Wingham Free Press
(KENORA DISTRICT, ON) – Members of the Dryden, Red Lake and Sioux Lookout Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachments are investigating bomb threats made to schools throughout the Kenora District. On Friday, March 6, 2026, shortly before 7:00 a.m. CST, the OPP received information regarding bomb threats affecting schools in Dryden, Red Lake and Sioux Lookout. As […]
(ADJALA-TOSORONTIO, ON) – Members of the Nottawasaga Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged two individuals in separate incidents with impaired driving offences following a traffic complaint for a suspected impaired driver and an officer’s observations while on patrol. On Thursday, March 05, 2026, shortly before 7:00 p.m., Nottawasaga OPP officers responded to a […]
(PARRY SOUND, ON) – The West Parry Sound detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crime Unit have arrested and charged one person with fraud related offences after an eight-month investigation. On July 17, 2025, members of the West Parry Sound OPP Crime Unit received a call regarding a fraud from a construction company in the […]
(Clarence-Rockland, ON) – Hawkesbury Ontario Provincial Police officers (OPP) with the assistance of Russell County OPP officers have made three arrests in relation to the numerous recent police impersonation frauds. On Thursday, March 5, 2026, at approximately 1:10 p.m., officers responded to a report of fraud at a residence in Hawkesbury. The victim reported receiving a […]
(TILLSONBURG, ON) – A Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) check point in the Town of Tillsonburg results in charges. On March 6, 2026, at approximately 1:30 a.m., members of the Oxford detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a R.I.D.E. check point on Broadway in Tillsonburg when a driver, who entered the check point, […]
(ESSEX, ON) -The Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested two individuals in connection with an attempted “grandparent scam” targeting a vulnerable senior. On Thursday March 5, 2026, at approximately 1:08 p.m. a local resident from Fairview Avenue East in the Town of Essex received a phone call from a male claiming to be her […]
(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – A driver is facing criminal charges after a traffic stop for speeding led to the discovery of suspected cocaine. On Sunday, March 1, 2026, at approximately 10:15 p.m., an officer from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting speed enforcement on Highway 6 in the Township of Northeastern […]
(CALEDON, ON) – Members of the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) from the Caledon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid numerous charges against three individuals following a recent warrant execution. In February 2026, the Caledon CSCU entered into a drug trafficking investigation. With the assistance of the Caledon Major Crime Unit (MCU), OPP […]
(PETAWAWA, ON) – A Whitewater Region (WWR) resident is facing several charges after an impaired driving investigation in the Town of Petawawa. On March 2, 2026, at approximately 8:00 p.m., RIDE Program officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a driver on Petawawa Boulevard. After speaking with the driver, […]
(MIDDLESEX CENTRE, ON) – Middlesex County OPP investigating a fatal collision in Middlesex Centre. On March 5, 2026, at 7:40 p.m., emergency services including members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Middlesex-London Paramedic Service and Middlesex Centre Fire, were dispatched to Highbury Avenue North between Thirteen and Fourteen Mile Roads in the Municipality of […]