OPP

• False shooting report prompts heavy police response near Ottawa

  Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a suspected 'swatting' incident after a false report of a shooting in Barry’s Bay prompted a large emergency response Wednesday.

  Crime

  10 hours
  
• Highway 401 lanes closed after fatal multi-vehicle crash in Mississauga

  Ontario Provincial Police said they were called to a crash on Highway 401 near Winston Churchill Boulevard in Mississauga.

  Traffic

  Feb 20
  
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• School bus carrying 40 students crashes in Ontario town, 4 sent to hospital

  Provincial police say a school bus carrying about 40 elementary students left the road and entered a ditch, sending four children to hospital with minor injuries.

  Canada

  Feb 18
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• OPP investigate fatal collision that killed man on Highway 407

  Ontario Provincial Police say officers were notified of a collision on Saturday afternoon involving a transport truck and a passenger vehicle.

  Traffic

  Feb 15
• 8 charged after contraband tobacco facility shut down on Six Nations territory

  More than 25,000 kilograms of contraband tobacco were seized and eight people charged following an investigation on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory.

  Crime

  Feb 12
• 4 cars have gone over Ontario highway guardrails in past week. What’s behind it?

  In four separate incidents this past week, vehicles launched over highway guardrails due to a buildup of snow and 'driver error, according to the OPP.

  Canada

  Feb 4
• Ontario driver faces impairment charges, fell asleep in middle of highway 403

  A 23-year-old Kitchener man has been charged with impaired driving after police found him asleep behind the wheel in the middle lane of Highway 403 in Hamilton late Thursday.

  Canada

  Jan 31
• 14-year-old dead in Oxford County after snowmobile, pickup truck collide

  A 14-year-old has died after a collision involving a snowmobile and a pickup truck in Zorra Township Saturday morning, prompting an investigation by Oxford County OPP.

  Canada

  Jan 31
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• Drivers who went over overpass ‘likely not driving appropriately’ for snowy conditions: OPP

  OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said that despite the snow on the side of the Highway 7/8 flyover, a result of Sunday's winter storm, road conditions were good.

  Canada

  Jan 28
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• Vehicle launches over snowbank on Ontario highway overpass, driver killed

  It was the second of two cases in which OPP say a vehicle lost control and drove off a snowbank that had built up, with each vehicle landing on the highway below.

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  Jan 26