Ontario Traffic

• ‘Be a better driver’: OPP urge safer Christmas driving as deaths, impaired charges rise

  Ontario Provincial Police are begging people to "be a better driver" and consider the conditions as impaired charges and fatalities rise in the province.

  Crime

  Dec 27, 2023
  
• Sinkhole closes lanes on Hwy. 400, causing major delays

  Ontario Provincial Police said that, although the sinkhole appeared relatively small from the road, it continued around 11 feet below the surface.

  Traffic

  Aug 8, 2023
  
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• Highway 17 reopens after serious collision between tractor-trailer and car: OPP

  A tractor-trailer collided with a car on Highway 17 near Chalk River, Ont., overnight Thursday, sending one person to hospital with serious injuries, according to police.

  Traffic

  Aug 13, 2021
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• 57-year-old motorcyclist dead after crash on Highway 401 near Guelph, OPP say

  Ontario Provincial Police closed the eastbound lanes of the highway near the collision site, forcing traffic onto Highway 6 North.

  Traffic

  Aug 5, 2021
• Loose llama causes brief partial closure of Highway 400 southbound lanes near King City

  In an update released late Wednesday, officers said they were able to reunite the llama with its owner after it somehow escaped from a nearby farm.

  Traffic

  Jun 16, 2021
• Citing potential environment risks, feds take over assessment of Ontario’s proposed Highway 413

  Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said an agency found the project "may cause adverse direct or incidental effects on federally listed species at risk."

  Traffic

  May 3, 2021
• Winnipeg truck driver found guilty of criminal negligence in deadly 2016 Highway 400 crash in Toronto

  The 40-year-old Winnipeg man was found guilty on all charges relating to an 11-car collision, fire and explosion in 2016 on Highway 400 that resulted in the death of four people.

  Crime

  Apr 30, 2021
• ‘I dodged a bullet:’ Ontario man recalls moment flying tire hit car, drivers encouraged to check wheels

  While the Colborne, Ont., man narrowly escaped death after a tire struck his car, the incident wasn't the only one on Ontario highways in recent weeks.

  Traffic

  Apr 9, 2021
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• Ontario government moving to license tow truck drivers in effort to crack down on violence

  Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones unveiled a suite of measures involving the tow truck industry at Queen's Park on Tuesday.

  Traffic

  Mar 2, 2021
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• 1 dead, ‘several’ seriously injured after 3-vehicle crash near Cambridge: police

  The crash happened Sunday afternoon at the corner of Shouldice Side Road and Spragues Road in North Dumfries.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2021