PORT CARLING — Pot is still illegal for a few more weeks. But as far as police are concerned, you still can’t be impaired behind the wheel due to drug use. Provincial police say that on Thursday May 24, 2018, at 2:20 a.m., a Bracebridge OPP officer became concerned about the driving behaviour of a […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A Gravenhurst man faces an impaired charge after being pulled over in a RIDE stop. Provincial police say that on Wednesday May 23 at 10 p.m. officers were conducting a RIDE check on Muskoka Beach Road in Gravenhurst when a vehicle was observed trying to avoid the check point. Officers stopped the vehicle […]
ORILLIA — Think you’re safe on the roads? Think again. It’s hell on wheels on Ontario highways. Four people are dead and thousands more were charged to prove that vehicles are weapons that needed to be stopped. Preliminary data indicates Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were kept busy on and off roads during the Victoria […]
HALIBURTON — Police in Minden Hills are still looking for a white pickup truck after a young boy was offered a ride. Provincial police say that on May 23, Haliburton Highlands OPP responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle concern on Bobcaygeon Road in the Township of Minden Hills. They say that on May […]
TAY TOWNSHIP — If you’re missing some bling from your home, check this out. Members of the Community Street Crime Unit attached to the Southern Georgian Bay OPP have recovered stolen jewelry that could belong to you. The men’s and women’s rings and ear rings are believed to have been stolen from homes in the […]
SEVERN, TWP. — Somewhere there’s a song in this story — with a happy ending. Or at least a picture book. Police are looking for the owner of a red canoe found located 500 metres from Big Chute on the Trent-Severn waterway. They say that on Thursday, March 24, the Orillia OPP were dispatched to reports […]
CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES — A 48-year-old female motorcyclist is dead after colliding with a vehicle Thursday afternoon. Provincial police say that about 4:45 p.m. on May 25th, members of the City of Kawartha Lakes detachment of the OPP responded to a two-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle, on Kawartha Lakes Road 36 near Pleasant Point […]
WASHAGO — A tragic accident left a 59-year-old woman dead after she became trapped under her kayak while putting it in the water. Provincial police say that on Friday May 25, 2018, at about 4:30 p.m. officers from the Orillia detachment of the OPP responded to a report of an overturned kayak on a river […]