Skip to main content

Latest

canada
OPP arrest Brampton woman in abduction of Elnaz Hajtamiri
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Det. Sergeant Jason Dinsmore provides additional information on the January 2022 abduction of Elnaz Hajtamiri during a press conference in Mississauga, Ont., on Thursday, January 12, 2023. OPP have arrested and charged a suspect in the abduction of a 37-year-old woman from an Ontario town.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
canada
Three people unaccounted for after house fire in Pikangikum First Nation: OPP
An Ontario Provincial Police logo is shown during a press conference in Barrie, Ont., on April 3, 2019. Ontario Provincial Police say three people remain unaccounted for in a remote First Nation north of Thunder Bay after a fire tore through a home earlier this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
canada
OPP say 26 people charged after 13-month organized crime investigation
Ontario Provincial Police say among the 26 people arrested in the investigation, dubbed Project Coyote, are three members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club and three members of the Red Devils motorcycle club.
canada
OPP release suspect photos in case of 37-year-old woman abducted more than a year ago
Suspect believed to be involved in an abduction are shown in this undated police handout photo. Provincial police have released photos of three people suspected to be involved in the abduction of a 37-year-old woman from Wasaga Beach, Ont., just over a year ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Ontario Provincial Police
canada
OPP say two armed suspects at large near Lanark County, Ont.
Ontario Provincial Police say two armed suspects are at large in the Lanark County and Sharbot Lake areas, in an incident that has prompted an emergency alert. An Ontario Provincial Police logo is shown during a press conference, in Barrie, Ont., on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
canada
OPP warn of ‘potentially fatal’ opioid strain in central Ontario after four deaths
An Ontario Provincial Police logo is shown during a news conference in Barrie, Ont., on April 3, 2019. The Ontario Provincial Police are warning the public after the deaths of four people recently in central Ontario from suspected opioid overdoses. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
canada
Funeral for slain OPP officer to be livestreamed, with family, police in attendance
Barrie Police along with other emergency services salute as the hearse carrying OPP Const. Grzegorz "Greg" Pierzchala arrives to Adams Funeral Home in Barrie, Ont., Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Drost
investigations
Officer shot dead in Hagersville, Ont. was 'ambushed'
Video2:30
canada
Collision between train, vehicles in Brechin, Ont., leaves one man dead
An Ontario Provincial Police logo is shown during a press conference in Barrie, Ont., on April 3, 2019. Provincial police remain on the scene today in an Ontario town where hundreds of modified cars descended this weekend for stunt driving, racing and other alleged dangerous driving behaviours. OPP Sgt. Jason Folz says the "car takeover" in Wasaga Beach, Ont. began Friday and continued early Sunday.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
canada
More OPP officers charged in towing corruption investigation
Investigators with the York Regional Police Organized Crime and Intelligence Services have laid organized crime-related charges in relation to violence, property damage, fraud and drug trafficking as part of an ongoing, joint-forces investigation into the tow truck industry. Tow truck seized being towed in Toronto.
canada
Former OPP inspector pleads guilty in tow-truck corruption case
Steve Grosjean, OPP inspector charged in towing corruption probe.
politics
Trudeau told Ford he did not need more legal tools to clear Ontario bridge blockade, document shows
An Ontario Provincial Police tactical officer looks on from the top hatch of an armoured vehicle as demonstrators prepare to leave in advance of police enforcing an injunction against their demonstration, which has blocked traffic across the Ambassador Bridge by protesters against COVID-19 restrictions, in Windsor, Ont., Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
politics
OPP profiled Randy Hillier, convoy organizers and far-right group during protests, documents show
Ontario MPP Randy Hillier is seen as he arrives outside the Ottawa Police Services headquarters, Monday, March 28, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
politics
Ottawa eyed using Emergencies Act early in protest, RCMP texts suggest
Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Thomas Carrique appears at the Public Order Emergency Commission, in Ottawa, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
politics
Ottawa Police were unable to predict ‘community trauma’ from convoy protests, interim chief tells Emergencies Act inquiry
Ottawa Police Service interim Police Chief Steve Bell appears at the Public Order Emergency Commission, Monday, October 24, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
opinion
There’s no doubt now about the Ottawa police failure with convoy protests
Campbell Clark
opinion
My brother’s death shows there are two systems of justice
Yusuf Faqiri
canada
Ontario tribunal rules OPP discriminated against migrant workers in 2013
An Ontario Provincial Police crest is displayed on the arm of an officer during a press conference in Vaughan, Ont., Thursday, June 20, 2019. The OPP have asked another force to investigate a "physical confrontation" between an officer and a young person on a scooter in Gravenhurst, Ont. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Lahodynskyj
canada
Coroner’s inquest hears details about police response to 2015 triple homicide in Ottawa Valley
Basil Borutski leaves in a police vehicle after appearing at the courthouse in Pembroke, Ont. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
canada
Indigenous leaders urge OPP to immediately replace city police in major-crime investigations
Thunder Bay Police Service on patrol Friday March 11, 2022. David Jackson / The Globe and Mail
canada
One dead after small plane crashes near Brantford, Ont., airport
OPP officers look on as camper gets hauled away in Ottawa on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, after police worked to clear a trucker protest that was aimed at COVID-19 measures that grew into a broader anti-government protest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
canada
OPP investigating reports police officers donated to trucker convoy protests
OPP officers look on as camper gets hauled away in Ottawa on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, after police worked to clear a trucker protest that was aimed at COVID-19 measures that grew into a broader anti-government protest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
canada
Fourth person charged in alleged embezzlement of Ontario COVID-19 relief fund
An Ontario Provincial Police crest is displayed on the arm of an officer during a press conference in Vaughan, Ont., Thursday, June 20, 2019. The OPP have asked another force to investigate a "physical confrontation" between an officer and a young person on a scooter in Gravenhurst, Ont. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Lahodynskyj
toronto
OPP introduce new towing protocols in effort to curb corruption
Toronto's tow truck arson wars continue as a burned-out tow truck from R & R Towing and Storage, sits in the driveway of a house at 6th Ave at Fern Ave in Richmond Hill, Ont. on Friday, March 6, 2020. (J.P. Moczulski/The Globe and Mail)
canada
One dead, one missing in boat collision on Ontario cottage-country lake
canada
OPP returns to Pikangikum First Nation after sexual-assault allegations
An Ontario Provincial Police logo is shown during a press conference in Barrie, Ont., on April 3, 2019.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
canada
‘Best day on the job in 25 years,’ says the officer who discovered missing Ontario three-year-old
OPP Cst. Scott McNames carries three-year-old Jude Walter Leyton who went missing from his family near Verona, Ont. three days earlier on April 1, 2021.
canada
Missing three-year-old found safe near Kingston, Ont., days after disappearing
A member Ottawa Volunteer Search and Rescue stands near the area where three-year-old Jude Leyton went missing, near Verona, Ont., on March 29, 2021.
canada
OPP name 89-year-old victim in hospital murder investigation
A person enters the Hawkesbury General Hospital Friday March 26, 2021 in Hawkesbury, Ont. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Police continue search for three-year-old boy reported missing in Kingston, Ont., area
OPP badge.
canada
Provincial police expelled from northwestern Ontario First Nation
An Ontario Provincial Police crest is displayed on the arm of an officer during a press conference in Vaughan, Ont., on Thursday, June 20, 2019.
canada
Amber Alert cancelled after missing Bayfield, Ontario girl found safe
OPP badge.
canada
Ontario moves to regulate towing industry in bid to stop violence and corruption
MichaelBird, an Ontario Fire Marshal examining the burned remains of a tow truck parked on Hartwell Way, near William Graham Drive in Aurora, Ont., is photographed on Feb 4 2020. York Regional Police and the Ontario Fire Marshal’s office are investigating the fire, that happened in a new subdivision.
canada
‘Rise above their hate’: First Nations community say Ont. businesses denied them after harmful social media posts
canada
Fourth OPP officer charged in towing corruption probe
Steve Grosjean, OPP inspector charged in towing corruption probe.
canada
Toronto police constable Ronald Joseph faces raft of additional fraud charges in investigation
Members of the Fire Marshal's office and York Regional Police forensic team examine an arson scene at Pro Car Rental in Vaughan, Ont. on Monday June 22, 2020. The car rental business is owned Toronto Police Constable Ronald Joseph, 47, who was charged with three counts of breach of trust, two counts of secret commissions, attempted fraud over $5,000, two counts of unauthorized use of a computer for a criminal organization, possession of a device to intercept private communications and trafficking in property obtained by crime. (J.P. Moczulski/The Globe and Mail)