Owen Sound Sun Times

There will be a South Bruce Peninsula all-candidates meeting on Saturday, and a Georgian Bluffs all-candidates meeting on Tuesday. As the Oct. 24 municipal elections draw nearer, a South Bruce Peninsula all-candidates meeting will be held at Peninsula Shores District School on George Street in Wiarton on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 1 to 4 p.m. […]

From elaborate flying machines to seemingly simple and now ubiquitous tools of automation, some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most innovative inventions are soon to be on display at Grey Roots Museum and Archives. The Da Vinci Machines in Motion exhibit launches at Grey Roots on Saturday. The exhibition, created by Worldwide Museum Activities (WMA) and […]

A Maine Coon named Pulla is Owen Sound’s largest cat. The honour was made official at the 169th Sydenham Fall Fair Thursday morning. The oldest still-running school-based agricultural fall fair survived volunteer fatigue and a global pandemic to make its triumphant return at East Ridge Community School and Sydenham Campus. So it’s only fair spectators […]

Close to 100 birds at Harrison Park have been euthanized due to an Avian Influenza outbreak, while six residential swans have been quarantined and are being monitored. An order to dispose of the 96 birds and waterfowl at the park was issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency after positive test results of highly pathogenic […]

September 22, 2022

A partnership has been formed between Owen Sound Police Services, the REACH Centre Grey Bruce and the Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort for the provision of meals for detainees. The arrangement, announced on Wednesday, will allow for the participants of the REACH Centre to contribute to the community in a meaningful way, it said […]

Eyes followed Jaden Meggitt’s car as it rolled slowly into a parking spot at the Concours d’Lemons in downtown Owen Sound on Saturday. Not to be mistaken for its uptown cousin, Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the cars downtown at Concours d’Lemons were generally the under-achievers of the car world: frequently unloved and all but forgotten. […]

Residents of Owen Sound are being reminded to round up their items they no longer need for another Goods Exchange Day this Saturday. “Gently-used” items such as sporting goods, furniture, small appliances, books, art, tools, toys, doors, sinks, windows and more can be placed at the curb on Saturday to be picked up by others […]

Three Owen Sound Attack players are headed to National Hockey League training camps. The Montreal Canadiens announced their 74-player training camp roster Tuesday and it included 2022 fourth-round pick Cedrick Guindon. The Owen Sound Attack centre will take part in his first professional training camp at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard, which opened Wednesday […]

The Owen Sound Attack made a minor move Wednesday by trading Kyle Morey, an unsigned fifth-round pick in 2021, to the Kitchener Rangers for a conditional eighth-round pick in 2023, originally from the Hamilton Bulldogs. Attack GM Dale DeGray said the pick could improve to a sixth-round selection in 2023, though he declined to make […]

A Mobile Crisis Response Team is being established between the Grey Bruce and South Bruce OPP and Grey Bruce Health Services, where clinicians respond with police to calls involving crisis and mental health. The service, which will serve families and individuals in the Grey Bruce and South Bruce OPP detachment areas, will see clinicians from […]

Owen Sound’s Kaleb Martin signed a two-year contract with the National Lacrosse League’s Panther City Lacrosse Club Wednesday, according to a team media release. Martin signed alongside Panther City’s 2022 NLL Entry Draft class. The Fort Worth, Texas, club selected the Scenic City goaltender 79th-overall. Martin, 20, is fresh off backstopping the Whitby Warriors to […]

Ten players had multi-point games as the Owen Sound Attack trounced the North Bay Battalion, 9-3, in the Ontario Hockey League club’s return to the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Tuesday night. With the win, the Bears improve to 3-0 for the tune-up season with a chance to run the table Saturday against Barrie. Does […]

The RentSafe Owen Sound Collaborative is interested in shining a light on issues and challenges facing tenants and housing providers in Owen Sound. The group is launching an online survey for city tenants this week with the results to be shared publically to “support community dialogue on possible actions to improve housing conditions,” a media […]

Both Bruce and Grey counties are receiving millions of dollars from the provincial government to support the hiring of additional paramedics, wage and cost-of-living adjustments, and general ambulance services operations. According to a media release issued Tuesday, Bruce County will receive $6,355,411 and Grey County will receive $8,413,493 for a total of over $14.5 million […]

Avian Influenza has been confirmed in domestic birds in the sanctuary at Harrison Park and it has been placed under a quarantine order. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency notified the city on Monday of positive test results for the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus after city staff observed birds exhibiting possible symptoms on Friday. Laboratory testing […]

Rural life will be on display this weekend as Fall Day at the Farm returns to the Parkin farm just east of Owen Sound. Presented by Owen Sound Harvest for Hunger, the event is back again after being cancelled in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will run on Saturday from 10 […]

Grey Bruce Health Services has confirmed the former Bayview Public School as the site of its new wellness and treatment centre, with construction on the project to begin shortly. Renovations at the treatment centre, which will support individuals with addictions and mental health issues, are expected to take about a year, GBHS announced on Monday. […]

The co-organizer of the Wiarton and District Curling Club’s popular weed-inspired Bongspiel is now its director responsible for new membership and recruitment. In his new role, Ted Ratcliffe is hoping to turn the club into a local mecca of counter-culture and new-age camaraderie. Ratcliffe said it’s no secret local service and social clubs in small […]

“Cowards” egged the home and vehicles of a former police officer and current candidate running for a council seat in Meaford earlier this month. Darryl Birch said the vandals threw nearly 24 eggs at his home and cars in the town of Meaford either early in the morning or overnight. His neighbour sent him a […]

Wiarton is again home to an albino groundhog with the arrival of a new Willie. The Town of South Bruce Peninsula announced on Monday that an albino groundhog would once again be making a prediction on Groundhog Day in 2023 after a brown groundhog performed the duties earlier this year. “Willie is the only albino […]

There were 118 of the rarest, most coveted cars in the world on display at Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance Sunday and just one could win Best in Show. Nineteen judges cast their ballots and picked a 1928 Isotta Fraschini A SS — now a two-time winner at Cobble, having taken top honours at the inaugural […]

About 200 people turned out to support Terry Fox’s fight to beat cancer Sunday morning in Harrison Park. People of all ages were there, while others counted their walk, run or cycle elsewhere towards their contribution to the Terry Fox Run. One of them was Douglas C. Jack, whose $11,800 raised was the highest of […]

Hot and dusty weather greeted all who came out to eat barbecue at Owen Sound Ribfest Saturday afternoon behind the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. The blast of late summer weather paired well with the sweet-smelling smoky ribs, chicken and sausage which four team grills were cooking, and lines were long at times. The event […]

Pardon me boy, is that the Canadian Big Band Celebration? If you were in Saugeen Shores on the weekend, you couldn’t miss it. Friday night there were five bands playing jazz and blues in three venues. And Saturday afternoon, the music of the ’40s and ’50s, like the famous big band Chattanooga Choo Choo tune […]

“I just thought of him as a god, you know. I watched his every move.” Nolan Seed was a 16-year-old rookie when Nick Suzuki became the captain of the Owen Sound Attack. Based on his experiences then with the man they still call “Zukes” in Owen Sound, it’s no surprise to Seed the Montreal Canadiens […]

The emergency departments at both the Chesley and Walkerton hospitals will again be impacted by closures this weekend because of staff shortages. The emergency department in Chesley is slated to close at 5 p.m. on Saturday until 7 a.m. on Monday, the South Bruce Grey Health Centre announced in a memo on Friday. It was […]

A wreath laying ceremony will be held at the cenotaph in Owen Sound on Monday in honour of Queen Elizabeth II. Residents are invited to attend the ceremony being led by the Royal Canadian Branch 6 at the cenotaph at Queen’s Park along 1st Avenue West. The ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. and a […]

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It’s a little light at the Bayshore this week with five Attack players off showcasing their skills at National Hockey League rookie camps. NHL draft picks Cedrick Guindon (Montreal), Servac Petrovsky (Minnesota) and Kaleb Lawrence (Los Angeles), as well as free-agent invites Deni Goure (Carolina) and Ethan Burroughs (Florida) are hoping to earn invites to […]

The Sweetwater Music Festival opened Thursday with a free preview concert at the Georgian Shores United Church featuring Britten & Brahams. Britten, billed as a Phantasy quartet, and Brahms, a horn trio, set the tempo for a weekend of acclaimed Canadian and international musicians performing classical, jazz, and contemporary music. Over four days, more than […]

Two all-candidates meetings before the Oct. 24 municipal elections have been set. The Owen Sound & District Chamber of Commerce will hold an all-candidates meeting to quiz Owen Sound candidates on Sept. 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. The chamber will also be host to an all-candidates meeting […]

An Owen Sound family doctor hopes voters will ask municipal candidates what they would do to help recruit more doctors to this area. Dr. Gurdeep Singh is part of a group of family doctors who work at the Owen Sound Family Health Centre. The group sent a letter in February to city council asking for […]

Grey Bruce Health Services is expanding the hours of its burgeoning urgent virtual care program again. The program targets patients with ailments who are unable to see a family doctor but not sick enough to requirw a trip to the hospital. The service is expanding from four to six days, Monday to Saturday, and is […]

It has been 140 years since the SS Asia steamship sank in a storm in Georgian Bay, resulting in the worst ship disaster in Lake Huron history. And while the wreckage of the ship — travelling from Owen Sound to French River when it sank on Sept. 14, 1882 — has never been found, retired […]

The lighthouse-to-lighthouse Gravel Gran Fondo is sold out for yet another year. The uber scenic Bruce Peninsula cycling tour in support of the Bruce Peninsula Biosphere Association is set for Oct. 2 with 400 riders registered. Last year, the Gravel Gran Fondo raised $40,000 for the biosphere association. Mike Campbell organizes the event that began […]

Consulting firm MNP told West Grey council recently it will present the results of its police service study no later than January 31, 2022. Winnipeg-based MNP LLP is studying proposals from the OPP, Owen Sound Police Service and West Grey Police Service before presenting the results to a new West Grey council after the Oct. […]

A Bruce County councillor opposes the way the federal Huron-Bruce electoral district boundary is proposed to be redrawn. Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody will present a motion at county council Thursday that calls for maintaining the riding status quo. If endorsed, Peabody said he hopes the warden will present it at an upcoming public input session […]

Owen Sound held a public meeting on Monday night for a zoning bylaw and draft approval redline amendment to the Redhawk subdivision on the city’s east side. The changes being proposed include an increase to the maximum permitted height of a high-density residential block in the development from five storeys to six, realigning the future […]

Police have identified the cyclist who died following a collision with a pick-up truck on Highway 21 the evening of Sept. 9. Glendon Boals, 47, of Kincardine was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased, according to an OPP media release. Emergency services were called to the collision just before 9 p.m. […]

Citing unsustainable operating costs and volunteer fatigue, the Wiarton Propeller Club is donating its building and land at 575 Edward St. to the Town of South Bruce Peninsula to make way for an affordable housing project. Members of the 73-year-old club were joined by Mayor Janice Jackson and town councillors in front of the building […]

Georgian Bluffs will hold an open house to gather input from the public on the renovation of the Kemble arena into a multi-purpose community centre. The open house will be held on Sept. 26 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the arena in Kemble. The architect for the project, Masri O Architects, will be onsite […]

The Wiarton Boat Launch is now closed to the public until November as repairs to the nearby breakwall and pier are underway. South Bruce Peninsula said in a news release the boat launch officially closed Monday. The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is repairing the breakwall, which doubles as a pier. Once the […]

The driver of a pickup truck died Tuesday afternoon after a pickup truck left Grey Road 1 and hit a tree. Grey Bruce OPP identified the driver as Martin Grimba, 64, of Guelph, who died at the scene. The single-vehicle crash in Georgian Bluffs was reported to police Tuesday at 2:53 p.m. The road was […]

Residents in the area of a planned apartment complex development on the east side of the bay in Owen Sound have expressed some concerns about the proposal On Monday, a deputation of about 15 to 20 residents attended council’s committee of the whole meeting where they made a deputation about the plans for the former […]

A new and improved COVID-19 vaccine that tackles both the original pandemic virus and subsequent Omicron variants is now available for the most vulnerable people in Grey-Bruce, the Grey Bruce Health Unit has announced. The vaccine is available for residents in long-term care, retirement homes and other congregate settings that provide assisted-living and health services, […]

Inspector Paul Richardson is now the detachment commander of Grey Bruce OPP. Richardson was detachment commander of the former Bruce Peninsula OPP, prior to amalgamation with Grey County OPP, according to a news release from the detachment. During his 21 years with the OPP, Richardson has worked in crime, street crime, as a frontline supervisor, […]

Owen Sound council defeated a motion on Monday to ban some short-term rentals in the city, although the majority of councillors expressed a desire to do something to regulate such accommodations — just not yet. During its committee of the whole meeting on Monday, council defeated a motion brought forward by Coun. John Tamming in […]

Justin Lozon was sentenced in the Superior Court of Justice Monday to 18 months in jail for dangerous driving causing the death of Bruce Peninsula pastor Chad Honneyman almost five years ago. Justice John Sproat found Lozon guilty of the Oct. 3, 2017, offence, committed about six kilometres south of Ferndale. Lozon turned his car […]