The United Way Hastings & Prince Edward Counties says that has reached over half of its $1,970,000 fundraising goal as of the end of November 2017. The agency says in a news release that it is continuing to challenge the community to…
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Teen dies after pickup truck crash on Highway 62 in Limerick Township
LIMERICK TOWNSHIP – A teen from Tudor & Cashel Township died in a single-vehicle crash Nov. 30, 2017, Bancroft OPP reports. Emergency services were called at 6:32 a.m., to Highway 62 in Limerick Township, where a pickup truck left the highway…
Man charged after OPP seize marijuana plants in Faraday Township home
Bancroft, ON – On October 12, 2017 officers of the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), OPP Community Street Crime Unit, and OPP Emergency Response Team executed a drug warrant in the Township of Faraday on Bay Lake Road. Officers entered…
Woman dies after motorcycle crash west of Coe Hill
COE HILL — A woman from Carlo-Mayo Township died Thursday after a motorcycle hit a guardrail along Wollaston Township Road 620 west of Coe Hill. Dayle Martin, 60, died after the collision, reported at 2:40 p.m., says the Bancroft detachment of…
Woman injured in Bancroft; man charged with assault with a weapon
BANCROFT — Around 3 a.m. on Sept. 6, 2017 officers from the Bancroft Ontario Provincial Police detachment responded to an assault call on Maxwell Settlement Road in Bancroft. Officers located a female with an injury. She was taken to hospital. A short…
Steenburg Lake North Road work set to finish in November 2017
Steenburg Lake North Road reconstruction started in August 2017 and is expected to finish in early November 2017, says a letter received by Wollaston Township council. Danford Construction of Madoc was hired by Limerick Township to do the work between…
Bancroft OPP took 106 calls for service Aug. 7 to Aug. 13, 2017; 14 criminal charges laid
By Bancroft OPP During the week of the 07 of August 2017 through to the 13 of August 2017, officers with the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to one hundred and six (106) calls for service.…
Female airlifted to hospital after ATV crash in Faraday Township
By Bancroft OPP On Tuesday August 8, 2017 officers of the Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision (MVC), involving an all-terrain vehicle, in the Township of Faraday just off of Bay Lake…
Deadly summer heat: Leaving dogs and cats in vehicles can kill them, OPP says
By Bancroft OPP Over the summer months Ontario Provincial Police officers attend numerous calls about pets left in unattended vehicles. If it’s hot, your pet may be in trouble! During warm or hot weather pet guardians must take precautions against…
OPP ‘escape and evasion exercise’ planned near Bancroft airport July 24-26, 2017
By Bancroft OPP BANCROFT – The Bancroft Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), wish to advise the public of an upcoming Escape and Evasion exercise that will be taking place in the area of Bancroft, West of Stanhope Airport…