CJCS 1240 Radio - Local and Community Events in Stratford Ontario

Drivers take note:

Kincaid Street from Mitchell Road South (Highway 23) to the Canadian Tire/Zehr's Entrance in Listowel will be closed next Tuesday, May 21st, from 7:00 am until approximately 7:00 pm for construction purposes.

Please adjust your route that day accordingly.

Avon-Maitland District School Board students are keeping up a long tradition of excelling in the field of Tech-Ed.

At the annual Skills Ontario competition held at RIM Park in Waterloo earlier this month students from Northwestern, Listowel District Secondary School and Central placed in the top 25 in a long list of skilled trades related competitions.

Notable finishes include Jared Fraser from Northwestern who placed 4th in the Precision Machining category, and Jeremy Rock from LDSS.

Jeremy placed 2nd in the Cabinetmaking field.  

Congratulations to this year's participants:

The Perth County OPP keeps nabbing dangerous drivers.

Police in our area have ramped up enforcement of the traffic laws for Canada Road Safety Week.

Last night in St. Marys police pulled a driver over for talking on a cell phone, only to discover the driver didn't have a license.

Further checks showed the vehicle was also uninsured, and that the driver is not supposed to be operating a vehicle without an ignition interlock device.

At around 10:30pm last night an OPP officer pulled over a Honda Civic going 140 km/h on Highway 7 near Wildwood Park.

The 19-year-old driver had his license seized and his vehicle towed.

Remember police all over the province will be out in force this weekend keeping an eye out for impaired driving, aggressive driving, distracted driving and seat belt violations, which are the "Big Four" causes of death and injuries on our roadways.

Waterloo Regional Police are continuing the search for the body of Catherine Todd.

Todd has been missing since March 21st.

26-year-old James Solomon Parise has been accused of second degree murder in Todd's death.

Parise grew up in Stratford.

An exhaustive search of a Waterloo regional landfill turned up no sign of Todd's remains.

Police, after consulting with Todd's family, have broken off the search.

Parise's next court appearance is on May 22nd.

The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Catherine Todd continues.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Homicide Branch at (519) 650-8500 ext. 8314 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

The Perth County OPP has teamed up with police from across the province to enforce highway safety week.

Their efforts have already paid off.

On Thursday, shortly after 1:00pm, an officer on patrol stopped a speeding eastbound Pontiac Sunfire on Highway 7/8 east of Shakespeare.

The driver failed a roadside breath test and subsequent Intoxilyzer breath tests at the Sebringville OPP detachment.

The 38-year-old New Hamburg woman has been charged.

She also lost her licence for 90 days her vehicle was impounded for seven days.