Owen Sound Sun Times

The Owen Sound Attack’s rookie class is helping captain Mark Woolley raise money for Diabetes Canada with an online auction in support of Woolley’s Warriors. As part of their high school leadership class, the rookies have organized a fundraiser through DASH Auction. Items up for bid include signed jerseys from NHLer Nicklas Backstrom, Maple Leafs […]

The company proposing to build an 829-unit housing development across from Georgian College in Owen Sound has scheduled a meeting for Dec. 1 to receive public input on the plan. Markham-based Flato Developments is planning to hold the drop-in “community engagement meeting” from 4 to 8 p.m. at Best Western Inn on the Bay. Flato […]

Nick Chenard made all three stops in the shootout and Sam Sedley scored as Greg Walters tapped three defencemen in the post-overtime skills competition to pull out a 3-2 victory over the Guelph Storm Friday night inside the Sleeman Centre. Nolan Seed and Andrew Perrott had their shootout shots turned aside by Jacob Oster, but […]

It’s the end of an era in the crease for the Owen Sound Attack. The Attack dealt over-age goaltender Mack Guzda to the Barrie Colts for a pair of draft picks Friday afternoon. The picks include a third-round selection in the 2023 OHL Priority Selection and the fifth-round pick in 2022. A former 31st-overall pick […]

A trial concerning Saugeen First Nation’s claim to the popular strip of beach north of the “Welcome to Sauble Beach” sign will begin Tuesday, not Monday as previously scheduled, due to what the court administration said were technical reasons. The Superior Court of Justice will hear this case, tried in civil court in Toronto. It […]

Andrew Armitage, a local historian, author, book reviewer and prolific reader who served as Owen Sound’s chief librarian from 1973 to 2000, has died. The Leith resident, who had a long-running book review column in The Sun Times and wrote roughly 10,000 scripts as the “Georgian Bay Explorer,” died Thursday at his home. He was […]

It’s approaching four years since Nolan Panchyshyn’s parents last saw their 20-year-old son. Friday, the day David Beattie was sentenced to nine years for killing him and assisting in dismembering and hiding their son’s remains, they said they want to move on. They would have preferred a little longer prison sentence but they respect the […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported a single new COVID-19 case Friday, in Southgate. The newly added case meant there were 28 active COVID-19 cases and 135 high-risk associated contacts as of just before midnight on Thursday in the two counties. The health unit is reporting 2,485 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Grey-Bruce since the […]

A legal dispute involving Saugeen First Nation’s claim to ownership of a big chunk of Sauble Beach, one of the most popular beaches in Ontario, goes to court Monday in Toronto. The band argues it is owed about 2.25 kilometres (1.4 miles) of beach to the north of the landmark “Welcome to Sauble Beach” sign […]

A Wiarton landmark was well on its way to being demolished Thursday. The white Caframo warehouse building, with its orange roof visible across Colpoys Bay, is being demolished. Deterioration was too great and refurbishment wasn’t feasible, the long-time local company’s president, Tony Solecki, announced in a news release. The building was constructed in 1902 by […]

Two YMCA 2021 Peace Medals were bestowed Thursday to honour those who established the Potter’s Field Memorial and the Gitche Namewikwedong Reconciliation Garden in Owen Sound. Ys across Canada award Peace Medals every year and the local Y has honoured 23 people and 14 groups for their peace-building work. The presentations take place between Nov. […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported three new local cases of COVID-19 Thursday — the same day the province saw its largest increase in new cases since late September. Two of the new local cases were from Arran-Elderslie, while the third was from Grey Highlands. There are now 30 confirmed active cases of the virus […]

The Georgian Bay Symphony is returning to live performances for their annual Christmas concert early next month. It will be the first in-person event, since COVID-19 took hold, for the community orchestra, which opened the 2021-22 season with a virtual concert in October after pivoting to an all-digital schedule last season due to the pandemic. […]

Georgian Bluffs has secured an agreement to sell off its Wiarton-Keppel International Airport. Mayor Dwight Burley confirmed the township has inked an agreement of purchase and sale with a buyer for the facility. The transaction is set to close Dec. 17. Burley said until that happens, the township will not be releasing details of the […]

Grey Bruce Health Unit reported four new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. Two were confirmed in Owen Sound, while Saugeen Shores and Southgate each had one confirmed case. The health unit is following 27 active cases and 121 high-risk contacts of people who tested positive for COVID. Since the start of the pandemic, Grey-Bruce has recorded […]

Just over a week ago the Owen Sound North Stars junior B executive organization chart was bare. Mark Rouse planned to step down as team president after 11 years at the helm. Only secretary Ted Kitto was named to a role, with Rouse staying on as past president to ostensibly do the same job without […]

South Bruce Peninsula has begun accepting licence applications for short-term rental properties. Owners or property managers of residential dwellings that provide temporary accommodations of up to 30 consecutive days will be required, starting Jan. 1, to have a licence from the town. Mayor Janice Jackson said the municipality is urging operators to apply for a […]

Dale DeGray and the Owen Sound Attack are hoping a change in scenery will help a skilled veteran tap into a store of offensive potential. Owen Sound sent a 12th-round pick in the 2024 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection to the Mississauga Steelheads Wednesday for 19-year-old forward William Portokalis. The Mississauga native was originally a […]

South Bruce Peninsula is returning to a fully in-house bylaw enforcement model in the new year as the town continues to see demand for the service grow amid increasing visitor numbers. Council approved a staff recommendation Tuesday to authorize the transition from the current hybrid model of both contracted and in-house enforcement. The new model […]

The Bells of Christmas were quickly snapped up and gifts are already rolling in to be delivered to Owen Sound-area long-term care and nursing homes. The program, designed to provide gifts for lonely seniors at Christmastime, is once again proving to be a success, said an organizer. “It is a wonderful experience to be involved […]

A precautionary boil water advisory has been lifted for the Lion’s Head water system. The Grey Bruce Health Unit announced Tuesday evening that the advisory had been lifted by the Northern Bruce Peninsula in consultation with the health unit and the Ontario Clean Water Agency. The advisory was issued Saturday evening following a water main […]

A new case of COVID-19 in Huron-Kinloss and one in Meaford were reported by the Grey Bruce Health Unit Tuesday. The health unit now is managing 26 active, confirmed cases, plus 137 high-risk contacts of confirmed cases. One Grey-Bruce resident is in a local hospital due to the pandemic virus, the health unit’s situation report […]

Following what staff described as a “generally successful” paid-parking pilot program at Memorial Park in Meaford, council will now discuss expanding the program in 2022. During Monday’s committee of the whole meeting, councillors approved a motion to recommend the permanent continuation of the paid-parking program at Memorial Park while directing staff to expand the program […]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford made a stop in Dundalk Monday, where he was photographed at a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new health clinic. The government’s final approval for the 17,000-square-foot South East Grey Community Health Centre in Dundalk has not been granted yet and Ford didn’t announce whether it would be. But Southgate Mayor John […]

Blue Mountains Deputy-mayor Rob Potter is being remembered as someone who worked tirelessly for the community, even as his health deteriorated in recent months. Mr. Potter died Sunday at the age of 65. Blue Mountains Mayor Alar Soever said Tuesday that he enjoyed working with Mr. Potter and his commitment to the community was second […]

The owner of two American Bully dogs deemed by West Grey to be pit bulls and seized earlier this year is taking the municipality to court. After an eight-month dispute, Nove and Dexter are home with the Wheeler family in Varney, but now Deanna Wheeler is seeking nearly $35,000 to recoup boarding costs and for […]

The city will be referring to Owen Sound’s 9.86-hectare waterfront park as “Kelso Beach at Nawash Park” as it works to create a new 10-year master plan for the west-side site. Community services director Pam Coulter said the park — which is on traditional Anishinaabe territory, near the original Nawash village, and home to the […]

South Bruce OPP are asking for the public’s help finding a trailer containing tools and equipment estimated to be valued at more than $35,000. On Thursday, just before 8:30 a.m., police received a report of a theft of a trailer from Main Street North in Elmwood. Sometime between midnight on Nov. 5 and 8 a.m. […]

Grey Bruce Health Services now says any staff member or physician who is not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 3 “will no longer be employed” with the hospital corporation. The updated vaccination policy does not apply to employees with an approved medical exemption. “We must be able to reassure the public that we are […]

Three people have been charged after police received a report of a theft at the Port Elgin WalMart on Nov. 9. The Saugeen Shores Police received the report of the theft and a detailed description of the vehicle was provided by staff at that time, it said in a news release. Police located a vehicle […]

Opening ceremonies return for the 34th annual Festival of Northern Lights on Saturday, starting at 6 p.m. by the farmers’ market in downtown Owen Sound. The lights and related entertainment, on the east side of the river this year, will come at the end of a day of family-friendly events starting at 2 p.m. along […]

In an effort to find new ways to produce revenue, Owen Sound will look into a tax on hotel, bed & breakfast and other short-term stays. City council unanimously approved a motion during budget deliberations Friday that directs staff to present a report “sometime in 2022” regarding a potential municipal accommodation tax for stays under […]

Hanover police have arrested a man and closed nearly 30 cases. On Nov. 9, following an in-depth investigation by the Hanover police that culminated with a foot-chase and subsequent arrest of a suspect in the downtown, the man was charged with criminal offences that include multiple counts of break and enter, possession of stolen property […]

A precautionary boil water advisory for Lion’s Head remianed in effect Monday after a water main break on the weekend. Northern Bruce Peninsula, in consultation with the Grey Bruce Health Unit and Ontario Clean Water Agency, issued the advisory after the break Saturday night. At about 10 p.m. the water main break in the municipal […]

A mother and daughter from Durham have been arrested and charged after a series of thefts from Owen Sound businesses on Sunday. An alert store employee observed two women stealing several items from an eastside retail business, Owen Sound police said in a release. The employee contacted the Owen Sound Police Service and watched the […]

The Owen Sound Santa Claus Parade is back following its traditional route, but at a different time than what people may be used to. The Kiwanis Club of Owen Sound will present their 76th annual parade on Saturday, but instead of their usual morning start time, the event has been moved to 5 p.m. “Our […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported three new COVID-19 cases in the region on Sunday. The new cases were in Brockton, Saugeen Shores and South Bruce, according to Sunday’s Situation report, which includes case counts and vaccine data up to midnight on Saturday. There are 29 active cases in Grey-Bruce, along with 248 active high-risk […]

The days are growing colder just as the Owen Sound Attack are heating up. The Bayshore Boys won their third-straight game 3-1 over the Guelph Storm Saturday night in Owen Sound. It’s their fifth-straight game with a point. The team hasn’t dropped a Saturday night contest at home since back on Oct. 9 against the […]

Grey-Bruce added two new COVID-19 cases on Saturday. There are now 30 active cases of the virus in the region after cases were confirmed in Hanover and Saugeen Shores, according to the Grey Bruce Health Unit’s latest Situation Report, which includes case counts and data up to midnight on Friday. There are 244 active high-risk […]

A draft development plan extension request went back to Grey County council on Friday after residents at Lora Bay raised concerns and the extension wasn’t supported by the Town of The Blue Mountains council. On Friday, Grey County council approved the one-year extension to Dec. 12, 2022 of the draft plan of condominium’s lapsing date, […]

Grey County has hired an all-encompassing architect firm for its new Rockwood Terrace long-term care home in Durham at a cost of more than $2.5-million. During its regular meeting on Friday, Grey County council endorsed a resolution from its Long Term Care Redevelopment Task Force to award a contract for just over $2.5 million to […]

The Owen Sound Attack scored four-unanswered goals in a dominant third period to come from behind and beat the Kitchener Rangers 4-2 at the Aud Friday. In what was undoubtedly the best period of hockey this season for the Attack, four different goal scorers netted even-strength markers and Mark Woolley battled Roman Schmidt in a […]

The St. Mary’s Mustangs high school football dynasty lives on. The ‘Stangs shutout cross-city rival Owen Sound District 9-0 to win a seventh-straight Bluewater Athletic Association football title Friday afternoon at Victoria Park. “It’s so surreal. It’s insane. To be playing in your last game . . . we just wanted to leave it all […]

Grey County is moving to purchase a building on 14th Street West in Owen Sound to serve as transitional and supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness. At its meeting on Friday, Grey County council passed a resolution that pursuant to the terms of a conditional agreement of purchase and sale, the county purchase the land […]

Owen Sound plans to discuss the future of a policy that exempts purpose-built rental housing projects from paying development fees, which has resulted in the city conditionally waiving just over $1 million in the fees in the past two years. Council voted unanimously at a capital budget session Friday to direct staff to present a […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit reported seven new COVID-19 cases on Friday and the dismissal of some more classes at local schools. The new cases included two in West Grey and one each in Arran-Elderslie, Brockton, Grey Highlands, Hanover and Saugeen Shores. The health unit also announced Friday that a cohort – or class – […]

A 17-year-old has been charged with uttering threats after an incident in Kincardine on Thursday that resulted in a hold and secure at Kincardine District Senior School. Just after 1 p.m. police received information that threats were being made by an individual in Kincardine, South Bruce OPP said in a news release. The local school […]

The Bells of Christmas are back, with hopes of spreading Christmas cheer by providing gifts to lonely seniors at Owen Sound-area long-term care and nursing homes. The Christmas tree, adorned with approximately 150 crocheted bells, was set up in the lobby at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre on Friday morning. It is the sixth […]

Retired Master Warrant Officer Steve Lehman says seeing the large crowd — particularly the many young children — at Owen Sound’s Remembrance Day ceremony shows the sacrifices of veterans are not forgotten. “I don’t want to get a lump in the throat or teary-eyed, but it warms the heart,” he said in an interview shortly […]