Tag: Police
Police investigating cremation of Nawash elder
Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation offered comfort to community members this week after an elder was cremated outside the custom of the First Nation. The nature of the concern was not spelled out in an online Jan. 10 notice to the Bruce Peninsula community at Neyaashiinigmiing but it said the Bereavement Authority of Ontario, […]
Man charged after 19 incidents of trespassing
Owen Sound police charged a 32-year-old man of no fixed address with 31 criminal offences after responding to early Thursday morning reports of someone trespassing and entering unlocked garages and vehicles. Police said they began receiving reports at 4:30 a.m. of a suspicious male seen doing this in the area between 10th Street West and […]
Fatal collision north of Springmount Saturday, avoid area
Grey Bruce OPP is investigating a fatal collision north of Springmount this morning. Highway 6 is closed northbound from Springmount to Grey Road 17 for the investigation. Police ask the public to please avoid this area of Georgian Bluffs. Police said updates will follow when available. Police ask anyone with information helpful to this investigation […]
Potential return of police officers to schools draws trustee resistance
Don’t expect a halted program that puts police officers in London-area schools to make a quick comeback in the local public school system.
Woman’s charge updated to murder after infant succumbs to injuries
Police updated a charge of attempted murder to first-degree murder against a Grey Highlands woman after a 10-month-old child succumbed to her injuries. Grey Bruce OPP announced the updated charge against Nancy Brubacher today. She remains in custody awaiting a bail hearing. Police began the investigation on Dec. 7, after members of the Grey Bruce […]
Report opens door to return of police officers to area schools
School trustees are being tight-lipped about a proposal to bring back a paused program – heavily revamped – and test putting police officers back in schools.
Police searching for man in Bognor Marsh area
Police are in the Bognor Marsh area looking for a 38-year-old man to check on his well-being. Grey Bruce OPP ask residents to avoid this area of Meaford. The man was last seen in Peel Region Dec. 2 and police identified him as Jason. Yesterday police got a report that he was in the Bognor […]
Fire at Blue Mountains townhouse construction sites being investigated
Collingwood/Blue Mountains OPP, the OPP crime unit and the provincial fire marshal’s office are investigating “suspicious” fires at “multiple townhouses” under construction in Blue Mountains over two days last week, police said. The first fires were reported on Nov. 30 about 5:40 a.m. in the area of 190 Crosswinds Blvd. in Blue Mountains. “Upon arrival […]
Police Report: OPP renew warning after ‘sextortion’ attempt
A collection of police reports from across Southwestern Ontario OPP issue ‘sextortion’ warning London-area police are reminding people to be cautious when sharing intimate images online after what they’re describing as an attempted “sextortion” scam last week. It was shortly after 9 p.m. on Nov. 17, last Friday, when Ontario Provincial Police officers with the […]
Letters to the Editor: November 4, 2023
Investment in peril