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Call for speeding truck leads Ontario police to $4.4M tobacco bust
A traffic complaint led officers to the discovery of a truckload of contraband cigarettes worth millions of dollars, according to Ontario Provincial Police in Frontenac.
OPP say a concerned citizen called police to report a truck barrelling eastbound up Highway 401 near Shannonville Road on Tuesday just before 7 a.m.
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Officers soon tracked the big rig down near the Joyceville Road interchange in Kingston before several issues, including documentation, led them to escort the truck to the Ministry of Transportation scales in Gananoque for further inspection, according to provincial police.
Once they got into the trailer, police and MTO officers discovered 17,820 kilograms of contraband, fine-cut tobacco, which OPP pegged to be worth $4.4 million.
Police say the untaxed tobacco would also have added another $9.1 million to federal and provincial tax coffers.
A 60-year-old man from Puslinch, which borders on Cambridge, has been charged with trafficking contraband tobacco.
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A driving instructor may need to go back to school after he was recently pulled over on route to work while under “the warn range,” according to police in Thunder Bay.
In a social media post on Wednesday, police said that a traffic officer pulled a car over at 9:40 a.m. after the person behind he wheel was allegedly driving without their seatbelt while talking on a cell phone.
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“Bad yes, but things get worse,” the post went on to say.
“The officer detected an alcoholic beverage on his breath, and a roadside breath sample was taken.”
Police said the sample came back in the ‘warn range’ of 50-80 mg alcohol, which meant the driver receieved a three-day licence suspension.
According to Ontario’s website, the warn range is when someone has a blood alcohol concentration between 0.05-0.079 and requires an immediate three-day suspension and a $250 fine for first-time offenders.
If someone has a blood alcohol concentration over .08, they are considered impaired and the penalties increase.
The driving instructor was also ticketed for using a cellphone and not wearing a seatbelt.
“He will not be conducting any driving lessons today,” the post concluded.
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Daytime temperatures from Windsor, Ontario, to St. John’s, Newfoundland, are going to remain hot a little longer.
Environment Canada has several heat warnings in effect this morning, along a 2,400-kilometre stretch of southeastern Canada.
The warnings forecast daytime highs in some areas between 31 and 34 degrees Celsius — with a humidex of 37 to 42.
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As with any heat warning, it is recommended that people watch for the early signs of heat exhaustion and check in with vulnerable family and friends to ensure their well-being.
For residents in Southern Ontario and southern Quebec, the heat wave is expected to start cooling off later today or this evening, while farther east the warmer weather will likely linger into Friday.
There was also one heat warning posted for the Northwest Territories — in the Hay River region — with highs forecast to reach 28 to 31.
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Toronto Police say an early Thursday morning shooting at a mall parking lot has left one male victim dead.
Police said the shooting happened just after 6 a.m. at a mall near Highway 401 and Dufferin Street. Global News captured images of the scene at Yorkdale Shopping Centre, near the Indigo book store.
Officers had found the male victim who had been shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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No age or identity of the victim was released.
There is no word on suspects. Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
Shooting at Yorkdale Mall has left 1 dead.
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