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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 […]

A cyclist is dead after a collision involving a pickup truck South Bruce OPP were called about a collision along Highway 21 in Kincardine Township on Sept. 9 at approximately 8:50 p.m. Police responded along with members of Kincardine Fire and Emergency Services and Bruce County paramedics. The cyclist was taken to a local hospital […]

The Owen Sound Attack scored four unanswered goals en route to a 5-3 victory in North Bay Sunday and remain undefeated through two preseason games. Julian Fantino’s fantastic start continued with a pair of second-period goals scored just 15 seconds apart. After the Battalion’s Kyle McDonald beat Nick Chenard midway through the first period to […]

Nineteen firefighters, 10 laps of the arena grandstand, 193 stairs per lap, and carrying roughly 65 pounds of gear. Firefighters from Grey and Bruce counties held a 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Sunday morning. The 1,930 total steps are meant to represent the 110 storeys of the World Trade […]

It’s Nick’s net. For the first time in his Ontario Hockey League career, overage netminder Nick Chenard enters the season as a team’s No. 1 goaltender. From being one of the last players to make the team as a 17-year-old rookie, to breaking his finger on the first day of training camp after the league […]

With no grandstand, no big tractor pull, no demolition derby and no midway as part of their event, Owen Sound Fall Fair organizers said they felt like they were going back to their roots for the first fully-fledged fair since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s nice to feel like we can come back […]

Southampton swerved into the future Saturday. At the Nuclear Innovation Institute’s first SWERVE science and technology festival, robot dogs engaged in dance battles, a holographic mammoth greeted visitors and kids lined up to step into another reality. The ice pad at the Southampton Coliseum transformed into a collection of immersive exhibitions for the free public […]

When Owen Sound residents Kimberley Love and Glen Drummond visited the grounds of Balmoral Castle in Scotland last weekend it was a joyous time after they attended the highland games in nearby Braemer. On Thursday, word would come of the Royal family making their way to that very place to be with Queen Elizabeth II […]

Chesley hospital’s emergency department will be closed nightly for an indefinite period and it won’t be open at all this weekend, due to a “critical shortage of nurses,” South Bruce Grey Health Centre announced. That means Chesley hospital’s emergency department will close tonight at 5 and reopen Monday at 7 a.m. It will be daytime […]

The Owen Sound Attack announced the signing of 2021 ninth-round pick Tomislav Brennan to a standard player agreement Friday. “I can’t even express the joy I’m feeling right now,” Brennan said in a team release. “To be able to join such an amazing organization with a great team, it feels surreal.” Brennan played last season […]

It’s as if it happened yesterday. The Owen Sound Attack’s 2021-22 season came to an end May 4 in Flint. The score was 4-2 for the Firebirds. Owen Sound Attack Head Coach Greg Walters, entering his second season at the helm, didn’t let the long summer offseason dull his memory of the finer details of […]

Grey County council endorsed an official plan amendment that flags West Grey lands abutting Hanover for possible future development for the growing town, one of two designated primary settlement areas in the county. Based on growth projections calculated after a comprehensive review, Hanover will need to expand. Discussions with its West Grey neighbour have been […]

On Sept. 17, Owen Sound’s Adam Jones will be inducted into the Canisius College Sports Hall of Fame. Jones, like most Canadian lacrosse players, grew up playing the sport indoors. And like most Canadians at the time who learned the game on concrete floors with hockey boards surrounding the playing surface, Jones said he never […]

The popular Canadian television series The Amazing Race Canada is about to make a splash in the Grey-Bruce area. The 10th episode of the show’s eighth season that airs next Tuesday at 9 p.m. on CTV will see race teams make stops on the Bruce Peninsula, including in Tobermory, Wiarton and Meaford. While the show’s […]

Grey County is looking at a 3.23 per cent tax levy increase to meet its capital spending needs in 2023, preliminary 10-year capital budgets presented to council Thursday show. That’s an additional $2.048 million in taxes, details of which council received in a large information package and department-by-department presentations. Council received the report and agreed […]

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The Bluewater District School Board is still awaiting a decision from the province on a proposal to build a larger school in Markdale, with a pricetag more than double what the board was originally approved for. The board has asked the province for an increase in funding to build the school due to rising construction […]

It was a busy summer of construction at the Bluewater District School Board, with projects to upgrade, update and renovate a number of schools. More than $11 million was invested in the schools to ensure they are in good condition and continue to provide safe and supportive environments for students and staff, superintendent of business […]

The number of school bus routes being operated across Grey-Bruce has been reduced this school year in an attempt to address bus driver shortages and minimize route cancellations. The Student Transportation Service Consortium of Grey Bruce, which co-ordinates student busing for the Bluewater and Bruce-Grey Catholic District school boards, has reduced the total number of […]

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Police have seized hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal drugs and recovered a large amount of stolen property after a search warrant was executed in Chesley. On Sept. 1, the South Bruce OPP and OPP Community Street Crimes Unit executed the warrant at a residence on 2nd Avenue Southwest in Chesley, it said in […]

A Dundalk man has won just over $96,000 playing Lotto 6/49. Kenneth (Gary) Horsman won a prize of $96,047.60 in the April 13 Lotto 6/49 draw, along with $2 on his Encore selection. Horsman, who said he has been playing the lottery weekly for the past three years, said it was his first big win. […]

A Huron-Kinloss resident is in hospital with injuries considered life threatening and a man is facing charges following a serious assault in Ripley on the weekend, according to police. Just before midnight on Sunday, South Bruce OPP received a report of the assault at a residence on Jesse Street and officers attended along with members […]

High-speed Internet access is coming to Neyaashiinigmiing, through a project that provides subsidies to enable companies to bring it to rural southwestern Ontario, where returns on investment would otherwise be too low. High-speed fibre-optic cable is being installed to 297 homes, farms and business at the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation, northeast of Wiarton […]

The gold-medal-winning Team Ontario softball squad featured several local players at the Canada Summer Games in the Niagara region. Team Ontario defeated Team Nova Scotia in the gold medal game, 6-3, on August 21. Owen Torrie of Williamsford pitched his second complete game of the day in the win. Earlier in the day, Nova Scotia […]

South Bruce Peninsula will continue to contract the Ontario Provincial Police for its municipal policing services for at least one more year. At its meeting Tuesday evening council approved extending its current contract with the OPP for one year under the same terms and conditions. The contract between the town and OPP was set to […]

Sauble Beach should have its own ambulance bay by early 2023 if all goes according to plan. At its regularly scheduled meeting of council Tuesday evening, South Bruce Peninsula councillors approved a bid by Allen-Hastings Ltd. for the amount of $807,418, not including HST, to complete the project. Once constructed, it’s expected Bruce County EMS […]

Friends of the Victoria Park grandstand in Owen Sound are being called on to support a fundraiser to fix the old, deteriorating structure. Owen Sound Agricultural Society has announced a plan to recognize donors who “buy” eight-foot sections of grandstand bench for $250, by putting each donor’s name on a plaque at the grandstand. Donors […]

Ontario Hockey League locker rooms and coaches’ offices are thick at this time of year with discussions about how to temper, manage or exceed expectations as teams prepare ahead of the 2022-23 season. Longtime Owen Sound Attack General Manager Dale DeGray prefers his players to ignore expectations altogether. Or, replace expectation with effort. “If we’re […]