Ontario Provincial Police Block

KAWARTHA LAKES: City staff and councillors have been busy for several months crafting the 2025 municipal budget and were recently given good news in the form of increased provincial funding for local police costs.

At a Special Council meeting on Thursday, December 5th, Sara Beukeboom, Director of ...

Following the intervention of the Ontario Government, the mayor of Fort Frances is pleased the town will have some breathing room when it comes to paying for police services for the next year.

Municipalities across the province that are serviced by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were shaken ...

The finalized 2025 budget for Carleton Place includes notable increases driven by inflation and rising policing costs. Here’s a summary of the financial impact:

Overall Tax Increase:

A 3.9% general tax increase has been recommended, attributed largely to inflation in construction costs.

The ...

A motion by Mayor Neil Ellis asking the province for equitable financial assistance for Belleville to pay down rising policing costs was approved by council on Monday.

Ellis was speaking to a move by Ontario on Nov. 29 to provide $77 million to rural municipalities who will be provided a 10 per ...

Belleville City Council approved a motion calling on the provincial government to be more equitable when it comes to policing costs.

In November, Ontario announced $77 million in a billing reduction for OPP services across Ontario municipalities.

Quinte News reached out to local municipal ...

Towns facing ‘exactly the same financial pressures’ from rising police costs as those served by OPP, for which province recently announced $77 million

Bradford and Innisfil mayors are asking the province to help pay the increasing costs of local police services, just as it has pledged to do for ...

Nottawasaga OPP are investigating a two-vehicle collision involving a police cruiser in New Tecumseth over the weekend.

Around 9:40 a.m. on Saturday, first responders attended to the crash at the intersection of Highway 89 and County Road 10.

"The initial investigation revealed that an OPP Cruiser ...

Provincial police are investigating a collision involving an OPP cruiser in Alliston.

According to police, a passenger vehicle and the OPP cruiser collided Saturday morning at the Highway 89 and County Road 10 intersection.

Police report the cruiser was on its way to a call with its lights and ...

Police are investigating a collision involving one of their own.

On Friday (dec7) morning an OPP cruiser was involved in a crash with another vehicle at the intersection Hwy. 89 and County Road 10, just after 9:30.

The Nottawasaga OPP vehicle was on route to a call for service with its lights and ...

No injuries were reported after a passenger vehicle collided with an Ontario Provincial Police cruiser en route to a call in New Tecumseth.

The two-vehicle collision occurred around 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 7 at the intersection of Highway 89 and County Rd. 10.

According to police, the cruiser was ...

Family alleged unlawful arrest and force in case dating back to 2014

A civil case launched by Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., family members who alleged they were wrongfully arrested and assaulted by Ontario Provincial Police 10 years ago has been dismissed.

Daniel Knox, his son Harrison Knox and ...

John Vanthof, MPP/Deputé for Timiskaming-Cochrane, announced in a press release on December 2 that he got funding to reduce policing costs for small municipalities from the Solicitor General.

Vanthof said that many municipal councils got a shock this fall when they were made aware of their OPP ...

Ontario makes material change to fund OPP costs in 2025 but municipalities wonder what will happen in 2026 and beyond to offset potential property tax hikes

TIMISKAMING DISTRICT – Municipalities across the district are breathing a sigh of relief with the announcement that provincial funding is ...

TORONTO – Increases in service calls and wages has caused the leaders of several rural municipalities in Ontario to experience sticker shock when civic leaders received the latest OPP billiing estimates for 2025.

Many municipalities, including SDG Counties, saw record increases to costs for Ontario ...

Money earmarked to help policing costs in Wellington County, Perth East and North Perth; no monies budgeted to help pay for Stratford Police in Stratford, St. Marys or Perth South

Over $77 million dollars is coming to small and rural municipalities thanks to the Ontario government providing funds ...