Wingham Free Press
(DRYDEN, ON) – On August 17th, 2025 at approximately 08:45 p.m., the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a vehicle that spun out and hit the ditch on Highway 601 near Morton Road. The officers attended and demanded a breath sample from the driver into an approved screening device (ASD). […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – On August 14th, 2025 at approximately 09:45 a.m., the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a male that was sleeping in a parked and running vehicle on Highway 594, for over 6 hours. The officers attended and it was determined that the driver was impaired. The […]
(Dryden, ON) – Members of the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a drowning incident that claimed the lives of two children. On Thursday, July 31, 2025, at approximately 4:10 pm, officers responded to a report of two youths observed entering the Wabigoon River in the City of Dryden. A 15-year-old male […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – The Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested and charged a driver following a single-commercial motor vehicle (CMV) collision that temporarily shut down Highway 17 in Dryden. On Tuesday, July 15, 2025, shortly after 10:00 a.m., Dryden OPP officers responded to a single-vehicle collision on Highway 17 between Johnston […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – Members of the Dryden Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with the assistance from members of the Dryden OPP detachment and the Northwest Region Emergency Response Team, have arrested and charged an individual for drug trafficking. On June 28, 2025, just before 4:00 a.m., members of the Dryden OPP received […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – Members of the Dryden Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment have arrested and charged one individual with impaired operation. On June 14, 2025, at approximately 6:00 p.m. members of the Dryden OPP Detachment conducted a traffic stop on Cascade Road, in the Township of Machin. As a result of the investigation, it was determined […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – An investigation led by the Dryden Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with assistance from the Dryden OPP detachment and the Treaty Three Police Service has led to charges being laid against several individuals. On May 7, 2025, just after 1:00 p.m., a traffic stop was conducted on Highway 594 […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – The Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police have arrested and charged two people after failing to stop for police as a result of a traffic stop in the City of Dryden. On May 7, 2025, at 2:49 a.m., officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a motor vehicle within the City […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – On April 22, 2025, at approximately 8:00 p.m., members of the Dryden Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment conducted a traffic stop on a motor vehicle on Government Street, in the City of Dryden, after the driver evaded a R.I.D.E program. Through investigation, it was determined that the driver had been consuming alcoholic beverages, […]
(DRYDEN, ON) – On April 15th, 2025, members of Dryden Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) observed a male known to have an outstanding warrant in the area of Orvis Street in the City of Dryden. The male attempted to evade police and fled into a nearby residence. Shortly after 8:00 pm on […]