Wingham Free PressORILLIA, ON.) – On Wednesday July 29th, 2015 at approximately 8:50 p.m., the Orillia Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a collision involving a vehicle and a skateboarder. The incident occurred at the intersection of Borland Street East and Matchedash Street North. A skateboarder who was crossing at the intersection was struck by a pickup […]
(Cavan-Monaghan Township, ON) – Members of the Peterborough County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended a farm on Highway 7a with emergency crews yesterday just before 3:00pm for an industrial farming accident. A female had been working alone in a barn when a loud explosion was heard by family members. The 26 year […]
(Marmora, ON) – Sometime between July 24, 2015 and July 27, 2015 copper ground wire was cut and removed from several hydro poles on William Street in the Municipality of Marmora and Lake. Copper ground wire runs from the transformer at the top of the pole along the side of the pole to the ground […]
(PUSLINCH TOWNSHIP, ON) – On July 29, 2015 at approximately 9:09 p.m. members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Traffic Management Unit (TMU) were conducting R.I.D.E. spot checks on Gore Road near Townline Road in Puslinch Township. Officers investigated the driver of a 2008 Chevrolet that entered into the checkpoint. Police immediately detected […]
(CLEARVIEW AND SPRINGWATER TOWNSHIPS & WASAGA BEACH, ON.) – The Community Policing Committees in the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police area and in partnership with the Huronia West OPP would like to invite all to the annual auction. The date of this year’s auction is Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 and as in […]
(SOUTH-WEST OXFORD TOWNSHIP, ON.) – On July 16, 2015 shortly before 8:30 p.m., Oxford County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to assist at an abandoned barn fire on Brownsville Road just west of Tillsonburg in South-West Oxford Township. Officers arrived on scene along with members of the South-West Oxford Fire Department to find the abandoned […]
(KINGSTON, ON) – On July 27, 2015 the Joint Forces Penitentiary Squad was contacted in regards to a death of a federal inmate at Collins Bay Institution. A male inmate suffered injuries and was transported to hospital where he succumbed to those injuries. The deceased has been identified as John James MACDONALD 55 of Toronto. […]
(TOWN OF PENETANGUISHENE, ON) – On Sunday July 26, 2015 at approximately 9:39 p.m. officers from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to the Central North Correctional Centre (CNCC) in the Town of Penetanguishene, ON. Southern Georgian Bay OPP learned that a male inmate at the facility was […]
(NORTHUMBERLAND, ON) –Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) dealt with a variety of calls over this past weekend, here are some examples: July 24: – An assault investigation was initiated at the Warkworth Institution – Police assisted in a kidney relay along Hwy 401 from Toronto to an Eastern Ontario hospital – Cramahe Twp reported ongoing […]
BRANT COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), County of Brant want to remind all pet owners to never leave your pet unattended in a hot motor vehicle. On Sunday, July 26 2015 at approximately 1:45pm, members of the County of Brant OPP were contacted by concerned citizens regarding a dog that had been […]