Oakville

• Person associated with fetus found in Oakville park identified, no charges laid: police

  Halton Regional Police said on May 19, at around 8:45 a.m., officers were called to the Oakdale Park after a pedestrian found a fetus.

  Crime

  May 29
  
• Child, 3, drowns during backyard celebration in Oakville, Ont.

  Halton Regional Police told Global News officers were called to a home on Warwick Avenue around 7 p.m. on Saturday evening. 

  Canada

  May 28
  
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• Police respond to careless use of fireworks amid large crowds in Oakville neighbourhood

  Halton regional police say one arrest was made and several others issued offence notices following a melee in a central Oakville neighbourhood on Victoria Day.

  Crime

  May 23
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• Fetus found in Oakville park, police homicide unit investigating

  Halton Regional Police said on Friday at around 8:45 a.m., a pedestrian was walking at Oakdale Park, near Munn's Creek when they located a fetus. 

  Crime

  May 19
• 6 face charges in Ontario drug probe that seized $1M in product

  Six people from Toronto, Hamilton and Oakville are facing charges following seizures as part of a GTHA drug trafficking probe that began last fall.

  Crime

  May 19
• Police investigate sex offence tied to youth seeking cleaning job in Oakville

  Halton Regional Police say a girl was invited to a home and told she would be paid but not have to do any work, and was then touched. Police believe there may be other victims.

  May 17
• 89-year-old with walker dies after being struck crossing road in Oakville, police say

  Halton regional police said that at around 8 p.m. on Saturday, a 44-year-old woman was driving a white Honda Civic north along Trafalgar Road, just beyond the QEW.

  Traffic

  Apr 23
• Feedback on Halton public school board’s professionalism policy ‘positive’ despite misunderstanding

  Discussions about the policy started in early 2023 not long after a transgender teacher showed up to class in Oakville wearing large prosthetic breasts.

  Education

  Apr 20
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• Ford Motor Co. provides details on plans to spend $1.8B in Oakville to produce EVs

  The automaker said Tuesday that it will start retooling the Ontario complex in the second quarter of 2024 and being producing electric vehicles in 2025.

  Economy

  Apr 11
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• 3 men charged with 1st-degree murder in Ontario death of Alberta man

  The death of Alberta man Arman Dhillon was targeted and planned — crossing provincial lines as part of a larger criminal-based conflict, said Halton Regional Police.

  Crime

  Apr 6