Tag: OPP

On November 3 at approximately 1:10am OPP officers were dispatched to assist MNR officers who had stopped a vehicle on Mhusk Road in Admaston/Bromley Township and believed the driver had been drinking. The male driver failed a roadside alcohol screening test and was arrested. Following further testing at the detachment Bryan BLIMKIE 27 of Admaston/Bromley […]

Following an investigation a charge had been laid under the Retail Business Holiday Act against a business in Renfrew. Provincial Constable Mark Yarmel was on duty on Monday October 14, the Statutory Holiday known as Thanks giving. He observed Urban Planet a retail clothing business to be open and making sales. The general manager for […]

Residents are urged to be aware of your rights when it comes to people soliciting door to door. The OPP have responded to several complaints in both Renfrew and Arnprior concerning aggressive and rude solicitors at peoples’ homes. The people are demanding to see past hydro or energy bills, and are reluctant to leave when […]

(ORILLIA, ON) – Hunting season is upon us across the Province and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding hunters of their obligation to follow safe firearm practices. Over the past week OPP officers have responded to eight hunting related shootings across Southern Ontario. All of these shootings were preventable and resulted from basic firearms […]

(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) On Thursday November 7, 2013, a Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was conducting radar enforcement on Highway 401 near Bloomfield Road. At approximately 8:30 p.m., the officer observed a Chrysler vehicle traveling westbound that appeared to be exceeding the posted speed limit of 100 km/hr. Radar was used to confirm a speed […]

(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) On Friday November 8, 2013, Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to a collision involving a tractor trailer and a pickup truck just before 5 a.m. on Highway 401 eastbound near Charing Cross Road. While officers were speaking with the driver of the pickup truck, 27 year old Ryan LOZEN from Marine […]

(TINY TOWNSHIP, On)- Members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are currently assisting the Canadian Forces Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton with a land and water search of the north end of Tiny Township for a possible downed plane. Officers are observing for any signs of a white, […]

(CITY OF TEMISKAMING SHORES, ON) Members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a motor vehicle collision involving a school bus and a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) on November 8, 2013 at approximately 7:58 a.m. The collision occurred on Laurette Street in Dymond Township. The bus had just begun […]

(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers are continuing their investigation into a collision which occurred on Highway 40 near Dover Centre Line on November 7, 2013 just before 10:00 a.m. Investigation has determined that a Chrysler car crossed into the path of an oncoming cement truck. The deceased driver of the Chrysler car […]

(Prince Edward County, ON)—On November 7, 2013 at 12:08pm officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)—Prince Edward County detachment responded to a motor vehicle collision at Church St. and York St., Picton. The driver of one vehicle involved fled the scene of the collision. The second driver, who was injured, was transported by ambulance to […]