by Owen Sound resident Olga Gura. Another 30 boxes were coming from […]

The Arran-Elderslie Minor Hockey Association (AEMHA) Ice Dogs under-13 representative team won the Western Ontario Athletic Association (WOAA) Lockridge Championship by defeating the BCH (Bayfield, Clinton Hensall) IceDogs in Hensall on March 30. Boosted by their league-leading sniper Ethan Sopkowe, who topped all players in the WOAA with over 98 points in 32 games this […]

Ontario’s associate minister responsible for mental health and addictions said he’ll assess the success of a new treatment facility he officially announced for Owen Sound Friday, with a view to opening similar centres elsewhere in Ontario. “This has been a vision that I’ve wanted to see implemented in the province long before coming to government,” […]

Public health experts in Ontario are calling a recent rise in COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations the beginning of the sixth wave of the diease, but locally the data is inconclusive. “For a trend to be a trend we need a few weeks not just a couple of days. We have seen an increase in […]