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GuelphToday journalist's treatment by OPP an ‘egregious abuse of power Village Media is lodging a formal complaint after one of its journalists was detained on the job in Guelph UPDATE (5 p.m. Thursday): A Wellington County OPP officer returned the confiscated SD card to reporter Richard Vivian on ...

Guelph reporter questions 'overreach of authority' after OPP officer detained him, seized camera Reporter says he was detained by OPP and had memory card confiscated A Guelph, Ont., journalist says he was detained and had his camera seized by an OPP officer while covering a fatal traffic collision ...

After a nearly 7 year fight for answers, Soleiman Faqiri's family hosts a final vigil Faqiri's family still hoping criminal charges will be laid after Faqiri's death ruled a homicide After a coroner's inquest ruled Soleiman Faqiri's 2016 death at the hands of Ontario jail guards was a homicide, his...

OPP officer shoots man at hunting cabin north of Belleville Police watchdog investigating man's serious injury Ontario's police watchdog says a provincial police officer shot a man more than once at a hunting cabin in the Marmora and Lake area north of Belleville early Friday morning. The man was s...

SIU director finds ‘no basis’ for criminal charges against Wellington OPP officer Wellington OPP officer punched a 43-year-old man in the face multiple times during spring arrest in downtown Fergus MISSISSAUGA – The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has found no grounds to criminally cha...

Journalist says OPP officer detained him, seized camera at scene of crash GuelphToday reporter Richard Vivian says OPP officer also 'grabbed' him GUELPH – The Canadian Association of Journalists is calling the OPP’s treatment of a local reporter a “physical assault” and the seizing of his equipment...

‘Grave injustice’: Ontario’s attorney general stays court case against police officer An Ontario man is blasting the provincial government for abruptly ending a court case against a police officer who was facing allegations of assault, obstruction and fabricating evidence in connection with that ma...

A man faces multiple charges after a stand-off with police which led to him being shot and injured by police. The SIU said in a statement that officers were called to a remote hunting cabin in the area of Twin Sister Lakes Road at about 3:30 p.m. on Thursday in the municipality of Marmora and Lake, ...

Man shot by OPP officer at hunting cabin in the Marmora area: SIU The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating after a barricaded man was shot by an OPP officer early Friday morning (Dec. 15) in the Marmora area. According to a SIU spokesperson, the OPP responded to a man allegedly making...

Police watchdog investigating man's serious injury Ontario's police watchdog says a provincial police officer shot a man more than once at a hunting cabin in the Marmora and Lake area north of Belleville early Friday morning. The man was seriously injured and treated at a Kingston hospital, accordi...

OPP officer shoots and injures man at hunting cabin in Marmora area: SIU A Tweed, Ont., man has been charged with attempted murder after a shootout with OPP left him seriously injured at a hunting camp north of north of Marmora, Ont., early Friday, prompting an investigation by Ontario’s police wat...

Senior OPP officer charged following traffic collisions in Napanee, on Highway 401 The officer was driving an OPP cruiser during collisions that took place in Napanee and on Highway 401. A senior Ontario Provincial Police officer has been charged under the Highway Traffic Act after two collisions w...

A Lennox and Addington County OPP officer has been charged in connection to a recent collision. This happened on November 30, 2023, when the police were conducting a traffic stop on Highway 401 near Shannonville Road. Three vehicles were part of the incident, two of them belonging to police. Because...

L&A OPP member charged with Careless Driving in Highway 401 collision The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have provided more details about two motor vehicle collisions involving an officer with the Lennox and Addington County Detachment. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have provided more de...

Hearing begins for 3 Kawartha Lakes OPP officers charged with manslaughter in connection to toddler's shooting death A 10-day preliminary will determine if there's enough evidence for the officers to stand trial A 10-day preliminary hearing examining the evidence in the case against three Ontario P...