A 92-year-old man is dead following a collision on Highway 48 east of Regional Road 23. According to Sergeant Kerry Schmidt of the OPP, the head-on crash occurred around 11 a.m. Sunday (July 15). Police say the collision involved two vehicles and as of 1:20 p.m., the road remained closed for the investigation. The 92-year-old driver was the lone occupant
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A motorist was lucky to escape without injury after a car was hit by a train in Pefferlaw Tuesday (June 9) night.
According to York Regional Police, the accident occured around 10:30 p.m. on Weir’s Sideroad, south of Old Homestead Road.
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The DRPS has released surveillance images of two men who allegedly used bank cards stolen from a senior in Port Perry.
Shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday (July 5), officers were called to Vos Your Independent Grocer in Port Perry after a 83-year-old man reported having his wallet and car keys stolen.
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Crews from three municipalities continue to battle a forest fire north of Bolsover. While little information about the blaze have been released, firefighters from Ramara, Brock and Kawartha Lakes have been aided in their efforts to control the fire — which appears to be centred around Cranberry Lake — by water bombers. Local resident Louise Speziale snapped some photos and video
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Officers with the DRPS continue to search for a missing Uxbridge woman who was last seen more than a week ago.
Julie Gold, 51, was last seen approximately 10 days ago by other tenants at her residence on Brock Street West in Uxbridge. Police say that it is out of character for her to be missing from her apartment and police and friends are concerned for her wellbeing.
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Officers with the DRPS continue to search for a missing Uxbridge woman who was last seen more than a week ago.
Julie Gold, 51, was last seen approximately 10 days ago by other tenants at her residence on Brock Street West in Uxbridge. Police say that it is out of character for her to be missing from her apartment and police and friends are concerned for her wellbeing.
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A 23-year-old man from Mississauga is charged with cruelty to an animal after reportedly assaulting a dog on a highway off-ramp in Bowmanville. On Monday (July 2), at approximately 8:20 p.m., Durham Regional Police were dispatched to complaint in the area of Bennett Road and the Highway 401 off-ramp in Bowmanville. Citizens reportedly stopped to aid a golden retriever dog
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The DRPS has announced that charges will not be laid in the shooting death of a Cannington man back in April.
A press release issued by the force Friday (June 29) indicates that the incident has been deemed a ‘non-culpable homicide’ by investigators.
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A Beaverton man convicted of sexually assaulting three children will be spending the next two years in prison barring an early release. Dennis Coles was sentenced in Oshawa court Tuesday (June 26), with the two-year term coming in addition to time spent in custody pending trial. He’ll also be included in the National Sex Offender Registry and serve three years
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The Province is thinking about dropping the speed limit on Highway 12 outside of Sunderland.
According to a letter that will be discussed at Monday’s (June 25) meeting of the protection to persons and property committee, officials at the Ministry of Transportation are mulling over the possibility of expanding the 50-km/h zone past the village.
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