Wingham Free Press
(Wingham, North Huron) — The Ontario Provincial Police have confirmed their deployment of plain-clothes officers to the December 15, 2025 North Huron council meeting, where officers interfered with citizens attempting to ask questions prior to the meeting. Video of the incident has spread nationwide, attracting the attention of free-speech advocates, civil liberty monitors, and “The […]
(CENTRAL HURON, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a North Huron resident with a criminal offence following a suspicious persons call on December 24, 2025. On Wednesday, December 24, just after 11:00 p.m., Huron County OPP officers responded to a report of suspicious persons on Princess Street East in the Town of […]
(NORTH HURON, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fraudulent attempt to obtain a vehicle permit following a report to police on December 18, 2025. On December 18, 2025, police were contacted regarding a suspect attempting to fraudulently obtain a vehicle replacement registration for a pickup truck in the Town of Wingham, […]
(NORTH HURON, ON) – On December 15, 2025, members of the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated a matter involving intimate partners in the Township of North Huron. As a result of the investigation, OPP learned that the involved suspect had allegedly committed criminal acts against their partner. A 40-year-old individual from North Huron has […]
(NORTH HURON, ON) – On December 14, 2025, members of the Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigated a matter involving intimate partners in the Township of North Huron. As a result of the investigation, OPP learned that the involved suspect had allegedly committed criminal acts against their partner. A 26-year-old individual from North Huron has […]
(NORTH HURON, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a London, Ontario resident with criminal offences following an incident in the Township of North Huron on November 13, 2025. Just before 3:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 13, 2025, Huron County OPP officers attempted to stop a vehicle near the Village of Belgrave in […]
Wingham, North Huron, has faced its share of storms, but this one isn’t made of smoke and flame. It’s a slow-burning crisis of selective enforcement, broken trust, and pedestrian safety that has smoldered for nearly twenty years. Today, that fire finally met its match. Fire Chief Chad Kregar has stepped forward. Quietly at first. Then […]
This week, the Free Press takes the unprecedented step of adding Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers assigned to the PLT division—Paul Richardson (Badge 12861) and Robert Hann (Badge 13409)—to its Hall of Shame. We do not do this lightly. But what occurred at the recent North Huron council meeting was not routine policing. It was […]
(Wingham, North Huron) — At some point, negligence stops being ignorance and becomes a choice. That moment has arrived for North Huron Fire Chief, Chief By-law Enforcement Officer, and Public Safety Officer Chad Kregar. Last week, Kregar was directly informed—face to face—of active pedestrian hazards created by snow and ice left on municipal sidewalks, including […]
(Wingham, North Huron) — A disturbance occurred during last night’s North Huron council meeting involving two individuals who claimed to be members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). The individuals were dressed in plain clothes and declined to produce police identification, photo ID, or business cards when requested, stating that they did not have them […]