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New detachment-level police boards to serve Prescott and Russell municipalities

May 23, 2021May 25, 2021 James Morgan Ontario Provincial Police, police services boards

Changes are coming to how police services boards are organized locally, and across Ontario. Police services boards are local police

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Pointe-Fortune ferry traffic increases due to boundary checkpoints

April 30, 2021May 4, 2021 James Morgan Argenteuil, East Hawkesbury, Ontario, Pointe Fortune, Prescott-Russell, Quebec, Saint-André-d’Argenteuil checkpoints, COVID-19, ferry, Ontario Provincial Police, Sûreté du Québec, Traversier Le Passeur, Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Highway 417 and the Long Sault Bridge in Hawkesbury are a popular shortcut for drivers who want to get between

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Ontario-Québec boundary closed in both directions, Ontario steps up stay-at-home order enforcement

April 19, 2021April 20, 2021 James Morgan Argenteuil, Ontario, Prescott-Russell, Quebec, Vaudreuil-Soulanges boundary, checkpoints, COVID-19, emergency measures, enforcement, Ontario Provincial Police, public health, restrictions, variants

While cases of COVID-19 variants increased across Ontario during the past week, the provincial government decided more drastic action was

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OPP seize drugs at home on Higginson Street in Hawkesbury

April 18, 2021 James Morgan Hawkesbury, Ontario, Prescott-Russell drugs, Ontario Provincial Police

On Friday, April 16, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) seized illegal drugs at

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OPP checkpoints to begin on Monday, April 19 at Ontario-Québec boundary

April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 Press Release Ontario, Prescott-Russell COVID-19, Ontario Provincial Police, provincial boundary, travel restrictions

Starting Monday, if you are planning to cross the Ontario-Québec boundary, be prepared to stop and give a good reason

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OPP, coroner, pathologists continue to investigate suspicious deaths at HGH

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 James Morgan Hawkesbury, L’Orignal, Ontario, Prescott-Russell Brian Nadler, first degree murder, Hawkesbury and District General Hospital, Ontario Provincial Police

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigation into several suspicious deaths at the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital is continuing .

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Hawkesbury OPP and partners launch Victim Advocate Program

March 1, 2021 James Morgan Hawkesbury, Ontario, Prescott-Russell Centre Novas-CALACS francophone Prescott-Russell, Hawkesbury OPP, Hawkesbury Police Services Board, Maison Interlude House, Ontario Provincial Police, Victim Advocate Program, Victim Services of Prescott-Russell

A new program has been started to assist victims of sexual assault and intimate partner violence in the Hawkesbury area.

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Impaired driving keeps Russell County OPP busy

February 10, 2021February 9, 2021 Press Release Clarence-Rockland, Embrun, La Nation, Limoges, Ontario, Prescott-Russell, Rockland, Russell Township Ontario Provincial Police, Russell County OPP

During the period between January 12 to February 8, 2021, officers with the Russell County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial

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Vehicle stolen in Embrun, 15 year-old facing charges

February 9, 2021 Press Release Embrun, Ontario, Prescott-Russell, Russell Township Ontario Provincial Police, Russell County OPP, vehicle, youth

On January 13, 2021, at approximately 2:45 p.m., Russell County OPP officers responded to a stolen vehicle complaint on Angele

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Impaired driving, mischief, and thefts have kept Russell County OPP busy

January 13, 2021 Press Release Bourget, Clarence-Rockland, Embrun, La Nation, Limoges, Ontario, Prescott-Russell, Rockland, Russell, Russell Township impaired driving, mishief, Ontario Provincial Police, OPP, Russell County Detachment, theft

During the period of December 14, 2020 to January 11, 2021, officers with the Russell County Detachment of the Ontario

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