Wingham Free Press
(GRAND BEND, ON) – On August 21, 2021 at 9:30 p.m., members of the Lambton County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified of a motor vehicle collision on Main Street, Grand Bend. Officers attended and, upon speaking with one of the drivers, it became apparent the driver had consumed an alcoholic beverage. A roadside screening device […]
(BLUEWATER, ON) – A North York resident had his vehicle impounded and licence suspended after getting stopped for Racing last week in Varna. On August 19, 2021 at approximately 11:36 a.m. a member of the OPP West Region Highway Safety Division was conducting speed enforcement in Varna when a motor vehicle was observed racing through the […]
(KINCARDINE, ON) – On August 24, 2021 at 4:16 p.m., the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a serious collision along Highway 21 in Kincardine. Officers responded with Bruce County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and members of Kincardine Fire and Emergency Services to find a pick-up truck and a motorcycle were involved in […]
(HURON EAST, ON) – A call to police to check on suspiciously parked vehicle last week has led to the arrest of an Exeter resident for Impaired Operation. On August 16, 2021 at approximately 6:18 a.m. Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers received a call about a sedan that was parked in a suspicious manner […]
Police visited a restaurant in the heart of Wingham that has been flying a Canadian flag upside down and at half staff during business hours. The OPP officer recently became aware of the 51 drinking water advisories on Reserves, some of which have existed for decades, a condition that would never exist or persist in […]
NORTH HURON, ON) – A resident of Hanover is facing a charge of trafficking methamphetamine following a vehicle stop conducted by Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) yesterday afternoon. On August 23, 2021 at approximately 12:46 p.m. members of the Huron OPP Community Street Crimes Unit (CSCU) stopped a motorcycle on Josephine Street in Wingham for […]
(WALKERTON, ON) – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Child Sexual Exploitation Unit, Digital Forensics Unit and South Bruce Detachment have arrested and charged a Walkerton resident following an online child sexual exploitation investigation. On August 24, 2021, police executed a search warrant at a home in Walkerton and seized several electronic devices. As a result […]
(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) – A Bluewater resident is facing Impaired Operation charges following a single motor vehicle collision that took place last week in Benmiller. On August 17, 2021 at approximately 11:23 p.m. Huron County Paramedic Services and Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to Benmiller to investigate a crash involving a pickup truck that […]
(HURON EAST, ON) – A crash involving a motorcycle has led to an arrest and subsequent charges against a Huron East resident. On Saturday, August 14, 2021 at approximately 5:51 p.m. Huron County Paramedic Services and Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to the crash scene located on Front Road east of Seaforth. The […]
(BRANT COUNTY, ON) – On Saturday August 21, 2021 at approximately 4:55 p.m., officers with the Brant County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), County of Brant Fire and Brant-Brantford Paramedic Services responded to a call for a collision involving four vehicles on Cockshutt Road in the County of Brant. One vehicle occupant was transported by paramedics to […]