Owen Sound Sun Times

Sue Paterson is back for a third term mayor of Hanover. Paterson easily won the two-person race for the mayor’s seat by receiving 1,881 votes to beat out Rob McKean, who received 446 votes. “I am honoured and deeply humbled that the citizens of Hanover have elected me as mayor for a third term. It’s […]

Local school board elections in Grey-Bruce returned four of six incumbents at the Catholic board, and five of nine incumbents returned at the public board. Bruce Grey Catholic District School Board trustees re-elected Monday are Lori DiCastri, the current board chair, in Huron-Kinloss, Brockton Ward 31, Kincardine; Linda Strader, Brockton, Ward 34 and 36; and […]

The Owen Sound Attack bagged their third-straight win, 4-1, over the Kingston Frontenacs Sunday afternoon inside the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre. Rookie goaltender Carter George, who is up with the club from St. Marys while Nick Chenard recovers from an injury, made 27 stops on 28 shots and earned his second-career Ontario Hockey League […]

Grey County council’s conditional development charge deferral program, which is intended to encourage rental and other priority housing construction, has unintentionally discouraged Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation financing. On Thursday county council approved staff recommendations they hope will deal with the issue, while staff continue to examine implications of newly introduced provincial legislation that includes […]

Deni Goure and the Owen Sound Attack are rolling now. Since losing three-straight games earlier this month, the Attack have gone 6-1 including Saturday night’s impressive 5-2 victory over the Guelph Storm at the Bayshore. In those seven games, the Attack have outscored their opponents 33-18. Goure is leading the way with seven points in […]

Grey County staff will nudge municipal treasurers to better publicize a little-used tax-relief program for low-income seniors and people with disabilities. There have been just four qualifying applications to the program created last year, which rebates county, lower-tier municipal and education property tax increases up to $500. Total tax relief granted to date is $146.71 […]

A Northern Bruce Peninsula man received a 3 1/2-year prison sentence for a drive-by shooting at a house in Tobermory, then firing a shotgun at a car that gave chase with two men inside. David Hillyer was 39 when initially charged with two counts of attempted murder and for other offences related to events on […]

The Grey Bruce Health Unit is advising people to guard against the COVID-19 virus, which it said has been spreading more lately than in previous weeks, both locally and across the province. Indicators of increased transmission include outbreaks in long-term care and retirement homes, hospitals, COVID-19-related admissions, test positivity rates and new case counts, a […]

The Wiarton Propeller Club is tapping the brakes on a plan to donate its building and land at 575 Edward St. to South Bruce Peninsula to make way for affordable housing. Joanne Lancaster confirmed Friday the board members of the 73-year-old club have decided to try to jumpstart the aging organization at its current location […]

Durham hospital’s emergency department will be closed Saturday and Sunday night due to an ongoing staff shortage. Both days the emergency department will be closed between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. the next day. Last Sunday the emergency department was also closed overnight on short notice due to staff calling in sick. The latest closure […]

Kiah Jasper has been bitten by the birding bug. And the 20-year-old from Mar has made the most of that passion by setting an Ontario Big Year record for spotting the most species of birds in the province in one year. Jasper set the mark on Oct. 10 in Windsor with his 347th species, when […]

Those interested in furthering their education are invited to the Georgian College campus at its 8th Street East location in Owen Sound next Wednesday for a college fair. In-person college information sessions are returning to Georgian College campuses in Barrie, Orillia and Owen Sound next week for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began […]

Jack Diaz has loved to spend time in the woodshop since he was a young child. Then about three years ago he decided to start taking it a little more seriously, making fun picnic table feeders for squirrels. They were an immediate hit and he ended up selling dozens. He hasn’t looked back since and […]

Welcome to the Ontario Hockey League Carter George. The Owen Sound Attack’s 16-year-old third-string goaltender played a starring role Thursday night in Barrie as the Owen Sound Attack came all the way back from a 5-1 deficit midway through the game to win in a shootout. The Thunder Bay native who the Attack took in […]

Seven Bluewater Athletic Association athletes are headed to the OFSAA cross country championships after qualifying Thursday in Kincardine. The Central Western Ontario Secondary School Association (CWOSSA) cross country championships returned to full-fledged competition for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic with over 1,100 runners and dozens of schools gathered at the […]

Growth, affordable bridges and the future of a biodigester co-owned with Georgian Bluffs are among the issues Chatsworth’s incoming council will face, says the municipality’s incoming mayor. Elections Monday returned Mayor Scott Mackey to the head of Chatsworth Township council. He received 1,870 votes to challenger Kent Nuhn’s 360. The deputy-mayor’s job went to a […]

The majority of people identified as homeless in Grey County are local, contrary to some misconceptions, the county’s community services director said Thursday. Anne Marie Shaw confirmed the origin of homeless people in the county in an answer to a question from Owen Sound Deputy-mayor Brian O’Leary at county council Thursday. O’Leary wondered if most […]

Kincardine council is seeing a shakeup, with voters choosing a new mayor, new deputy-mayor and many new councillors. Kenneth Craig beat out current councillor Laura Haight for the mayor’s seat, with 59.3 per cent of the vote. Craig, a former dairy farmer and retired pastor at Kincardine Baptist Church, is not new to municipal politics, […]

Brian Milne will move up to the mayor’s chair in Southgate Township in the coming council term with determination to manage the community’s “supercharged” growth. Milne, currently deputy-mayor, said the pandemic was the supercharger that accelerated new home construction in Dundalk, which has strained local abilities to keep up. “Everybody’s scared of change and that’s […]

A new mayor is set to take the helm in South Bruce. Coun. Mark Goetz was elected mayor with nearly double the votes of the other two candidates — current mayor Robert Buckle and Rita Groen — receiving 788 votes each. The fate of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s proposed deep geological repository for Canada’s […]

It was a “low-key” municipal election in Brockton this time, with the mayor and new deputy=mayor acclaimed and six candidates seeking five available councillor seats. Mayor Chris Peabody will be joined by a new deputy-mayor, James Lang, who sat as a Brockton councillor for the past term. As a result of Monday’s election, there will […]

Arran-Elderslie Mayor Steve Hammell was acclaimed to serve with a council that saw its long-time deputy mayor replaced with a newcomer and one councillor replaced with a former holder of that office. Jennifer Christie handily defeated Mark Davis to become Arran-Elderslie’s incoming deputy mayor in Monday’s election. Christie received 1,704 votes to Davis’s 722. That’s […]

Police charged a 24-year-old West Grey man with 25 weapons offences after executing a search warrant Monday in West Grey. The man remained in custody Tuesday pending a bail hearing, a West Grey Police Service news release said. West Grey police called the arrest a “a multi-agency project” which also involved the Canada Border Security […]

Milt McIver is back as mayor of Northern Bruce Peninsula after 40 consecutive years as the head of council in the area. McIver was elected on Monday night, receiving 2,424 votes, defeating challenger Karen Phillips, who received 1,088 votes. McIver served as reeve of Lindsay Township and then as mayor of Northern Bruce Peninsula following […]

Paul McQueen is back for another term as the mayor of Grey Highlands. McQueen easily won a three-person race for the mayor’s seat by garnering 2,346 votes to beat out former councillor Danielle Valiquette’s 969 votes and Don Alp’s 265. Incumbent councillor Dane Neilsen replaces Aakash Desai as the municipality’s deputy mayor while Paul Allen […]

Former West Grey mayor Kevin Eccles defeated Mayor Christine Robinson by nearly doubling her vote in a three-way race in council elections Monday. Robinson, the former town chief administrative officer, defeated Eccles by about 150 votes in 2018. But this time voters reversed their “experiment,” Eccles said, between fetching a load of campaign signs and […]

Garry Michi has been elected mayor in South Bruce Peninsula, unseating incumbent mayor Janice Jackson in Monday’s election. Michi, 63, said on Tuesday that it felt surreal, but he was excited to get going. “There is a great bunch of people to work with and I am looking forward to that,” Michi said. “I am […]

Andrea Matrosovs won a four-person race for The Blue Mountains mayor’s chair Monday night. Matrosovs garnered just over 38 per cent of the vote with 1,564 ballots cast. Tony Poole finished as the runner-up with 1,084 votes while Joe Halos’ 783 votes and Elizabeth Marshall’s 620 rounded out the race. “It’s starting to sink in […]

It’s report card time and Colby Barlow is getting an ‘A’ from NHL Central Scouting. Owen Sound’s team captain and leading scorer is one of 28 prospects to earn an ‘A’ rating on the central scouting’s preliminary players to watch list released Tuesday. The list is a compilation of draft-eligible prospects from all the major […]

A quartet of North Stars helped the Queen’s Gaels rise to the occasion this past weekend and earn a 2022 Ontario University Athletics Women’s Lacrosse Championship. Former N’Stars Kenna McKee (OSDSS), Kennedy Coghlin (OSDSS), Tara Meikle (St. Mary’s), and Jordan Kosempel (OSDSS) earned gold medals as part of the championship squad. Meikle won OUA Rookie […]

Saugeen Shores Mayor Luke Charbonneau enters his second term as mayor safe in the knowledge that no one ran against him. He said in an interview Tuesday that he doesn’t know what if any message he should take from that, but there’s lots to do in Saugeen Shores and he said he’s excited by the […]

Ross Kentner moved to Meaford in 1956. Now he’ll lead. The one-term councillor who made his career in radio broadcasting before retiring in 2018 and entering municipal politics is the new mayor-elect of Meaford. “I arrived in Meaford in 1956 and lived here until this present time and I know this town produces champions and […]

There is a new face — but a familiar face — taking over the top job on Georgian Bluffs council. Sue Carleton, who has served the past four years as deputy-mayor, was voted mayor of the municipality on Monday night. Unofficially, Carleton received 1,727 votes, compared to 948 for incumbent mayor Dwight Burley, and 935 […]

Voters returned Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy to the head of council and promoted Scott Greig to deputy-mayor Monday night. Boddy received 3,372 votes to two-term city councillor Richard Thomas’s 2,697 votes. Boddy got 55.7 per cent of the vote in that race to Thomas’s 44.4 per cent. Greig defeated incumbent Deputy-mayor Brian O’Leary 3,717 […]

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 6 Ladies Auxiliary president Irene Surridge took a break from preparing the refreshments for the Honouring Our Local Veterans ceremony on Sunday to be a proud mother. That is because two of her sons – Chief Warrant Officer Lawrence Surridge and Master Warrant Officer Kenneth Surridge – were two of the […]

With two months to go to Christmas, an initiative to send care packages to children affected by war, poverty or natural disasters in other countries around the world is in full swing locally. Grey-Bruce participants of Operation Christmas Child are hoping to have about 3,000 shoeboxes packed with various items, including toiletries, school supplies, clothing […]

A man reported missing from Saugeen First Nation earlier this week has been found deceased. Foul play is not suspected in the matter, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release issued on Saturday evening. Grey Bruce OPP began to investigate the disappearance of the man on Tuesday. On Saturday members of the Saugeen First […]

A man has been charged with impaired driving after police stopped a vehicle they said was driven in an aggressive manner in Owen Sound on Saturday afternoon. Just before 1 p.m., a member of the Owen Sound Police Service conducting traffic enforcement in the 600 block of 6th Street East stopped the vehicle. The 27-year-old […]

The Owen Sound offence dried up Saturday night in Erie as the Otters snapped the Attack’s four-game winning streak with a 3-1 win inside the Erie Insurance Arena. The Bear’s power play, which had converted for a goal in three-straight games, went 0-for-5 in the contest. The Otters struck out on six power-play opportunities but […]

It may go down as one of the best Christmas presents of all time. Servac Petrovsky’s parents bought him a pair of skates one year. He thinks he was maybe three years old. And despite living in a small town of about 5,000 people at the time, with no hockey rink, Petrovsky has made it […]

The Owen Sound Attack took their high-flying offence on the road Friday night and reeled off a fourth-straight win over the Erie Otters, 5-1, at the Erie Insurance Arena. It’s all clicking right now for the Bayshore Boys. Starting goaltender Nick Chenard made 33 of 34 saves in the contest, but, with apologies, his impressive […]

The weather is getting colder and that means the Bluewater Athletic Association’s fall season is about to heat up. Some of the fall slate of sports are heading down the home stretch, while the cross-country runners are already competing for championships and preparing for regional and provincial competitions. CROSS COUNTRY The St. Mary’s Mustangs won […]

The Grey Sauble Conservation Authority is holding an event to gather public feedback on a management plan to create a 20-year vision for the Eugenia Falls Conservation Area. A public open house is to be held on Nov. 5 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Kinplex at 102 Highland Dr. in Flesherton, to learn […]

Owen Sound Family Health Organization announced this month in a letter to patients that it learned of a data breach in July which exposed patients’ personal information. It notified police and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, which is investigating. Names, birth dates, contact information, health care information and health history […]

The public is being invited to a ceremony this weekend in Owen Sound that will honour eight local veterans. The Billy Bishop Museum and Royal Canadian Legion Branch 6 are holding the 22nd Annual Honouring Our Local Veterans Ceremony at the legion on Sunday beginning at 2 p.m. “Honouring Our Local Veterans is a very […]

Police closed Highway 21 on Thursday for several hours while they responded to a report of gunfire at a residence south of Denny’s Dam in Saugeen First Nation. No one was injured in this incident, which was reported 7 a.m. Grey Bruce OPP, other OPP officers and Saugeen Shores Police Service responded, an OPP news […]

A Flesherton-area couple is continuing their efforts to help as many Ukrainians as they can to resettle in Canada. Susanne von Toerne said Thursday that the Rural Net Internet company she owns with her husband Heiner Philipp recently purchased a house in Owen Sound, and they are preparing to welcome members of a young Ukrainian […]

Owen Sound is gearing up to take another kick at holding Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada, with preparations already underway for the event planned for three months from now. Last week, city staff were busy installing hockey boards at the Scenic City Order of Good Cheer rink at Harrison Park for the event, which will […]

Owen Sound’s public library has a new website and staff are giving everyone an early look at it to gather feedback. Deputy chief librarian Nadia Danyluk said the new website will make it easier to book class trips to the library or to reserve book club kits and that generally it’s a more pleasing site […]

Andrew Barfoot’s Scenic City lacrosse legacy lives on now through a new annual coaches award named in his memory. Barfoot died on May 16, 2022, at the age of 25, after a five-year struggle with pulmonary arterial hypertension. When Barfoot could no longer play lacrosse, he became a coach. On Tuesday, as the Owen Sound […]