Owen Sound Sun Times

It’s Attack hockey, and it’s all about having fun according to rookie sensation Colby Barlow. Well, having fun and being responsible defensively, of course, which if done well can lead to more fun in the offensive zone. Simple, and fun, Barlow said. “We want to win. That’s all we want to do. We want to […]

Meaford’s most popular and well-known festival is making its return in 2022. Plans are in place for the annual Meaford Scarecrow Invasion and Family Festival to celebrate its 25th year in operation this fall after taking two years off amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The scarecrows will invade the bayside town in early September with the […]

South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC) announced Thursday it will begin gradually reintroducing acute care beds at the Chesley hospital as staffing challenges begin to ease in the region. According to a media release, the reintroduction of acute care beds is being made possible as an increasing number of patients designated as Alternate Level of […]

An event to raise awareness about the growing opioid overdose crisis in Owen Sound and Grey-Bruce is returning for another year. The memorial event, We Remember Them, is to be held on March 26 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Owen Sound Farmers’ Market. Presented by the United Way of Bruce Grey, Safe […]

Public works, parks and recreation and landfill workers with South Bruce Peninsula are in a legal strike position. The 22 workers, who are members of the Service Employees Union Local 2, unanimously approved a strike mandate on Monday. But Alain Lajoie, a representative with SEIU Local 2 said on Friday that the workers continue to […]

A grant developed to help non-profit organizations recover from the impacts of COVID-19 is being used to support women in need in Grey-Bruce. The Women’s Centre Grey Bruce received a $59,000 Resilient Communities Fund grant, awarded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), to help continue serving women in the community. Awarded in 2021, a portion […]

The weekly Tuesday Keady Market is reopening, two years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to close. With mandatory gathering restrictions and most other public health requirements in the rear-view mirror, soon people will stroll through the popular local outdoor farmers’ market again. The market will comply with all public health restrictions in place when […]

Walkerton-area employers need housing that their workers can afford, demand for homes is growing in general and developers want to build it in Walkerton, says Brockton’s mayor. Mayor Chris Peabody said that’s why council voted last week to seek a ministerial zoning order to expedite rezoning some business park lands for residential development in Walkerton. […]

A Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound ruled Monday in favour of Grey Highlands and dismissed a motion brought forward by the Protecting Talisman Lands Association to halt the sale of the municipally owned Talisman lands to a GTA-based resort developer. Grey Highlands and Westway Capital entered the closing period on a $2.5 million […]

A Flesherton-area woman has travelled to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war in their country, with plans to bring one family back to Canada in the coming weeks. Susanne von Toerne was on her way back to Canada on Thursday after a whirlwind trip that saw her and three other women take two […]

Good clubs don’t need gimmes, but that’s what the Windsor Spitfires got Wednesday night as they came from behind to beat the Owen Sound Attack 6-5 in overtime in front of nearly 2,600 fans at the Bayshore. The Attack squandered the lead in the third period thanks to a few gaffes and a Daniel D’Amico […]

A man charged with murder after the remains of Monica Chisar were found in a swampy area northeast of Mount Forest on Christmas Eve 2019 remains in custody. Ahmet Nikqi, 41, of no fixed address, appeared in bail court in Hamilton Tuesday. His charges of second-degree murder and interfering with human remains were put over […]

Another local effort to support Ukraine has received an enthusiastic response from the Owen Sound area, organizers said Wednesday. Local humanitarian efforts have sprung up amidst Russia’s invasion and bombardment of the country which began Feb. 24. Carrie Bertrand’s Owen Sound paralegal office serves as a depot for donations at the behest of local demolition […]

The Owen Sound Leeder & Associates Junior Attack under-10 squad went undefeated to win the Newmarket International Silver Stick Single-A Championship this past weekend. The Jr. Attack outscored their opponents a combined 26-7 over six games to earn the title. Owen Sound opened the weekend tournament with a 3-2 victory over the Centre Wellington Fusion […]

The provincial government announced more than $14 million in spending this year for long-term care homes in Grey-Bruce and Huron-Bruce to hire more staff. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker and Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson made the announcements in media releases Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. The $7,238,772 is part of the province’s commitment to ensure long-term […]

Owen Sound has given the OK to a study that would lay out the benefits and costs of an expanded Tom Thomson Art Gallery. On Monday, city council approved a recommendation of the gallery facility expansion ad hoc committee to move forward with a pre-feasibility study for the facility, that would list the benefits and […]

The new buyer of the former jail and courthouse in Owen Sound has long been interested in the property and is looking forward to breathing new life into the historic buildings. On Monday, Owen Sound council accepted an offer of $50,000 for the 1235 and 1259 3rd Ave. E. properties from Nick Ainis in trust, […]

The site plan to construct a new shopping centre on a long-vacant lot in Owen Sound’s “southern gateway to the city” has been approved by council. On Monday council voted 7-2 in favour of the site plan for the property on the southwest corner 10th Street East and 9th Avenue East , which once housed […]

Meaford has joined a growing list of Grey-Bruce municipalities in ending its state of emergency as the province is set to lift COVID-19 mask mandates and restrictions in the coming weeks. The World Health Organization declared a global pandemic over two years ago, on March 11, 2020. Meaford declared a state of emergency on March […]

Owen Sound’s drinking water was perfect in 2021, according to the ministry of environment, conservation and parks. The city’s operations committee received the annual water system report at its meeting on March 8, where staff announced that not only did the city pass inspection from the MECP, but achieved a 100 per cent score. “This […]

Bruce Power’s new isotope innovation hub and the recently unveiled Kinectrics centre for medical isotopes and nuclear energy are set to strengthen Ontario’s position as an international leader in the production of life-saving medical isotopes, the nuclear power generator said in a media release. The Ontario Isotope Innovation Hub aims to position Ontario as a […]

The Keady Young Guns finished as finalists at the 2022 Ontario Broomball Association (OBA) Intermediate Ladies provincial championship in Arnprior this past weekend. Their performance earned the silver medal after losing to the Rampage in the second final of the double-elimination tournament. The Young Guns fell to the Rampage, 2-1, in the opening game of […]

The Kincardine hospital redevelopment campaign is getting a $2 million injection of funds from the nearby nuclear power generator. Bruce Power announced Monday it is donating $1.5 million to the Building Health Care for Generations Kincardine Hospital Redevelopment Capital Campaign, while the company’s supplier partners will donate an additional $500,000 to the campaign through Bruce […]

A former chief administrative officer for the City of Guelph and Town of Minto has been appointed CAO for Bruce County effective April 18, the county announced Monday. Derrick Thomson comes to the county with more than 30 years of experience in “community-building, change management, budget administration, strategic planning and innovation,” a county media release […]

The Attack’s Nick Chenard is the Ontario Hockey League’s Goaltender of the Week after going 2-0-1-0 with a 1.99 goals-against average and .944 save percentage. Chenard, who was a runner-up for last week’s distinction, made 101 saves for the Attack in three games, helping them extend their run of consecutive games undefeated in regulation to […]

Despite his surname, the bar has been set pretty high for Attack rookie Colby Barlow. After taking the Orillia native with the eighth overall pick in the 2021 OHL Priority Selection, Attack GM Dale DeGray called the pick a “slam dunk”. He called him the team’s first pure shooter, at least in the DeGray era. […]

Regular daily COVID-19 updates from the Grey Bruce Health Unit will end Monday. There were 26 new cases of COVID-19 reported Sunday and 27 new cases Saturday, on par with the 26-case seven-day average. The cases reflect known new cases up to midnight the day before. Monday’s report will have Sunday’s data and will bring […]

February’s regional unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.6 per cent, with 700 net additional jobs, the Four County Labour Market Planning Board says. The Grey, Bruce, Huron and Perth economic region had the second lowest unemployment rate in Ontario in February. The provincial unemployment rate was also unchanged over January, at 6.1 per cent, both […]

The Owen Sound Attack are heading back to the Scenic City after a three-in-three road trip as one of the hottest teams in the Ontario Hockey League. The Attack got back into the win column Saturday night with a decisive 5-1 win over the Saginaw Spirit after earning points in both of their previous two […]

Hepworth-Shallow Lake Royal Canadian Legion members have unanimously endorsed their executive’s recommendation to rebuild the branch building. If fundraising permits, it will be bigger and better, branch president Karie Cole said. The vote was taken last Thursday involving 27 of about 80 total legion members. There wasn’t any discussion at all, Cole said in an […]

Firefighters helped ship staff put out a boiler room fire early Saturday morning on the Chi-Cheemaun ferry, which is dry docked in Thunder Bay. The fire was contained to the boiler room deep within the ship but damage to the boiler room and the electrical system was extensive, a news release from Thunder Bay Fire […]

Jaden Lindo holds on tightly to his first tangible hockey memory. A memory of the time someone tried to break him. The time he came to realize, then a child, a Black hockey player, he would need to stiffen his resolve if he was going to make it in the sport he loved. The son […]

The Saginaw Spirit earned the extra point Friday night in Round 8 of the shootout to take the 7-6 win over the Owen Sound Attack inside the Dow Event Center after a wild 65 minutes of hockey. The game looked to be over with 54 seconds left on the clock following Josh Bloom’s empty-net goal […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit will resume elementary school immunization clinics for routine vaccinations later this month. The decision comes as the COVID-19 pandemic situation improves and public health measures lift, the health unit noted in a news release Friday afternoon. “The Grey Bruce Health Unit is pleased to be returning to schools to offer […]

Grey County, Owen Sound and some other local municipalities will end their COVID-19 emergency declarations Monday. The Grey Bruce Health Unit will also stop issuing daily updates about the pandemic, to coincide with the county’s decision. The county declaration, in place since March 26, 2020, will officially end at 12:01 a.m. March 14. The city’s, […]

Ontario appeal court judges have reserved their decision concerning South Bruce Peninsula’s appeal of its two convictions for damaging endangered piping plover habitat. The judges heard from lawyers for the town, the provincial Crown and one shared by Environmental Defence and the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, which were granted intervenor status, during a virtual hearing […]

Blue Mountain is going big over March break. The first-ever Big Air Show is set to take flight next week with athletes performing stunts and tricks off a 50-foot ski jump. The mountain resort is calling the show the biggest on-hill spectacle yet. “We are so excited to see the return of outdoor spectator events […]

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The Owen Sound Attack’s six-game winning streak has become a seven-game point streak as the Bears fell to the Windsor Spitfires, 2-1, in overtime Thursday night inside the WFCU Centre. With the win, the Spitfires improve their own winning streak to three games and bolster their season record to 30-14-3-3. Owen Sound falls to 25-23-3-2 […]

Six local teams will battle at the Ontario broomball provincials this weekend in Arnprior. The Ontario Broomball Association (OBA) senior provincial tournament begins Friday and runs until Sunday. The Kilsyth Phantoms will compete in a field of four teams for the OBA Elite Men’s provincial title. The Grey Bruce Storm are featured in a seven-team […]

Masks will no longer be required in most settings as of March 21, but there is a case to be made for face coverings both in the near future and a post-pandemic world, Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health said Thursday. Dr. Ian Arra said distance is the most effective way to reduce the spread of […]

Employers are invited to register to participate in one of three in-person job fairs planned for late March and early April in Grey County. These job fairs will take place in Hanover March 30 at the P & H Centre, March 31 in Owen Sound at the Harry Lumley-Bayshore Community Centre and April 5 in […]

It’s pothole season in the city and if you spot a pothole, there’s an online form to use and number to call to report any to municipal staff. To report a pothole or other road issue, fill out the city’s Report a Concern Form online, or call 519-376-4274, ext. 4. Provide the exact location of […]

More than 30 years after her birth mother vanished, Alannah Hatt is hoping to finally get some answers. The Georgian Bluffs woman was only about two months old when her mother, Kristina Rhodes, went missing on Oct. 18, 1991. Rhodes was about 18 years old when she disappeared. It is believed she went missing while […]

Owen Sound resident Olga Gura lost contact with family members in a heavily shelled suburb of Kyiv three days ago. They’d fled their apartment and were staying in a bomb shelter when she last reached them. Their area was “almost levelled.” She tries to maintain contact with family and friends in Ukraine and scans the […]

The provincial government is scrapping mask mandates in most settings as of March 21 and looking to do away with remaining COVID-19 regulations by the end of April. Ontario’s chief medical officer of health announced the impending changes to COVID-19 protocols in a media conference Wednesday. Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health said Wednesday he supported […]

As work on the Saugeen First Nation amphitheatre project progresses, an open house will be held for members of Saugeen and the broader community on March 25 from 1 to 3 p.m. Saugeen members have been using dry-stone construction skills they’ve developed during the reconstruction of the amphitheatre. They’re completing that and are working on […]

A woman was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing death for administering a drug to a woman she was trying to help break from her heroin addiction. Jessica Leigh Morrison, 45, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Justice in Owen Sound on Feb. 16 to administering ibogaine […]

The storm-damaged docks at Lion’s Head harbour should be replaced by mid-May, now that Northern Bruce Peninsula council has approved the work, said Ryan Deska, the municipal community services manager. Damage from a storm last September prompted Northern Bruce Peninsula staff to look at options. Monday council voted to replace the entire dock structure with […]

A well-known local artist and author of Ukrainian descent is auctioning off two of his works with all the funds going toward aiding the people of Ukraine. Allen Smutylo of Big Bay said Tuesday that as he watched Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfold he wanted to be able to help in some way. “It is […]