Wingham Free Press(WALKERTON, ON) – On August 6th, 2011 at 2:35 am, a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Joseph Street in Walkerton, stopped a White Nissan and found that the driver had been drinking alcohol. 38 year old Parry WEBER of Carrick Township is charged with Operate over 80 milligrams. He is scheduled to appear […]
(LUCKNOW, ON) – On August 5th, 2011 at 8:55 pm, a South Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Campbell Street in Lucknow stopped to check a parked vehicle and found the occupants drinking alcohol. 19 year old Stephen MORRISSEY of South Huron is charged with Drive motor vehicle with open liquor, 20 year old Mairead […]
(KINCARDINE TWP, ON) – On August 5th, 2011 at 3:30 pm, members of the South Bruce OPP set up a R.I.D.E. check on County Road 15, Kincardine Township in the hamlet of Glammis. At 4:20 pm, a Red Jeep stopped at the R.I.D.E. and officers found open alcohol in the vehicle. The driver, 20 year […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Sunday July 31, 2011 the Perth County OPP received a call about sexual assaults that may have taken place in the Municipality of North Perth. The assaults occurred between 2009 and 2010 and involved a victim under 16 years of age. The Perth County OPP Crime Unit investigated these […]
There is a Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting tonight at Town Hallat 7pm. At these meetings, heads of departments usually showup and give reports on the progress they have made in the lastmonth, if any. At tonight’s meeting Bernie Bailey is expectedto confront Mr. Campbell about the Rights of North Huron residentsto drop off […]
Hi there. Let me begin by saying that I love what you guys are doing; please continue to publicly call out all the losers who try to make life a bit more difficult for the residents of this area. I’m not sure if you’ll be interested in this or not, but I figured I’d still […]
At the August 2nd Council meeting, Council declared the town owned Trailer Park surplus and agreed they should take the appropriate steps to sell the property. WFP is unaware of any public consultation/input before Council made the decision to sell Wingham’s only tourist attraction, which brings in 20-50 families per season into our town. These […]
At the August 2nd council meeting, Council endorsed the practice of issuing press releases to WFP & BFP. Several weeks ago, our IT consultant created a simple interface to allow Town Hall to quickly add press releases directly in to the archive. All Council members were emailed about the proposal, many of which responded promptly […]
(KINCARDINE, ON) – On August 3rd, 2011 at 5:58 pm, the South Bruce OPP received a report of a 2 vehicle crash on Queen Street, Kincardine near the intersection with Broadway Street. Officers arrived to find that a Green Jeep had pulled into the path of a White Honda. Both vehicles received minor damage, there […]
(SOUTH BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – On August 3rd, 2011 at 4:25 pm, the South Bruce OPP received a report of an attempted fraud from a resident of the Municipality of Kincardine. A man phoned to report that a $2,000 Government rebate cheque was being mailed out, once received $100 was to be mailed back. The […]