Wingham Free Press
(MARATHON, ON) – Members of the Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged five individuals following a drug trafficking investigation. On Thursday, February 26, 2026, members of the OPP Marathon Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) executed a search warrant at a residence in Marathon, with assistance from CSCU members from Thunder […]
(SAULT STE. MARIE, ON) – Recently, officers with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) carried out a multi-jurisdictional Controlled Drugs and Substances Act investigation in and around the city of Sault Ste. Marie. On December 4, 2025, the Sault Ste. Marie OPP Crime Unit and Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), along with the OPP Provincial Operations Intelligence […]
(MARATHON, ON) – A Saskatchewan driver is facing multiple charges following an attempt to flee from police. On August 4, 2025, at approximately 11:24 a.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon Detachment responded to multiple calls of a driver in a pick-up truck driving erratically and in an unsafe manner eastbound on Highway 17. […]
(MARATHON, ON) – Members from the Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) entered into an impaired driving investigation while conducting a RIDE program. On Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at approximately 11 p.m., officers were conducting a RIDE program on Peninsula Road. A driver entered the RIDE program and an investigation into impaired driving commenced. […]
(MARATHON, ON) – The Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged a driver with impaired operation related charges . On June 6, 2025, at approximately 9:20 p.m., an officer of the Marathon OPP was travelling on Highway 17 in Pic Township. While on patrol, an officer observed a motor vehicle travelling at a high […]
(MARATHON, ON) – Officers from the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with support from the OPP’s Emergency Response Team, OPP’s Tactics and Rescue Unit and Marathon OPP Detachment have arrested and charged two individuals for drug trafficking and firearms offences in the Marathon. Following an investigation into drug trafficking in Marathon, […]
(MARATHON, ON) – The Ignace Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged one person following a traffic complaint on Highway 17 in Ignace. On April 30, 2025, shortly after 5:30 p.m., officers received a report of a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed on Highway 17. Police located the vehicle travelling Westbound […]
(MARATHON, ON) – The Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged one person after failing to stop for police as a result of a traffic stop on Highway 17 in Laberge Township. On April 20, 2025 at 11:30 a.m., officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a motor vehicle travelling at a […]
(MARATHON, ON) – A single motor vehicle collision ended with criminal charges for an impaired driver. On February 6th, 2025, at 3:30 p.m., members of the Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended a call for service for a single vehicle motor vehicle collision on Highway 627. Investigation determined that the driver had been […]
(MARATHON, ON) – The Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal collision. On December 21, 2024, at approximately 6:30 p.m., members of the Marathon OPP Detachment, Fire, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 17 involving a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) and passenger vehicle. The driver […]