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17 Year Old – 121 in an 80 – Couldn’t Hear Siren Over Music

(WALKERTON, ON) – On December 8th, 2011 at 1:00 pm, a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Highway 9, Carrick Township observed a Red Pontiac Sunfire travelling at 121 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone. The officer tried to stop the vehicle that continued on into Walkerton, finally stopping on Ridout Street. The […]

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Driver Charged At 2 Vehicle Crash

(WALKERTON, ON) – On December 6th, 2011 at 5:50 pm, the South Bruce OPP received a report of a 2 vehicle crash on Yonge Street South in Walkerton. Officers arrived to find that a Blue Chevrolet Venture made a left hand turn and ran into a Black Honda Accord. The driver of the van, 55 […]

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Blyth Campground A Financial Disaster – Is It Next To Go?

In the last four years, the Blyth Campground has only made $8,353.74in profit.  This asset does not preform as well as the Winghamtrailer park, which made over $12,000 in the same time period. The Wingham trailer park has performed so poorly, Council decided tosell it, after Pat Newson said it was losing money. <big style=font-weight: bold;”>Why […]

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Sourth Bruce Festive RIDE – Week 2

(SOUTH BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – The OPP is conducting its annual Festive R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign from November 25, 2011 to January 1, 2012 and is reminding motorists that province-wide R.I.D.E. stops will be highly-visible throughout the holiday season. The South Bruce OPP is utilizing all available personnel to participate in the Festive […]

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Theft Of Hay Wagon

(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH TWP, ON) Huron County OPP is investigating a theft of a hay trailer stolen from a farm property located on Prosperity Line in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Township. The trailer was stolen sometime between 5:00 pm on December 4, 2011 and 8:00 am on December 7, 2011. The trailer is described as: a heavy duty steel 2006 […]

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Traffic Stop Leads To Drug Charge

(CENTRAL HURON, ON) On December 8, 2011 at 3:00 am, a Huron OPP officer conducted a traffic stop of a Dodge Caravan on Albert Street, Central Huron. While speaking with the driver, the officer discovered a quantity of an illegal drug in the van. Richard CARTER aged 28 of Huron East; ON has been charged […]

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U-Turn Leads To Drive While Suspended Charge

(GODERICH, ON) On December 7, 2011 at 11:30 p.m. a Huron OPP officer stopped a minivan on Bethune Crescent in Goderich. While at the roadside, the officer discovered the driver’s licence was under suspension. Timothy RENAUD aged 33 from Goderich, ON was charged with Drive While under Suspension contrary to section 53(1) of the Highway […]

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Missing – $85,000 Farm Tractor

(HURON EAST, ON) On November 22, 2011 the Huron OPP received a report of a stolen tractor. A business from Quebec reported they purchased a red 2011 model 125 HP Case IH Maxxum Series farm tractor valued at $85,000 from a business located in Huron East, ON. The purchaser then made arrangements to have the […]

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Wingham Fields Store Closing

HBC closing down its Fields stores in Ontario except one. There were no further details released other than citing an extremely competitive” retail market in Ontario. In all 26 stores will be affected. Only a location in Mississauga will remain open. “

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Unresponsive Woman Found In Park

(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) In the early hours of Saturday December 10, 2011 a Perth county OPP officer on foot patrol in a Listowel park located an unresponsive female near a footbridge. The female was transported by Perth county Ambulance to the Listowel Memorial Hospital where she was determined to be deceased. The Perth […]