Wingham Free Press
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – A person was arrested on Highway 108 after failing to make a corner, jumped a guardrail, and crashed into the ditch on a clear sunny day. On February 27, 2026, at approximately 2:30 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call of an impaired driver who crashed his car. The […]
(HAWKESBURY, ON) – Three people face charges after a drug seizure in Hawkesbury. On Friday, February 27, 2026, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) executed a search warrant at a residence on Portelance Avenue. Three people were arrested at the scene. Officers seized more than 10-grams of suspected cocaine, nearly […]
(MADOC, ON) – One person has been charged in connection with a fatal collision last spring. On April 27, 2025, shortly before 8:30 p.m., Officers with the Central Hastings Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to reports of a vehicle being driven erratically, westbound on Highway 7. Shortly afterward, the officers discovered a collision […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – Three individuals have been charged in connection with separate impaired driving investigations. On Friday, February 20, 2026, at approximately 9:47 p.m., members of the Norfolk County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a reported single-vehicle collision involving a pickup truck on Old Highway 24 in Wilsonville. The investigation determined the vehicle was […]
(NORTH BAY) – A Sturgeon Falls resident is facing multiple charges after an automated license plate recognition alert led Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers to conduct a traffic stop in North Bay. On Tuesday, February 27, 2026, at approximately 3:00 p.m., a member of the North Bay OPP Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (TIME) team received an […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – One individual is facing charges following an attempted robbery investigation in Simcoe. On Thursday, February 26, 2026, at approximately 6:10 a.m., members of the Norfolk County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), with support from the West Region OPP Emergency Response Team and Canine Unit, responded to a report of an attempted robbery at […]
(COLLINGWOOD, ON) – Members of the Collingwood and The Blue Mountains Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police laid numerous charges against an individual following an impaired operation investigation. On February 26, 2026, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Officers were on general patrol in the area of Beachwood Road and Highway 26, when a vehicle was observed displaying […]
(GREATER NAPANEE, ON) – A month long investigation has led to seven people facing extensive drug and firearm related charges. On Thursday, February 26, 2026, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), and officers from the Durham Region Police Tactical Unit, executed search warrants on residences on Dundas Street in Napanee […]
(RENFREW, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested two people in Renfrew following a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) seizure of ketamine. CBSA border services officers detected a substance, which tested positive for ketamine, while examining a shipment at the International Mail Processing Centre in the Greater Toronto Area. They contacted the OPP and […]
(Wingham, North Huron, ON) — The Huron OPP are once again facing serious abuse allegations after allegedly forcing a disabled senior citizen to stand in a freezing parking lot for approximately 45 minutes for questioning the OPP’s policy of forcibly removing cameras from individuals to prevent them from recording police interactions. The incident began when […]