OCTOBER 15, 2020 – 53 year old woman charged under the Federal Quarantine Act (Ottawa) – On October 2, The Ottawa Police Service received a complaint concerning a woman that had disobeyed the Quarantine Act. Information was received indicating that an Ottawa woman had travelled abroad. She returned to Canada on September 26 and was […]
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 – Massive waiting line up in the Casselman for drive through COVID testing this morning. As of 9:30 the line up was nearly one kilometre long. With the Second Wave of the deadly pandemic starting people from Ottawa are filling up the small town’s testing facility as well as from the region […]
AUGUST 6, 2020 – The Ottawa Police Service has arrested and charged one of its members in relation to a domestic incident. The male officer, a constable, has been arrested and charged criminally with possession of a weapon for committing an offence and uttering threats to cause death. The Ottawa Police releases information when officers […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged an individual following a lengthy investigation into allegations of fraud. In July 2016, the Lanark County OPP Detachment began receiving a number of fraud complaints from consumers in relation to the purchase of used motor vehicles, automotive warranties and automobile financing, from South Keys Auto Sales. This […]
The Investigation Notification of the SIU On February 26, 2020 at 8:33 a.m., the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) reported an injury suffered by the Complainant. According to the OPS, on February 25, 2020 at 8:40 p.m., OPS officers were dispatched to a domestic incident involving a male chasing a female with a knife on Trenton Avenue, Ottawa. When police […]
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 […]
Off-duty officer charged with Impaired driving-related offence (Ottawa) — An off-duty Ottawa Police Service member has been charged with Impaired driving on Monday, May 4th. Police responded to calls from the public about an erratic driver in the area of Old Montreal Road and Dairy Road, at approximately 1:45pm. Constable James Monroe, 50 years old, […]
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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 […]
OTTAWA: The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ordered that the case of a young girl (“NB”) and her mother against the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, the child’s former teacher and the principal of the school, will proceed to a full hearing. The Tribunal has dismissed an application from the school board for a summary hearing – […]
Human Trafficking Unit laid multiple Human Trafficking charges FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, February 7, 2020 12:50pm (Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service Human Trafficking Unit has charged an Ottawa resident with various human trafficking charges following an investigation. A survivor in this matter was identified to the Human Trafficking Unit in the fall of 2019 […]
Updated: Hate-Motivated Mischief – Arrest Hate-Motivated Mischief – Arrest (Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service Hate Crime Section has charged a man after an investigation into the vandalizing of an Indigenous painting at Algonquin College on January 28th. A man was arrested by Frontline patrol officers today (Feb. 1st) at Algonquin College. Safy BENAISSA, 32 […]
(OTTAWA, ON) – On Saturday January 25, 2020 at approximately 2:30 p.m. an officer with the Ottawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a vehicle that was stopped in the westbound lanes of Highway 417 near Moodie Drive. The officer approached the driver of the vehicle to investigate. The driver failed to identify himself to […]
With falling membership the Legion is fighting for its survival. Stolen Valour has been an issue of selective justice for them and in the case of the two recent Cornwall cases, cover ups. Both members were on the Executive of the local Legion prior to being outed. CFN reached out to the Legion to confirm […]
It’s funny how a single word can potentially have such a large meaning. News of two facilities shutting down and Loblaws creating an automated distribution centre here has many asking how many jobs will be created in Cornwall and where will those employees be coming from as Cornwall has a huge shortage of qualified labour? […]
(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service and its public safety partners are investigating an on-line threat made against various public places in Ottawa including public transit and police facilities. The threat was received earlier this week and an investigation was immediately commenced with a number of public safety partners. The management of the public places […]
FEDERAL OFFENDER WANTED (Ottawa, ON) – The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (R.O.P.E.) Squad is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a federal offender wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant as a result of his breach of Statutory Release. Kenneth Peever is described as a caucasion male, 45 years of age, 5’11” (180 cm), 171 lbs […]