Wingham Free Press
(CLARENCE-ROCKLAND, RUSSELL TWP & THE NATION, ON) – Members of the Russell County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested three people for impaired driving charges. On Friday, January 23, at approximately 5:20 p.m., officers received a call for a collision in the parking lot of a local business. Upon arrival on scene officers observed […]
(WELLINGTON NORTH TOWNSHIP, ON) – An individual has been charged following an incident in Mount Forest. On January 31, 2026, at approximately 3:00 p.m., members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the report of an altercation at an address in Mount Forest. As a result of the investigation, Rebecca BALM, a 34-year-old […]
(CENTRE WELLINGTON TOWNSHIP, ON) – An Oakville driver has been charged following a collision. On January 30, 2026, at approximately 8:45 a.m., members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the report of a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 6 and Wellington Road 22, outside of Fergus. As a result of […]
(ESSA TOWNSHIP, ON) – The Nottawasaga Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged one individual with impaired driving following a complaint of a possible impaired driver. On January 31, 2026, shortly before 6:00 p.m., officers responded to a report of a possible impaired driver who had driven into a residential yard on County Road […]
(WELLINGTON NORTH TOWNSHIP, ON) – A Palmerston driver is charged following a traffic stop in Mount Forest. On February 1, 2026, at approximately 7:45 p.m., a member of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Traffic Management Unit was conducting proactive traffic enforcement on Egremont Street North in Mount Forest, when they observed a vehicle displaying […]
(BRANT, ON) – A driver is facing impaired charges after police were called to a single motor vehicle collision. On Sunday, February 1, 2026, at approximately 5:49 a.m., Brant County OPP were called to Maple Avenue North between Third Concession Road and Second Concession Road to investigate a single motor vehicle collision in the County of […]
(OTTAWA, ON) – Members of the Ottawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid impaired driving related charges against an individual from Ottawa after his vehicle struck the back of an OPP cruiser. Shortly before 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 1, 2026, OPP were attending to a collision on Highway 417 westbound near Metcalfe […]
(MCCOIG TOWNSHIP, ON) – Three people have been pronounced deceased following a collision between a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) and a passenger vehicle on Highway 11 west of Hearst. On Saturday, January 31, 2026, at approximately 6.00 p.m., officers from James Bay detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified of a collision on Highway […]
(NIPIGON, ON) – On January 31, 2026, at approximately 2:00 a.m., members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received information that an individual may be breaching court‑ordered release conditions. During the investigation, officers located two short‑haired boxer‑breed dogs inside an unheated vehicle. At the time, the outside temperature was approximately -18°C, police determined […]
(MCNAB/BRAESIDE, ON) – The Renfrew Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a two-vehicle collision that resulted in two fatalities on Highway 17. On Saturday, January 31, 2026, shortly after 1:00 p.m. officers responded to reports of a head-on collision involving a pickup truck and another passenger vehicle on Highway 17 between Anderson Road […]