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OPP Detective John Uttley, left, and Constable Graham Thorpe received the Ontario Medal for Police Bravery yesterday for saving a 68-year-old man and (...)
OPP Detective John Uttley, left, and Constable Graham Thorpe received the Ontario Medal for Police Bravery yesterday for saving a 68-year-old man and (...)

OPP Detective John Uttley, left, and Constable Graham Thorpe received the Ontario Medal for Police Bravery yesterday for saving a 68-year-old man and (...)

Date11/19/1996
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Original Toronto Star caption: OPP Detective John Uttley, left, and Constable Graham Thorpe received the Ontario Medal for Police Bravery yesterday for saving a 68-year-old man and grandson, 11, when their canoe tipped in the Nottawasaga River.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0027710F
      Police bravery medals won by OPP Constable William Blahey (left), Staff Sgt
      Police bravery medals won by OPP Constable William Blahey (left), Staff Sgt
      Darrell, Dick
      12/12/1977
      Bravery noted: OPP Constable Mark Meers, left, student Kimberly MacKenzie and pharmacist Ian Reynold Stewart were among 19 people honored for valor by the Ontario Provincial Police
      Bravery noted: OPP Constable Mark Meers, left, student Kimberly MacKenzie and pharmacist Ian Reynold Stewart were among 19 people honored for valor by the Ontario Provincial Police
      Dunlop, Alan
      10/15/1987
      Bravery noted: OPP Constable Mark Meers, left, student Kimberly Mackenzie and pharmacist Ian Reynold Stewart were among 19 people honored for valor by the Ontario Provincial Police
      Bravery noted: OPP Constable Mark Meers, left, student Kimberly Mackenzie and pharmacist Ian Reynold Stewart were among 19 people honored for valor by the Ontario Provincial Police
      Dunlop, Al
      10/15/1987
      Bravery noted: OPP Constable Mark Meers, left, student Kimberly MacKenzie and pharmacist Ian Reynold Stewart were among 19 people honored for valor by the Ontario Provincial Police
      Bravery noted: OPP Constable Mark Meers, left, student Kimberly MacKenzie and pharmacist Ian Reynold Stewart were among 19 people honored for valor by the Ontario Provincial Police
      Dunlop, Al
      10/15/1987
      Hero's children, An excited Jamie Fikis, 6, and his 8-year-old sister, Kristin, carry Ontario Medal for Firefighter's Bravery and citation honoring th(...)
      Hero's children, An excited Jamie Fikis, 6, and his 8-year-old sister, Kristin, carry Ontario Medal for Firefighter's Bravery and citation honoring th(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      5/14/1979
      Four years later: Brampton's Robert Fraser, flanked by wife Tina and mother Margaret, with his governor-general's medal for bravery and his official citation for having saved a 10-year-old boy in Lake Erie
      Four years later: Brampton's Robert Fraser, flanked by wife Tina and mother Margaret, with his governor-general's medal for bravery and his official citation for having saved a 10-year-old boy in Lake Erie
      Calleja, Frank
      12/14/1993
      OPP specialists: Detective Inspector Ron Kirkpatrick, left, head of the provincial police drug section, and John Hines, an authority on fingerprints, took the stand
      OPP specialists: Detective Inspector Ron Kirkpatrick, left, head of the provincial police drug section, and John Hines, an authority on fingerprints, took the stand
      Ontario Provincial Police
      6/8/1988
      Mystery Man, Flanked by other police officials, OPP artist Constable Paul Daulby (right ) displays his model of a drifter found dead in a St. Catharin(...)
      Mystery Man, Flanked by other police officials, OPP artist Constable Paul Daulby (right ) displays his model of a drifter found dead in a St. Catharin(...)
      Millar, Cal
      6/28/1989
      Posthumous honor: Robert and Irene Crowe hold the OPP bravery award given last night fo their late son, Mark. He was one of 21 people honored for heroism.
      Posthumous honor: Robert and Irene Crowe hold the OPP bravery award given last night fo their late son, Mark. He was one of 21 people honored for heroism.
      Loek, Dick
      11/28/1988
      Police get assist from Wendel. Toronto Maple Leaf captain Wendel Clark and OPP Sergeant John Mason present Newmarket 9-year-olds Scott Stables, left, (...)
      Police get assist from Wendel. Toronto Maple Leaf captain Wendel Clark and OPP Sergeant John Mason present Newmarket 9-year-olds Scott Stables, left, (...)
      Clark, Wendel, 1966-
      1/14/1992
      Hero: Paul Myers has just received the prestigious Star of Courage for saving a 2 1/2-year-old boy from a raging house fire
      Hero: Paul Myers has just received the prestigious Star of Courage for saving a 2 1/2-year-old boy from a raging house fire
      Dunlop, Alan
      12/23/1987
      Ordering wreckers away yesterday fromhis expropriated home (in background), Jack Coltman, 60, argues with William Wasylyk (left), the owner of Lakeview Salvage Co., and Constable John Buchanan. Coltman says he has received no settlement yet for his expropriated property on Balfour Ave. and believes under this condition he can claim new rights under recent provincial expropriation legislation. His home was one of nine expropriated for new seperate school.
      Ordering wreckers away yesterday fromhis expropriated home (in background), Jack Coltman, 60, argues with William Wasylyk (left), the owner of Lakeview Salvage Co., and Constable John Buchanan. Coltman says he has received no settlement yet for his expropriated property on Balfour Ave. and believes under this condition he can claim new rights under recent provincial expropriation legislation. His home was one of nine expropriated for new seperate school.
      Teskey, Frank
      1/3/1969