Owen Sound Sun Times

A Bruce County man has been charged after a residence was broken into in Southampton and a vehicle was stolen early Sunday morning. Just before 5:30 a.m., Saugeen Shores police received a call of a break and enter in progress at a residence. A man had forced his way into a home and demanded the […]

Due to a limited supply of the Pfizer vaccine, Grey-Bruce residents over the age of 30 will be provided with doses of Moderna in the coming weeks. Based on provincial supply and direction, the Grey Bruce Health Unit will be operating with a limited supply of the Pfizer vaccine in the coming weeks, the health […]

Cassandra Abbott, Cory Wallace and their two children were preparing to ring in 2022 together Saturday night, when plans suddenly changed. The Chatsworth couple, who were soon expecting their third child, decided they would let Celeste, 7, and Roman, 6, stay up late so they could welcome in 2022 together as a family. But as […]

It isn’t uncommon for the waters off Southampton to be full of swimmers on a hot summer day. But it is perhaps a little more unusual for those same waters to be full of people in January. With the water temperature at about 5.4 C, dozens of people braved chilly Lake Huron for a New […]

Grey-Bruce added 187 new COVID-19 cases on New Year’s Day. It is the highest single-day case count reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit, with the previous daily high set on Thursday when 158 cases were reported. Saturday’s Situation Report, which includes case counts up to midnight on Friday, included 33 new cases in Owen […]

A resident of Rockwood Terrace has died after contracting COVID-19, Grey County long-term-care director Jennifer Cornell announced in an update Friday. The county-run long-term-care home in Durham has been in outbreak since it was declared by the Grey Bruce Health Unit Dec. 22. “I am saddened to report one resident who has been battling COVID-19 […]

A Southgate man faces charges after a serious crash between a pickup truck and a buggy in Grey Highlands in mid-December. The 41-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday and charged with three counts of dangerous operation causing bodily harm in relation to the crash on the afternoon of Dec. 16. The accused has been released […]

Grey-Bruce added 82 new COVID-19 cases and an eighth COVID hospital patient to its totals on New Year’s Eve, the public health unit reported. A second local case of the Omicron variant appeared on Friday’s situation report, but hundreds more are likely, based on lab indicators and epidemiology, it said. All figures reported were current […]

Grey Bruce OPP charged a couple of drivers at recent impaired-driving spot checks. Wednesday at a RIDE or Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere spot check on Highway 21 in Georgian Bluffs, police detected signs of impairment with a driver about 1:20 a.m. After tests at the detachment, a 32-year-old Blue Mountains man was charged with driving […]

Two staff at Lee Manor have tested positive for COVID-19 but no COVID outbreak has been declared there. The Grey County long-term-care home already has had a declared respiratory outbreak in 2 South, one of five living areas of the home, since Dec. 27. No COVID has bee n found there, nor the flu or […]

Grey-Bruce set another new daily COVID-19 case count record on Thursday, with 158 new cases reported. The previous daily high for Grey-Bruce came on Christmas Eve, when 101 new cases were reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit. Of the new cases, 29 were in Owen Sound, while 22 were in Kincardine. The Blue Mountains […]

Work has resumed on the dramatic redevelopment of the Saugeen First Nation amphitheatre site, which aims to create a tourism magnet and 40 or 50 jobs for community members in a couple of years or so. The first phase of the project got back on track at the end of October, after a nine-month break […]

The Owen Sound Attack games against the Kitchener Rangers scheduled for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day have now been postponed. The Ontario Hockey League announced on Thursday that due to COVID-19 protocols affecting the clubs, both teams have suspended team activities and the home-and-home has been postponed. The Attack were to be in […]

What started out as an idea for a little New Year’s Day fun between two neighbours in Southampton has turned into something much bigger. Jeff Cody and Larry Leonard are planning to hold a polar bear dip at the beach in Southampton on Saturday and have put out a call for anyone who is capable […]

New COVID-19 cases in Grey-Bruce dropped significantly, down to 20, but that’s likely because fewer people may have sought a test, there was reduced testing capacity and results are slower coming, Dr. Ian Arra said Wednesday. After a week when dozens of daily cases has been common, Wednesday’s health unit report of 20 cases was […]

With 83 more COVID-19 cases reported Tuesday and active known cases now at 505 in Grey-Bruce, a few more local people have also been admitted to hospital with the disease this month. No Grey-Bruce resident was in hospital at the end of November due to COVID-19. Each week, more have entered hospital: There were two […]

The Owen Sound Attack’s holiday break has been extended by COVID protocols once again. The Ontario Hockey League announced the postponement of the Attack’s Tuesday night game against the Barrie Colts and Jan. 5 game, also against Barrie. Both games were set to take place inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. In all, seven […]

South Bruce Grey Health Centre would be happy to participate in any review that would assist in getting the number of nurses at the hospital corporation back to a level to allow it to return the Walkerton emergency department to an around-the-clock service, says CEO Michael Barrett. “For South Bruce Grey, we would appreciate any […]

There’s a respiratory outbreak at Lee Manor, but tests have ruled out COVID, the flu and RSV so far. The outbreak was declared Monday by Grey Bruce Health Unit staff. It affects 2 South, one of five living areas in the Grey County-owned Owen Sound facility, each containing 30 residents. Six residents and four staff […]

After a daylong budget meeting this month, Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy proclaimed that the city must become “more aggressive” at growing its property tax base and attracting new investment. The comments came on the heels of a staff presentation to council on a recent municipal comparative study by BMA Management Consulting that showed Owen […]

Monday saw 76 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit “but there is a bright side to this,” the local medical officer of health said. Record-high double-digit case counts began last week, when 58 cases were reported Wednesday, 59 Thursday, 77 Friday and 101 were reported Saturday, Christmas Day. A relatively few […]

Ontario’s police watchdog has invoked its mandate after a vehicle fled from police in Saugeen Shores on Christmas Day and then slammed into a home, causing serious injuries to a female passenger. A person in the home also sustained minor injuries in the collision, which happened on Bricker Street in Port Elgin. The Saugeen Shores […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit says 19 new local COVID-19 cases were reported on Christmas — a day assessment centres in both Owen Sound and Kincardine were closed. Both Grey Highlands and Huron-Kinloss had three new cases apiece, while West Grey, South Bruce Peninsula and Kincardine each had two new cases, according to public health’s […]

Santa Claus didn’t let the COVID-19 pandemic prevent him from bringing some holiday cheer to children and others spending Christmas Eve at the Owen Sound hospital. The jolly old elf traded his sleigh for the Owen Sound Fire Department’s new Sutphen 100-foot mid-mount aerial platform truck for part of Friday evening, so he could wave […]

City police charged two men with impaired driving-related charges in separate incidents in Owen Sound on Christmas Day. Owen Sound Police Service Sgt. Craig Matheson said police were called to a large east-side parking lot at about 6:40 p.m. after a car had driven over a curb and into a treed area and then hit […]

South Bruce Peninsula is planning to use senior government grants and reserve fund dollars to pay for a $4-million project to upgrade four blocks of Mary Street in Wiarton in 2022. Council voted Dec. 21 to approve a $3.88-million bid from Harold Sutherland Construction to replace underground infrastructure and reconstruct the street from Claude Street, […]

More residents and staff tested positive for COVID-19 Friday in an outbreak at Rockwood Terrace in Durham, according to Grey County, which has announced new restrictions and protocols at all three of its long-term care homes. The Grey Bruce Health Unit declared an outbreak at Rockwood Terrace Thursday after one resident and two staff on […]

For the fourth day in a row, Grey-Bruce set a record for new daily cases of COVID-19 Saturday. The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 101 new cases of the virus on Christmas Day, which easily surpassed the previous daily record of 77 new cases set on Christmas Eve. Fifty-nine new cases were reported Thursday, while […]

For the third straight day, Grey-Bruce has set a new daily COVID-19 case mark with 77 new cases of the virus reported on Christmas Eve. The new mark comes after the Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 59 new cases on Thursday and 58 new cases on Wednesday. Of the new cases reported on Friday, 20 […]

With more than a month until donations have to be in for the annual CFOS-Sun Times Christmas Fund Broadcast, a large donation has come in to already make this year’s broadcast the most successful ever. As of Wednesday, close to $69,000 had been raised through the broadcast, which celebrated its 82nd year earlier this month. […]

Bruce County has put its support behind calls by some of its lower-tier municipalities for a third-party review of the service reductions to the emergency departments at the hospitals in Walkerton and Chesley. On Thursday, the county’s executive committee called for a third-party review of the service reductions enacted for the emergency departments at the […]

Both Grey-Bruce and the province recorded their highest daily COVID-19 case counts Thursday since the pandemic began 21 months ago. Fifty-nine new cases of the virus were reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit, surpassing the previous record daily high of 58 new cases set Wednesday. Meanwhile, the province logged 5,790 new daily cases, which […]

The need has never been as great as it has been this holiday season for local organizations helping the less fortunate in the Owen Sound area, and the community has responded in a big way. With just a few days to go with its Christmas Kettle Campaign, the Owen Sound Salvation Army has seen about […]

While the latest COVID-19 wave has created some uncertainty around the schedule of events at the Roxy Theatre in Owen Sound, organizers are planning to move forward with a New Year’s Eve show there. The Beckett Family New Year’s Eve Show is set to hit the stage at the theatre on Dec. 31. There are […]

A COVID-19 outbreak has been officially declared at Rockwood Terrace after three positive cases of the virus were linked to the Grey County-owned long-term care home in Durham. Grey County issued a news release Wednesday night to say the Grey Bruce Health Unit has now declared the outbreak. The county says one resident and two […]

A Grey-Bruce resident was recently scammed out of approximately $200,000 and police are urging locals to remain vigilant. Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release on Wednesday that the victim became involved in the matter after receiving a voicemail on their residential landline claiming they had won a lottery prize. Through their investigation, police […]

Police are looking for information about a theft in Springmount last month in which items including artwork valued at approximately $180,000 were taken. The theft was reported to Grey Bruce OPP on Nov. 27. Officers responded and discovered that a number of items had been stolen from a business on Shane Street in Georgian Bluffs. […]

Public health reported Wednesday the highest new daily case count of COVID-19 infections in Grey-Bruce since the pandemic began 21 months ago. Fifty-eight new local cases were reported, including 13 from Saugeen Shores, 11 from Owen Sound and six from Kincardine. Arran-Elderslie, Grey Highlands and Hanover each had four new cases, while South Bruce, West […]

The person who died in a fatal fire in rural Meaford last month has been identified by police. On Nov. 27 at approximately 10:50 p.m., police, fire and emergency services responded to the blaze on the 10th Concession just east of Owen Sound. One person was removed from the residence and pronounced dead at the […]

Two boxes containing cremated remains have been returned to the T.A. Brown Funeral Home in Port Elgin, just over a week after they were reported stolen. Funeral home owner and director Taylor Brown confirmed the news Wednesday, saying they were returned anonymously and left on the funeral home property. “I can confirm that the cremated […]

Northern Bruce Peninsula council has voted to receive for information an integrity commissioner’s report that concluded Coun. James Mielhausen breached provincial conflict of interest rules and the municipal code of conduct by advancing a zoning amendment for a large, private parking lot project proposed by his daughter’s employer. At its Dec. 13 meeting, council voted […]

For the second time in five years, someone has spray-painted graffiti on the historic stone ruins of the McNeill Estate at the Spirit Rock Conservation Area. Grey Sauble Conservation, which owns the site north of Wiarton, was notified of the damage Dec. 16. “It’s got deep history, so it’s really heartbreaking that someone would go […]

Downtown Wiarton businesses — which have dealt with the effects of an $11-million Big Dig infrastructure project and the 21-month COVID-19 pandemic — will soon receive some assistance aimed at revitalizing community main streets. South Bruce Peninsula recently announced that it is one of 65 southern Ontario communities that will receive funding to participate in […]

Brockton council wants the South Bruce Grey Health Centre to reconsider its plans to close the emergency department at the Walkerton hospital at night. Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody said Tuesday that his council held an emergency meeting Monday morning where it passed a pair of motions – to oppose the cuts to service at both […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported 25 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The number is down from the high of the recent case surge after 40 cases were reported on Sunday, and 36 were reported on Monday, but continues the trend of higher case numbers in the region over the past week-and-a-half. The province […]

Ontario’s police watchdog has found no reasonable grounds to believe two Hanover police officers committed a criminal offence in connection to an injury a man suffered during his Aug. 29 arrest. The Special Investigations Unit has concluded the force used by the officers was “legally justified” as the man was brandishing a shovel and broken […]

The new owner of the Owen Sound Billy Bishop and Wiarton-Keppel airports says he sees great potential in the two facilities, but it will likely be some time before major changes take place at the formerly municipally owned sites. Clayton Smith, who purchased Owen Sound’s 28-year-old regional aerodrome for $1.5 million Dec. 10 and Georgian […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported another 36 COVID-19 cases on Monday. Of the new cases, five each were in Georgian Bluffs, Owen Sound and Saugeen Shores, while four were in Grey Highlands. There were three cases each in Arran-Elderslie and Hanover, two each in Chatsworth, South Bruce Peninsula and The Blue Mountains and single […]

Five people were injured, including four who received life-threatening injuries, after the horse-drawn buggy they were in collided with a pickup truck on Grey Road 2 in Grey Highlands. Three of those who were injured were airlifted to hospital by Ornge. The collision happened Thursday at about 3:40 p.m. The Grey Bruce OPP, Dundalk Fire […]

Second World War veteran Charlie Fisher — whose photographs, letters and pocket journals have provided an invaluable first-hand look into the conflict — has died at age 107. Mr. Fisher passed away Saturday just before 7 p.m. at his home in Owen Sound. He was believed to be the oldest living veteran in Grey-Bruce and […]