Wingham Free Press
Barrie Police officers conducting a RIDE checkpoint on Wednesday, April 23, 2026, along Ferndale Drive South arrested a motorist for being impaired by drugs. After speaking with the driver, the officers formed reasonable grounds to suspect he was impaired and initiated an investigation. Police seized approximately 45 grams of suspected crack cocaine, along with drug […]
Barrie Police have laid charges against a youth who chased several individuals while armed with a machete in March. As a result of the ongoing investigation, police were able to quickly identify the male and issued a warrant for his arrest. On Monday, April 20, 2026, a Barrie teen was taken into custody after turning […]
(BRACEBRIDGE, ON) – The Bracebridge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged two more drivers with impaired driving. On Thursday March 5, 2026 at 7:10 p.m., Bracebridge OPP officers responded to a report of a single vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 11 South near Taylor Road in Bracebridge. Police subsequently arrested and charged […]
(ESSA TOWNSHIP, ON) – The Nottawasaga Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged one individual with impaired driving following a complaint of a possible impaired driver. On January 31, 2026, shortly before 6:00 p.m., officers responded to a report of a possible impaired driver who had driven into a residential yard on County Road […]
(WASAGA BEACH, ON) – The Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged four individuals following an ALPR (Automated Licence Plate Reader) alert for a stolen vehicle. On Friday, January 16, 2026, shortly after 11:20 p.m., an officer on general patrol observed a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed on Main […]
(SPRINGWATER TOWNSHIP, CLEARVIEW TOWNSHIP, ON) – The Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged two drivers with impaired-related offences during the first two days of the New Year. On Thursday, January 1, 2026, shortly after 3:00 a.m., officers responded to a report of a vehicle in the ditch on County Road 10, north of Concession 12 Sunnidale. […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – A traffic stop conducted by a member of the Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has resulted in several Criminal Charges. On December 16, 2025, just after 1:30 am, an officer conducting proactive patrol attempted to stop a motor vehicle in the area of University Avenue and Diana Drive in the […]
(COCHRANE, ON) – A traffic complaint reporting an aggressive driver led to impaired driving charges. On Friday, October 31, 2025, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the James Bay OPP responded to reports of a driver behaving aggressively in a commercial parking lot on Highway 11 South. Officers located the vehicle and determined the driver had consumed […]
(CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, ON) – Members from the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) entered into an impaired driving investigation after observing a motor vehicle take a side road around a RIDE program and conducted a traffic stop on the motor vehicle. On Sunday November 02, 2025 at approximately 1:02 […]
On Tuesday, October 7, 2025, at 12:03 p.m., officers from the Barrie Police Service attended to a report of a robbery that had taken place earlier in a wooded area south of Little Ave. and east of Bayview Dr., in the City of Barrie. The investigation initially led police to a nearby secondary school that […]