Owen Sound Sun Times

A full tank of gas is in the plans for a Flesherton man after he won $100,000 playing the lottery. Winston “Jarrett” Hawkins, 42, said he planned to celebrate his win playing Instant 21 with a cottage vacation by the lake with his girlfriend, according to a news release from the OLG on Wednesday announcing […]

A large stash of stolen items, including classic cars and trailers, were recovered after a search warrant was executed in Huron-Kinloss last week. In a news release issued on Wednesday, South Bruce OPP said members of the OPP Community Street Crimes Unit, South Bruce OPP Major Crimes Unit and West Region OPP Emergency Response Team […]

An Owen Sound man was charged with impaired driving after a car was found stuck on top of a headstone at Greenwood Cemetery early Tuesday evening. Shortly after 6:15 p.m., Owen Sound police responded to a report of a vehicle that had lost control while driving through the cemetery. When they arrived, officers located a […]

A Flesherton woman and her husband drove to Pearson International Airport to receive a family of six western Ukrainians Tuesday, the second family she has helped introduce to Canada. They’re among seven families — 32 people — Susanne von Toerne has lined up to come to Canada or found housing for here. Von Toerne first […]

The purple people eaters from Shelburne swallowed up the Grey Highlands Lions’ comeback attempt Tuesday afternoon in Owen Sound to secure the CWOSSA A/AA girls rugby championship. The Centre Dufferin District High School Royals topped the Grey Highlands Lions 22-12 at Victoria Park in Owen Sound to take the title. Both teams have earned a […]

If you’re a Huron-Bruce riding voter, there are a few places in Bruce County where you may cast your ballot before the June 2 provincial election. You may vote at the Kincardine Elections Ontario satellite office, at the Kincardine Curling Club, at 277 Penetangore Row in Kincardine. Voting hours are: Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. […]

The province’s Special Investigations Unit has terminated its investigation into the arrest of a woman in Owen Sound in early April. On April 3, a 57-year-old woman was arrested by Owen Sound Police Service officers on the strength of an outstanding warrant, the SIU said in a news release issued on Tuesday. The following day, […]

Advance polls for the June 2 provincial election will be open a few more days in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound. Until June 1, people can vote in person before the election at the returning office in Owen Sound, in the Grey County Sydenham Campus, 1130 8th St. E. Similarly, advance polls will be open until June 1 […]

The Grey Bruce OPP’s major crime unit has arrested and charged a 42-year-old Owen Sound woman after investigating and recovering stolen items from a high-value art theft in Springmount late last year. On Nov. 27, 2021, Grey Bruce OPP officers responded to a business on Shane Street in Georgian Bluffs where it was discovered a […]

A section of Hanover’s downtown reopened more than five days after it was shut down by a major fire. The downtown reopened for vehicles and pedestrians just before 7 a.m. on Tuesday after portions of heavily damaged buildings were demolished over the weekend. Hanover Police Chief Chris Knoll said via Twitter on Tuesday morning that […]

The fourth annual “Git Yer Hillbilly On” Mount Forest Ribfest will return to the Mount Forest and District Sports Complex July 14. The family-friendly event will take place from 5 to 9 p.m. and is a kickoff event for the Mount Forest Fireworks Festival. The 2022 edition of the Mount Forest Ribfest will be licensed and […]

A 71-year-old cyclist who was killed in a collision involving a motorcycle on Highway 26 at Grey Road 113 in The Blue Mountains earlier this month has been identified by the OPP as Blue Mountains resident Leslie Irvine Beattie. In a media release, the OPP say they are continuing their investigation into the fatal collision, […]

A house fire near downtown Owen Sound resulted in the death of a family’s dog Monday morning. Owen Sound Fire Chief Phil Eagleson said the family of four who lives at the home on the corner of 11th and 2nd Avenue West were visiting family when a fire started in their kitchen. A person using […]

A photomosaic mural created to celebrate the city’s sesquicentennial, located on the north side of the Shopper’s Clothing building adjacent to the Scotia Bank Parkette (851 2nd Avenue East), is being decommissioned the city said in a news release. Work will then start on planning for a new piece to “enrich the city’s urban core”, […]

The Owen Sound Bug Juice North Stars senior B club are returning home with a 2-2 record after a four-game road trip to start their 2022 Ontario Series Lacrosse campaign. The North Stars host Six Nations Saturday afternoon at the Bayshore in their home opener, scheduled for 3 p.m., and the expansion Clearview Crushers, Sunday […]

It’s not an ideal finish to an entertaining back-and-forth game but the Owen Sound North Stars seemed somewhat satisfied with a 12-12 draw Sunday afternoon against the always tough Six Nations Rebels at the Bayshore. The tie moves the North Stars’ record to 5-3-1 near the midway point of the 20-game season while the Rebels […]

The evacuation centre at the P&H Centre in Hanover closed, as alternate accommodations have been found for residents displaced by the early-morning fire that gutted a large rooming house and business on the town’s main street Thursday. Hanover’s Emergency Control Group made the decision to close the evacuation centre knowing displaced residents’ needs for shelter […]

Community Foundation Grey Bruce released a data-driven housing report last week showing people traditionally thought of as “middle class” in the region are being priced out of affordable housing options. The Vital Focus on Housing report was created with the Community Foundation of Canada’s Vital Signs initiative, which measures community wellbeing through data-driven programming. It […]

Community Foundation Grey Bruce released its data-driven housing report last week showing people traditionally thought of as “middle class” in the region are being priced out of affordable housing options. The Vital Focus on Housing report was created with the Community Foundation of Canada’s Vital Signs initiative, which measures community wellbeing through data-driven programming and […]

The weather failed to cooperate, but it didn’t stop some defiant and determined beachgoers from celebrating the unofficial kick-off to summer at Sauble Beach Saturday. Despite a severe thunderstorm watch issued – and subsequently ended – by Environment Canada in the early morning hours Saturday, and with disregard for the overcast skies and temperatures in […]

The Grey Highlands Lions are on the hunt for another CWOSSA A/AA girls rugby championship. The Lions went 2-0 Friday during the CWOSSA A/AA pool play schedule Friday at Victoria Park in Owen Sound and will now face Shelburne’s Centre Dufferin District in the gold-medal game Tuesday at 1 p.m. Grey Highlands is coming off […]

Lake Huron whitefish are being tagged with transmitters to track their movements, the first time an acoustic telemetry project of this scale has been done in the lake. The “pings” from transmitters surgically implanted in the fish are detected by receivers placed on the bottom of the lake at various locations. Information recorded at these […]

The Owen Sound District Wolves fell to the Brantford Collegiate Institute Mustangs in their bid to be crowned Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association AAA girls rugby champions. The BCI Mustangs topped Owen Sound 22-12 in Friday’s CWOSSA final at Bisons Alumni North Park Sports Complex in Brantford. With the win, the Mustangs qualify for […]

Final arguments ended Thursday in a 32-year-old legal dispute over ownership of part of the beach at Sauble Beach, a tourist destination the local municipality wants to keep. Superior Court Justice Susan Vella reserved her decision and no return date was set. The Toronto hearing was broadcast on YouTube this week. Saugeen First Nation, which […]

Water use restrictions have been lifted on Kincardine’s main drinking water system. With the system’s reservoir back online, the municipality announced on Thursday that restrictions implemented late last month had been lifted. But residents on the system can expect another water conservation period in October, with full reservoir repairs being delayed until then. On April […]

Brunette a Jack Adams finalist One of the best junior hockey players to ever pass through the Scenic City is a finalist for the National Hockey League’s coach of the year award. Andrew Brunette, who played three seasons for the Owen Sound Platers from 1990 to 1993 and is the team’s second all-time leading scorer […]

Attack rookie Cal Uens won the Ontario Hockey League’s Ivan Tennant Memorial Award presented annually to the league’s top academic high school student. Uens achieved a 98.7 per cent average in studies at Owen Sound District Secondary School, excelling in Business Leadership (100%), a pair of English courses (98%, 99%) and Challenge and Change in […]

Part of Hanover’s downtown is expected to remain closed for the weekend, while various community services continue to help the dozens of people displaced after a major fire in the town on Thursday morning. The town’s mayor, Sue Paterson, declared an emergency following a meeting of the Emergency Control Group, increasing the town’s ability to […]

The Owen Sound North Stars clawed back from a 7-1 deficit against the Guelph Regals to force overtime, but couldn’t bag a fourth-straight win in Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League action Thursday night at the Bayshore. The Regals scored the only two goals in the extra frame to earn the 15-13 victory and improve to […]

GIRLS RUGBY The Owen Sound District Wolves are headed to the Central Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association (CWOSSA) triple-A championship. The Wolves went 2-0 through pool play Wednesday at Brantford’s Bison Alumni North Park Sports Complex to finish first in Pool B and earn a berth into the championship game. Friday’s championship contest is set […]

Grey Bruce Health Services warned Thursday of possible temporary closures of emergency departments at any of its rural sites due to staff shortages. The hospital corporation issued a news release to announce the prospect of closing the emergency department in Lion’s Head, Wiarton, Southampton, Meaford or Markdale due particularly to physician shortages but also nursing […]

Mask mandates have been lifted most places since mid-March and many people seem to have quit wearing masks in public places, a decision the local medical officer of health said is appropriate. “Of course we’re not out of the woods yet but the level of risk that require restrictions is not there,” Dr. Ian Arra […]

Rick Howald was asleep in the rooming house in Hanover he has called home for almost a year when the fire alarm went off Thursday. Immediately he could see and smell the smoke and knew he had to get out. “I went across the roof and came down the back on the fire escape,” Howald […]

Owen Sound police charged an 81-year-old school bus monitor with sexual offences after they say two girls were touched “inappropriately in a sexual manner on an area school bus.” The suspect is an Owen Sound man who was a school bus monitor for a local bus company, city police Insp. Dave Bishop said in a […]

Grey Highlands and Westway Capital are set to close their hotly contested $2.5 million deal for the municipally owned former Talisman Resort lands near Kimberley later this month. A motion to advance the closing date for the sale of the municipal lands at the former resort property to May 25 was carried at Tuesday’s council […]

Firefighters from multiple departments were continuing to fight a fire at a rooming house in Hanover hours after it started early Thursday morning. In a news release issued by the Hanover Police Service just after 9 a.m., it said it was believed that everyone had escaped from the building, however due to the transient nature […]

Durham Furniture has purchased the local Vokes Furniture brand and now the former Vokes Furniture company has a new name and new mission to meet an exploding home outdoor sauna demand. Mike Vokes has opened True North Saunas to build barrel-style outdoor saunas and others with less expensive pine in a market dominated by pricier […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is holding a vaccination clinic on Friday for those who have added their names to a waiting list to receive the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. The clinic, for individuals wanting to receive a first or second dose of the protein-based, non mRNA vaccine, will be held at the Grey Bruce Health […]

EPCOR is continuing a multiyear project to bring natural gas to communities in southern Bruce County. The company announced last week that construction was recommencing on the service in a number of communities, with work already starting in Inverhuron, Chesley and Point Clark, with Paisley and Lurgan Beach resuming in the coming weeks. Crews will […]

Long-time local secondary school administrator Melissa McEwen will assume the position of superintendent of education on Sept. 1, upon the retirement of Sheryl Elliott, the Bluewater District School Board announced this week. McEwen was a vice-principal at the former Chesley District High School and John Diefenbaker Secondary (now Senior) School, and a principal at Saugeen […]

A Southampton pharmacist instrumental in distributing COVID-19 vaccines and who helped shape the region’s response to the pandemic as part of the Grey-Bruce vaccine distribution task force has been named Ontario’s Pharmacist of the Year. Kristen Watt, the owner of Kristen’s Pharmacy, won the Ontario Pharmacy Association’s annual award for outstanding achievement in all areas […]

The Sauble Area Medical Clinic has made a final donation toward the purchase of a point of care ultrasound for the critical care unit at the Owen Sound hospital. On Tuesday it was announced that the clinic had provided $63,700 to the Owen Sound Regional Hospital Foundation for the project. The contribution brings its total […]

A pair of local communities will participate in a national program aimed at fostering respectful government-to-government partnerships between First Nations and neighbouring municipalities to jointly implement long-term plans for community economic development initiatives and land use. Saugeen Shores and Saugeen First Nation are one of eight partnerships accepted by the Council for the Advancement of […]

It’s called the ultimate test of human will. Season nine of the History channel’s reality TV survival series Alone premieres on May 26 and features Owen Sound doctor Teimojin Tan. The premise of the show is simple, 10 contestants equipped with just 10 items of their choosing are dropped into a remote wilderness valley along […]

The head of the local real estate board says the Grey-Bruce market is showing signs of leveling off from the frenzied buying that had been taking place over the past couple of years. Steve Dickie, president of the Realtors Association of Grey Bruce Owen Sound, said Tuesday that local agents are starting to again see […]

An area of Harrison Park has been temporarily closed after there was a diesel spill in a parking lot. A small amount of diesel fuel from an unknown source was spilled in the parking lot at the park on Monday, the city said in a news release. City staff and the Owen Sound Fire Department […]

Fun isn’t hard with Owen Sound’s new OPEN Card. The soon-to-launch OPEN Card grants cardholders free membership and access to The Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Billy Bishop Museum and Marine and Rail Waterfront Museum. As an additional benefit, through the TOM’s affiliation with the Ontario Association of […]

Two people were airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a crash in Huron-Kinloss on Sunday. Just before 4 p.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Bruce Rd. 7 and Concession 10 in the former Huron Township. Officers responded with Bruce County Paramedics and members of the […]

The Owen Sound District Wolves shut out the Grey Highlands Lions 35-0 Monday afternoon at OSDSS to win the Bluewater Athletic Association senior girls rugby championship and cap off another undefeated season. Claire Vokes had two tries in the contest while Grace Vokes, Madeline Matcheski, Jamie Norman, and Laiki Mckenzie had single tries. The Wolves […]

Cattle climate concerns were raised at Grey County council. Included in county council’s agenda package Thursday was a letter from John Tamming, an Owen Sound city councillor, who questioned why Grey County’s recently approved climate action plan didn’t have any answers as to how to deal with greenhouse gas emissions generated by cattle in the […]