(SEVERN TOWNSHIP, ON) – On September 17, 2018 at 2:44 pm officers on patrol from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a report of a male driver on an ATV who had crashed into the Coldwater Beer Store. Attending officers located an ATV beside the Beer Store […]
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(WEST REGION OPP, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police Uniform Recruitment Unit is hiring frontline Police Constables. OPP West Region Uniform Recruitment Unit together with the support of Wellington County OPP are hosting an OPP Constable Information Session at Georgian College – Owen Sound Campus, Wednesday October 10, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. […]
(TINY TOWNSHIP, ON)- Members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched by the Orillia Provincial Communications Center at 4:55 pm Sept 15,2018 to a report of 2 persons possibly drowning off beach area 4 in Awenda Provincial Park, Tiny Township. Officers along with County of Simcoe Paramedics and […]
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Collision Sends 7 To Hospital
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Norfolk County Detachment investigated a collision at a Villa Nova Road, Townsend, Norfolk County, address. On Sunday, September 16, 2018 at approximately 8:26 p.m., OPP, Norfolk County Fire Department and Norfolk County Paramedic Services responded to a collision involving two motor vehicles. Through the course of […]
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Stop Texting and Travel Safely
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Essex County has launched a new traffic initiative to further combat distractive driving. Project S.T.A.T.S (Stop Texting and Travel Safely) begins today with local OPP Traffic Enforcement Unit (TMU) members and municipal patrol officers aggressively enforcing distracted driving violations. The OPP is committed to Canada […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – The Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested 3 people with drug and firearms offences in the City of Orillia. On September 14, 2018 at approximately 2:40 AM while on patrol police observed a vehicle violating the Highway Traffic Act. A traffic stop was conducted and an investigation into […]
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Hwy 69 Collision Results In Charges
(WALLBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, ON) – On September 11, 2018 at shortly before 4:30 p.m., a member of the West Parry Sound Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a motor vehicle collision (MVC) involving two motor vehicles on Highway 69 at Harris Lake Road in Wallbridge Township, Ontario. Investigation determined that the north bound motor […]
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Body Discovered In Rice Lake
(NORTHUMBERLAND, ON) – On Tuesday September 11, 2018 at approximately 10:30 a.m. officers from the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received reports of man’s body found in the water on Rice Lake near Rice Lake Drive, just east of Gores Landing in Hamilton Township. Officers attended the location where 64 year old […]
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Three More Impaired Drivers
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – Over the previous week, members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were hard at work keeping our roadways and communities safe by participating in R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) programs, and arresting and charging impaired drivers. On September 12, 2018 at approximately 11:50PM, a member of the Rainy […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – On August 16, 2018 at approximately 12:45 p.m. officers from the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) located an East bound stolen motor vehicle (pick-up truck) on Highway 17 in Eton Township (West of Dryden). The vehicle was originally stolen from the Kenora area. Police continued to follow the vehicle […]