Two motorcyclists were seriously injured after their motorcycle hit a deer in Scugog last night.
According to the DRPS, the accident occured around 7:45 p.m. Sunday (Sept. 16) near Cartwright West Quarter Line and Church Street.
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Police are searching for a 41-year-old man who reportedly stabbed another man in Brock Township on Sept. 1. Durham Regional Police say Peter McDowell of no fixed address is wanted for aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, possess weapons dangerous to public peace and two counts of failing to comply with probation. According to police, on Sept. 6, the victim
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Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the Sept. 2 death of a 35-year-old man in Dalrymple. According to the SIU, Ontario Provincial Police officers responded to a Dalrymple address shortly after noon on Sunday (Sept. 2) for a man in distress. Police located the man in a secluded area approximately one kilometre away. The SIU has reported the man
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A Durham Regional Police officer has been charged with sexual assault following allegations regarding his conduct while off duty. Members of the DRPS Professional Standards Unit launched an investigation earlier this month when an allegation by an adult woman was brought forward regarding the conduct of the officer. As a result of the investigation, Jack Stelwagen, 40, has been charged
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Police believe that speed and alcohol may have been factors in an accident that led to the death of a 45-year-old Uxbridge man early this morning.
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A woman is dead after a two-vehicle, head-on collision in Sutton early Saturday (Aug. 18). According to Sgt. Kerry Schmidt of the OPP, the collision that left a 25-year-old from Sutton dead, took place after 2 a.m. Saturday. Police say the crash happened in the area of Highway 48 and Park Road. Sgt. Schmidt says alcohol is being investigated as
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Police are seeking public assistance in locating a missing 60-year-old man from the Town of Georgina. Larry Broomer was last seen on Wednesday (Aug. 15) at approximately 10:30 a.m., when he left his residence on Metro Road North in Georgina, according to York Regional Police. Investigators are concerned for his well-being and are asking anyone with information to contact police.
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Police are asking anyone with information about the whereabouts of the vehicle or owner of the vehicle believed to have been involved in a hit and run to come forward. Orillia OPP say on July 13, at approximately 6:45 p.m. a truck entered a parking lot at an Atherley Road business in Orillia and struck another vehicle. The driver of
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A kitten reportedly thrown from a vehicle into oncoming traffic is recovering thanks to the combined efforts of a team of rescuers. “Just after 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 7, 2018, the driver of a southbound van threw a kitten out his window into the northbound lane of Durham Road 1, around one kilometre north of Zephyr sideroad,” writes Kelli Geer,
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A Kawartha Lakes man is facing charges after officers allegedly found him sleeping in a stolen tow truck in Oshawa. According to police, officers found a stolen tow truck parked in a lot by Cedar Street and Wentworth Street West in Oshawa on Monday (Aug. 6). The suspect was found sleeping in the truck and was arrested. The tow truck
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