Wingham Free Press(Municipality of Tent Lakes, ON) – On Tuesday December 17, at approximately 4:30 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police Highway Safety Division were conducting a RIDE program on Lakehurst Road near Gannon’s Narrows Bridge. At this time officers attempted to stop a Ford Utility Truck at the RIDE to check for driver sobriety. The […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – Members of the Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Auxiliary attended Windsor Regional Hospitalâ€â€Metropolitan Campus to deliver toys to children who are in attendance at the hospital for treatment. Auxiliary officers raised over $10 000 in toys and cash which were then dropped off by Santa and his elves. Tecumseh Manning […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were kept busy today with several collisions throughout Essex County. At 6:40 a.m., OPP officers responded to a tractor trailer that experienced mechanical problems on Highway 3 just west of Howard Avenue in the City of Windsor, causing the closure of both east and […]
(Bonnechere Valley Township, ON) On December 17, 2013 at approximately 4:00pm a 65 year old male from Eganville was operating a Volkswagon vehicle south bound on Crooked Rapids Road when the driver failed to stop for a school bus that had operating red flashing lights activated. As a result the driver struck the side of […]
(HALIBURTON, ON) – Officers from the Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a R.I.D.E. check on December 17, 2013 at County Road 121 and County Road 1 in the Township of Minden Hills Ontario. Officers stopped a vehicle in the check area and as a result of an investigation; the […]
(HUNTSVILLE, ON) On Tuesday December 17, 2013 just after 3:00pm Huntsville Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Huntsville Fire were advised of a propane truck that had gone into a hydro pole on Centre Street near Payne Drive in the town of Huntsville. The pole broke causing the hydro lines to hang over Centre Street. […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Norfolk County Detachment is seeking the public’s assistance after police responded to a Talbot Street North, Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario address. On Monday, December 16, 2013 at approximately 4:00 a.m., a homeowner was exiting their residence when a suspicious vehicle was observed driving slowly past their […]
(BRACEBRIDGE, ON) – The students and teachers of Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School (BMLSS) will be facing off against the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) of Muskoka hockey team in the name of charity. On Thursday December 19, 2013 the puck drops at 1:00 pm at the Bracebridge Memorial Arena and all are welcome. A […]
(BRACEBRIDGE, ON) – The members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Bracebridge detachment have attended a minor crash on Highway 11 Southbound at Beiers Road, in the Town of Gravenhurst. A tractor trailer was merging onto Highway 11 Southbound from Beiers Road and drove slowly into the ditch. There was no one injured. The right […]
(MATTAWA, ON) -On December 16, 2013 at approximately 1:20 p.m. while on general patrol, an officer of the Mattawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a vehicle on Highway 17 in Papineau-Cameron Township. As a result of police investigation the driver, Mathew Murray, 27 years old, of Ottawa was charged with the following: […]