Owen Sound Sun Times

"Keeping a live animal in captivity for an annual gimmick is animal abuse."

Amelia Sutter is terrified of the impact changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program will mean for her future. The 18-year-old St. Mary's High School student is excited about attending George Brown College in Toronto in the fall in an acting program, but is fearful about the costs that come with moving away from home [...]

The Owen Sound Police Service's emergency communications centre has introduced an artificial intelligence answering system to support non-emergency calls. On Wednesday, the OSPS announced that the communications centre was partnering with Hyper AI to launch CARA - Community Assistance and Response Agent. The system is designed to support the management of non-emergency communications, general inquiries [...]

Motorists in Bruce County are being asked to exercise caution when driving due to localized flooding on some roadways. Several roads across Grey and Bruce remained closed on Thursday morning after heavy rains and snowmelt caused area waterways to spill their banks in some areas. Flood watches by both the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority and [...]

Veronica Smith is back as chief of the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. Smith was elected in a byelection held on Friday after former chief Darlene Johnston resigned for medical reasons on Nov. 24, just months after she was acclaimed to the position in early August. Smith served as chief at Neyaashiinigmiing for the [...]

Ontario's Connecting Links program will fund $5 million for the reconstruction of Toronto Street in Markdale. The Municipality of Grey Highlands is reconstructing Toronto Street North and Toronto Street South (provincial Highway 10) in Markdale and the province will chip in. Highway 10/Toronto Street is a critical asset in the community of Markdale," said Bruce-Grey-Owen [...]

The provincial government is helping Grey Highlands and Northern Bruce Peninsula with recovery costs from last year's ice storm. Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Paul Vickers announced in a media release Tuesday that Grey Highlands will receive $36,000 while North Bruce Peninsula gets $75,000. The funding is part of Ontario's $90 million Municipal Ice Storm Assistance program [...]

Emergency services from several communities responded to the rescue call for 23 anglers stranded on an ice floe and local emergency departments prepared for the worst.

A pair of Owen Sound city councillors raised concerns about vehicles parked on the sidewalk south of the Julie McArthur Regional rec centre. Councillors Jon Farmer and Travis Dodd both said Monday they regularly see vehicles parked on the sidewalk. Farmer said sometimes it is one vehicle, but on Thursday there were three, with one [...]

Details on the project to be shared during public information session on March 19

Staff to present options for county council's consideration on March 26

The roller coaster that is the 2025-26 Owen Sound Attack took another dive on Tuesday. The Owen Sound Attack lost 2-1 in overtime to the Brampton Steelheads, whose playoff hopes are hanging on by a thread in the Eastern Conference. Owen Sound picked up a single point in the defeat and are now two points [...]

A local developer is asking Owen Sound to make some changes to its regulations to permit taller residential buildings in the city to save costs, speed up the building process and attract development. CJ Palumbi, operations manager with Van Dolder Developments, was at Owen Sound council on Monday with a request that the city update [...]

Saugeen Valley Conservation issued a flood warning for Brockton Wednesday after a creek overflowed its banks in Walkerton. Heavy thunderstorms moved through the watershed early Wednesday morning, bringing widespread rainfall of 30 to 45 millimetres. Silver Creek in Walkerton has overflowed its banks, and flooding has been observed upstream of Durham Street. Additional rainfall of [...]

Exports from the Arab Gulf normally exceed 1.5 million tonnes of urea per month, meaning even short-term disruptions can quickly tighten global supply

Wiarton Willie made his first prediction in 2023, and his last just over a month ago. The hopeful groundhog predicted an early spring every year.

Owen Sound has received a $37,250 provincial grant that will be put toward hiring a consultant to prepare a plan to address some worn out and damaged streetscape features in the downtown. City council approved a motion Monday directing corporate services director Pam Coulter to execute the contribution agreement for the Rural Ontario Development Program [...]

Police shot and killed a dog that attacked them during a traffic stop in Owen Sound Saturday evening. While arresting the driver of a vehicle on a charge of impaired driving, a dog that was in the suspect's truck attacked and bit an officer several times, Owen Sound police said in a news release Monday. [...]

Temperatures were well above freezing in Shallow Lake on Saturday, but that was little comfort to those shivering folks who participated in the polar plunge in support of Special Olympics Ontario. Kody Lyons, Grey Bruce OPP officer and one of the event's organizers, said the water used to fill up the lined metal bin was [...]

A total of 23 anglers became stranded when an ice shelf broke away from shore near Owen Sound on Sunday afternoon leading to an all-hands-on-deck rescue operation.

With his California parents and B.C.-based billet parents in the stands to help celebrate his 21st birthday, Lenny Greenberg had a career night.

Pierce Mbuyi is the Owen Sound Attack's newest team captain. The Owen Sound Attack announced the move in a media release Saturday afternoon. The 17-year-old NHL draft prospect will wear the C' that's been vacated since the trade of David Bedkowski to Ottawa on Jan. 8. The former OHL rookie of the year is the [...]

Georgian College's CEO said unfreezing tuition will ensure greater financial security for colleges across the province, including the Owen Sound campus. In a statement provided to the Sun Times, Kevin Weaver said the provincial government's announcement that it's thawing out a tuition freeze in place since 2019 is an important step in addressing the long-term [...]

An ice jam caused the Bighead River to spill over a retaining wall in Meaford near where it bends at Bayfield Street and Trowbridge Street East on Saturday afternoon. The municipality said in a media release that localized flooding occurred along the Bighead River as ice jammed the river's flow between the Bridge Street Bridge [...]

All that positive momentum, gone in the blink of an eye. Inside the eye of the Storm. The Owen Sound Attack have been looking for any excuse to feel good about themselves lately. It's been hard since about Halloween. But lately, with the team riding a five-game point streak and inching up in the Western [...]

Ontario's big battery project on Georgian Bay has formally begun the Government of Canada's Impact Assessment process. TC Energy's proposed Ontario Pumped Storage Project submitted its Initial Project Description to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC). The planning phase is the first of five phases under the federal impact assessment framework. The IAAC has [...]

From magic to movies, crafting to cooking, storytelling to sculpting and much more, libraries and museums in Grey-Bruce have a variety of activities lined up for families looking for some fun this March Break. Bruce County Public Library At the Bruce County Public Library, they are touting enchanting experiences involving science, magical creatures, magic tricks [...]

An Owen Sound man has been charged in connection with a collision on Owen Sound's east side last month that left a female pedestrian dead. Owen Sound police said Friday that a 66-year-old man has been charged with careless driving causing death in relation to an incident where a pedestrian was struck while crossing the [...]

The Bluewater District School Board has expanded its tutoring support for students after a difficult winter with frequent bus cancellations and occasional school closures. The board is making its Learning Lift: BWDSB Virtual After-Hours Tutoring is now available to students in grades 4 to 8 from Monday to Thursday between 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. until [...]

A concerned citizen is being credited with helping police locate a suspected impaired driver in Owen Sound on Thursday. The citizen was at a local business when they noticed a female walking erratically and twitching uncontrollably before entering a vehicle and driving away, Owen Sound police said in a news release. Police officers located the [...]

A new Amazon Delivery Service Partner Hub has opened in Owen Sound's industrial park. The facility is part of Amazon's last-mile delivery network, with packages shipped from an Amazon delivery station in the GTA to the facility where they are loaded onto delivery vehicles for the final journey to customers' homes. The Owen Sound facility [...]

The Port Elgin Beach Preservers say they want their little patch of paradise back. Saugeen Shores said on Monday that it was taking action against the proponents of the Cedar Crescent Village project at Port Elgin's main beach after developers failed to reach previously extended construction timeline targets. The town and Ontario numbered company 2706913 [...]

Georgian Bluffs is making some revisions to its short-term accommodation licensing program this year to save some costs and to make the program run more efficiently. At its meeting on Wednesday, council passed a motion to revise the program in a number of areas. Among the changes adopted were: requiring inspections to be done biannually [...]

Grey Sauble Conservation issued a flood outlook statement on Wednesday afternoon due to warming temperatures, though major flooding is not expected. Current weather forecasts call for temperatures to rise above 10 C on Friday and Saturday, with 10 to 40 millimetres of rain expected at the same time. Grey Sauble Conservation said recent snow surveys [...]

The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority is warning of the potential for extremely hazardous conditions and flooding from considerable snowmelt and runoff into local watercourses in the coming days. On Wednesday afternoon, the SVCA issued a flood outlook statement for all 15 of its municipalities due to the expected conditions caused by warming temperatures over the [...]

Approximately 20 specialists currently 'scattered' around the city would move into facility

The Walkerton Riverhawks senior boys' basketball team are CWOSSA champions, and now hope to keep the medals coming at the provincial championships.

Students from the Bluewater District and Bruce-Grey Catholic District school boards have advanced to upcoming skills competitions after strong showings at the regional event last week. The top three welding students from each board have moved on to the Skills Ontario Qualifying Competitions in Barrie on April 11, while the top finishers in the precision [...]

The Owen Sound Attack are adding a free-agent forward from Wisconsin for the 2026-27 season. On Tuesday, Owen Sound announced the signing of Mack Diggins, 17, to a standard player development and scholarship agreement. The six-foot-one, 180-pound forward is currently playing with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs in the Tier II North American Hockey League. He'll [...]

Owen Sound officials want Grey County to put the brakes on a proposal to download more than 15 kilometres of county roads that run through the city. City council voted at a special meeting on Monday not to approve a proposed transfer agreement with the county at this time, citing unresolved financial, operational and equity [...]

The Town of Saugeen Shores said it's taking the proponent of the Port Elgin Beach development to court after the project has been stalled for over half a decade.

The province's Special Investigations Unit has designated one subject official and two witness officials in its investigation into a police-involved shooting that left a man dead south of Port Elgin on Feb. 21. A spokesperson for the civilian law enforcement agency provided an update on Monday with the details on the designation of officials. No [...]

It's been a struggle in Attackland this year. There are eight games left in the regular season. Then, whatever this team can do in the playoffs. A lot is at stake, sure, for the fans and the franchise. The coaching staff and the management. No one likes to lose. But more so, losing sucks for [...]

A polar plunge and charity hockey game in support of local Special Olympians will be held in Shallow Lake on Saturday. Grey Bruce OPP is working with the Inter Township Fire department and Township of Georgian Bluffs for their 2026 Polar Plunge at the Shallow Lake and District Community Centre. The event begins at 1 [...]

The Owen Sound North Stars junior B squad picked up a pair of veteran players from Listowel in recent trades. Looking to build off a sixth-place finish in the Western Conference in 2025, the North Stars have added Nathan Coverdale and Logan Reyes. For Coverdale, the Cambridge Highlanders received Jessy Doolittle and cash considerations. Owen [...]

Timing is everything, and the Owen Sound Attack might just be getting hot at the right time. After a disappointing overtime loss to the last-place Oshawa Generals at home this past Thursday, Owen Sound popped down to Pennsylvania and took two games from the Erie Otters. Sure, one may argue Owen Sound is playing through [...]

From November through January, Safe n Sound has seen more than 200 different people overnight.

The new police station meets today's policing standards and allows officers to provide the best service possible to the community, West Grey Police Chief Jeremy White said.

A homeless man in Hanover was stabbed in the face and upper body and town are asking for anyone with information to come forward. Hanover Police Service said in a news release Friday that the assault happened on Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. near the intersection of 10th Avenue and 12th Street in Hanover. A 35-year-old [...]

Grey County has increased its admission fees at its Grey Roots Museum and Archives for the first time since 2020. The changes were approved when county council passed a bylaw updating its fees and service charges at its meeting on Thursday. With the changes, most admission fees at Grey Roots have increased by between $2 [...]