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William Price, a former superintendent of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), has been charged with one count of sexual assault related to an incident that took place in Toronto in February 2014. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) opened an investigation in July 2020 after the OPP contacted them...

Shooting incident on Pigeon Lake Road followed reported abduction by boy's father near Bobcaygeon The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has concluded that the child killed in the tragic shooting in Kawartha Lakes in November was shot by a City of Kawartha Lakes OPP officer. The Special Investigatio...

Ontario police fired bullet that killed 1-year-old boy during standoff near Lindsay: SIU TORONTO -- Ontario police fired a bullet that struck and killed a one-year-old boy during a standoff near Lindsay last year, the province’s police watchdog has confirmed. On the morning of Nov. 26, 2020, Ontari...

A former superintendent with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has been charged with sexual assault. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says that it was contacted in July 2020 about a woman being assaulted. The SIU says the alleged incident occurred in Toronto in February of 2014. A single char...

Former Ontario Provincial Police superintendent charged with sexual assault A former superintendent with the Ontario Provincial Police has been charged with sexual assault. The Special Investigations Unit says that it was contacted in July 2020 about a woman being assaulted. The alleged incident oc...

Former OPP superintendent charged with sexual assault following SIU investigation Ontario’s police watchdog says a former superintendent with the Ontario Provincial Police has been charged with sexual assault. In a news release issued on Tuesday, the Special Investigations Unit said the organizatio...

Former OPP superintendent facing sex assault charge in 2014 Toronto incident: SIU A former Ontario cop is facing a sex assault charge in connection with an incident that reportedly took place in Toronto seven years ago, the province’s police watchdog said. On July 7, 2020, the Ontario Provincial Po...

Howard Levitt: An ex-police commissioner lost a lawsuit against Doug Ford — and now must pay part of his legal fees Judges have power to punish a party who makes bad-faith allegations by ordering them to pay a sizable portion of other side’s legal bill How many Canadian employees can afford to pay ...

A judge has awarded Doug Ford $130,000 in legal costs from a former provincial police chief who had unsuccessfully tried to sue the Ontario Premier. Former Ontario Provincial Police deputy commissioner Brad Blair launched a defamation suit against Mr. Ford two years ago. He sought millions in damage...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged three of their own veteran officers and suspended four others over allegations of corruption related to the province’s tow truck industry. The OPP have also charged Sutheshkumar Sithambarpillay, owner of Steve’s Towing. All three officers are charged with ...

A fourth provincial police officer has been charged in a two-year long probe into alleged crimes in the tow-truck industry. Ontario Provincial Police say 62-year-old Insp. Steve Grosjean with the force's highway safety division in Mississauga, Ont., faces a breach-of-trust charge. OPP also say they ...

Ontario Provincial Police say two officers from the highway safety division were recently arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into the towing industry. They say Insp. Steve Grosjean, 62, who has been with the force for 33 years, was arrested on Tuesday. He is a member of the Mississauga det...

Two more OPP officers charged in GTA tow truck corruption investigation Two veteran Ontario Provincial Police officers have been charged criminally regarding corruption in the local tow truck industry. Insp. Steve Grosjean, 62, of the Mississauga detachment and Const. Bindo Showan, 57, of the 407 D...

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has concluded that the child killed in the tragic shooting in Kawartha Lakes in November was shot by a City of Kawartha Lakes OPP officer. These findings were released on Thursday, Feb. 11 by the SIU. “Upon receipt and review of additional forensic evidence in t...

Ontario police fired bullet that killed 1-year-old boy during standoff near Lindsay: SIU TORONTO -- Ontario police fired a bullet that struck and killed a one-year-old boy during a standoff near Lindsay last year, the province’s police watchdog has confirmed. On the morning of Nov. 26, 2020, Ontari...