Owen Sound Sun Times

Owen Sound Police seized 127 grams of fentanyl, 33 grams of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, oxycodone pills, $7,000 in cash and a conducted energy weapon as the result of a traffic stop and several search warrants this week. On Tuesday, police arrested a 45-year-old Owen Sound man after making a traffic stop in the 1100 Block […]

COVID-19 vaccination clinics are scheduled for the Keady Community Centre and Walkerton Community Centre on Thursday. Both clinics will operate from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. No appointments are required for either clinic. First or second doses are available for children ages five to 17 while those 18 and older can receive a first, second […]

So long, winter. Wiarton Willie predicted an early spring Wednesday morning in crisp resolution as the famous festival went virtual again amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Janice Jackson joined Willie on stage to translate the marmot’s 66th annual prediction. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker, Bruce Power CEO Mike Rencheck, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First […]

Get ready for an early spring, South Bruce Peninsula Mayor Janice Jackson told the world after consulting Wiarton Willie early this morning. The prediction, with a new groundhog sporting brown fur instead of previous incarnations’ albino white, came shortly after 8 a.m. in a ceremony livestreamed from Wiarton. Plans to return to a pre-COVID-19 festival […]

Welcome to the Ontario Hockey League Marcus Vandenberg. For the first time in over a month fans were allowed inside the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium and treated to an impromptu debut Tuesday night as the Kitchener Rangers defeated the Owen Sound Attack 3-2 thanks to the 17-year-old goalie call-up. Vandenberg was called upon just past the […]

The Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce’s Fresh Roots Café is up and serving food, beverages, and much more for both the staff who work there and customers who come through the doors. “More than anything it was a way to employ more people, give opportunities for people to expand their skills and really feel […]

Glenn Howard may be heading into the Port Elgin Chrysler ’22 Ontario Tankard as the favourite according to Curling Canada rankings, but it’s John Epping who is looking to return to the Brier in 2022. The 2021 Ontario Tankard was cancelled due to COVID-19. The last time southern Ontario’s top teams battled to represent at […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit will operate a vaccine clinic at the Ripley-Huron Community Centre from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday as it continues to target areas of the region with low vaccination coverage. On Tuesday, the health unit offered vaccines in Durham, and on Thursday, clinics will be held in Keady at the […]

Fries, cheese curds and gravy will be on the menu in South Bruce Peninsula this summer. Just over a week after Owen Sound council turned down a proposal for Poutine Feast to be held in the city’ downtown, South Bruce Peninsula council on Tuesday supported a special events application for the festival to operate in […]

A COVID-19 outbreak at a local long-term care home is over, but one has been declared at another home. The outbreak at Mapleview Long-Term Care Home in Owen Sound was declared over by the Grey Bruce Health Unit on Sunday. That outbreak was first reported on Jan. 9. But a new outbreak was also declared […]

Saugeen Shores Police are investigating instances of hate motivated mischief in Port Elgin. On Friday, police received a report of incidents of mischief at the Lamont Sports Park and the nearby snowmobile trail route, according to a a news release. Someone spray-painted trail signs and markers, while other signs and markers were damaged and stolen […]

The future of the Hepworth-Shallow Lake Royal Canadian Legion will be discussed at a legion executive committing meeting Monday, a little more than a week after fire destroyed its building in Hepworth. Legion past-president Bill Vanstone said Sunday in an interview that he expects the executive to consider “whether we’ll exist and carry on.” Then […]

COVID cases have peaked in Grey-Bruce, the local medical officer of health said Sunday. Dr. Ian Arra made the observation when asked about the number of health-care workers infected with COVID-19, which reached 401 Sunday and has soared from from 128 on Jan. 1. “It reflects the significant increases in cases in the community,” Arra […]

Police issued a plea Saturday night for help to find 67-year-old Robert Hamilton of Grey Highlands. He was last seen in Markdale on Friday at 7:30 a.m. He’s 6′ 1”, 150 pounds, has short grey hair and is balding, wears a beard and moustache and has green eyes and wears glasses, a Grey Bruce OPP […]

In a sense, it’s a real shame. Perhaps the Owen Sound Attack’s best 60-minute effort of the entire season happened on the night they were supposed to play on a national stage. Hockey Day in Canada was set to broadcast snippets of the action as the Owen Sound Attack took on the Guelph Storm at […]

All 52 snowmobilers who came through a city police spot check on a trail at the rear of Harrison Park were in compliance with document requirements, had valid trail permits and were sober, an Owen Sound police news release said. The spot check was done with the help of the Eastside Snowmobile Club’s district president […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported Saturday that 14 local people are hospitalized due to COVID-19, unchanged from the day before. Ten people are in a local hospital and four are hospitalized outside Grey-Bruce. A COVID outbreak at Wiarton hospital, declared Jan. 20 in the in-patient and complex continuing care unit, ended today. Ontario reported […]

A residential developer is proposing to use Minister’s Zoning Orders to fast-track approvals for a long-term plan to build 1,000 to 2,000 housing units in the burgeoning community of Dundalk. Shakir Rehmatullah, president of Flato Developments, presented a conceptual plan to Southgate council on Jan. 19 and at a virtual public information session Jan. 27. […]

The Town of the Blue Mountains and Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care have teamed up for what they’re calling an innovative partnership aimed at adding 160 new long-term care beds and attainable housing in the area. The ministry and municipality will try to chip away at two housing crises with one stone by packaging the […]

The Attack’s power play found pay dirt three times Friday night in Kitchener and propelled the Bears to a 5-2 win over the Rangers. Coming into the game, the Owen Sound man-advantage units were operating at just a 17.3 per cent clip and near the bottom of the league. Statistically, they fare even worse when […]

Both the provincial and regional high school sports championships have been cancelled for the winter season. OFSAA and CWOSSA made the announcements on their respective websites this past week amid the current COVID-19 restrictions and back-to-school uncertainty. In a statement, OFSAA President Carolyn Chesney said 2022 winter championships and festivals scheduled for February and March […]

No new COVID-19 related deaths were reported in Grey-Bruce Friday. Six deaths have been reported in the past week, including three on Wednesday. Ten residents with COVID-19 are being treated at a local hospital while four are being treated at hospitals outside of the region. The Grey Bruce Health Unit clarified in its daily situation […]

With Revera Inc. set to break ground next winter for a new long-term care home in Hanover, the province has announced the approval of 32 additional beds for the facility. The proposed new The Village Seniors’ Community, which is to replace the current 70-bed The Village Long-term Care Home, will now have 128 beds, Long-term […]

A celebration of the unwilling and frustrated erupted at the southern doorstep of Owen Sound Friday morning. There appeared to be a few hundred people who are not in favour of accepting government mandated double-vaccination requirements for truckers to enter the United States, and a whole lot more. They showed up to send off a […]

Grey County is now the official owner of a building on 14th Street West in Owen Sound that it plans to convert into a 12-unit supportive housing facility. Director of housing Anne Marie Shaw said the county’s purchase of the 396 14th St. W. property for $1.2 million closed Jan. 20. The county has now […]

Mack Guzda and the Barrie Colts showed little mercy in an 8-0 drumming of the Owen Sound Attack at the Sadlon Arena Thursday night. The Attack stepped into a buzzsaw with the Colts on an offensive tear and Guzda stopping everything in sight. Just a few nights earlier, the Colts steamrolled the Wolves in Sudbury, […]

Another death due to COVID-19 reported Thursday by the Grey-Bruce Health Unit brought the total to 34 local deaths during the pandemic. There have been six deaths reported among Grey-Bruce residents in the past week, representing 21 per cent of the total deaths attributed to the pandemic virus. Dr. Ian Arra, the medical officer of […]

The Ontario Hockey League has handed down a four-game suspension to Attack captain Mark Woolley for his hit on Ty Voit in a Jan. 21 game against the Sarnia Sting. Woolley has already missed one Attack game, so he’ll be eligible to return on Feb. 1 against the Kitchener Rangers. The hit to Voit appeared […]

Twelve teams will compete at The Plex in Port Elgin for the chance to become the Ontario men’s representative at the 2022 Tim Hortons Brier – the national curling championship. The Port Elgin Chrysler ’22 Ontario Tankard organizing committee announced the expanded field in a media release Wednesday. Originally slated as a competition between eight […]

Grey County is planning to form a task force to identify gaps in local mental health and harm reduction supports and develop strategies to address them. Chatsworth Mayor Scott Mackey presented a motion during a committee of the whole meeting Thursday to create a mental health and addictions task force, noting there’s evidence of a […]

Labour shortages in child-care, green hydrogen technology development and creating more sustainable communities — including through affordable housing, were key areas addressed when Grey-Bruce municipal representatives met with their provincial counterparts this week. Local officials took part in a number of delegations through the annual Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference on Monday and Tuesday, which […]

Three more local COVID-19 related deaths were reported Wednesday. Dr. Ian Arra, Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health, said two people died at the hospital and the other died at a long-term care home. One person was fully vaccinated, one person was unvaccinated, and the other had a single dose of the vaccine at the time […]

Bruce Power announced this week it’s closer to producing the medical isotope Lutetium-177, used to target cancers such as neuroendocrine tumours and prostate cancers. An Isotope Production System has been installed in nuclear reactor Unit 7 at Bruce Power, along the Lake Huron shoreline in Bruce County. The company says it is the first power […]

Wiarton’s famous weather-predicting groundhog will make its triumphant return to shadow prophesy next week. The newly minted and non-albino Wiarton Willie will let the world know on Feb. 2 at 7:55 a.m., via live stream, whether to expect six more weeks of winter or early spring during the 66th anniversary of the event. To watch […]

Crews are to clear snowbanks in parts of downtown Owen Sound overnight Wednesday. Operations are to begin at 8 p.m. Vehicles parked in the downtown must be moved from parking spaces by that time to allow access for snow removal equipment, the city said in a news release. Winter overnight parking restrictions are in place […]

Owen Sound has stuck a fork in a proposal to serve as a host city for a Poutine Feast tour this summer. Council rejected in a 4-4 vote Monday a staff recommendation to approve, in principle, allowing the free-entry event to take place in the 800 block of 1st Avenue East from July 14 to […]

The latest cold snap has led the City of Owen Sound to continue to partner with Safe ‘n Sound to extend operating hours for those needing to warm up. Safe ‘n Sound at 310 8th St. E. will be open Tuesday night from 5 p.m. to midnight and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. […]

Bruce County councillors have committed funds toward initiatives to grow Indigenous cultural awareness and develop an Indigenous reconciliation plan. At its meeting on Jan. 20, the county’s executive committee approved a commitment to spend up to $150,000 to support a county Indigenous Reconciliation Planning Initiative. The first $60,000 is already included in the 2022 budget, […]

For the second day in a row, another COVID-related death has been reported in Grey-Bruce. Dr. Ian Arra, Grey-Bruce’s medical officer of health, confirmed in a text message Tuesday the latest person to die was neither a long-term care resident nor hospitalized. Arra has previously declined to declare vaccination statuses of the deceased citing privacy. […]

Owen Sound artist, wood-turner and furniture maker Stephen Hogbin died Jan. 13, seven months after a cancer diagnosis. The 79-year-old was recognized internationally by collectors, educators and professional organizations for his influence in studio wood turning and furniture making. “Stephen’s reputation is huge and people were in touch from all around the world, on a […]

City council is asking staff to come up with ways to trim Owen Sound’s draft 2022 budget by another $90,000 and bring this year’s property tax hike back to 2.51 per cent. That was the estimated increase when council last met to discuss the proposed operating and capital budgets in early December. However, at Monday’s […]

Two people were injured after a crash at Springmount between a passenger vehicle and an OPP cruiser. Grey Bruce OPP responded to the crash at the intersection of Highway 21 and Grey Road 18 at about 1 p.m. after receiving the report of the two-vehicle collision. The drivers of both vehicles were taken to hospital […]

A 29th local COVID-19 death was reported Monday, involving someone who caught the disease in Grey-Bruce and died while outside the area. The person’s vaccination status is unavailable from the Grey Bruce Health Unit due to privacy laws, Dr. Ian Arra, the local medical officer of health, said by text. The health unit also reported […]

Two men have been charged after a RIDE program on Highway 21 in Bruce County early Saturday morning led to the seizure of a loaded firearm and drugs. At about 1:45 a.m., Grey Bruce OPP were conducting the RIDE program when a vehicle entered it and an investigation began into an outstanding warrant and failing […]

Two of Dave Gunson’s trucks will join a trans-Canada “Freedom Convoy” Friday to protest new federal rules which required Canadian and U.S. truckers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter Canada as of Jan. 15. “Truth is the antidote” is written on one of Gunson’s trailers, while Canadian flags will fly on the other. […]

A donation of more than $93,000 is going toward the Adult Day Away Program of the Home and Community Support Services Grey-Bruce. The James Goreski Private Foundation has donated $93,456 that will go to assist in revitalizing the program at six locations throughout Grey and Bruce counties. “We are so grateful for this generous support […]

Some snowmobile trails have started to open in Grey County, while trails in Bruce County may not be too far behind. Trails in the Meaford area were the first in the region to open at the start of the weekend, with the Thornbury, Dundalk, Markdale, Chatsworth and Owen Sound areas close behind with limited riding […]

January 24, 2021

The fault lines of poor special-teams play and an inconsistent effort shook the Owen Sound Attack in a Sunday afternoon tilt with the Sarnia Sting. The Attack were stuck 4-0 in the third period thanks to a sleepy start before a late three-goal swing nearly wrote the Bears a comeback story. However, in the final […]