Tag: injuries
Business owner urges changes at intersection after crashes: ‘Disturbing’
At first glance, it appears to be just like any other rural intersection. But the owner of a longtime business at Egremont Drive and Wood Road/Hickory Drive is urging local officials to build traffic-calming measures after he witnessed “dozens and dozens and dozens” of crashes, some serious, over the past two-plus decades operating at 4278 […]
Markham teen dies in head-on crash north of Wiarton
Three others were taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Mississauga man charged after knife threat at national park
Grey Bruce OPP have charged a 20-year-old Mississauga man with assault with a weapon after an altercation at a national park on the Bruce Peninsula. According to police, members of the OPP responded to a disturbance involving two individuals at a public site on Aug. 6. A bystander observed a male causing damage to public […]
West Region OPP lay over 1,000 traffic charges during long weekend
Members of the Ontario Provincial Police’s west region laid 1,425 charges over the holiday weekend. The OPP’s traffic campaign ran from Aug. 1 to Aug. 4 and targeted driving behaviours that contribute to traffic collision deaths, injuries, and property damage on roadways, including speeding, failure to wear a seatbelt, distracted driving and impaired driving. In […]
Cause of apartment fire undetermined, but not suspicious
GODERICH – The cause of a late-night Aug. 1 fire at a Goderich apartment building will likely remain undetermined, according to the town’s fire chief. Jeff Wormington confirmed to the Signal-Star on Aug. 7 that the 18-unit, three-storey building is likely a complete loss, but the fire is not considered suspicious. The Office of the […]