Tag: Ontario Provincial Police
South Bruce Peninsula approves 3.9% budget hike
South Bruce Peninsula council approved its 2025 operating and capital budgets with a 3.9 per cent municipal levy increase. The 2025 budget will cover total net operating expenses of $12,825,099, compared to $12,343,860 in 2024. The figure squares with the prediction made by the director of financial services and treasurer Tracey Neifer in mid-October when […]
Air ambulance took one person to hospital after rollover crash: Witness
At least one person was flown to hospital, witnesses say, after a serious crash on the outskirts of Stratford closed part of a highway for several hours on Monday.
Labour ministry investigating after worker injured at job site
A worker was taken to hospital after being injured at a job site on Monday morning, police say.
Three sent to hospital after crash at rural intersection: Police
A two-vehicle crash sent three people to hospital on Monday morning, police in Oxford County say.
Three hurt after small plane crashes, flips over amid landing attempt
Three people were injured after a small plane crash on a rural road south of Strathroy Saturday afternoon, provincial police said. Middlesex County OPP, paramedics and firefighters responded to a plane crash on Olde Drive, between Springfield Road and Melbourne Road, at about 4:45 p.m. Saturday, police said in a news release Sunday morning. Of […]
Two people dead after collision north of Stratford: Police
STRATFORD â Two people died following a multi-vehicle crash near the community of Millbank, northeast of Stratford, on Wednesday afternoon. Perth County Ontario Provincial Police, paramedics and the Perth East Fire Department responded just before 3:30 p.m. on Perth Road 121, at the intersection of Line 67, after a passenger vehicle and commercial vehicle collided. […]
Police shut down unlicensed London pot shop, again
An Indigenous-run marijuana shop in London shop has been shuttered for a second time after reopening following a summertime crackdown by the Ontario Provincial Police. In August, Spirit River, an unlicensed cannabis dispensary in a trailer at 72 Wellington St., and the Spirit River downtown storefront at 685 Richmond St. were closed down by the […]
Police launch probe over needed found embedded in Halloween candy
Police in the Grey County town of Hanover are reminding parents to thoroughly check their children’s Halloween candy after receiving a report of a sewing needle found embedded in a chocolate bar. Police are investigating after receiving a report at about 6 p.m. on Monday that a child had attempted to consume a KitKat chocolate […]
Incident in downtown Walkerton ‘quickly resolved’
Police now say an incident in downtown Walkerton has been ‘quickly resolved.’ In a news release issued at 10:50 a.m., police said the active incident had been resolved and there was no threat to public safety. Just after 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, South Bruce OPP posted to social media about a increased police presence in […]
Police seek help finding suspects after theft of $1,200 worth of butter
Brantford police hope the public can help identify two suspects following the theft of $1,200 worth of butter. Two people were seen stealing the butter from a grocery store at Lynden Road and Wayne Gretzky Parkway just before 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 29. The suspects were both wearing all black clothing, including black baseball caps, […]