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THE TORONTO POLICE SERVICE AND THE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE IDENTIFY OFFENDER IN THREE HISTORIC HOMICIDES
Criminal Investigation Branch [783 words] 12/11/2025 2:25pm (0 image)
Today, Toronto Police Service Deputy Chief Robert Johnson, Ontario Provincial Police Chief Superintendent Karen Gonneau, and Detective Sergeant Steve Smith of the TPS Homicide and Missing Persons Unit Cold - Case Section announced the identification of the offender responsible for three historic homicide cases. The news conference is available to watch [here](https://can01.safelin...
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DROWNING INCIDENT ON WABIGOON LAKE CLAIMS TWO LIVES
Dryden [200 words] 10/1/2025 2:15pm (0 image)
Members of the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a drowning incident on Wabigoon Lake that claimed two lives. On Saturday September 27, at approximately 4:05 pm Dryden OPP responded to a call for service that two people had gone missing after entering the water and failed to surface. Dryden OPP, along with the OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), a...
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CORRECTION - OPP RESPOND TO DROWNING
Elgin [189 words] 8/26/2025 3:45pm (0 image)
-CORRECTION- OPP RESPOND TO DROWNING Date of Incident changed to Friday, August 22, 2025 (CENTRAL ELGIN, ON) - An 80-year-old was discovered unresponsive in the waters of Lake Erie at Port Stanley beach. On Friday, August 22, 2025, at approximately 1:32 pm, Central Elgin Fire, Elgin County Emergency Services (EMS) with Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to the beach in...
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OPP RESPOND TO DROWNING
Elgin [175 words] 8/26/2025 2:05pm (0 image)
An 80-year-old was discovered unresponsive in the waters of Lake Erie at Port Stanley beach. On Friday, August 25, 2025, at approximately 1:32 pm, Central Elgin Fire, Elgin County Emergency Services (EMS) with Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to the beach in Port Stanley for a medical emergency. It was determined that an individual was discovered unrespon...
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POLICE RESPOND TO DROWING IN ELORA
Wellington [131 words] 8/25/2025 9:25am (0 image)
One person has died following a drowning incident that occurred on the Grand River in Elora. On August 24, 2025, at approximately 6:30 pm, the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with local Paramedic and Fire services, responded to a report of a lost individual in the Grand River. The individual jumped off the Bissell Park bridge into th...
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OPP RESPONDS TO DROWNING INCIDENT AT SILVER LAKE
Lanark [86 words] 8/16/2025 7:45pm (0 image)
Members of the Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a drowning incident in Silver Lake Provincial Park. On Saturday, August 16, 2025, at approximately 4:30 pm, OPP responded to a call for service for a swimmer that had gone missing after jumping out of a canoe into the water. A 26-year-old male has been recovered and was pronounced...
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OPP RESPONDS TO DROWNING INCIDENT IN LAKE DALRYMPLE
City of Kawartha Lakes [128 words] 8/14/2025 2:25am (0 image)
Members of the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a drowning incident in the community of Lake Dalrymple. On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at approximately 7:55 pm, emergency services responded to a 911 call following reports of a missing swimmer in Lake Dalrymple. A 33-year-old male had been on a boat with two others...
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UPDATE 1- POSSIBLE DROWNING INVESTIGATION ONGOING
Peterborough [185 words] 8/4/2025 3:50pm (0 image)
- Update 1 - POSSIBLE DROWNING INVESTIGATION ONGOING (bodies recovered) (SELWYN TOWNSHIP, ON) - Officers from the Peterborough County detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with EMS and Fire responded to a possible drowning at Burleigh Falls in Stony Lake. On Sunday August 3, 2025, just prior to 5:00pm, Peterborough County Officers were dispatched to a repor...
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POSSIBLE DROWNING INVESTIGATION ONGOING
Peterborough [145 words] 8/4/2025 9:50am (0 image)
Officers from the Peterborough County detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with EMS and Fire responded to a possible drowning at Burleigh Falls in Stony Lake. On Sunday August 3, 2025, just prior to 5:00pm, Peterborough County Officers were dispatched to a report of two individuals that had gone missing in the water at Burleigh Falls. The individuals...
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Drowning Incident-Two Youths Deceased
Dryden [128 words] 8/1/2025 2:52pm (0 image)
Members of the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a drowning incident that claimed the lives of two children. On Thursday, July 31, 2025, at approximately 4:10 pm, officers responded to a report of two youths observed entering the Wabigoon River in the City of Dryden. A 15-year-old male and a 12-year-old female did not resurface from the w...
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DROWNING INCIDENT UNDER INVESTIGATION ON BALSAM LAKE
City of Kawartha Lakes [139 words] 7/30/2025 3:05pm (1 image)
Members from the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a drowning incident that occurred yesterday evening after a canoe capsized on Balsam Lake. On Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at approximately 6:21 pm, officers responded to a marine call on Balsam Lake, where they were notified that a male in a canoe had gone overboard and...
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DROWNING INCIDENT IN LONG SAULT UNDER INVESTIGATION
Stormont Dundas and Glengarry [129 words] 7/27/2025 5:25am (0 image)
Members of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (SD&G) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a drowning incident in the community of Long Sault in the Township of South Stormont. On Saturday, July 26, 2025, at approximately 5:45 pm, emergency services responded to a call reporting that a young child at Mille Roches Beach had no vital signs, and th...
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CORRECTION- DROWNING INCIDENT AT SANDBANKS PROVINCIAL PARK
Prince Edward [122 words] 7/25/2025 10:35am (0 image)
DROWNING INCIDENT AT SANDBANKS PROVINCIAL PARK Date Of Incident Changed (PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, ON) - Members of the Prince Edward County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a drowning incident involving a three-year-old child in Prince Edward County. On Thursday July 24, 2025, at approximately 5:30 pm, officers were dispatched to Sandbanks Provin...
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DROWNING INCIDENT AT SANDBANKS PROVINCIAL PARK
Prince Edward [112 words] 7/25/2025 8:40am (0 image)
Members of the Prince Edward County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a drowning incident involving a three-year-old child in Prince Edward County. On Thursday July 25, 2025, at approximately 5:30 pm, officers were dispatched to Sandbanks Provincial Park after a child went missing while playing with family members in a shallow ar...
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INDIVIDUAL DROWNS AFTER FALLING OVERBOARD
Leeds [148 words] 7/20/2025 11:25am (0 image)
The Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a possible drowning incident on the St. Lawrence River near the Town of Gananoque. On Saturday, July 19, 2025, shortly after 6:30 pm, Leeds OPP responded to a report of an individual who had fallen out of a stationary boat. The individual was not wearing a personal floatation device (PFD) and was loc...
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OPP INVESTIGATES DROWNING INCIDENT IN SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA
Grey Bruce [111 words] 7/15/2025 7:45am (0 image)
On Monday, July 14, 2025, at approximately 6:00 pm, members of the Grey Bruce Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), South Bruce Peninsula Fire Department and Bruce County Paramedic Services, responded to a report of a capsized canoe on Lake Huron, near Howdenvale. Three individuals were canoeing when their vessel overturned. Two individuals managed to...
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DROWNING INCIDENT IN POND AT PROPERTY IN SOUTHGATE TOWNSHIP
Grey Bruce [123 words] 7/14/2025 11:50am (0 image)
Members of the Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an incident involving a missing four-year-old who disappeared while swimming in a pond at a private property in Proton Station near Dundalk. On Sunday, July 13, 2025, just after 7:00 pm, emergency services were called to a farm near Southgate Road 26 after the child went missing while swimming with fa...
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TODDLER DROWNS IN ST. LAWRENCE RIVER
Leeds [97 words] 7/5/2025 1:25pm (0 image)
The Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a drowning incident involving a toddler on Wolfe Island. On Friday, July 4, 2025, shortly after 9:30 am, Leeds OPP responded to a report of an unresponsive toddler who had been located in the St. Lawrence River near Stoney Point Lane. Family members and first responders immediately initiated...
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OPP INVESTIGATE DROWNING INCIDENT AT IPPERWASH BEACH
Lambton [123 words] 7/1/2025 8:25am (0 image)
One individual has died following a drowning incident at Ipperwash Beach in the Municipality of Lambton Shores. On June 30, 2025, shortly after 4:00 pm, members of the Lambton County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Anishinabek Police Service, Lambton County Emergency Medical Services, and Lambton Shores Fire and Emergency Services responded to reports of two swimmers in...
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DROWNING INCIDENT NEAR APPLETON DAM
Lanark [142 words] 6/30/2025 2:35pm (0 image)
Members of the Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with the Emergency Response Team (ERT), the Snow Vehicle, All Terrain Vehicle, Vessel Enforcement/Education (SAVE) unit, and the Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU), responded to a report of a missing fisherman in the Mississippi River in Appleton. On Saturday, June 28, 2025, shortly b...
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DROWNING INCIDENT AT ELORA QUARRY
Wellington [99 words] 6/24/2025 9:50pm (0 image)
Officers from the Wellington County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with local fire services and paramedics, responded to a report of a swimmer in distress. On Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at approximately 6:30 pm, Wellington County officers were dispatched to assist EMS at the Elora Quarry. Emergency crews located one individual who was removed from the wate...
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A BOATING ACCIDENT RESULTED IN TWO DROWNING VICTIMS
City of Kawartha Lakes [133 words] 6/8/2025 7:50pm (1 image)
Members from the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a boating incident on Sunday afternoon that took the lives of two male adults. City of Kawartha Lakes OPP along with fire and EMS were dispatched to a boat that had capsized on Sturgeon Lake at approximately 3:06 pm on June 08, 2025. The canoe was carrying...