Wingham Free Press(PARRY SOUND, ON) – On August 4, 2018 shortly after 2:30 a.m., a member of the West Parry Sound Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a vehicle squeal tires and fail to stop for the stop sign on Gibson Street in Parry Sound, Ontario. Police stopped the vehicle and the officer spoke to […]
(BRACEBRIDGE) – Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a possible drowning at Kelvin Grove Park on the Muskoka River on Monday, August 6, 2018 at 5:10 p.m. A man had been swimming from the dock alongside the park and failed to resurface. Police, the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU), Muskoka EMS […]
(QUINTE WEST) – On Wednesday August 08, 2018 officers of the Quinte West Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a vehicle on the westbound 401 near Glen Miller Road. Officers stopped the vehicle after determining that the driver of the vehicle was prohibited from driving in Canada. Subsequent investigation determined that the driver’s ability to operate […]
(HENVEY TOWNSHIP, ON) – On August 3, 2018 a member of the West Parry Sound Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was monitoring traffic on Highway 69 in Henvey Township, Ontario. At 11:30 p.m., a north bound vehicle was observed travelling at a high rate of speed. As a result, the vehicle was stopped […]
(PARRY SOUND, ON) – On July 30, 2018 shortly before 5:30 p.m., a member of the West Parry Sound Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a possible impaired driver on Bowes Street in Parry Sound, Ontario. Police located the vehicle and observed the vehicle cross the centre line. Police […]
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – A total of 80 charges were laid by Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers during the recent Civic Holiday Long Weekend traffic campaign (August 3 – August 6). The OPP focus for this campaign was the Move Over Legislation” for emergency service vehicles. No drivers in Huron County were charged […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – Members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were kept busy with removing following drinking drivers over the weekend from area roadways. On August 5, 2018 at 11:12 pm officers conducting R.I.D.E. on Balm Beach Road in Balm Beach stopped a vehicle for the purposes of checking […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – On August 5, 2018, at approximately 1:41 AM, a member of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol near Reid Avenue, in Fort Frances when he observed a Highway Traffic Act offence. The officer conducted a traffic stop and spoke with the driver. While in conversation, the […]
(RENFREW, ON) – The Renfrew Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated 342 calls for service between Monday July 30 and Monday August 6. Domestic Violence Arnprior and Renfrew officers investigated 9 domestic disputes during the past week. One male was charged with three counts of assault and two counts of breach of probation, […]
(RENFREW, ON) – The Renfrew Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a drowning after a swimmer failed to surface on Monday August 6, 2018 at Logos Land Resort near Cobden in the Township of Whitewater Region. Members of the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) attended and recovered her body on […]