Tag: Zorra Township
Two Oxford County residents lose $240K in scams: OPP
Oxford OPP are reminding the public that legitimate businesses and the government will not ask for payment with bitcoin or payment cards after two residents were defrauded of $240,000 in separate scams. Police said they were notified Monday that a resident of Zorra Township is out more than $200,000 after falling for a bitcoin scam, […]
Police cite fog in crash that caused life-threatening injuries
One person suffered injuries that police described as life-threatening in a three-vehicle crash amid dense fog in rural Oxford County on Monday morning.
London resident killed in two-vehicle crash: Ontario Provincial Police
A London resident was killed and another person was injured in a crash west of Woodstock. Emergency crews were called Tuesday at about 11:10 a.m. to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 2 in Zorra Township. Investigators determined two vehicles collided between 31st and 33rd Line, where one driver was taken to the hospital and pronounced […]
Small towns brace for big jump in police costs: ‘Nothing you can do’
After abrupt increases to the Ontario Provincial Police budgets, area communities are among Ontario municipalities forced to rethink their 2025 spending plans. Hereâs a look at how some governments in the region are affected by jacked-up police costs. ZORRA TOWNSHIP Prior to the OPP announcement it was raising costs to municipalities it serves, Mayor Marcus […]
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.
Oxford County’s population expected to nearly double by 2061: Forecast
Armed with revised data, a new projection suggests Oxford Countyâs population will nearly double in less than 40 years.
Man faces multiple charges, including spousal assault, after crash: OPP
A Middlesex County man faces nine charges, including spousal assault, after a crash sent two people to hospital, provincial police say. Two people in a vehicle that collided with a second vehicle on Ilderton Road in Middlesex Centre at about 6 p.m. on Nov. 7 were taken to hospital with injuries not considered life threatening, […]
24-year-old killed in crash involving car, flatbed truck
A 24-year-old Oxford County resident was killed Sunday when a car and a flatbed truck collided in Zorra Township. The crash occurred on Oxford County Road 68, formerly called Highway 2, between Lines 29 and 31, east of Thamesford, at about 6 p.m., Oxford OPP said. The driver of the car, a 24-year-old whom police […]
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 […]