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Moose on the loose in Ontario city for several days

Odd News // 10 months ago

Moose on the loose in Ontario city for several days

Police in an Ontario city are warning residents to keep their distance from a moose that has been on the loose in the city for at least four days.

Driver doing donuts blocks Toronto-area highway

Odd News // 1 year ago

Driver doing donuts blocks Toronto-area highway

Police in Ontario shared video of a driver blocking a Toronto-area highway by doing donuts in the middle of the roadway.

RCMP scales back Manitoba search for wanted teens

World News // 1 year ago

RCMP scales back Manitoba search for wanted teens

After nine days of searching through the rough terrain of northern Manitoba for two Canadian teens suspected of killing three people, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced it was scaling back search efforts.

Overturned truck spills animal carcasses onto road

Odd News // 2 years ago

Overturned truck spills animal carcasses onto road

Ontario police said a truck overturned on a provincial road and spilled three tons of animal carcasses onto the roadway.

Zoo pleads for return of stolen monkey, lemur and tortoise

Odd News // 2 years ago

Zoo pleads for return of stolen monkey, lemur and tortoise

An Ontario zoo is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the return of a monkey, a lemur and a tortoise stolen from the facility.

Police warn of African serval on the loose in Ontario

Odd News // 2 years ago

Police warn of African serval on the loose in Ontario

Police in Ontario are warning residents to steer clear of an exotic African serval cat that escaped from its owner's home in the province.

Police seek 'clumsy' shoplifter who crashed Walmart cart

Odd News // 3 years ago

Police seek 'clumsy' shoplifter who crashed Walmart cart

Police in Ontario are searching for a "clumsy shoplifting suspect" caught on camera crashing a shopping cart full of pilfered items in a Walmart parking lot.

Mayo and salad dressing spill onto Canadian highway after truck rollover

Odd News // 4 years ago

Mayo and salad dressing spill onto Canadian highway after truck rollover

A highway in Canada was closed for several hours after police say a truck rollover left it covered in mayonnaise and salad dressing.

Ontario man ticketed for driving snow-covered car

Odd News // 5 years ago

Ontario man ticketed for driving snow-covered car

Police in Ontario said an 80-year-old man was issued a citation for driving a car covered in several inches with only a small section of windshield cleared.

Nipigon River Bridge fails in bitter cold, severs Trans-Canada Highway

World News // 5 years ago

Nipigon River Bridge fails in bitter cold, severs Trans-Canada Highway

The only major highway connecting eastern and western Canada is closed because of a two-foot split in a bridge caused by extreme cold.

The Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) (French: Police provinciale de l'Ontario) is the Provincial Police force for the province of Ontario, Canada.

The OPP is the largest deployed police force in Ontario and the second largest in Canada. The service is responsible for providing policing services throughout the province in areas lacking local police forces. It also provides specialized support to smaller municipal police forces, investigates provincewide and cross-jurisdictional crimes, patrols provincial highways (including Ontario's 400-Series Highways) and is responsible for many of the waterways in the province. The OPP also works with other provincial agencies, including the Ministry of Transportation and Ministry of Natural Resources to enforce highway safety and conservation regulations, respectively. Finally, OPP officers provide security at the Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto.

The OPP is one of three provincial police forces in Canada. The others are the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary in Newfoundland and Labrador and the Sûreté du Québec.

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