Wingham Free Press(SPRINGWATER TOWNSHIP AND WASAGA BEACH, ON.) – The Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police assisted by members from the Huronia West Auxiliary Unit and the Nancy Island Lion’s Club will be conducting the following food drives: Saturday, April 12th, 2014 between 12:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. at: Elmvale Foodland Wasaga Beach Foodland Sunday, […]
(COCHRANE, ON) -On March 21, 2014, the Cochrane and Smooth Rock Falls Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), assisted by the OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) executed a search warrant at a property situated on Fantham Road, near the town of Fauquier, Ontario as a result of an ongoing stolen All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) investigation. During the […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Norfolk County Detachment responded to a Break and Enter after being contacted by an alert neighbour at a Dixon Drive, Port Dover, Norfolk County, Ontario address. On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at approximately 2:34 p.m., police were contacted by an alert neighbour after observing two unknown […]
This morning (11April2014) the Maitland River has hit it’s highestlevel this year. Thankfully it has been a slow thaw this year,otherwise the river levels would be much higher, and more propertieswould now be under water. <img alt=The Mailtland River April 11 2014″src=”http://www.thewinghamfreepress.com/images/11April2014Maitland.gif”height=”450″ width=”600″>“
There has been some miss-information being disseminated about outMunicipal Election rules. Everyone WFP has talked believesthat in order to run in the Blyth Ward, you must live in the BlythWard. This apparently is not true. SOURCE: <ahref=http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=10336″>2014Candidates’ Guide for Ontario Municipal and <ahref=”http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=10336″>School Board Elections If your municipality has wards
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(KEARNEY, ON) The Almaguin Highlands Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Almaguin Highlands Crime Unit, under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch Acting Detective Inspector Jim GORRY, are continuing the investigation into the death of a Kearney, Ontario resident on Sunday, April 6, 2014. OPP have arrested two individuals in relation to the […]
(WINDSOR, ON) -Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with members of the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) set up a truck inspection site on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at the Windsor Raceway. Officers stopped a commercial motor vehicle for a safety inspection on Ojibway Parkway in the City of Windsor at approximately 2:15 p.m. […]
(NORWICH TOWNSHIP, ON.) – The Oxford County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a motorcycle travelling at a high rate of speed on Cornell Road near Zenda Line just after 5:00 p.m. on April 9, 2014. The motorcycle was alleged to have been travelling 178 kilometers an hour in a posted 80 kilometer an hour zone. […]
(Selwyn Township, ON) -Members of the Peterborough County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 15 year old male missing from Lindsay Road in Selwyn Township. Peterborough County OPP advises that the youth was located and returned to his residence without incident in the evening of April […]