Wingham Free Press
(GODERICH, ON) – Members from the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crime Unit, along with the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal (OFM) continue to investigate a fire that took place in Goderich early last week. On October 11, 2021 at approximately 10:49 p.m. Huron County OPP and the Goderich Fire Department responded to a […]
By now you all know about the Wingham trailer park being stolen by Mayor/Reeve bernie bailey’s family. The trailer park was the only affordable housing left in the area. Selling of the park has devastated some families that relied on the park to save enough money to live indoors during the cold months. Many were […]
If all goes according to Hall Of Shamer Doug Kuyvenhoven’s plans, he will have a marijuana dispensary in his building downtown Wingham. Most of you will likely be saying, “but that’s even closer to the school(s) than the last dispensary that got denied because it was too close to a school”. Well, that other building […]
(MORRIS-TURNBERRY, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid charges against a Wingham resident following an Impaired Driving occurrence that took place earlier this week northwest of Wingham. On Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at approximately 1:33 p.m. Huron County OPP officers and Huron County Paramedic Services responded to a single motor vehicle collision located […]
(NORTH HURON, ON) – A resident of Wingham is facing a number of charges after police got called about a suspicious male slouched over in a parked pickup truck. Shortly after 8:03 a.m. on October 12, 2021 Huron OPP officers responded to Charles Street in Wingham to check on the driver of a pickup truck. Officers […]
(PERTH EAST, ON) – On October 12, 2021, just after 12:00 a.m., a Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was on general patrol in the Township of Perth East when they conducted a traffic stop on a speeding motor vehicle. During the investigation, an Approved Screening Device was utilized. As a result, the driver was arrested […]
(NORTH PERTH, ON) – On September 26, 2021, just after 1:00 a.m., a Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was on general patrol in the Municipality of North Perth when they conducted a traffic stop. While speaking with the driver of the motor vehicle, the officer observed that the driver was displaying signs of impairment. As a […]
(NORTH PERTH, ON) – On September 20, 2021, just before 12:00 p.m., the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a shoplifter at a business on Mitchell Road South in Listowel. A Loss Prevention Officer observed an individual attempting to take items from the business without purchasing. All items were recovered. […]
(WEST PERTH, ON) – On September 19, 2021, just after 9:30 p.m., an officer with the Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on general patrol in the Municipality of North Perth when they conducted a traffic stop. An Approved Screening Device (ASD) was utilized and the driver was arrested and transported to a local OPP […]
(NORTHERN BRUCE PENINSULA, ON) – An individual has been charged with murder in connection with a death in the Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula. On October 10, 2021, at approximately 3:00 p.m., officers from the Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a death near Scugog Lane. Officers located a deceased female in a wooded […]