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Ontario Provincial Police officer shot dead had just passed probation
By The Canadian Press on December 27th, 2022
HAGERSVILLE, Ont. – Ontario Provincial Police say a 28-year-old officer who was fatally shot while on duty Tuesday afternoon had just been told he had passed probation. OPP say Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala was shot while responding to a vehicle in a ditch west of Hagersville, Ont., in Haldimand County, just after 2:30 p.m., and died ... Read More »
1 response‘He was a wonderful officer’: Force mourns constable shot dead in southern Ontario
By The Canadian Press on December 27th, 2022
HAGERSVILLE, Ont. – A 28-year-old Ontario Provincial Police officer who was fatally shot while on duty Tuesday afternoon was remembered by the force as having “the biggest heart of gold.” The OPP said Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala was shot while responding to a vehicle in a ditch west of Hagersville, Ont., in Haldimand County, just after ... Read More »
1 response‘A huge loss to the OPP family’: Force mourns officer shot dead in southern Ontario
By The Canadian Press on December 27th, 2022
HAGERSVILLE, Ont. – A 28-year-old constable with the Ontario Provincial Police who the force says was “one of the biggest-hearted police officers” was shot and killed while on duty in southern Ontario on Tuesday afternoon. The OPP said Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala was shot while responding to a vehicle in a ditch west of Hagersville, Ont., ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. bus crash probe to look at earlier incident too, amid questions over icy road
By The Canadian Press on December 27th, 2022
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s transportation minister says investigators looking into a bus crash that claimed four lives on the Okanagan Connector road on Christmas Eve are also considering another involving the same operator days earlier. Minister Rob Fleming said Tuesday that maintenance contractors were plowing and salting the road, also known as Highway 97C, on ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. Christmas Eve bus crash victim leaves behind young family in India: cousin
By The Canadian Press on December 27th, 2022
KELOWNA, B.C. – Truck driver Kalwinder Singh says he knows the Okanagan Connector well, and regards it among the worst roads in North America. The Surrey, B.C., truck driver was supposed to meet up with his cousin, Karanjot Singh Sodhi, for a family celebration to ring in the new year but instead will be picking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBSA detainee dies in custody on Christmas Day in Surrey, B.C.
By The Canadian Press on December 27th, 2022
SURREY, B.C. – Border officials say a detainee at an immigration holding centre in Surrey, B.C., has died after being found unresponsive on Christmas Day. Canada Border Services Agency says in a statement that first responders were called to the centre, where staff were attempting resuscitation. But it says “all efforts to revive the detainee ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario Provincial Police officer fatally shot near Hagersville; 2 suspects arrested
By The Canadian Press on December 27th, 2022
HAGERSVILLE, Ont. – Ontario Provincial Police say two suspects have been arrested after an officer was shot and killed while on duty near Hagersville, Ont. Const. Ed Sanchuk says a male and a female are in custody in connection with the shooting of an officer who was responding to a vehicle in a ditch in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario Provincial Police officer fatally shot near Hagersville
By The Canadian Press on December 27th, 2022
HAGERSVILLE, Ont. – Ontario Provincial Police say an officer has been shot and killed while on duty near Hagersville, Ont., in an incident that prompted an emergency alert, which has since been lifted. OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique says in a tweet that Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala was killed on Tuesday while serving in the line of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario Provincial Police Officer shot dead in Haldimand County
By The Canadian Press on December 27th, 2022
The mayor of Haldimand County says a regional Ontario Provincial Police officer has been shot and killed. Mayor Shelley Bentley says in a statement that she is “deeply saddened” by the loss of one of the county’s officers who died in the line of duty. Const. Edward Sanchuk of the Haldimand County OPP says in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Ontario Provincial Police Officer shot dead in Haldimand County
By The Canadian Press on December 27th, 2022
The mayor of Haldimand County says a regional Ontario Provincial Police officer has been shot and killed in the southeastern Ontario area. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. bus crash probe to look at earlier incident, amid questions over icy road
By The Canadian Press on December 27th, 2022
KELOWNA, B.C. – British Columbia’s transport minister says investigators looking into a bus crash that claimed four lives on the Okanagan Connector road on Christmas Eve are also considering another crash involving the same operator days earlier. Minister Rob Fleming says maintenance contractors were plowing and salting the road, also known as Highway 97C, on ... Read More »
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