MAY 31, 2021 – at approximately 8:00 a.m., members of the Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Prescott-Russell Paramedic Service, and the Hawkesbury Fire Department responded to a fatal incident at the parking lot on Spence Avenue in the Town of Hawkesbury. A 24-year-old person was transported by Ornge Ambulance Service (ORNGE) to […]
(HAWKESBURY, ON) – On Tuesday July 28, 2020 around 4:00 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Hawkesbury Detachment, were advised of a work place death at a livestock exchange in the Champlain Township that had occurred on July 27, 2020 around 5:30 p.m. Initial investigation revealed that a 55 year old male from the […]
JULY 6, 2020 – It might have taken awhile, but Eastern Ontario has decreed that staff and customers mask in. Months into the Coronavirus Pandemic there still is no real treatment or cure. The Cornwall area is a particularly vulnerable area. It not only is close to the Quebec border, which many locals complain about […]
After numerous and historical issues with the Eastern Ontario Health Unit while serving as Public Health Officer, we the undersigned as that during this COVID 19 Pandemic the Province of Ontario takes immediate action after the incident involving the Food Basics store on Brookdale Avenue. The public’s safety has to come first and clearly Mr. […]
OPP STREET CRIME UNIT SEIZES WEAPONS AND DRUGS IN HAWKESBURY (HAWKESBURY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) has seized weapons and illegal drugs in Hawkesbury. On April 9, 2020 members of the Street Crime Unit, OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Hawkesbury […]
DECEASED PERSON LOCATED ALONG SHORE OF OTTAWA RIVER (CHAMPLAIN TOWNSHIP, ON) – On April 4, 2020 at approximately 11:15 a.m., members of the Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a deceased person located along the shores of the Ottawa River in L’Orignal, in the Champlain Township. The body of a deceased […]
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I’ve been working on this for nearly two weeks as more info and developments keep occurring. As many who have been following this pandemic know it’s evolving and spreading with confirmed cases as close as Montreal. The biggest hurdle for public safety is that people don’t have to be exhibiting symptoms to be contagious. So […]
HAWKESBURY OPP INVESTIGATING DEATH AND RESIDENTIAL FIRE SIU Invokes Mandate (HAWKESBURY, ON) – On February 11, 2020 shortly before 11:00 a.m. members of the Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to assist court officials at a residence on Devista Boulevard in Alfred and Plantagenet Township. A male inside refused to exit the […]
(HAWKESBURY, ON) – On February 9, 2020 shortly after midnight, members of the Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a disturbance at a residence on Abbott Street in Hawkesbury. There was an altercation as officers attempted to arrest an individual at the scene. Once arrested, the suspect was taken to the OPP […]
WORKPLACE INCIDENT RESULTS IN DEATH (ALFRED-PLANTAGENET TOWNSHIP, ON) – On Monday February 3, 2020 at approximately 11:50 a.m., members of the Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Prescott-Russell Paramedic Service, and the Alfred-Plantagenet Fire Department responded to a fatal incident at an agricultural field near Concession Road-3 and Bolt Road in Alfred-Plantagenet Township. Initial […]
HAWKESBURY OPP WARNS OF DANGEROUS DRUGS IN THE AREA (HAWKESBURY, ON) – The Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is warning the public after two recent seizures of dangerous opioids in the Hawkesbury area. Suspected purple fentanyl and crystal meth were seized along with paraphernalia. Access to extremely dangerous opioids is not limited to […]
(STE-ANNE-DE-PRESCOTT, ON) – On August 3, 2019, just before 7 p.m., Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers from the Hawkesbury Detachment were called to investigate a single All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) collision on County Road 18, Ste-Anne-de-Prescott, Ontario. Officers, assisted by United County of Prescott-Russell EMS and the East-Hawkesbury Fire Service, responded to a call of an ATV […]
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HAWKESBURY OPP INVESTIGATE ASSAULT INCIDENT Search Warrants executed (ALFRED, ON) – On Friday July 5, 2019, at approximately 9:00 p.m., members of the Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an assault incident at a residence in Alfred, Ontario. OPP officers and the Prescott-Russell Paramedic Service located a 28-year-old male in front of […]
MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION – UPDATE Fatal Crash – Driver Identified (NORTH GLENGARRY,ON) – On May 29, 2019 at approximately 7:47am, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (SD&G) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to the scene of a two (2) vehicle collision on Highway 417 Eastbound between County Road 34 (mile marker 27) and McCrimmon Road (mile marker […]
MULTI-VEHICLE COLLISION – COUNTY ROAD 17 (CHAMPLAIN TOWNSHIP) – On Monday February 25, 2019 at approximately 10:38 a.m., officers from the Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Prescott-Russell Paramedic Service, and the Champlain Fire Department responded to a multi-motor vehicle collision on County Road 17, approximately 3 km east of Blue Corner Road in […]