Owen Sound Sun Times

Owen Sound council has voted in favour of a zoning bylaw amendment to allow an eight-building apartment complex on lands in the city’s northeast. At its meeting on Monday council passed a motion endorsing staff’s findings that the proposed development on the former RCA lands at 3195 East Bayshore Rd. is consistent with the Provincial […]

Pumpkinfest 2022 returns to downtown Port Elgin this Saturday and Sunday, with a midway sneak-peek for locals Friday night from 5 to about 10 p.m. in Pumpkinfest Village, by the old arena. Pumpkinfest was greatly diminished over the past two years by the threat of COVID-19. This year, with nearly all COVID-19 mandatory public health […]

The province’s Special Investigations Unit is looking into police interaction with a man who died Monday in Owen Sound. An SIU news release Tuesday said it is investigating the circumstances around the death of a 56-year-old man in the city. Owen Sound Police Service officers arrested the man on warrants in the area of 4th […]

Election fever led to some political theatre at Owen Sound city hall on Monday night. It was the final council meeting in the city before the Oct. 24 municipal election, and while the agenda was relatively cool in content, it didn’t stop some members of the public from turning up the heat on the evening. […]

Community gatherings will mark Truth and Reconciliation Day Friday in Grey-Bruce. There will be events in Owen Sound, Southampton and at Neyaashiinigmiing to commemorate the painful history of residential schools and intergenerational impacts they caused. The annual Sept. 30 event is a federally designated day to honour residential school survivors and children who died while […]

The future of the Harrison Park bird sanctuary will be discussed early next year, when the city seeks comment on a master plan for the park. City staff know of community fundraising in the wake of the avian flu contamination of park birds, which led to a federal order to euthanize all the park’s geese, […]

An unoccupied F-150 pickup truck was pulled out of Meaford harbour Sunday afternoon, after police advised the public to avoid the marina. Grey Bruce OPP confirmed later in the day that the truck was unoccupied, it was pulled out just after 6 p.m. and that it was reported stolen from a Meaford residence. Police continue […]

The Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police are asking members of the public to avoid the Meaford Marina while they conduct an investigation. According to a police media release, on Sunday at 11:51 a.m., officers from the Grey Bruce OPP responded to a report of a submerged vehicle just off of St. Vincent Street in the […]

Voters in South Bruce Peninsula are headed to the polls on Oct. 24 with several choices to sort through in the mayor, deputy mayor and council races. During Saturday’s all-candidates meeting the hopeful participants discussed a wide range of topics of concern within the municipality. The Town of South Bruce Peninsula is a municipality home […]

After a two-year hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, an annual day of fun on the farm in support of Canadian Foodgrains Bank returned to the Parkin’s plot southeast of Owen Sound Saturday. Heather Parkin said Owen Sound Harvest for Hunger scaled down the event this year, but a steady stream of vehicles and smiling faces […]

Owen Sound finished their final game of the preseason with five players on the bench, four on the ice, and another check mark in the win column. Despite spending most of the night on the penalty kill – and despite losing Madden Steen, Deni Goure, Sam Sedley, Ethan Burroughs and Gavin Bryant for various game […]

With OSHaRE feeding around 300 people a day, many of them twice a day, the organization needs to raise around $300,000 this year to cover expenses. Dozens of Owen Sound Hunger and Relief Effort supporters took to their feet Friday afternoon on one of two five-kilometre fundraising walks which started behind city hall. Last year’s […]

Jordan Hill and Nolan Seed are the old guards now as the 2022-23 Owen Sound Attack attempt to get past the first round of the playoffs for the first time since the 2017-18 season.

Twelve people in Grey-Bruce collectively were charged with 67 criminal and drug offences after a four-month regional drug investigation. They’re among 26 people facing 111 charges resulting from what police called Project Carlina. It involved nine search warrants executed on Wednesday. The investigation started in May after an increase in overdoses in Grey, Bruce, Huron […]

Georgian College’s new $7.1 million state-of-the-art nursing wing officially opened in Owen Sound Thursday in preparation for the college’s new honours of bachelor of science – nursing degree, which launched this fall at the college. The massive renovation transformed over 10,000 square feet of space at the campus. The new nursing and wellness wing provides […]

Grey County is contributing close to $10,000 as well as staff resources towards a drive to implement a Regional Electric Vehicle Charging Network. On Thursday, county council voted to commit the funds from this year’s climate action implementation budget, contingent on matching grant contributions by other partners in the initiative. Linda Swanston, the county’s manager […]

Grey Bruce OPP’s new commander laid out some of his policing priorities in an interview Friday. Insp. Paul Richardson said one overriding priority is to foster partnership and collaboration with the communities. He quoted the former British prime minister, Robert Peel, a legal reformer and crime-prevention advocate, who is said to be the founder of […]

Grey County has deferred the vote on a bylaw to amend its official plan until its next meeting on Oct. 13, after more concerns were raised about the designation of West Grey lands abutting Hanover as well as changes to on-farm diversified use policies. The move to defer what is known as Official Plan Amendment […]

Emergency rooms in Chesley and Kincardine closed temporarily due to a critical shortage of nurses according to a media release from the South Bruce Grey Health Centre. The Chesley ED closed at 5 p.m. Thursday evening and will remain closed until 7 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27. Extended overnight closures at the Chesley ED will continue […]

At 81, Hugh Greenwood can’t find a family doctor, like thousands of others in the Owen Sound area. “I’m concerned that now I’m 81 years old, I do have medications and I don’t have a family doctor,” he said in an interview this week. “And I’m being told not to show up at emerg. And […]

Someone in Bruce County has tested positive for the flu, a sign the annual respiratory bug has come early this year, the Grey Bruce Health Unit announced Thursday. Influenza A was lab-confirmed Sept. 20. In years immediately before COVID-19 in Grey-Bruce, it was confirmed by a lab on Nov. 18, 2018 and on Nov. 20, […]

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 […]