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Chatham-Kent OPP officer facing manslaughter charge has preliminary hearing booked in early 2023 Preliminary hearing dates for the Chatham-Kent OPP officer charged with manslaughter after a fatal shooting on Highway 401 last summer have now been booked into early next year. Sean O’Rourke, a 25-year...

Several ‘egregious’ Charter violations committed during Black man’s July 2021 arrest in Delhi Ontario Provincial Police are conducting an internal investigation after a judge recently ruled a Black Toronto man was the subject of racial profiling during an arrest in Norfolk County. Along with being ...

OPP officer sentenced for steering $500,000 in business to tow truck operator featured on reality TV Const. Bindo Showan, 59, pleaded guilty on June 7 to one count of breach of trust for steering business to two companies owned by Sutheshkumar Sithambarpillay, who has been regularly featured on “He...

OPP officer pleads guilty of diverting half a million dollars in business to private company If you haven't been following the violent saga of Toronto's tow truck turf wars, the story is definitely worth a deep dive, with all the makings of a Netflix series: Streetside fist fights, arson, shootouts...

Hunter gets guns back from OPP after representing himself in court A veteran hunter from Ottawa Valley took the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to court and won after they seized his firearms. Ontario Court Justice J. R. Richardson ordered that the OPP return 68-year-old Stephen Clouthier’s long ri...

Southwestern Ontario judge accuses area OPP of racial profiling in man's arrest SIMCOE – A Southwestern Ontario judge “strongly denounced as unacceptable and intolerable” the conduct of Norfolk OPP in a case involving a young Black man. SIMCOE – A Southwestern Ontario judge “strongly denounced as u...

Still no SIU ruling in fatal shooting by Almaguin OPP in Burk’s Falls Sheena Jackson was fatally shot by Almaguin OPP on Aug. 5, 2021 after police responded to a call of an unwanted person at Ye Old Cutter Camp in Burk’s Falls. Almost a year later, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has yet to i...

Police arrested a 60-year-old man Sept. 29, 2021 at Trenton Memorial Hospital for sexual assault. Hospital staff called 911 to report the man, who was a patient, had assaulted a nurse. The man had gone to the hospital “for assessment and treatment related to his mental health,” an SIU report states,...

SIU says no criminal conduct by OPP officer who punched man during arrest in Clarence-Rockland The Ontario agency that investigates injuries resulting from incidents involving police says there are no grounds to believe an OPP officer who punched a man while arresting him in Clarence-Rockland commi...

OPP officer who punched man didn't commit criminal offence: SIU The province's police watchdog organization says it found no reasonable grounds to believe an Ontario Provincial Police officer who punched a 64-year-old man in the face twice committed a criminal offence. In early January, OPP officer...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a former high-ranking Ontario Provincial Police officer over his bid to sue Premier Doug Ford for defamation. Former OPP deputy commissioner Brad Blair launched a $5-million suit in 2019, alleging the premier smeared his reputation fo...

Supreme Court won't hear ex-OPP deputy commissioner's appeal over lawsuit against Doug Ford Brad Blair launched a $5 million suit in 2019 alleging Ford smeared his reputation for political gain The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a former high-ranking Ontario Provincial Police ...

Top court won't hear ex-OPP deputy commissioner's appeal over lawsuit against Ford OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a former high-ranking Ontario Provincial Police officer over his bid to sue Premier Doug Ford for defamation. Former OPP deputy commissioner Brad Blai...

An OPP cruiser flipped onto its roof shortly after noon Monday. The female officer in an unmarked cruiser was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was released, said OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt. Schmidt believes the single-vehicle incident at Line 5 and County Road 27 north of Cooksto...

OPP vehicle involved in single-vehicle collision, officer taken to hospital with minor injuries. Shortly after 1 p.m. today, Bradford-West Gwillimbury Fire and Emergency Services, South Simcoe Police and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrived at the scene of a vehicle rollover at Highway 27 and Lin...