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OPP conduct ‘high-risk’ traffic stop near London police station
London police assisted provincial police with a âhigh-riskâ traffic stop across from police headquarters on Dundas Street Monday. The OPP received information from Hamilton police about a disturbance inside a vehicle travelling west on the Highway 401 possibly heading to London, an OPP spokesperson Const. Jeff Hare said. OPP located the vehicle and a high-risk […]
Police seek suspect who approached showering woman in change room
London police are asking for help identifying a suspect who allegedly approached a woman showering in the change room at a community centre last month. A woman was in the womenâs change room at the community centre on Wonderland Road on Sept. 28 at 3 p.m., when she noticed a man in the room and […]
Unsanctioned pot shop reopens in new trailer on Wellington Street
An unsanctioned pot shop raided by police in the summer has reopened in a new trailer just metres away from one that previously housed the business.
Man charged after fleeing police following traffic stop in Chesley
An Arran-Elderslie man has been charged after he allegedly fled police on foot following a traffic stop in Chesley this past weekend. At about 3:20 a.m. on Oct. 12, a member of the South Bruce OPP was on patrol along 1st Avenue South when an attempt was made to stop a vehicle. The driver of […]
Another rural Southwestern Ontario community says no to wind turbines
A rural Oxford County township won’t back any new wind turbine projects on its turf until the province revises its policy and gives municipalities more information about their impacts. Zorra Township council has voted unanimously not to support a potential wind turbine project or any such future development in the community. The motion said it […]
Five injured in crash southwest of London
Five people were injured in a crash Thursday morning southwest of London.
Replica paper gun turned in by high school student: Police
St. Thomas police say they are concerned by the discovery of a replica paper gun at a local high school. A St. Thomas police officer received what appears to be a “realistic-looking paper gun” from a student at a high school in the south part of the city, police said. “This type of object could […]
SBP projects 3.9 per cent levy increase before school and county tabs
As the first step of budget deliberations, South Bruce Peninsula councillors reviewed the 2025 draft budget Tuesday with a proposed 3.9 per cent tax levy increase on the table before the addition of school and county levies. Director of financial services and treasurer Tracey Neifer took councillors through the presentation as part of its regular […]
It wasn’t a drone, it was a heron. And that thing it dropped? It was poop: Police
A police investigation in a small Southwestern Ontario town that was initially sparked by multiple reports of a drone dropping “an unknown substance” on homes, vehicles and properties has come to a more natural conclusion. It was a heron. And it was dropping feces. Police concluded that “no criminal activity had occurred.” The investigation started […]
Relative of one of two boaters missing since 1967 found: OPP
OPP have located a family member of one of two Stratford men who went missing while fishing in Lake Huron nearly 60 years ago