Owen Sound Sun Times

A clothes dryer malfunction is being blamed for a fire at a home on Owen Sound's west side on Sunday. The Owen Sound fire department responded at approximately 12:30 p.m. to a report of a structure fire with heavy smoke coming from a second-floor window of a home in the 1000 block of 6th Avenue [...]

Owen Sound fighters put out a fire and kept it to the area of a clothes dryer in the basement of a two-storey home in Owen Sound Sunday. The home sustained about $10,000, including minor smoke damage, in the fire which was reported about 12:30 p.m., a city fire department news release said. Owen [...]

An Owen Sound man has been charged with impaired driving after a collision on Owen Sound's east side on Saturday. Just before 6 p.m., two vehicles were involved in a collision near the intersection of 9th Avenue East and 10th Street East, Owen Sound police said in a news release. A Dodge Caravan was waiting [...]

As Clara Smith said a prayer for those taking part in a more than 30-kilometre walk from Ferndale to Wiarton early Sunday morning, she became so emotional that at times it became hard to say the words. For Smith, it has now been almost 31 years since she last saw her grandson Leslie Jones, who [...]

To say the fishing has been good to start off the 36th McDonald's Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular would be an understatement. The 482 fish weighed in on opening day at this year's derby was the most in one day since 1993. Another 428 were weighed in on Saturday, and 438 were weighed in Sunday, bringing [...]

Public health is warning the public about a blue-green algae bloom in Lake Eugenia that could make people and pets sick. The algae bloom in the southern portion of the lake in Grey Highlands has tested positive for the presence of naturally occurring toxins called microcystins that are harmful to human and animal health, Grey [...]

Two men have been charged and police are continuing to investigate after an assault and robbery on Owen Sound's east side on Aug. 17 that left another person critically injured. Owen Sound Police Service officers responded to an apartment building at approximately 5 p.m. in response to a male being assaulted in the parking lot [...]

The near-perfect conditions on Georgian Bay Friday morning meant that when the weigh station opened for the first time at the 2024 Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular only a handful of anglers had gathered in line. But it didn't take long for the line to grow as a steady stream of fishing derby entrants hauled their [...]

The United Way Bruce Grey's backpack program has already surpassed its initial estimate by handing out more than 2,500 fully-stocked backpacks to kids heading back to school in September. The 2,513 students served to date are the most in the program's history, and the United Way expects that tally to keep ticking upwards. Last year, [...]

Local politicians and staff discussed a wide range of priorities and issues affecting Grey-Bruce at the Association of Municipalities on Ontario conference in Ottawa this week. Everything from homelessness and addictions, to healthcare and long-term care, to energy, transportation and infrastructure were on the minds of area representatives when they met with provincial ministers and [...]

A University of Waterloo student completing a degree in mechanical engineering is the first recipient of the Sharifur Rahman Memorial Scholarship. Shaan Banday said he's honoured to receive the first scholarship in memory of Sharif Rahman, an Owen Sound restauranteur and community leader who was assaulted outside his downtown Owen Sound restaurant and later died [...]

For all the experience that we may have, maybe we don't even recognize the worth of things on our own farms.

Owen Sound teacher Mike Foulds has been elected president of the Ontario Teachers' Federation for a second time. The OTF board of governors elected Foulds as the organization's 81st president at its annual meeting on Tuesday. Foulds, who has been on OTF board of governors since 2009, also served as its president in 2016. OTF [...]

Grey County and its nine member municipalities are discussing a potential shared service model for planning services. County and lower-tier municipal leaders met on Aug. 8 and discussed the model, which would see local planning staff join a reorganized planning department. Local municipal decision-making authority would be unchanged and operational efficiencies would be expected at [...]

Who the (redacted) is Bruce McDonald?" The language used by Owen Sound Attack GM Dale DeGray in his earliest scouting report of the team's newest player isn't fit to be published in a newspaper, but even after redacting the offending word - which starts with an F' - his message of shock is thoroughly conveyed. [...]

The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) is reopening a conservation area after repairs for damage done by illegal off-road vehicles. The SCVA is also temporarily closing the 98-acre Stoney Island Conservation Area for forest management. The conservation authority on Wednesday announced three changes to its properties' availability while reminding the public that the use of [...]

Owen Sound's Jillian Golden and her Team Canada teammates will play for gold at the 2024 World Lacrosse Women's U20 Championship in Hong Kong. On Thursday, Goldie and the Canadians beat Japan 17-2 in the semifinals to earn a berth into the gold-medal contest scheduled for 6:30 p.m. (6:30 a.m. EST). The Canadians went a [...]

A crow from Grey-Bruce has tested positive for West Nile, the first bird in the two counties to test positive for the mosquito-borne virus this year. Grey Bruce Public Health announced the findings on Wednesday after the American crow was submitted to the Canadian Wildlife Health Co-operative for testing earlier this month. While the risk [...]

A variety of heritage properties will be on display this weekend in Owen Sound. The Doors Open Ontario heritage tourism program of the Ontario Heritage Trust is running on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with 14 sites in and around Owen Sound open for public viewing. The program showcases buildings, natural spaces, infrastructure [...]

A group of classmates who share a lifelong bond as the final class of the Owen Sound Regional School of Nursing are gathering together for a major milestone. Members of that 1974 class - the last for the hospital-based regional school and the first for the Georgian College Nursing Department - will descend on the [...]

Doug Kennedy is being remembered as a champion for local sports, health care and the Kincardine community. A member of Kincardine council for nearly six years, Kennedy died on Aug. 15 at Huron Shores Hospice in Tiverton at the age of 70 following a battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife Cathy Alcombrack, [...]

South Bruce OPP have made an arrest in a recent break-in and theft, but say they're looking for additional suspects. On Aug. 20, police made a public appeal for information related to an Aug. 18 break and enter at a Queen Street business in Kincardine where approximately $2,500 worth of clothing was stolen. As a [...]

Moreston Heritage Village will be adorned with an array of classic vehicles this weekend. Grey Roots Museum and Archives is having an Antique and Classic Car Show on its grounds on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Last held in 2019, the event will include a variety of restored antique and classic vehicles [...]

The South Bruce Grey Health Centre will hold a pair of community engagement sessions to gather public input on the health care needs in the communities it serves. The sessions will be held on Monday, Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. at the Durham Community Centre and on Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 6 p.m. at the [...]

Grey Bruce Public Health is reminding people to stay up to date on their routine vaccinations, with cases of pertussis on the rise both locally and provincially. In the first seven months of 2024, public health has been notified of 16 confirmed or probably cases of the highly contagious bacterial respiratory infection, which is also [...]

Grey Bruce Public Health has advised against swimming at area beaches after recent heavy rains. The local health unit issued a reminder to residents and visitors Monday that swimming at beaches within 48 hours of heavy rain or while the water remains unusually cloudy can pose a risk to one's health. While Public Health does [...]

The owner of a dog that jumped a cedar-rail fence and fell into an old hand-dug well near the Bruce Trail in Bognor wants more done to avoid similar incidents. I'd hope it would be done soon, and continue to be one of the best maintained and historic trails around, than end up reading years [...]

The New Lowell Knights didn't do themselves any favours in Game 1 of the North Dufferin Baseball League semifinal series against the Owen Sound Baysox Monday night. After taking a 2-0 lead in the top of the fifth inning, the defending back-to-back champions imploded as the Baysox took Game 1 of the best-of-five series by [...]

The owners of the former Talisman Mountain Resort property has announced plans for a large health and wellness community complete with a hotel and Nordic spa at the former ski resort. Brian Ellis and Phil Cavano, who own the property that includes the former resort and ski hills, have announced the proposal that could see [...]

A new class of local entertainment legends are set to be inducted into the Bruce Grey Music Hall of Fame. The local music hall of fame committee has announced that five nominees will be inducted into the hall as part of the class of 2024. The new members, who will enshrined in the hall at [...]

It's a wet and swampy Saturday night at the Summerfolk Music Festival in the Scenic City - but the crowd is riding the wave. Whether in defiance of the atrocious weather or deference to it, the folkies" in their tarp-covered lawn chairs push rain-matted hair out of their eyes and take in the show. Sporadic [...]

It's both a homecoming and a welcome to new guests. The 39th Annual Neyaashiinigmiing Traditional Pow Wow at Cape Croker Park combined history, culture, and a market at the powwow grounds on Saturday and throughout the weekend. Some in attendance came from as far away as Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan, returning home for the [...]

A little rain won't stop someone in the middle of an 80-kilometre bike ride on a gravel course, especially if they're riding to help save a life. You reach a point of saturation where it's not going to get any worse," Mark Kirton said at the finish line of the Gran Fondo Lake Huron, which [...]

Grey-Bruce municipal politicians and staff will be in Ottawa for the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference next week, where they plan to highlight and discuss local priorities and concerns including health care and housing. Bruce County Warden Chris Peabody said the conference provides an opportunity to discuss issues affecting the county. We applaud [...]

In the days after Owen Sound business owner Sharif Rahman was assaulted outside his downtown restaurant last summer police released grainy images of two suspects and an early-2000s-model SUV. The caucasian men, both wearing what look to be black athletic shorts with one in a light orange T-shirt and one in a light blue T-shirt, [...]

The Ontario government has announced grant funding of more than $3.7 million for municipal water and wastewaterprojects in Owen Sound and Hanover that will help support growth in those communities. On Wednesday, the province revealed the applications for the two projects had been approved as part of the first round of investments under the Housing-Enabling [...]

The simultaneous expiry of operating crews' contracts at both Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways presents an unprecedented challenge to our industry," warned APAS president Ian Boxall

Nearly a year to the day after an assault outside The Curry House restaurant led to the death of its owner, police announced they made arrests in the case. Inside the downtown Owen Sound restaurant, a day before the public learned of the arrests, Rahman's widow, Shayela Nasrin tried to put into words the emotions [...]

As word spread in Owen Sound on Thursday that arrests had been made in the death of Sharif Rahman almost one year ago, emotions ranged from relief and comfort, to happiness and elation that progress had been made in the case. But thoughts also turned to his family and all those impacted by the tragic [...]

A 21-year-old from Saugeen First Nation is dead following a single-vehicle collision in Arran-Elderslie. South Bruce OPP said reports of the collision came at 8:26 a.m. Thursday. Police responded to the scene on B Line with members of the Arran-Elderslie Fire Department and paramedic services. The driver was taken to hospital and pronounced dead. The [...]

Police have made arrests in the case of Sharif Rahman, in which the popular Owen Sound restaurant owner died after an altercation with three men at his downtown establishment a year ago. The Owen Sound Police Service and OPP announced Thursday morning the ongoing joint homicide investigation being conducted by the two police services resulted [...]

West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles received a formal reprimand from council this week for comments an integrity commissioner labelled as threatening and potentially incendiary. In early April, the South Bruce Grey Health Centre announced its plan to relocate all 10 inpatient beds from the Durham hospital to larger centres in Walkerton and Kincardine due to [...]

Volunteer firefighters saved a dog from a 25-foot well near a popular nature trail near Bognor. The Inter Township Fire Department responded to a distress call Monday evening for a dog needing rescue from the well of the Wilson property, a historic homesteading property featuring relics of a massive barn and hand-dug well that can [...]

Recent Ontario Veterinary College graduate Dr. Jacky Normandeau has received this year's $1,000 Grey Bruce Farmers' Week Prize. Despite growing up in a town, she has plenty of farm experience, according to Farmers' Week organizers. In high school, she worked on a hobby farm doing the daily chores and at a local dog kennel. During [...]

Objectors say cornfield destruction makes no sense as Waterloo Region amasses farmlands

A 700-kilometre bicycle ride from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Tobermory will support Owen Sound's Safe N Sound drop-in centre. Tobermory duo Jason Runions and Steph Tkaczuk will travel the path of the Niagara Escarpment later this month, from Aug. 22 to 28. The owners of Level 5 Tiling & Renovations say they're avid cyclists and adventurers who [...]

The 85-year-old passenger of a vehicle involved in a serious collision west of Owen Sound Monday morning has died. The passenger, from Muskoka Lakes, was transported to a trauma centre with life-threatening injuries Monday morning following the single-vehicle collision at the Highway 21 roundabout at Alvanley. Police said Tuesday the passenger died from their injuries. [...]

Bruce Power's bid to expand output by up to 4,800 megawatts at its Tiverton site, in what could be Canada's first nuclear construction project in more than 30 years, reached a new milestone this week. As part of its pre-development work - for which the federal government agreed to fund up to $50 million -Bruce [...]

After dropping for five consecutive months the region's unemployment rate rose 0.4 percentage points in July to 2.8 per cent. According to a report by the Four County Labour Market Planning Board, which covers the area of Bruce, Grey, Huron and Perth counties, the region's overall population grew by 400 in July while the labour [...]

Home sales in Grey-Bruce increased nearly 10 per cent in July but didn't outpace the rise in new stock. According to a monthly report by the REALTORS Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound (RAGBOS), home sales rose 9.2 per cent year-over-year in July but remained 7.4 per cent below the five-year average and 13.8 per [...]