Wingham Free Press
(LONDON, ON) – A spike in school bus crashes has the members of West Region Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) concerned. Over the last thirty days, the OPP have investigated nine crashes involving school buses in various communities across West Region in southwestern Ontario. Thankfully, there have been no injuries reported to any students or bus drivers. […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – Three individuals have been charged as a result of separate impaired driving investigations. At approximately 2:24 p.m. on Sunday, April 20, 2025, Norfolk County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) program on Angling Road in Townsend, Norfolk County, when they stopped a vehicle and evaluated […]
(MARATHON, ON) – The Ignace Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged one person following a traffic complaint on Highway 17 in Ignace. On April 30, 2025, shortly after 5:30 p.m., officers received a report of a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed on Highway 17. Police located the vehicle travelling Westbound […]
(Collingwood, ON) – The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has invoked its mandate in relation to an incident that took place in Collingwood. On Thursday, May 1, 2025, members of the Collingwood Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a male for breaching a conditional sentence order. He was transported to the Collingwood OPP Detachment where […]
(KENORA, ON) – On April 30, 2025, at approximately 12:30 a.m., members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an individual causing a disturbance. Police were notified that suspect was yelling and striking vehicles in the area of Seventh Avenue South. Police located the suspect, who then resisted […]
Waterloo Region, Ontario – Waterloo Regional Police have charged a male for multiple drug and firearm related offences in Kitchener. On April 30, 2025, at approximately 12:20 a.m., Central Neighbourhood Police officers were on proactive patrol in the area of King Street East and Scott Street. While on patrol, officers located a male who was wanted for […]
(LAKESHORE, ON) – One person has been charged following a traffic complaint in the Municipality of Lakeshore. On May 1, 2025, at approximately 6:04 a.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint on County Road 8 in the Municipality of Lakeshore. Logan CAMPBELL, 26-years-old of Leamington, was arrested and charged with […]
(LOYALIST TOWNSHIP, ON) – The Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a death in the Odessa area of Loyalist Township. On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, shortly after 10:00 a.m., officers were called to a residence on Potter Drive where a 30-year-old woman had been found deceased. While a […]
(LAKESHORE, ON) – One person has been charged following a traffic complaint in the Municipality of Lakeshore. On May 1, 2025, at approximately 10:25 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint on County Road 22 in the Municipality of Lakeshore. Tyler LECKIE, 29-years-old of Belle River, was arrested and charged […]
(North Huron) — Multiple shouting matches were overheard outside Wingham Town Hall this past winter. Tragically, the only outcome is that one Wingham resident is now dead—his life cut short due to the inexcusable failure of North Huron’s by-law enforcement officers to perform their duties. Instead of enforcing municipal by-laws, these so-called “enforcement” officers spent […]