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PEDESTRIAN INJURED IN MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION ON HIGHWAY #17

(THUNDER BAY, ON) – On Sunday August 10 at approximately 3:30am Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were contacted by Thunder Bay Police Service to attend a motor vehicle collision which had occurred at the intersection of Highway # 17 and Red River Road just north of the pedestrian crosswalk. Thunder Bay OPP officers attended […]

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Shawna PLETSCH – 136 in an 80

(TOWN OF MINTO, ON) -On August 8, 2014 at approximately 1:45 p.m., a Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was patrolling Highway 23 near 5th Line, Town of Minto and observed a 1987 Yamaha motorcycle driving at a high rate of speed. The female driver was locked on radar at 136 km/h in an […]

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Ian MARTORANA – Drugs

(CITY OF GUELPH, ON) – On August 9, 2014 at approximately 10:11 a.m., a Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer stopped a 1991 GMC pickup truck for a Highway Traffic Act violation on Highway 6 near Laird Road, Guelph. The officer spoke with the driver and located suspected marihuana within the vehicle. Ian MARTORANA […]

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Arthur SNOW – Drunk Driving

(TOWN OF MINTO, ON) – On August 9, 2014 at approximately 9:25 p.m., Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers observed a male driving a 2006 Chevrolet on Elora Street near Mill Street, Harriston and observed some traffic violations. The vehicle stopped at a local business parking lot. Officers spoke with the driver and believed […]

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FATAL INJURY AT BUSINESS IN PUSLINCH

(PUSLINCH TOWNSHIP, ON) -On August 11, 2014 at approximately 9:25 a.m., Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call regarding an industrial accident that occurred at an industrial equipment rental business on Winer Road, Puslinch Township. A 47 year old male from Acton was attempting to load equipment with a fork lift onto a […]

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Edward HOPKINS – Drunk Driving

(TOWN OF SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA, ON) – On August 8th, 2014 at 5:06p.m., a concerned member of the public observed what they believed to be an intoxicated male enter his motor vehicle and drive away in the area of Berford Street and Division Street, Town of South Bruce Peninsula. The concerned citizen provided an excellent […]

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Single Vehicle Rollover Collision

(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) On Saturday August 09, 2014, shortly before 4:30 p.m. Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were dispatched to a single motor vehicle collision on Perth Line 56 at Perth Road 119 in Topping. Investigation indicated that a Toyota Camry was being driven west bound on Perth Line 56 when […]

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Numerous Speeders Charged

(PERTH COUNTY, ON) Since August 01, 2014 the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police has investigated five racing driver incidents where drivers operated their motor vehicles in excess of 50 km/h above the posted speed limit. On Friday August 01, around 8 a.m., a 54 year old male from The Township of Perth South operated his […]

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Smoking Passenger Charged

(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Friday August 08, 2014, at 6:44 p.m. an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Highway Safety Division officer on patrol in Listowel observed a south bound Pontiac sedan on Wallace Ave North. The male adult passenger in the car was observed smoking a cigarette while a female child was observed seated […]

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Two Fires In Owen Sound

Owen Sound Emergency Services were kept busy today responding to two 911 calls less than half an hour apart. The first call for service, coming just prior to the noon hour, was in response to a smoke alarm at 305 14th Street West. The tiered response involved members of the Owen Sound Police Service, Fire […]