A 35-year-old Brockton resident is facing multiple charges after allegedly performing a driving stunt with three unrestrained children in the front seat. Just after 5 p.m. on July 5, a South Bruce OPP officer on general patrol spotted a vehicle fishtailing while doing a “burnout” on Sideroad 10 South in Brockton, according to an OPP […]

A 35-year-old Brockton resident is facing multiple charges after allegedly performing a driving stunt with three unrestrained children in the front seat. Just after 5 p.m. on July 5, a South Bruce OPP officer on general patrol spotted a vehicle fishtailing while doing a “burnout” on Sideroad 10 South in Brockton, according to an OPP […]

A big rig carrying 45,000 litres of acid crashed into the ditch along Hwy. 402 on Wednesday afternoon, closing a section of the westbound lanes, police say. Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Ed Sanchuk said it was about 1 p.m. on Wednesday when a passenger vehicle “cut off” a transport truck, which crashed into the ditch. […]

A Kincardine resident is facing multiple charges after allegedly crashing their vehicle into the ditch then fleeing the scene. Just after 11 p.m. on July 1, South Bruce OPP received a report of a motor vehicle collision on Bruce Road 6, east of Ripley. When officers arrived, they found a pickup truck in the ditch […]

A teenager from London drowned and a child was rescued by bystanders at Ipperwash beach on Monday, provincial police say. Emergency crews responded shortly after 4 p.m. to reports of swimmers in distress at the Lake Huron beach near East Parkway Drive in Lambton Shores, Lambton County OPP said Tuesday.  An 18-year-old was found unresponsive […]

London police are investigating what they called a “swarming-type assault” after two boys were followed and assaulted by a group wearing ski masks in the city's northeast end.

A Toronto resident, 49, is facing multiple charges related to a suspicious house fire in Huron-Kinloss. On April 3, around 10:16 p.m., South Bruce OPP and fire departments from Lucknow and Kincardine responded to a structure fire at a residential property on Bruce Road 86, also known as Amberley Road. Firefighters arrived to a “fully […]

A courier charged in a crash that killed a seven-year-old boy outside his south London home is allowed to drive while on bail despite police telling The Free Press they believe a ban on driving was necessary.

Provincial police closed a Southwestern Ontario beach after a swimmer went missing in Lake Erie over the weekend. Emergency crews were called Sunday shortly after 3 p.m. to Port Burwell beach for a report of two swimmers in distress, Elgin OPP said. One swimmer was pulled to safety and taken to hospital with non-life threatening […]