Owen Sound Sun Times

A piping plover sighting at Sauble Beach over the weekend has enthusiasts hoping the beach might once again provide a safe nesting site for the endangered shorebird. Don Kennedy sent several photos of the bird to his network of piping plover conservationists Saturday evening. He said by phone Sunday he spotted the plover between 5 […]

Local hospital foundations are launching an online 50/50 lottery to raise money for a second MRI machine. The Grey Bruce Health Services hospital foundations in Bruce Peninsula, Markdale, Meaford, Owen Sound and Southampton are collectively launching the online lottery with proceeds going to procuring another piece of medical imaging equipment. According to a media release, […]

Saugeen Shores Police charged a 29-year-old Saugeen Shores man with several weapons-related offences after they say he engaged with police outside of a residence with concealed and loaded handguns. According to a police media release, members of the Saugeen Shores Police criminal investigation branch attended a residence in the 700 block of Wellington Street on […]

The Hamilton Bengals went four-for-seven on the power play en route to an 11-6 victory over the Owen Sound North Stars Saturday afternoon inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. The North Stars recorded their third-straight loss in the contest and now fall to 1-3 early in the 2023 Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League season […]

Instead of shushing rowdy patrons Satuday librarians in Owen Sound encouraged them and even joined in on the fun. Heck, they even threw them a parade. Classic library tropes were trampled during the 11th annual Owen Sound Mini-Con held at the Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library on Saturday as a new era […]

Denae LeBlanc had a goal in mind. Raise $500 in pledges for the second annual Race for Reach and her dad would walk the five-kilometre course at Harrison Park. The 17-year-old crushed the original goal and ended up raising more than $1,100 for the REACH Centre, a self-funded registered charity that provides programming for individuals […]

The unemployment rate for the region including Grey-Bruce increased to six per cent in April, the highest point since 2021. Meanwhile, the provincial unemployment rate decreased a couple percentage points and now sits at 5.1 per cent. Both rates are unadjusted for seasonality, according to a media release from the Four County Labour Market Planning […]

It was a solemn day and people were warned hard truths might trigger emotions on Red Dress Day. But the nationally recognized day to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and two-spirited people had a mix of respectful silence, enthusiastic cheers and some laughter too. Susan Staves’ opening prayer encouraged the “mindful intention” […]

Scales officially opened at 11 a.m. Friday for the third-annual Lures N Lines Spring Trout Derby, but a few antsy anglers couldn’t wait to get their weight on the books. “We had a seven-pound rainbow trout and a salmon already,” said derby organizer Kevin Harders shortly before the official opening of the Wiarton weigh-in. The […]

South Bruce Peninsula officials say they remains in communication with Saugeen First Nation and have offered to assist with beach-related maintenance items ahead of the 2023 summer season, while the situation with the town’s paid parking program remains unclear. On April 3, the Ontario Superior Court ruled in favour of Saugeen First Nation’s claim to […]

ELORA EDGES NORTH STARS The Owen Sound North Stars dropped their second-straight game Thursday and are now 1-2 early in the 2023 Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League season. The N’Stars travelled to Fergus Thursday night to take on the Elora Mohawks and fell to the Mohawks 9-8 on a late third-period goal scored by associated […]

The MS Chi-Cheemaun made its first departure from Tobermory Friday morning, marking the start of the daily ferry service between the tip of the Bruce Peninsula and South Baymouth on Manitoulin Island. The spring schedule has the ship departing daily from Tobermory at 8:50 a.m., and 1:30 p.m. with a 6:10 p.m. departure on Friday, […]

Refurbishment of Bruce B’s Unit 6 nuclear reactor is substantially complete and will be returning to service, Bruce Power announced. Unit 6 produces enough electricity to power a city the size of Hamilton and now is “on track to resume providing clean, reliable energy to Ontario homes and businesses later this year, and for decades […]

When King Charles III walks through the public galleries at his Windsor Castle home, his eye might fall upon a Bruce Peninsula artist’s watercolour. It’s a coronation gift Lin Souliere painted called Canadian Shield Rock, Georgian Bay. It depicts predominantly an outcrop of shoreline rocks of red and other colours, with blue shimmering waters, evergreens […]

The 43rd Annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters Grey Bruce raised nearly $37,000, surpassing its goal of $35,000. Big Brothers Big Sisters Grey Bruce (BBBSGB) welcomed 37 bowling teams with lanes at three locations for the event. Bowlers greased the alleys at the Bowling Alley in Owen Sound, the […]

Nico Addy decided to give Owen Sound a chance, and now he’s glad he did. “Everything went by so fast,” said the 15-year-old first-round pick of the Owen Sound Attack. Addy recently committed to the team after leaning toward NCAA options ahead of the draft. That was before a fateful seven-hour drive to the Scenic […]

The Owen Sound Attack have landed their prized prospect. First-round pick Nico Addy signed a standard player agreement and committed to the club the team announced via its website and social media channels Wednesday, Attack GM Dale DeGray said don’t use a pencil to slot Addy into next year’s line-up, use a pen. “I know […]

Bruce Peninsula National Park staff turned away 25 per cent fewer cars last year than in 2021, a sign that sustainable tourism efforts are starting to pay off, park staff say. “All the things we’ve been doing together for many years are starting to pay off and it’s working,” Ethan Meleg told Northern Bruce Peninsula […]

Bruce County is inviting local businesses to attend an information session on Thursday, May 11, at the Walkerton Community Centre to discuss concerns about the replacement of the Durham Street Bridge. The county said it is planning to move forward with the replacement of the Durham Street Bridge, which spans the Saugeen River on Bruce […]

Bruce County is asking for the public’s help to assess the need and demand for transit services. The county is asking residents, workers, students and visitors to complete an online survey that aims to help it and their consultants better understand local travel needs. “The input of residents, businesses, and visitors travelling in the communities […]

A road potentially leading to the top of the country’s senior B lacrosse mountaintop and the Presidents Cup begins this weekend for the Owen Sound North Stars. The North Stars kick off a 16-game Ontario Series Lacrosse regular season schedule in Six Nations Saturday. Owen Sound will take on the defending champion Rivermen inside the […]

Grey Bruce OPP has identified two suspects charged after an armed robbery at Saugeen First Nation April 26. Police said they were called at 8:40 p.m. to an armed robbery in progress at a business along Highway 21. Officers arrived and a suspect was taken into custody. A second suspect was arrested after OPP emergency […]

Playtime Casino Hanover reopened with regular hours Wednesday following what parent company Gateway Casinos and Entertainment called a ransomware attack on its IT systems which could have compromised personal information. Gateway began reopening casinos April 29, starting with Gateway Casinos Innisfil. Since then, its casinos in Wasaga Beach, London, Woodstock, Clinton and Chatham have reopened […]

A family that continues to search for answers about the death of a First Nations man in Owen Sound more than five years ago is asking city police to reopen the investigation. Family of Jerry Keeshig, who died on March 4, 2018 of what an investigation concluded were self-inflicted knife wounds, are also providing recommendations […]

Now that seven of eight member municipalities are onboard in principle with paying Grey Sauble Conservation Authority levies for what the province considers extras, agreements can be formalized with municipal staff and then voted on by councils. Tim Lanthier, the GSCA chief administrative officer, said in an interview Monday that he has visited seven of […]

SISKINS BEAT PATS The Stayner Siskins topped the Mount Forest Patriots 6-2 Sunday afternoon in Stayner to win the PJHL’s best-of-seven North Conference Finals series in six games. Tyson Bradford scored a pair of goals for Stayner while Jack Rispin, Cody Marles, Deandres DeJesus, and Cole MacArthur all hit paydirt. Derek Hartley earned the win […]

The Bruce Grey Music Hall of Fame will induct six more members at a musical event June 25 at the Owen Sound legion. The 2023 inductees include the late music hall of fame founding member, Jim Merriam; notable country crooner, Jim Beech; the legendary original Tombstones rock and blues band; master guitarist, Lloyd Williamson; the […]

People will gather Friday to mark the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2-Spirited People, or Red Dress Day. In Owen Sound, they’ll be at the Gichi-Name Wiikwedong Reconciliation Garden at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park. A ceremony will take place there between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Grey County Historical Society’s 53rd annual dinner on May 18 will be the first time since the pandemic hit that people will gather and recognize local efforts to promote or preserve Grey County history. For 2020, authors Jean Hutchinson and Robert A. Cotton will be recognized. For 2021, aunt and nephew Edith Ruth Kitchen and […]

Colby Barlow and the Canadian men’s under-18 team earned a bronze medal at the 2023 IIHF U18 World Hockey Championship Sunday in Basel, Switzerland, with a 4-3 overtime win over Slovakia. Barlow, who missed an earlier tournament game with a nagging injury, scored in the bronze-medal game and finished the tournament with three goals and […]

Close won’t help the Owen Sound North Stars in the standings but it should help with their confidence early in the season. The Six Nations Rebels came into the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Sunday on an absolute tear. The annual heavy hitters of the Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League entered Sunday afternoon’s tilt in […]

Charlie Taylor Gillespie of Owen Sound will hit the Summerfolk stage in her hometown this summer. The 15-year-old was one of five acts selected to perform at the 48th Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival at Kelso Beach at Nawash Park on Aug. 18-20. They were chosen from among 11 finalists who performed in the Youth […]

As the emerald ash borer continues its unrelenting march through the city, Owen Sound officials are ramping efforts to remove dead and dying ash trees. It is estimated that eventually thousands of ash trees will be removed in the city’s parks, public spaces, as well as wooded areas and escarpment lands adjacent to private property. […]

A Grey-Bruce group that is part of a provincewide movement to hold a referendum against the privatization of some public health-care services, is holding an online town hall meeting next week. The Grey Bruce County Health Coalition is holding the town hall meeting on Zoom on Thursday (May 4) from 7 to 8 p.m. The […]

One of the resident swans of Harrison Park has died, with City of Owen Sound officials suspecting natural causes. The city announced Friday that staff had discovered one of the domestic swans housed at the park had passed away on Wednesday. The city is working to have testing completed to confirm the cause of death, […]

Owen Sound police have charged a 31-year-old woman in relation to several area thefts including a break-and-enter at a restaurant south of the city. A person broke into a restaurant south of the city in the early morning hours of April 24, according to a city police news release. Later that morning, police responded to […]

With an aging and often isolated population the need for hospice palliative care is increasing in the Bruce Peninsula and a group of volunteer caregivers is already stretched thin. “We could use another 20 volunteers right away. Ideally, we’d have 50 home-care volunteers,” said Nancy Forgrave, manager of volunteer programs and outreach for Bruce Peninsula […]

The former St. Paul’s Anglican rectory in Southampton, which heritage advocates saved from demolition, will be preserved, restored and added to a company’s portfolio of vacation rentals, a representative said Friday. Once Upon a Stay, a vacation rental company, purchased the former rectory at 254 High St. The company is part of a family-owned parent […]

Community Foundation Grey Bruce (CFGB) is hosting a workshop for parents and students to help families find, apply for, and get approved for scholarships, bursaries, and awards to support post-secondary education on May 2, 2023. “At the Foundation we offer 29 scholarships just for local students to apply for through our website every year. This […]

Release your inner nerd and experience the 11th-annual Owen Sound Mini Con Saturday, May 6, at the Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library. Starting at 10 a.m., the Owen Sound Mini Con (OSMiCon) presents an entire day of comics and fandom-related programming, including videogame tournaments, board games with Scenic City Game Emporium, Dungeons […]

Owen Sound Attack captain Colby Barlow is the 2022-23 recipient of the Bobby Smith Trophy, which is awarded annually to the Ontario Hockey League’s Scholastic Player of the Year. Barlow becomes the first player in Owen Sound Attack history to win the prestigious award, excelling with an overall average of 93 percent across Grade 12 […]

Port Elgin’s Rachel Hannah smashed the Glass City Marathon’s course record Sunday in Toledo. Hannah won the women’s race in a time of 2:40:13 – nearly a full five minutes ahead of the next best competitor. She broke the course record by over a minute in her first time running in the Ohio marathon. Hannah, […]

South Bruce Peninsula council’s appeal of a judge’s finding that a large strip of beach at Sauble belongs to Saugeen First Nation says the judge’s decision raises questions that need clarification. But the appeal goes further, seeking the judgment to be set aside and the band’s action dismissed. And if the court still finds band […]

Grey County is urging the province to consider reinstating an uninsured persons program seen as vital in ensuring those who were impacted by a fire at a rooming house in Hanover last year had their medical needs met. At its meeting on Thursday, Grey County council unanimously supported a motion calling for the extension of […]

Police say they responded to a report of an armed robbery in progress at Saugeen First Nation Wednesday night and now two people are in custody. The call came in at 8:40 p.m. of an armed robbery at a business along Highway 21. Officers arrived and a suspect was taken into custody. A second suspect […]

The Owen Sound Attack added three more prospects to a growing talent pool at the Ontario Hockey League’s under-18 draft Wednesday night, including an offensively gifted defenceman. With the 10th overall pick in the “second-chance” draft, Dale DeGray selected Sam Ethier from the Rockland Nationals under-18 AAA squad. The five-foot-11, 173-pound, left-handed defenceman led the […]

Owen Sound has fenced off a section of the Kiwanis Sk8 and Bike Park at Victoria Park where the concrete pad has deteriorated, leading to safety concerns for users. A fence has been erected around the western portion of the park, which includes the pyramid, box/ramp/rail and combination ramp features. The city is working on […]

Grey Bruce Health Services is establishing an office of research and innovation to support physician research, lure more such work and explore opportunities to partner with academia, government and the private sector. The office will be part of the hospital corporation for now but ultimately it will stand on its own, as similar institutes at […]

Judi Riley thinks it may be too late for her family, but she continues to fight for the families of other missing persons. Ten years ago, the then 46-year-old Jon Riley left a note for his mother at their Meaford home saying he was heading to Toronto for a couple of days. He hasn’t been […]

Site preparation work has started on a planned retail space, hotel and conference centre development on Owen Sound’s east side. The work on the property at 1200 16th Ave. E. began over the winter, with plans to complete the first phase of the project over the next year, Arif Ismail, president of Toronto-based Legacy Hospitality […]