Wingham Free Press
(BURLINGTON, ON) – A driver was arrested and charged criminally with driving and firearms offences after he was caught driving while serving a 1-year driver’s licence suspension because of a Criminal Code impaired driving conviction. On Saturday, October 25, 2025, at 10:31 a.m., an Officer from the Burlington Detachment was conducting speed enforcement on Highway 6 near Leeming Rd in […]
(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – Two people are facing charges after police seized suspected drugs during a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check. On Sunday, September 21, 2025, at approximately 5:00 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a RIDE check on Bidwell Road in the Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands (NEMI) […]
(BURLINGTON, ON) – Officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Highway Safety Division (HSD) – Burlington Detachment are investigating a two-vehicle collision between a motorcycle and a transport truck that resulted in a fatality to the driver of the motorcycle. At approximately 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, there was a collision involving a motorcycle […]
(BURLINGTON, ON) – An individual is facing 19 firearms-related Criminal Code (CC) charges following an investigation into the importation of firearms and prohibited devices. In March 2025, members assigned to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) in Niagara and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations initiated an intelligence-led investigation into the […]
(BURLINGTON, ON) – A driver was arrested and charged criminally after being observed speeding excessively and passing on the shoulder of the QEW in Burlington. On Monday, March 3, 2025, at 10:48 p.m., an Officer from the Burlington OPP detachment observed a vehicle travelling at an extremely high rate of speed on the Fort Erie bound QEW […]
(BURLINGTON, ON) – A driver was arrested and charged with Impaired Driving Sunday morning after causing a collision, attempting to flee, and assaulting an Officer who arrived at the scene to investigate. On Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 8:41 a.m., members from Burlington OPP responded to a collision on highway 403 eastbound near Waterdown Rd in the […]
(BURLINGTON, ON) – Members of the Burlington detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a fatal collision involving a motorcycle and an SUV on Highway 403, Burlington. On September 16, 2024, approximately 9:40 a.m., officers responded to a serious collision on Highway 403 east bound, between Waterdown Road and Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW), Burlington, […]
(BURLINGTON, ON) – Officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Highway Safety Division, Highway 407 Detachment investigated a commercial motor vehicle complaint that resulted in Tobacco Tax Act charges. On August 29, 2024 at approximately 10:45 pm a Ministry of Transportation, Transportation Enforcement Officer conducted a traffic stop of a commercial motor vehicle for not […]