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ROPE Squad seeking assistance in locating wanted federal offender

GUELPH, ONT. – The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (R.O.P.E.) Squad is asking for the public’s help in locating a federal offender who is wanted on a Canada Wide Warrant, after she breached her statutory release. Heather Bell, 56, is Indigenous, female, six feet (183 cm) tall and 212 lbs (96 kgs), with black hair and hazel eyes. She also has several tattoos, including: “Believe” on the left side of her neck A design on the front of her upper torso…

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ROPE Squad seeking assistance in locating wanted federal offender

GUELPH, ONT. – The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (R.O.P.E.) Squad is asking for the public’s help…

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Ontario First Nation prepared to block highway to stop mining near drinking water source

By Jon Thompson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ricochet A northwestern Ontario First Nation that’s struggling through…

Norfolk man charged with stunt driving in Brant County

BRANT, ONT. – A man from Norfolk has been charged with stunt driving, following a recent…

Indigenous people reflect on the meaning of their participation in COP30 climate talks

By Melina Walling BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous people filled the streets, paddled the waterways and…

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Council asks for more information on proposed battery storage facility

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