(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – With another day of powerful storms and road closures across Southern Bruce County, the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is asking residents to respect the closures and stay off the affected roadways. The Highway Traffic Act provides police the authority to close a road “to prevent injury or damage […]
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Many students accustomed to walking back and forth to Dufferin Community School, Hillcrest Community School and West Hill Secondary School may notice a change next week. Effective Monday, February 3rd, 2014 the City of Owen Sound is placing a School Crossing Guard at 3rd Avenue West at 9th Street West. The Crossing Guard will be […]
(SAULT STE. MARIE, ON) – Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have investigated six motor vehicle collisions in the past 24 hours on area roadways. In one collision a car was travelling southbound on Highway 17 in Aweres Township when it rear-ended a pickup truck in front that had slowed down for a stopped […]
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(CITY OF TEMISKAMING SHORES, ON) Members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to an address near Lakeshore Road on January 29, 2014 at approximately 1:30 a.m. Upon arrival, the police located a deceased male. His identity has not been confirmed at this time. At present, police have an 18-year-old […]
(Sprucedale, ON) On January 28, 2014, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), North Bay Drug Unit supported by OPP Almaguin Highlands Detachment, executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act Search Warrant at a residence in Sprucedale. As a result of this investigation an indoor marihuana growing operation was dismantled. 195 cannabis […]
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HURON COUNTY WINTER ROAD CLOSURE
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has closed London Road north of Wingham at Howick -Turnberry Road north into Bruce County. The roadway is closed due to poor driving and road conditions consisting of whiteouts and heavy drifting. Motorists are reminded to respect the road closures that are in place. Driving […]
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FIRE
Incident #: WA14020780Incident Date: Jan 28, 2014Location: HURON RD, WILMOT, ON Canada N3A 3C5Police and Fire investigators are continuing the investigation into a house fire on Huron Road in Wilmot Township. Investigators from the General Investigations / Detective office are currently working with the Ontario Fire Marshall’s office to determine the cause and circumstances surrounding […]
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OFFENSIVE WEAPON
Incident #: WA14021427Incident Date: Jan 28, 2014Location: HAZEL ST and UNIVERSITY AVE W, WATERLOO ON CanadaOn the 28th of January 2014 at approximately 9:30pm, a passenger on a bus near University Avenue and Hazel Street Waterloo, got into a verbal dispute with the driver. The man was holding a pocket knife during the incident. He […]
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FIRE
Incident #: WA14021563Incident Date: Jan 29, 2014Location: INDUSTRIAL RD, NORTH DUMFRIES, ON Canada N0B 1E0On January 29, 2014 just after 4am, emergency services responded for a residential fire at 1221 Industrial Rd, North Dumfries Twp. The homeowner called 911 to report his house was fully engulfed in flames. The family was home when the fire […]