Wingham Free Press(COLLINGWOOD, ON) Officers from the Collingwood and The Blue Mountains detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged a male with drinking and driving offences as a result of a motor vehicle collision in Collingwood. On the 23rd of August 2015 at approximately 4:30pm, officers were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision involving a pickup […]
(ORILLIA, ON.) – Over the past weekend, the Orillia Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received 164 calls for service. Police responded to calls received from Severn Township, Ramara Township, and the City of Orillia. The time frame is from Friday night at 6:00 p.m. until Monday morning at 6:00 a.m. There were various calls for service […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) On August 23, 2015, just before 8:30 a.m., Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Chatham-Kent Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Chatham-Kent Fire Department attended at Rondeau Bay for a report of an adult male found deceased on a boat at the north shore of Rondeau Bay near Shrewsbury. The male has been identified as […]
(Oro-Medonte, ON) The members of the Barrie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are requesting the assistance of the public in solving this crime. Sometime between Wednesday August 19th and Saturday August 22nd 2015, unknown person or persons attended at an historic church located on Bass Lake Side Rd, Oro-Medonte Twp. Suspect(s) gained entry by […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) – On Friday August 21, 2015, the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call from a Havelock Ave. South resident advising that his home had been broken into. Investigation revealed that sometime between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday August 20, 2015, while the homeowners were away, […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) – On Friday August 21, 2015, shortly after 9 p.m., a Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was conducting patrols on Line 37, North-West of Shakespeare. The officer observed a fast moving Toyota Yaris driving west bound on Line 37. The use of a police radar determined that the […]
(HURON TWP, ON) – On August 22, 2015 at 11:42 p.m., members of the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting R.I.D.E. on Lake Range Drive in Huron Township when a Grey Toyota Tundra pick-up truck stopped. Officers found that the driver had been drinking alcohol. A 3 day driver’s licence suspension was served […]
(WALKERTON, ON) – On August 23, 2015 at 5:00 a.m., a South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on patrol along Durham Street east in Walkerton noticed park benches and garbage cans had been overturned. In addition, the officer noted that plants had been ripped out of planters. There is no estimate on the cost of […]
Town Hall has agreed to release OPP costing for Wingham this fall. This makes our $100 offer moot, and WFP formally withdraws the $100 reward/offer. All those thinking of investing and living in Wingham should keep a close eye on upcoming events. Property values are currently depressed, and if taxes are brought under control there […]
The City of Owen Sound has awarded the 6th Avenue West reconstruction project to Harold Sutherland Construction Limited, which will commence the week of August 24, 2015. Construction activities are expected to be completed by the end of October 2015.