North Huron Reeve Neil Vincent recently admitted that council rubber stamps the Wingham police budget. That means council approves all Wingham police requests without question. That’s why the department has grown from 2 to 7 members over the last few years, and why they have 4 police vehicles to patrol the one square mile of […]
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In the early morning hours of Friday December 16, 2016 a 2016 Dodge Caravan was stolen from a residence in Owen Sound. That vehicle was located in the early morning hours of December 17, 2016 in the town of Meaford by the Ontario Provincial Police. The vehicle had been abandoned after becoming stuck in the […]
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Trevor WILLIS – Drunk Driving
(COUNTY OF BRANT, ON) –Members of the Brant County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to attend Highway #403 in the County of Brant in response to a possible impaired driver being followed by a citizen at approximately 10:00 p.m. on 16 December 2016. OPP officers attended the area and located the vehicle which was […]
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Drug Charges At Traffic Stop
(COUNTY of BRANT, ON) – A member of the County of Brant Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) while on patrol stopped a Red 2002 Buick Rendezvous on Old Greenfield Road in the County of Brant at approximately 11:00 p.m. on December 13, 2016 for a Highway Traffic Act violation. During the traffic stop the officer was […]
On Friday December 16, 2016 at approximately 11:24 pm a patrolling officer observed an eastbound red Ford Escape stopped at the intersection of 10th Street East and 2nd Avenue East for a red light. The officer noted that the vehicle was actually stopped in the centre west bound lane. A 71 year old Owen Sound […]
(ONEIDA NATION OF THE THAMES FIRST NATION, ON) – At approximately 11:03 a.m., on December 14, 2016, emergency service workers responded to a house fire in the 1200 block of Townline Road. The structure, a single residence, was fully engulfed, and five (5) residents of the home were unaccounted for. The remains of five individuals […]
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Northumberland Weekly News Brief
(NORTHUMBERLAND, ON) – The Northumberland detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) dealt with 167 incidents during this time period, here are some examples: Dec 12: Eleven motor vehicle collisions were investigated by officers before 9:00am. Eight collisions occurred on Hwy 401. No serious injuries were reported. Police received a report of a Brighton resident […]
(TOWN OF MINTO, ON) – On December 12, 2016 at approximately 2:44 p.m., members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with the Town of Minto Fire Department responded to a structure fire at a residence located on Victoria Street in Palmerston, Town of Minto. The residence sustained significant damage in the fire. […]
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Drug Bust In Orillia
(ORILLIA, ON) – The Orillia Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has executed a search warrant in the City of Orillia. On December 15, 2016 at approximately 8:25 p.m., the Community Drug Action Team (CDAT), assisted by the Orillia detachment Street Crime Unit, Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), Central Region Emergency Response Team (ERT), Central Region Canine, […]
(NORTHERN BRUCE PENINSULA, ON) – On December 15, 2016 at 8:39 p.m., Bruce Peninsula Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were conducting a ride check on 6 Highway and Bruce Road 9, in the Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula. Police observed the driver of a GMC Sierra pick-up truck, pull into a nearby gas bar and […]