Two die in head-on collision south of Hensall

Two people are dead following a head-on collision Tuesday night on Highway 4 south of Hensall. Emergency crews who responded at about 10:10 p.m. to the crash found two “heavily damaged” cars that had collided head-on, Huron County OPP said Wednesday. One of the drivers, identified as Jacob McDougall, 27, of Hensall, died at the […]

Court records shed new light on fatal police shooting along Hwy. 401

A Southwestern Ontario man fatally shot by an OPP officer after a police pursuit east of Chatham last summer was a young father with a history of run-ins with police, court records and his obituary show. Ontario’s police watchdog charged OPP Const. Sean O’Rourke, 54, last month with manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death in […]

One dead after Princeton garage fire: Oxford OPP

One person is dead after a garage fire Friday in Blandford-Blandford, provincial police say. Emergency crews called to Victoria Street in Princeton, about 15 kilometres east of Woodstock, found a detached garage “fully engulfed” about 9:30 a.m., Oxford OPP said in a release. A person found in the garage was pronounced dead at the scene. […]