More than two dozen people have been charged after a 13-month investigation into the trafficking of controlled substances and firearms in southern Ontario, the Ontario Provincial Police said Thursday. Three members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club and three members of the Red Devils motorcycle club were among those arrested in the investigation, dubbed Project
More than 350 people in Ontario died as a result of a collision on provincial roads last year. According to data released by Ontario Provincial Police, there were 359 motor vehicle fatalities in 2022. This is about 44 more deaths than reported in the year prior. Some of the highest contributing factors in these deaths
The mother of a P.E.I. man killed in a motorcycle crash in June has come forward, urging people to be more aware of motorcycles when driving on the highway. Dustin Lord, 24, died when the driver of an SUV made a left turn into oncoming traffic. His mother, Cheryl Lord of Bedeque, said drivers need to …
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An Ontario law firm is offering pro bono services to first-time offenders who have been arrested for stealing groceries. On Monday, We Defend You Legal Services shared an Instagram post saying they will defend those who have been arrested for shoplifting food from a grocery store at no cost. “My thing is people who are
A national road safety advocate wants more public awareness about the importance of wearing a seatbelt on highway buses in the wake of a fatal Christmas Eve crash on B.C.’s Highway 97C. Ahmed Shalaby, technical director of Safer Roads Canada, says there isn’t federal or provincial legislation enforcing the use of seatbelts on buses. In 2020, Transport …
Pedestrian was pronounced dead in hospital after Tuesday morning incident Police say a 39-year-old man was arrested and charged after a hit and run killed a pedestrian on Tuesday in Ontario’s Norfolk County. On Tuesday morning, responders were called to Indian Line and Concession 2 Townsend just after 5 a.m. ET to reports of a pedestrian collision, …
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Highway 35 is closed both directions between Highway 118 and Kushog Lake Road, police say A person is dead after a single ATV collision on Highway 35 Sunday morning, police say. On Twitter, Hailburton Highlands Ontario Provincial Police say they responded to a single ATV collision on the highway near Matabanick Road in Algonquin Township just before 7:30 …
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TORONTO – The province’s police watchdog has been called to investigate a collision involving a Niagara police officer in Brampton Wednesday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to the area of Kennedy Road and Bovaird Drive just before 1 p.m. for a crash. The Special Investigations Unit said Niagara police were conducting an investigation when an
TORONTO – A woman is dead and another man is in critical condition in hospital after a two-motorcycle collision in the southbound lanes of the Don Valley Parkway late on Monday night. Emergency crews were called to the southbound DVP at Don Mills Road at 10:39 p.m. Monday night after two motorcycles collided. A woman
TORONTO – A man was rushed to hospital after being stabbed multiple times in a fight in the Eglinton West area Monday night. Toronto police said they responded to a report about two men fighting near Eglinton Avenue West and Richardson Avenue at around 8:38 p.m. According to police, two men were involved in an