Owen Sound Sun Times

Grey County council said so long to half of its current members at the final meeting of the 2018-2022 council term on Thursday. As the meeting wound down, county pins were presented to those in attendance who did not seek re-election or were defeated in last month’s municipal elections. At Grey County, that included nine […]

The G-Men strike again for Owen Sound. Fresh off Ontario Hockey League player of the week nods, Deni Goure and Carter George combined for a pair of stellar efforts in a 6-2 bounce-back win over the Sarnia Sting Wednesday night at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. The Attack’s rookie goaltender stopped 29 of 31 […]

Andy Brown, the Owen Sound Attack’s longtime head athletic therapist and equipment manager, can check another item off his hockey bucket list. Hockey Canada announced its coaching and bench staff for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Halifax and Moncton Wednesday and Brown is among the staff who will aim to help the […]

Owen Sound’s legion branch is planning the return of a full Remembrance Day service at the cenotaph Friday. The legion is not making masks mandatory but if people want to wear one against COVID-19, they’re welcome to, said service organizer Marcia Dixon in an interview Wednesday. Armed services and legion members will fall in at […]

The Ontario government has granted a Minister’s Zoning Order that Brockton requested to allow residential development in Walkerton’s business park. The municipality asked for the MZO to expedite development of up to 500 housing units and allow expansion of Walkerton’s boundaries to accommodate future business and industrial development. The lands subject to the MZO that […]

Flesherton’s Chris Neil will receive hockey’s ultimate honour when the Ottawa Senators raise his number 25 to the rafters of the Canadian Tire Centre on February 17. “Chris Neil was and is everything that you would want an Ottawa Senator to be,” said Ottawa Senators president of business operations Anthony LeBlanc in a media release. […]

Grey-Bruce real estate sales for October were well below what they were a year prior. Sales in Grey-Bruce were down by close to 45 per cent in October when compared to the same month in 2021, when the market continued to be red hot, fuelled by low interest rates, record low inventory and the pandemic […]

For close to three years the Georgian Bay Concert Choir has had to shelve public performances because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the safety concerns and restrictions that have come with it. But the local community choir is returning with a vengeance with plans to perform alongside the Juno-nominated Sultans of String later this month. […]

A proponent of a different kind of affordable housing project, on industrial or “employment” land that would need to be needs city rezoned, has asked city council for help to “surmount the red tape.” Kelsey Carrierre, president of Glassworks Cooperative, filled in councillors on the group’s development concept. She appeared Monday at the last meeting […]

Maybe it was always too good to be true for Owen Sound. A Midwest Division race with London, Kitchener and Guelph all struggling early. Well, after dropping back-to-back games to the Rangers and Knights while being outscored 11-2, the Attack’s reign at the top looks rented not owned. On the bright side, the Guelph Storm […]

Owen Sound council has directed staff to continue processing an application to build rental apartments on an empty piece of land at 740 10th Street West, roughly across from the Marlan Towers apartment building. A development application for that site has been submitted. It calls for an “eight-unit stacked cluster townhouse development” with four units […]

City council on Monday agreed to take $25,000 from an anticipated 2022 budget surplus and give it to Safe ‘n Sound, a homeless drop-in centre on 8th Street East in Owen Sound, to extend its winter hours from Nov. 14 through next March. Grey County is responsible for providing affordable, temporary and emergency housing for […]

A Blue Mountains woman is one of two people charged with numerous drug offences after a vehicle stop in Collingwood last week. Shortly before 1 a.m. on Nov. 2, an officer on patrol made a vehicle stop on Raglan Street in relation to a Highway Traffic Act infraction, Collingwood and the Blue Mountains OPP said […]

A Holstein man has been identified as the person who died in a crash in Caledon last week. Clinton Lopez, 48, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Highway 10 in the Town of Caledon on Nov. 2. Caledon OPP and other emergency services responded to a two-vehicle collision just after 4:30 […]

The province’s Special Investigations Unit has concluded an investigation without calling for charges against Owen Sound police after a man who was in custody overdosed in July. The director of the SIU, Joseph Martino, found no reasonable grounds to believe that any officers with the city police department committed a criminal offence in connection with […]

Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy thanked three departing members of council for helping to guide the city over the past four years. Boddy suggested Deputy-mayor Brian O’Leary, a two-term councillor, should most be remembered for his successful advocacy at Grey County council for a one per cent budget increase annually for housing. Coun. John Tamming, […]

There is a chill in the air, Halloween is in the rearview mirror and a faint ringing sound is picking up steam in the Scenic City. The hotly anticipated Bells of Christmas returns to the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre Saturday. The local initiative aims to spread holiday cheer to lonely seniors at Owen Sound-area […]

The Owen Sound Junior Attack under-16 squad secured a silver medal Sunday in a 4-1 loss to the St. Thomas Stars at the International Silver Stick Regional Owen Sound tournament hosted by Owen Sound Minor Hockey. Ty Shouldice scored the lone Jr. Attack goal in the game. Thirty single-A teams spread over four divisions competed […]

The countdown has started again for Owen Sound’s relaunch of Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada . Tickets for the events that are part of the four-day celebration of all things hockey and all things Owen Sound went on sale Monday. The event was postponed in January after the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted […]

Tucked away just north of Hepworth is a picturesque equestrian centre. It will soon need a bigger wall for all of its winnings. Next to the horse stalls inside the riding barn hangs a small Hollow Hills Equestrian sign. It’s surrounded by a sprawling rainbow of prize ribbons. Accolades one might assume display a history […]

Students were expected to be back in class across Ontario on Tuesday after the Canadian Union of Public Employees agreed to call off their strike if the Ontario government dropped its legislation that imposes a contract and orders the education workers back to work. Locally, Bruce Grey Catholic District School Board schools and the French […]

The Grey Bruce Labour Council has named former federal Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound NDP candidate David McLaren Activist of the Year. “For a career devoted to the well-being of your community and in recognition of your ceaseless drive . . . the award recognizes contributions made to and on behalf of the community, workers and vulnerable members […]

Ava Moric keeps mining for provincial gold. The John Diefenbaker Senior School student-athlete added another Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) gold medal to an already impressive haul Saturday the provincial high school cross country championships in Uxbridge. Moric won the junior girls’ five-kilometre race at the Dagmar Ski Resort in a time of […]

Fourteen athletes represented KT (Kim-Thibodeau) Tae Kwon Do in Markham at the Pan-Am Centre on Saturday, Oct. 29, for the 21st Jung Ko Canadian Classic Tae Kwon Do tournament. Head Instructor Rick Thibodeau, Master James Lee, senior students Sherra Westerveld, and Alex Hawton were coaching the athletes in poomsae (patterns) and full contact kyorugi (sparring). […]

A local group committed to raising funds for global food sustainability through agriculture is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month with a turkey dinner fundraiser. The Bighead River Foodgrains growing project has worked in the Meaford area since 1997 and has raised $639,000 for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. On Friday, Nov. 18, at the Meaford […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is urging anyone who uses unregulated street drugs to practice harm reduction strategies such as not using alone and not mixing drugs and alcohol after another suspected fatal overdose in the area. In a media release, the health unit said it received notification of a person in their 50s died […]

Stingy, skilled, and with Brett Brochu between the pipes sucking in pucks like a blackhole when all else fails, the London Knights brought a more on-brand style of play to Owen Sound Saturday. The Knights skated to a 4-1 win over the Owen Sound Attack inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre and looked like […]

Volunteer efforts are making headway to raise $50,000 or more toward possibly $100,000 worth of work needed to save the grandstand in Victoria Park. So far more than $25,000 has been raised, due in large part to a $10,000 donation from Nicol Insurance, which also succeeded in getting $2,500 from Edge Mutual Insurance and $5,000 […]

The remainder of the Bluewater Athletic Association’s fall season seems uncertain as the labour dispute between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Ontario government resulted in a walk-out at Ontario schools by CUPE employees Friday. The BAA is an inter-school athletic organization that governs high school sports in Grey and Bruce counties. […]

Police removed eight commercial vehicles from service during a one-day regulatory compliance and safety blitz this week. In all, 34 commercial motor vehicles were inspected resulting in 31 charges for various infractions, two unauthorized licence plate seizures, and 12 warnings, a Grey Bruce OPP news release said. The blitz was conducted in the Grey Roots […]

With the ongoing contract dispute between the Ontario government and the union representing education support staff looking like it will stretch into next week, Grey-Bruce school boards are telling parents to be prepared for more closures. The Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board, which closed its schools on Friday for the first day of walkouts by […]

Data from sensors on land and in the water to study how to make Kincardine’s Station Beach safer will be analyzed this winter. This three-year “Smart Beach” pilot project is developing a real-time beach warning system to provide local water conditions, including rough surf and the presence of rip currents, to improve beach safety in […]

Hundreds of Grey-Bruce education workers who are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees walked off the job on Friday in what the union has called an indefinite strike. The job action comes after a week of back-and-forth between the Ontario government and the union that represents about 55,000 of the workers in the […]

Over $248,000 of grant money is being spread around Grey-Bruce this winter to local charities and non-profits. The Community Foundation Grey Bruce is dolling out $248,180 to several organizations that applied for support to start and grow projects. Three grant streams were made available. They include Kids Can Play Bruce Grey, Fall Community Grants and […]

Flu shots are now available for everyone throughout Grey-Bruce. They’re available at participating pharmacies, through health-care providers and at scheduled Grey Bruce Health Unit vaccine clinics. The health unit recommends everyone six months and older should get the shot, unless they have conditions which would indicate otherwise. “It’s much safer to get the vaccine than […]

Hanover police Const. Ryan Cabral was acquitted this week in Walkerton’s Ontario Court of Justice on a charge of sexual assault for something alleged to have taken place in 2017. A breach of trust charge was withdrawn before the trial began Monday. Visiting Crown attorney Ian Bulmer requested a sexual exploitation charge be stayed during […]

The Chapman House – Residential Hospice of Grey-Bruce had some very special visitors on Thursday. A litter of half a dozen six-month-old golden retriever puppies visited the palliative care facility on Owen Sound’s east side with their owner Neala Cook, where they cuddled with residents, staff and visitors for a couple of hours. After visiting […]

Parents with children five years and younger in local licensed YMCA child care and home care will be receiving rebates this month, the first step toward the government-touted provincial daily average $10-per-day child care promise. Rebates of between $5 and $11.25 per day for fees paid to the Y between April and September are the […]

The Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board will close its schools on Friday if the education staff represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees walk off the job, while the Bluewater District School Board intends to keep its schools open. But whether or not a strike would happen remained unclear late Wednesday afternoon as the […]

Tommy Holmes’ Victoria Cross is now in the Canadian War Museum’s care. Holmes is one of three Victoria Cross winners celebrated in Owen Sound, along with Billy Bishop and David Currie. At 19 years, Holmes was one of the youngest Canadians to be awarded the Commonwealth’s highest military honour for bravery. The War Museum already […]

Owen Sound Little Theatre is going big to kick off its 2022-23 season in bringing a hit Disney classic to the Roxy Theatre stage. The production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical opens on Nov. 10 for the first of 12 shows featuring a cast of close to 30 actors supported by […]

A survey has been launched to collect labour market demand data in the region that includes Grey-Bruce. The 2023 EmployerOne survey, which was put on hold for the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, launched on Tuesday and will run until the end of January. The information collected from the survey provides valuable insights […]

With the possibility of strike action looming on Friday, school boards in Grey-Bruce were closely watching where negotiations were heading between the province and the union representing education support staff. Both the Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board and Bluewater District School Board were working to determine what steps to take should staff represented by the […]

Renovations meant to improve patient flow and add two examination rooms at the Wiarton Emergency Department began Tuesday. Grey Bruce Health Services announced in a media release the renovations were expected to be completed in the early spring. All services will remain open throughout the renovation and signs will be posted to help direct patients, […]

The provincial government plans to see homes built at a breakneck pace over the next decade and one of the ways it is proposing to do it is by limiting the oversight of conservation authorities in respect to new developments. The Doug Ford government’s Bill 23, called the More Homes Built Faster Act, is a […]

At a time when most people are so sick of Zoom meetings that they’d rather toss their laptop through a window than suffer through an hour-long digital drawl, Greg Walters signed up for more. As the Owen Sound Attack enjoy a race up the Western Conference standings, Walters has been pulling double duty preparing to […]

A pair of Bears swept the Ontario Hockey League weekly awards as the Owen Sound Attack sprinted to the end of October with a six-point week. Deni Goure claimed player of the week honours while rookie goalie Carter George took home the goaltender of the week award in his first major junior hockey foray. With […]

An event started out of the COVID-19 pandemic to give Saugeen Shores and area families a place to enjoy the thrills and chills of Halloween continues to grow. For the third year in a row, the trail meandering around Southampton’s Fairy Lake was alive with youngsters loading up on treats from locals who set up […]

Saugeen Shores police are investigating after a young girl stepped on a piece of wood pierced with nails near a parking area adjacent to the main beach in Port Elgin. On Oct. 23, police responded to the beach following reports of a girl stepping on a plank covered in nails while walking. Police said in […]