Recall details Ottawa, February 8, 2019 – Industry is recalling Betty brand and Nancy’s Fancy Yummy-in-the-Tummy brand bakery products from the marketplace due to possible contamination from mice infestation. These products may contain harmful bacteria. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below. The ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ) transmitted an […]
MISSING MALE LOCATED DECEASED NEAR ROCKLAND QUARRY (ROCKLAND, ON) – On February 6, 2019, Robert Wolfe, age 36 of Clarence-Rockland was reported as a missing person to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Russell County Rockland Detachment. Members of the Rockland OPP had conducted searches of the Rockland area without success. Family and friends also gathered to search […]
What a wild spot Sens owner Eugene Melnyk has the city of Ottawa and his own franchise in. It’s a Mexican standoff really. No arena deal in place and a team that if it trades its 3 top potential UFA’s will be a motley mess of bad contracts and young futures. It’s essentially a declaration […]
(PRESCOTT, ON) On February 2, 2019, at approximately 2:30 a.m., officers from the Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), stopped a motor vehicle travelling west, on Highway 2, in Augusta Township. Further investigation revealed that the female driver had an outstanding warrant for her arrest and that a male passenger had breached his Recognizance . The driver, Brittney […]
(Ottawa) — On January 28th, members of the Ottawa Police Drug Unit and Street Crime Team arrested a male suspect after an undercover operation. The operation was conducted in the 300 block of McArthur where purchases of purple Fentanyl and cocaine were made. The approximate street value of the seized Fentanyl is $1,080.00 and the […]
(Ottawa) — In December 2018, the Ottawa Police Service Organized Fraud Unit began an investigation following a complaint that a man was accepting money for delivering St. John Ambulance courses despite that fact that he was not qualified to do so nor did he have any affiliation with the organization. On December 28, 2018, Timothy […]
OTTAWA POLICE OFFICER CHARGED (ORILLIA, ON) – In July 2018, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a request for assistance from the Ottawa Police Service into the conduct of one of their officers. On January 23, 2019, members of the Professional Standards Bureau of the OPP arrested and charged Matthew SKOF, an Ottawa Police Officer, with […]
HIGHWAY 417 WESTBOUND LANES CLOSED AT INNES ROAD (Ottawa, ON) – Members of the Ottawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are currently at the scene of single tractor trailer collision on Highway 417. The westbound lanes of Highway 417 are currently closed at Innes Road while the tractor trailer is removed from the roadway. #Incident […]
(Ottawa)—On Friday, the Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit (SACA) charged a hospital orderly who was employed at The Ottawa Hospital – General campus, with one count of Sexual Assault. SACA received a complaint from an adult female victim who had surgery in early December 2018. Post-surgery, the victim was sexually assaulted […]
OPP CHARGES A MASSAGE THERAPIST WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT (CASSELMAN, ON) – On January 10, 2019, officers from the Russell County Detachment Crime Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a male on sexual related offences that occurred in November 2017. Stéphane RACINE, 50 years of age of Casselman, Ontario was arrested and charged with: • Sexual […]
(Ottawa)—In mid-December 2018, an Ottawa man was stopped by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers when returning to Canada after a voluntary mission at an orphanage in Nepal. Officers found evidence of suspected child pornography and several communications where the man engaged in conversations requesting to have sexual relations with children under the age of […]
THEFT UNDER $5000 Cornwall, ON – Chelsea Kelly, 30, of Ottawa was arrested on January 3rd, 2019 and charged with theft under $5000. It is alleged on November 16th, 2019, while at the residence of a woman known to her, Chelsea Kelly took a ring that did not belong to her. Police were contacted and […]
It seems that everyone is producing polls while pontificating about the next election results in 2019. I am not one to put much faith in any election polling this far out- let’s face it they are not much better than a guess and the results can be impacted by the wording, the order of the […]
It’s not everyday a business in Cornwall celebrates its 10th Anniversary! CFN has decided to do so by offering a heavily discounted banner ad deal for the Month of January 2019! E Interac us your payment to info@cornwallfreenews.com as well as emailing us your 300×250 (or smaller) ad banner and hyperlink. It’s that easy. Space […]
One would be hard pressed to find any politicians or their staff showing any Christmas spirit on either Twitter or Facebook these days. The animosity continues to reach new heights every day as political partisans of all stripes continue their attacks on each other. One of the biggest changes that I have observed over the […]
Ontario can no longer claim the shortest median wait time for medically necessary treatment in Canada, with patients in the province waiting an estimated 15.7 weeks (on average) in 2018, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. Saskatchewan’s wait time of 15.4 weeks is the […]
Impaired operation by RedBlacks player (Ottawa) – In relation to the Ottawa RedBlacks media release : Ottawa RedBlacks player Greg ELLINGSON was arrested at 2:37am on Friday, November 30, 2018, in the Kirkwood Avenue and Carling Road area during a R.I.D.E. program. He was subsequently charged with refusing to provide a breath sample. There will […]
Police Vehicle Struck; Driver Faces Impaired Driving Charge (Ottawa) One person was arrested for impaired driving after a vehicle ran a red light and struck a police cruiser at about 2 a.m. this morning in the Orleans area of Ottawa. An officer was travelling northbound on Champlain St. at about 1:45 a.m. in a fully […]