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Stolen Pickup Truck – Licence 947 9WK

(CARRICK TWP, ON) – On November 16th, 2010 at 8:08 am, the South Bruce OPP received a report of a pickup truck taken overnight from a residence along Concession 10 in Carrick Township. Sometime between 11:30 pm on November 15th, 2010 and 7:00 am on November 16th, 2010, the truck was taken from the driveway. […]

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Olympian Visits F.E. Madill

On Friday November 12th, Richard Hortness, 2008 Olympic swimmer and 2009 National team captain, came to Wingham to help Coach our school swim team. Richard spent an hour and half coaching our swimmers in the basics of each of the four main strokes. The practice, although the toughest of the season, was also the most […]

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Calvin Willard – Drunk Driving – Twice Legal Limit

On November 15, 2010 at approximately 1:30 pm a Huron OPP officer was patrolling on MacDonald Road when a vehicle approaching in the opposite direction caught his eye as it crossed over into the officers’ lane twice. The officer stopped the motor vehicle and upon speaking to the driver, immediately detected a strong odour of […]

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Garage B&E – Food Stolen

(MUNICIPALITY OF WEST PERTH, ON) On Wednesday November 17, 2010, before 2 a.m., Perth County OPP officers were dispatched to a residence on Marlborough St. in Mitchell where the homeowner discovered that someone had stolen some items from his unlocked garage. It was found that sometime between 11 p.m. on Tuesday November 16 and 1:30 […]

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Citizen Catches Youths Red Handed – Chases – Takes Youths to OPP Station

(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Tuesday November 16, 2010, shortly before 8 p.m. a Listowel resident attended the North Perth OPP Detachment with two 14 year old male youths who had been observed going through his vehicle on York Ave. N. The resident ran after both youths and located them a short distance away. […]

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Police Stress Importance Of Locking Your Vehicle

(ST.MARYS, ON) Provincial Constable McTaggart of the Perth County OPP St.Marys Detachment, expressed his concerns about the number of unlocked vehicles that had been entered in town overnight. On Tuesday morning November 16, 2010 five calls were received by the OPP, from St.Marys residents whose vehicles were rummaged through and had items stolen from inside. […]

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Drunk Driving Babysitter Followup

Dear Editor: Michelle Morrision pleaded guilty to drinking and driving and child abandonment as a result of the events of February 25, 2010. On this day she left a 22 month old child alone in her home in Granton (located in Lucan-Biddulph) while she drove to Exeter with her two children and a another child […]

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Do We Really Recycle?

The WFP has received several complaints from readers about their recycling being picked up by the garbage truck, along with the regular trash. This morning we observed this first hand. The garbage truck that was picking up tagged bags of garbage on Josephine, was also dumping the recycling boxes in to the same truck. This […]

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Avner’s Cartoon Strip 16/11/2010

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Truck VS Bicyclist Crash

(WALKERTON, ON) – On November 12th, 2010 at 7:38 pm, the South Bruce OPP received a report of a pickup truck vs. bicycle crash near the intersection of Durham Street East and Peter Street North in the town of Walkerton. The bicycle rider left the sidewalk and entered the roadway in the path of the […]