Category: Owen Sound Sun Times
Street crimes unit nabs traffickers with over $20,000 worth of drugs headed to Saugeen Shores
The Grey Bruce Community Street Crime Unit said they intercepted two Saugeen First Nation residents with over $20,000 worth of drugs on their way to Saugeen Shores. According to a police media release, the OPP and the CSCU became aware that a person of interest in a drug trafficking investigation was travelling on Highway 21 […]
Police close Highway 10 in Chatsworth to investigate collision
Highway 10 between Grey Road 40 and McNab Street in Chatsworth is closed while Grey Bruce OPP investigate a serious single-vehicle collision. The OPP released a statement at 9:25 a.m. Thursday morning providing notice of the road closure and the ongoing investigation, which is being conducted along with the OPP’s Traffic Incident Management and Enforcement […]
Markdale senior dies after crash in Brockton
A Markdale resident has died after a crash in Brockton on Wednesday morning. Just before 9 a.m., South Bruce OPP received a report of a crash on Bruce Road 20 near Concession 2 northeast of Riversdale. Police found two passenger vehicles involved. Two patients were taken to hospital by ambulance, and a 76-year-old from Markdale […]
Alpha Street fully reopening Monday in Owen Sound
Alpha Street in Owen Sound will reopen Monday to all traffic after it was closed in May for reconstruction. The nearly $6.8-million project upgraded the water main and sanitary sewers beneath the road and the added wide, paved path on the east side of the road. A pedestrian crossing now has flashing lights, landscaping and […]
Local workload forcing Brightshores to curtail cancer services
About 20 cancer patients per month will have to leave Grey-Bruce for care until a new oncologist can be found, Brightshores Health System vice-president Beth Morris said Wednesday. That’s the estimated number of patients affected by the decision to relieve the workload of Brightshores’ oncologists by sending some new cancer patients to other hospitals, which […]
Police lay careless driving charge after school bus rear-ended in Meaford
Police charged a 31-year-old Meaford man with careless driving after a school bus was rear-ended Monday morning. No injuries resulted from the incident. According to the police, Grey Bruce OPP officers were on patrol just after 8 a.m. when they came upon a collision involving a school bus and motor vehicle on Highway 26 near […]
Bluewater school board leadership to remain the same for 2025
The Bluewater District School Board leadership will be unchanged for 2025. In its annual elections on Tuesday, the board voted to appoint Jane Thomson as chair for a fifth consecutive one-year term. Jan Johnstone was acclaimed to the vice-chair’s position and will also serve in that role for a fifth consecutive one-year term. “I look […]
St. Mary’s Mustangs enter OFSAA as top-seeded volleyball team
The St. Mary’s Mustangs are the team to beat heading into this week’s OFSAA boys’ double-A volleyball championship at St. Catharines. The Bluewater Athletic Association senior boys’ volleyball champions are the top-seeded squad at the 20-team tournament and the only team representing CWOSSA. It’s been over 20 years since the Owen Sound school qualified for […]
Three men face charges following weapons complaint in Wiarton
Grey-Bruce OPP have charged three men following a weapons complaint at a downtown Wiarton business. According to police, officers responded to a Berford Street business at 11:20 a.m. Monday responding to a report of three intoxicated men. It was believed one of the men may have had a rifle sticking out of their bag. Police […]
Report says the living wage in Grey-Bruce is $23.05 per hour
It costs more to live in Grey-Bruce than anywhere else in the province outside of Toronto according to the 2024 Ontario Living Wage Network’s latest report. A resident of the Grey, Bruce, Perth, Huron, Simcoe region needs to earn $23.05 hours per 40-hour workweek to make ends meet this year, which is up 1.3 per […]