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Brenda Dolderman was charged with disclosing private communications by emailing senior OPP officials As a longtime OPP officer awaits a court date next week in connection with sexual assault allegations, a charge levied against his wife in connection with emails sent to senior OPP officials has bee...

No charges after SIU probe into OPP cruiser collision in East Garafraxa Volkswagen Jetta strayed into path of speeding police vehicle Ontario’s police watchdog has determined there are no grounds for charges against an off-duty Ontario Provincial Police officer whose cruiser was struck by a civilia...

Former Ontario Provincial Police officer Jason Redmond now faces nine years in jail after a Brockville court on Thursday sentenced him to more prison time for repeated instances of assault. Ontario Court Justice Donna Hackett agreed to a joint submission from the Crown and defence calling for a thre...

The province’s Special Investigations Unit has re-opened a case into the reported serious injuries suffered by a 31-year-old man while he was in custody of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Bracebridge last year. Preliminary information suggests the following: The man was arrested on June 21, 2...

The province’s Special Investigations Unit has re-opened a case into the reported serious injuries suffered by a 31-year-old man while he was in custody of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Bracebridge last year. Preliminary information suggests the following: The man was arrested on June 21, 2...

Police watchdog reopens investigation into OPP officer after APTN story The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has reopened its investigation into an Ontario Provincial Police officer who was captured on video beating a Métis man in custody. “Yes, it has been re-opened based on new evidence that has...

Police watchdog reopens investigation into OPP officer after APTN story The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has reopened its investigation into an Ontario Provincial Police officer who was captured on video beating a Métis man in custody. “Yes, it has been re-opened based on new evidence that has...

NIPIGON, Ont. - The coroner’s inquest examining the circumstances surrounding the 2016 shooting death of 45-year-old Daniel Legarde by an Ontario Provincial Police officer in Nipigon is underway. The inquest opened on Monday in Nipigon and is scheduled to take 10 days. The jury will hear evidence fr...

'It’s a fantastic conclusion to a hard fought battle': Local migrant farm workers compensated 10 years after illegal DNA sweep It's compensation a decade in the making. In London, Ont. Sunday, migrant farm workers were given their $7,500 settlement cheques after recently winning a 2015 Human Rights...

10 years later, migrant workers get payout over police DNA dragnet Junior Modeste says he’s still traumatized from the day Ontario Provincial Police approached him and other migrant workers for DNA samples. “It was a cold day. We were all getting back to the bunkhouses, and (the farm owner) said th...

SIU clears Brant OPP officer after man suffered facial injuries during arrest The province’s Special Investigations Unit has determined there was no unlawful conduct on the part of a Brant OPP officer after a man sustained facial injuries while being taken into custody earlier this year. On March 2...

Migrant workers caught in DNA dragnet reach final settlement with OPP The lawyer representing migrant workers caught in a DNA dragnet is calling a settlement with provincial police a “complete victory” for the marginalized group, a long-awaited conclusion following a human rights-violating sweep of...

Migrant workers' DNA destroyed as part of settlement with OPP, advocates call it 'complete victory' Dozens of migrant workers in 2013 investigation will also get compensation of $7,500 each Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Ministry of the Solicitor General have destroyed the DNA profiles of ...

Migrant workers caught in DNA dragnet reach final settlement with OPP The lawyer representing migrant workers caught in a DNA dragnet is calling a settlement with provincial police a “complete victory” for the marginalized group, a long-awaited conclusion following a human rights-violating sweep of...

Justicia 4 Migrant Workers: “Complete victory” for migrant workers as OPP settles prior to remedies hearing TORONTO, June 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a historic move, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Ministry of the Solicitor General have destroyed the DNA profiles that the OPP illeg...