Wingham Free Press
(EDWARDSBURGH CARDINAL, ON) – A tractor-trailer driver has been arrested and charged with impaired driving offences following two reported traffic complaints on Highway 416, in Edwardsburgh Cardinal Township. On April 16, 2025, just after 9:00 p.m., an off-duty police officer and a member of the public called police to report a traffic complaint involving a tractor-trailer […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – An officer with the Fort Frances Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) found an impaired driver after witnessing aggressive driving behaviour. On April 13, 2025, at approximately 12:30 am, an officer with the Fort Frances OPP observed a pick-up truck rapidly accelerating on Crowe Avenue. The vehicle was stopped, and a roadside screening test […]
(BLIND RIVER, ON) – On April 16, 2025, at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a Controlled Dugs and Substances Act (CDSA) warrant at a residence on Youngfox Road in Blind River. As a result of the warrant being executed, over 100 grams of suspected cocaine, digital scales, cash, packaging materials, debt lists, […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – An all-terrain vehicle (ATV) stopped by the Fort Frances Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) resulted in the arrest of an impaired driver. On April 12, 2025, at approximately 5:00 pm, the Fort Frances OPP observed an ATV operating with two helmetless riders in the Christie Avenue North area of Town. The ATV was […]
(SOUTHWEST MIDDLESEX, ON) – Driver facing charges after traffic stop at OPP Ride Program. On April 14, 2025, at 11:18 p.m., members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), were performing a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) Program on Longwoods Road in the Municipality of Southwest Middlesex. A vehicle entered the RIDE Program at which […]
(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – Police have located a person deceased after their snowmobile went into the water near White’s Point in Little Current. The OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), OPP Canine Unit, OPP Aviation services, Manitoulin OPP Marine Unit, OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU), Northshore Search and Rescue, UCCM Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) […]
(PEMBROKE, ON) – A resident of Port Dover, Ontario is facing an impaired driving charge after an impaired driving investigation in the City of Pembroke. On April 16, 2025, at approximately 10:15 p.m. members of the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a possible impaired driver. Officers […]
(CENTRAL ELGIN, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Elgin Detachment, has charged an individual following a marine investigation. On April 13, 2025, at approximately 5:05 p.m., members of the Elgin OPP, EMS and Central Elgin Fire responded to a report of a capsized vessel in Lake Erie, near the boat launch on Carlow Road, […]
(MISSISSIPPI MILLS TWP, ON) – Arrest warrants have been issued for an individual after multiple incidents in Lanark County and Smiths Falls. A disturbance was reported to Lanark County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on Thursday, April 17, 2025, just before 1:00 a.m. at a residence in Mississippi Mills Township. An individual broke in and proceeded to […]
(BRANT COUNTY, ON) – An alert from the in-car camera has led to an arrest and multiple charges for the driver. On April 15, 2025, at approximately 7:55 p.m., a member of the Brant County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on general patrol received an alert on the Automatic Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) system for a possible […]