Tag: Oxford OPP
Police probe fourth Pride flag incident in rural township this spring
Police are investigating another theft of a rainbow Pride flag in Norwich – the fourth incident this spring involving stolen or vandalized flags in the area. Two unknown men took the flag from a residence on Jerdon Street on Saturday at 1 a.m., Ontario Provincial Police said. The suspects are described as shirtless white men […]
Driver killed in single-vehicle crash: Ontario Provincial Police
A driver is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Tillsonburg on Wednesday morning, Ontario Provincial Police say. Vienna Road at Simcoe Street and Old Vienna Road in Tillsonburg was closed following a single-vehicle crash, Oxford OPP said on social media Wednesday at about 10 a.m. The crash happened shortly after 9 a.m. and the driver […]
In one rural township, police say a third school Pride flag is targeted
Police are investigating the theft of a rainbow Pride flag from a Norwich Township school – the third such act of vandalism in the area in less than 20 days.
Pride flags vandalized at school twice in one week
Police are investigating after a rainbow Pride flag was damaged at a Norwich elementary school – the second such act of vandalism in just over a week in the Oxford County town, which has a fraught history with LGBTQ symbols. Two people damaged the flag at Emily Stowe elementary school on Jerdon Street shortly after midnight […]
‘Statement of violence’: Activist, school official decry Pride flag burning
“It’s quite scary,” one activist said