Drinking and boating accounts for approximately 40 per cent of boating-related fatalities on Canadian waterways. With the upcoming legalization of cannabis, the CSBC, along with the OPP and other marine safety partners, share concerns about the negative impact this issue may have on boating incidents and fatalities.
With the first half of the year behind them, the OPP has laid 932 Move Over charges so far this year against drivers who failed to slow down and move over when approaching an emergency vehicle with its lights flashing.
As a result of an ongoing investigation, on July 20, 2018, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit Grey-Bruce (CSCU), with the assistance of the Huron-Perth CSCU, West Region Emergency Response Team (ERT), West Region Canine Unit and the Grey County OPP Crime Unit, executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant at a residence on the 7th Line in the Municipality of Meaford.
On July 8, Grey County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call from a citizen reporting a theft of prescription medication.
Between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., the victim attended a function at Meaford Hall located on Nelson Street West in the Municipality of Meaford. Once back at home, she discovered that a pill bottle containing an undisclosed amount of prescription medication (Percocet) was missing from her purse.
