Wingham Free Press
(STONE MILLS TOWNSHIP, ON) – One person has been charged following a warrant execution in Stone Mills Township. On Tuesday, April 7, 2026, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit, members of the Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Canine Unit, executed a search warrant on a residence on Bethel Road in Stone […]
(OTTAWA, ON) – An Ottawa resident is facing several Criminal Code (CC) charges following a firearms investigation. In February 2026, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-led Provincial Guns and Gangs Enforcement Team (PGNG) initiated an intelligence-led firearms investigation relating to unauthorized possession of prohibited firearms. On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, search warrants were executed by PGNG members on a […]
(CAVAN-MONAGHAN TOWNSHIP, ON) – Officers from the Peterborough County detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged an individual with criminal charges after conducting a stop for speeding. On Tuesday March 31, 2026, just prior to 4:00pm, an officer from the Peterborough County OPP detachment was conducting speed enforcement on Highway 115. A northbound vehicle caught […]
(LOYALIST TOWNSHIP, ON) – The Lennox and Addington County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged the driver of the bus involved in a rollover collision on the Highway 401 near Odessa in February. On February 22, 2026, at approximately 7:15 p.m., a mulit-agency response including OPP, paramedics, and local fire services responded to […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – An investigation led by the Dryden Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with assistance from the Northwest Region Emergency Response Team (ERT), Red Lake OPP CSCU, Sioux Lookout OPP CSCU, Kenora Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), Treaty Three Police Service, and members from the Dryden OPP Detachment has resulted in […]
(SUDBURY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested and charged one person with impaired driving after investigating a motor vehicle collision. On Tuesday April 7, 2026, at approximately 10:00 p.m., members from the Nipissing West (Sudbury) Detachment of the OPP, responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 17, Sudbury. No injuries were reported. One vehicle […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – Members of the Rainy River District Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged one individual with impaired operation. On Monday, April 6th, 2026, members of the Fort Frances detachment of the OPP conducted a traffic stop on highway 11-71. Further investigation of the incident determined that the driver of the […]
(Wingham, North Huron, ON) — A student at F.E. Madill Secondary School was seriously injured in a fire incident that has shaken the entire community. Video circulating online shows a person engulfed in flames. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have confirmed they are investigating an incident involving an individual on fire. The school has since […]
(Wingham, North Huron, ON) There’s a point where silence stops being neutral. There’s a point where “we’re looking into it” becomes we’re ignoring it. And there’s a point where inaction isn’t just incompetence — it becomes complicity. Welcome to Wingham in 2026. Bullying Is a Crime Let’s get something straight: bullying is a crime. Harassment. […]
(WINDSOR, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested and charged a member of the Windsor Police Service (WPS) in relation to an investigation that began more than two years ago. In August 2023, the WPS requested that the OPP conduct an investigation into allegations of breach of trust involving a WPS officer. An investigation […]