Peel Police announce its largest ever drug bust, scoring nearly $50 million in cocaine
Posted June10, 2025
Peel Regional Police, working with national and international partners, have dismantled a transnational organized criminal network trafficking illicit drugs into the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
Police announce historic seizure of fentanyl
Posted June 10, 2025
OPP this morning announced the results of two major investigations - Project BIONIC and Project GOLDEN - that resulted in the seizure of approximately 43.5 kilograms of fentanyl, or roughly 435,000 street-level doses.
Construction underway on doubling size of ADHS animal shelter
Posted June 9, 2025
Construction started this morning on the Alliston & District Humane Society's (ADHS) Second Chances Shelter expansion, managed by Bertram’s Construction of Barrie, with a completion date expected by January 2026.
Province 'asks' New Tecumseth to halt work on Official Plan update
Posted June 12, 2025
In a letter dated June 10 from the The Office of the Provincial Land and Development Facilitator to New Tecumseth Mayor Richard Norcross, it's confirmed the government doesn't approve of the Town's new Official Plan and growth strategy and wants it to stop further action pending policy updates from Queen's Park.
Alliston man facing multiple distraction theft charges
Posted June 6, 2025
OPP Central Region Intelligence Unit and the Nottawasaga Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), have charged a 40-year-old Allison man for a a series of distraction thefts in the Nottawasaga and surrounding areas.
Barrie man among those caught in child luring investigation
Posted June 5, 2025
A multi-jurisdictional online sting operation has resulted in 36 people charged, including a 55-year-old male from Barrie, with a combined total of 128 criminal offences of child sexual exploitation.