Wingham Free Press
(NORTH BAY, ON) – A traffic complaint in Astorville led to the driver being charged for driving while impaired by drug. On July 4, 2024, at approximately 5:00 a.m., the North Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call from an off-duty police officer reporting a driving complaint involving a possible impaired driver at South Shore […]
(NORTH BAY, ON) – Two persons arrested for drug trafficking following a traffic stop. On July 3, 2024, at approximately 9:15 p.m., the North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on general patrol duties on Highway 11, Powassan. Police observed a silver car travelling northbound on Highway 11 at a high rate of […]
(NORTH BAY, ON) – Novice driver stopped for traffic complaint faces several charges. On July 2, 2024, at approximately 9:00 p.m., the North Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to numerous traffic complaints involving a black car northbound on Highway 11. Police located the car and observed it to be travelling at approximately 188km/hr. The vehicle […]
(NORTH BAY, ON) – Driver failed to stop for police and then fled on foot. On July 2, 2024, at approximately 9:30 p.m. the North Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised of a driving complaint on highway 11 Powassan. Upon locating the subject vehicle a short time later in Mattawa, the driver failed to stop […]
(NORTH BAY, ON) – Police initiate a tandem traffic stop and safely apprehended the driver. On June 29, 2024, shortly before 2:00 a.m., the North Bay OPP received a call reporting a southbound motorist on highway 11 that had taken a vehicle without consent of the owner. Approximately half hour later police located the subject vehicle […]
(NORTH BAY, ON) – One person has been arrested and charged with multiple offences after fleeing from police. On July 1, 2024, at approximately 1:00 p.m. the North Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a white car travelling at a high rate of speed on Highway 11 in Callander. It was travelling approximately 47 km/h over […]
(NORTH BAY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged one person from Powassan with multiple criminal offences. On August 9, 2023, the North Bay Detachment OPP began an investigation regarding the theft of commercial grade rental equipment from various rental companies in Southern Ontario. The heavy equipment was rented, the Global Positioning […]
(NORTH BAY, ON) – Police arrested and charged one person with several drug related offences in North Bay. On April 29, 2024, members of the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person leaving a residence on 5th Avenue West in the City of North […]
(NORTH BAY, ON) – One person was arrested and charged in North Bay after a traffic stop. On February 14, 2024, just after 12:00 a.m., an officer from the North Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a vehicle on Fisher Street in the City of North Bay. Upon speaking to the driver, it […]
(NORTH BAY, ON) – On February 2, 2024, an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) member seconded to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) was notified by a CAFC Call Taker that a Canadian victim business reported a Spear Phishing fraud. The member subsequently contacted the United States Secret Service (USSS) representative regarding the fraud. The USSS quickly contacted the […]