Wingham Free Press
(MANITOUWADGE, ON) – The Manitouwadge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged one individual with multiple fraud related offences. On Friday, January 23, 2026, members of the Manitouwadge OPP responded to a report that a known female committed multiple fraudulent transactions between July 2024 and August 2024 totalling more than $50,000. As a result of […]
(MANITOUWADGE, ON) – The Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a driver with multiple offences following a single motor vehicle collision. On Saturday, December 20, 2025, at approximately 6:30 p.m., members of the Marathon and Manitouwadge OPP responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17. Officers discovered the driver was […]
(MANITOUWADGE, ON) – Officers from the Manitouwadge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged a local resident following a drug trafficking investigation. On Wednesday, December 3, 2025, members of the Thunder Bay OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) executed a search warrant at a residence in Manitouwadge. CSCU was assisted by the […]
(MANITOUWADGE, ON) – Officers from the Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged a driver following complaints from members of the public while at a community event in Manitouwadge. On Friday, August 1, 2025, at approximately 6:10 p.m., officers were travelling along the parade route of an event on Manitou Road […]
(MANITOUWADGE, ON) – One Individual is facing charges after a search warrant was executed at a residence in Manitouwadge, Ontario. On March 12, 2025, members of the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Emergency Response Team (ERT), the K9 Unit, along with members of the Manitouwadge and Marathon detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a […]
(MANITOWANING, ON) – One person is facing charges following an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) collision where the driver was ejected from an ATV on Cardwell Street in Manitowaning. On December 20, 2024, at approximately 5:00 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call for a single ATV rollover, where the driver was […]
(MANITOWANING, ON) – One person has been arrested for impaired operation and several other charges following a traffic complaint on Highway 17 in the Sables-Spanish Rivers Township. On December 6, 2024, at approximately 1:00 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a traffic complaint about a passenger attempting to jump out of […]
(MANITOWANING, ON) – One person has been arrested and is facing impaired related charges following a Reduced Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check in Manitowaning. On December 1, 2024, at approximately 1:30 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting a RIDE check at the intersection of Queen Street and Michael’s Bay Road […]
(MANITOUWADGE, ON) – The Manitouwadge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested and charged two people with drug related offences following the execution of a drug warrant. On December 4, 2024, OPP members from the Marathon Community Street Crime Unit, North West Region Emergency Response Team, and the Canine Unit, executed a Controlled Drug […]
(MANITOUWADGE, ON) – One individual is facing drug charges following a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant in the Town of Manitouwadge. On August 29, 2024, at approximately 1:00 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit, with assistance from the Emergency Response Team and Manitouwadge OPP Detachment, executed a CDSA search […]