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Search Underway In Owen Sound For Missing 19 Year Old

A joint forces ground search for a missing Canadian Armed Forces soldier will be conducted today in Owen Sound. Andrew Fitzgerald was last seen at the Petro Canada gas station at 16th Street East and 9th Avenue at approximately 4:30 am on Saturday August 13, 2016. Members from the Canadian Armed Forces, Ontario Provincial Police […]

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Drunk Driver Caught at RIDE Near Stratford – Name Released

(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) – On Thursday August 11, 2016, after 11 p.m., Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were conducting one of their many Reduce Impaired Drivers Everywhere (RIDE) programs. They had set up at the intersection of Perth Line 36 and Road 122 (North of Straftord), when shortly before 11:30 p.m. […]

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Driver Caught Going 145 in an 80 Near St.Marys

(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH SOUTH, ON) – On Thursday, August 11, 2016, around 2:30 p.m., a Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was conducting patrols along Perth Road 139 South of Line 4 (West of St.Marys), when a fast moving northbound Honda CRV was observed. The officer activated the police radar and locked in the […]

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Missing Woman Located Deceased In Pigeon Lake

(Verulam Township, CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, ON) – Members of the City of Kawartha Lakes detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to assist with a missing woman, Friday August 12th, 2016 just before 3:00pm. OPP members from the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment crime unit, Central Region ERT, Canine Unit, and Marine […]

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Driver Involved In Mud Lake Collision Dies

(PEMBROKE, ON) – The driver who was seriously injured in the August 12th collision on Mud Lake Road in the City of Pembroke has died in hospital. Dead is 25 year old Alexander Joseph SPIDLE of Whitewater Region Township. Officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the […]

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East Algoma OPP Press Releases

(BLIND RIVER, ON) – On August 4, 2016, shortly after 11:00 p.m., members of the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a domestic dispute at a residence on Indiana Street in the Town of Blind River. A female and her boyfriend were home when the female’s ex-common law husband attended her residence and […]

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Charges Laid In Bomb Threat At Dryden High School

DRYDEN – The Dryden Police Service have charged a 44-year-old inmate of the Kenora District Jail for a bomb threat at the Dryden High School on August 10, 2016. Edward Hamel apparently called in a bomb threat to the Dryden Police Dispatch Centre, causing a full emergency response and the evacuation of staff and students […]

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Perth County Youth Attraction Strategy

Perth County, Ontario – The Township of Perth East is currently recruiting volunteers (including youth aged 15 to 29) to support the development of a Youth Attraction Strategy. We are looking for a diverse group of energetic leaders to represent our communities in a strategic planning process looking at youth attraction in Perth County. For […]

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Open Fire Ban Lifted In Huron County

With the recent rainfall received over the weekend and the Canadian Wildland Fire Information, Fire Danger Rating at Low, the Huron County Fire Chiefs have lifted the Open Air Fire Ban. As per the 2015 Ontario Fire Code, Section 2.4.4.4. (1) Open air burning shall not take place unless; (a) It has been approved, or […]

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Three shooting investigations underway by Guns and Gangs Unit

(Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Guns and Gangs Unit is investigating three shootings that occurred on Sunday. The latest shooting occurred in the area of Ogilvie Rd. and Cummings Ave. at about 4:50 p.m. Several shots are believed to have been fired from two vehicles but no one was injured. Police are asking for the […]