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KENORA – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Kenora OPP officer following a criminal investigation. An investigation by the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch began in November 2021 after allegations were made in October 2021 regarding inappropriate behaviour by an off-duty police offic...

An Ontario Provincial Police officer has been charged with obtaining sexual services for consideration and breach of trust. James John Clark, 50, was arrested Tuesday by the OPP and released on a promise to appear in court at a later date in Kenora. His release conditions require him to stay away fr...

Northern Ont. OPP officer charged with breach of trust, soliciting sexual services A 50-year-old constable with the Ontario Provincial Police in Kenora has been charged following a complaint about inappropriate behaviour while off duty last year. Allegations were made in October 2021 in relation to...

A veteran Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer is facing charges after an investigation into his alleged “inappropriate behaviour” while off-duty, the police force said on Tuesday. In a release, the OPP said its Criminal Investigation Branch began a probe into the officer’s conduct “in relation t...

OPP Officer Charged With Obtaining Sexual Services For Consideration KAWARTHA LAKES - The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Kenora OPP officer following a criminal investigation. Police say an investigation by the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch began in November 2021 after allegation...

OPP officer charged with obtaining sexual services after year-long investigation An Ontario Provincial Police officer in Kenora has been charged with obtaining sexual services for consideration and breach of trust. The OPP says its Criminal Investigation Branch opened an investigation in Nov. 2021 ...

Ontario woman to sue police over ‘nonsense’ arrest in estranged husband’s murder The Crown abruptly dropped murder charges against Melissa Sheridan this summer after the only witness — the killer — gave “substantially different or inconsistent” evidence in his in-court testimony. https://www.thesta...

Wife of Brant Burke suing OPP over dropped murder charge Melissa Sheridan was accused in her estranged husband’s murder, but the Crown dropped the case against her this past summer, saying there was no reasonable possibility of conviction A Sudbury woman who was accused of murder in her estranged h...

‘They ruined my life’: Ontario mother to sue OPP over 1st-degree murder charge When Melissa Sheridan’s son and daughter asked her what she missed most while she was in prison, besides her children, the answer was obvious to her. “I always say it was to see the sky,” Sheridan said. “You never know t...

Civil rights lawyers hope rest of Canada will follow Quebec in ending random police stops Police officers in Quebec no longer have the power to randomly pull over drivers after a landmark court ruling on Tuesday that civil rights lawyers hope will have an impact across the country. In what the Cana...

Quebec court ruling on police stops 'significant' in fight against racial profiling, lawyers say Province weighing an appeal of Superior Court decision Lawyers fighting against racial profiling are applauding a Quebec Superior Court decision prohibiting police across the province from making motor ...

Lead officer testifies in civil court as Sault family seeks $1.5 M in damages Daniel Knox, his 2 adult children allege they were unlawfully arrested, assaulted in June 2014 A civil court case resumed Monday between a Sault Ste. Marie business owner and his family, and the Ontario Provincial Police....

OPP try and alter figures to manipulate $21M cost of policing occupation in Caledonia APTN had to appeal to Ontario’s information commissioner to obtain one-year cost breakdown after police tried to retract document and withhold uncensored figures Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) tried to retract al...

Policing hasn't come up much in Ontario's election campaign. That's a problem, experts say Police face ballooning budgets, calls for defunding, troubles with governance and mental health response Police services across Ontario are facing growing calls for reform, yet the issue has been largely left ...

OPP officer cleared in SIU probe into police pursuit, serious crash in Wasaga Beach in late June 'There is no suggestion that the (officer) caused or contributed to the collision,' SIU director concludes Charges will not be laid against an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer following a probe i...