Wingham Free Press
(HURON COUNTY, ON) – The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has invoked its mandate following an arrest in Huron County. On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, shortly before 2:30 p.m., the Huron County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested an individual in relation to an assault investigation. While in custody, the individual required medical attention […]
(WINGHAM, North Huron ON)– A disturbing chain of events in North Huron is raising serious questions about whether Ontario’s justice system protects the powerful while punishing those who challenge them. The incident stems from a confrontation on February 17 involving North Huron Deputy Reeve Kevin Falconer and members of the public outside a council meeting. […]
(Wingham, North Huron) — North Huron Council is considering spending $575,654.08 plus applicable taxes on a 2026 Elgin Whirlwind1 Vacuum Street Sweeper. That’s well over half a million dollars of taxpayer money for a machine that — according to residents — replaces a street sweeper the municipality already owns and is currently using. In fact, […]
(NORTH HURON, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Huron-Kinloss Township resident with impaired driving offences following a traffic complaint on January 28, 2026, in the Township of North Huron. Just after 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, Huron County OPP officers received a complaint about a possible impaired driver that […]
(Wingham, North Huron, ON) On March 2, 2026, the Municipality of North Huron delivered what many residents are calling the most serious blow to local democracy in over a decade. Council meetings have now gone fully virtual. No public gallery.No in-person accountability.No ability to stand, ask, and demand answers in the room where decisions are […]
(Wingham, North Huron) At the 17Feb2026 North Huron council meeting Deputy Reeve had an apparent breakdown when he was belittled by the Reeve, and shown zero respect by council. Falconer has a taste of what it’s like to be treated as a taxpayer, and he didn’t like it. At 43:15 in to the meeting you […]
(NORTH HURON, ON) – The Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged an individual following an incident in the Town of Wingham, Township of North Huron. On Monday, January 19, 2026, Huron OPP officers were contacted about damage to a business property located on Josephine Street in Wingham. The suspect was later identified and arrested […]
(GODERICH, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a North Huron resident with several criminal offences following a report of a dispute in the Town of Goderich. On Monday, January 26, 2026, Huron County OPP officers responded to a dispute on South Street in Goderich. Officers attended the location and spoke to an […]
(Wingham, North Huron) A three-month standoff between members of the public/press and North Huron CAO Nelson Santos may finally reach a turning point tonight. Council is scheduled to vote on whether to continue enforcing policies that have led to threats, intimidation, and arrests of citizens who assert their Charter-protected rights inside Council Chambers. The current […]
(Wingham, North Huron, ON) — The Huron OPP are once again facing serious abuse allegations after allegedly forcing a disabled senior citizen to stand in a freezing parking lot for approximately 45 minutes for questioning the OPP’s policy of forcibly removing cameras from individuals to prevent them from recording police interactions. The incident began when […]