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POLICE RESPOND TO DROWNING INCIDENT ON LAKE MUSOKA
Bracebridge 7/19/2026 10:05am
The Bracebridge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a drowning incident on Lake Muskoka near Walker's Point in the Township of Muskoka Lakes. On Saturday, July 18, 2026, at approximately 4:30 pm, officers responded to a report of a boater who had fallen overboard and failed to resurface. The individual, a 63-year-old male from Markham, was...
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OPP INVESTIGATING DROWNING INCIDENT IN GRAND BEND
Lambton 6/29/2026 1:10pm
One individual has died following a drowning incident at South Beach. On June 28, 2026, at approximately 2:39 pm, members of the Lambton County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Lambton Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to South Beach in Grand Bend in the Municipality of Lambton Shores after receiving report of an unresponsive individual. Bystanders located a...
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POLICE INVESTIGATE DROWNING IN GRAVENHURST - CORRECTION ON LOCATION
Bracebridge 6/26/2026 9:05am
POLICE INVESTIGATE DROWNING IN GRAVENHURST - CORRECTION ON LOCATION - (GRAVENHURST, ON) - The Bracebridge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigating drowning death in Gravenhurst. On June 21, 2026 at 5:50 pm, Bracebridge OPP officers, along with Muskoka EMS, responded to a possible drowning at the Gravenhurst Wharf on Steamship Bay Road in Gravenhurst. A group of...
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POLICE INVESTIGATE DROWNING IN GRAVENHURST
Bracebridge 6/22/2026 9:20am
The Bracebridge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigating drowning death in Gravenhurst. On June 21, 2026 at 5:50 pm, Bracebridge OPP officers, along with Muskoka EMS, responded to a possible drowning at the Gravenhurst Wharf on Steamship Bay Road in Gravenhurst. A group of people were spending time at the Ungerman Park cliffs when one person failed to su...
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- CORRECTION - CAPSIZED CANOE LEADS TO DROWNING ON UPPER RIDEAU LAKE: Corrected Weekday
Leeds 5/31/2026 2:55pm
- CORRECTION - CAPSIZED CANOE LEADS TO DROWNING ON UPPER RIDEAU LAKE The incident occurred on Saturday, May 30, 2026....
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CAPSIZED CANOE LEADS TO DROWNING ON UPPER RIDEAU LAKE
Leeds 5/31/2026 11:45am
An individual has died following the capsizing of a canoe on Upper Rideau Lake. On Monday, May 30, 2026, shortly after 5:30 pm, members of the Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a marine distress call involving a capsized canoe. Officers, along with Leeds and Grenville Paramedic Service and the Rideau Lakes Fire Department attended the sc...
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MARINE RESCUE AMONG INCIDENTS IN NORTHUMBERLAND
Northumberland 5/25/2026 2:30pm
Members of the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a number of recent incidents across the county. Impaired Driving On May 22, 2026, at approximately 6:50 pm, officers responded to a traffic complaint regarding a motorist unable to maintain their lane while travelling westbound on County Road 2 in the Township of Alnwick...
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THE TORONTO POLICE SERVICE AND THE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE IDENTIFY OFFENDER IN THREE HISTORIC HOMICIDES
Criminal Investigation Branch 12/11/2025 2:25pm
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 cases involve the deaths of Christine Prince, Claire Samson and Gr...
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DROWNING INCIDENT ON WABIGOON LAKE CLAIMS TWO LIVES
Dryden 10/1/2025 2:15pm
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 8/26/2025 3:45pm
-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 P...
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OPP RESPOND TO DROWNING
Elgin 8/26/2025 2:05pm
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 8/25/2025 9:25am
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 8/16/2025 7:45pm
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 8/14/2025 2:25am
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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POSSIBLE DROWNING INVESTIGATION ONGOING
Peterborough 8/4/2025 9:50am
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 8/1/2025 2:52pm
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 7/30/2025 3:05pm
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 7/27/2025 5:25am
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 7/25/2025 10:35am
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 Provinci...
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DROWNING INCIDENT AT SANDBANKS PROVINCIAL PARK
Prince Edward 7/25/2025 8:40am
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 7/20/2025 11:25am
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 7/15/2025 7:45am
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 7/14/2025 11:50am
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 7/5/2025 1:25pm
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 7/1/2025 8:25am
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 6/30/2025 2:35pm
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 6/24/2025 9:50pm
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 6/8/2025 7:50pm
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...