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 […]
(NORTHUMBERLAND, ON) – The Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged an individual following an incident at Warkworth Institution. On January 30, 2026, it was reported that a visitor at the facility refused to leave and kicked a door causing injury to a Correctional Officer. The member of staff was later transported to […]
(COLLINGWOOD, ON) – Members of the Collingwood and The Blue Mountains Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police arrested and charged two motorists with impaired operation. On Friday March 13th 2026, at approximately 1:00 p.m., Officers of the Collingwood and Blue Mountains OPP received a call for service regarding an indecent act occurring at The Blue Mountains Resort parking […]
(WASAGA BEACH AND SPRINGWATER TOWNSHIP, ON) – The Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged multiple drivers with impaired-related offences over the past five days. On Thursday, March 12, 2026, shortly after 12:08 a.m., officers responded to reports of an impaired driver on County Road 26 in Springwater Township. Officers located the […]
(CENTRE WELLINGTON TWP, ON) – Guelph resident criminally charged twice stemming from a traffic stop. On March 16, 2026, at approximately 11:00 p.m., members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were performing a proactive traffic enforcement initiative, which results in a traffic stop being conducted on St David Street North within the Town of Fergus. […]
(CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – Police have arrested and charged a Chatham-Kent resident following a child sexual exploitation investigation. On Thursday, March 5, 2026, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Child Sexual Exploitation Unit (CSEU) executed a search warrant at a residence in Wallaceburg. Assistance was provided by members of the Elgin County OPP, Chatham-Kent Police Service and […]
(CALEDON, ON) – Members from the Caledon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged two individuals after locating them in possession of a stolen motor vehicle. On March 14, 2026, at approximately 3:00 a.m., Caledon OPP officers on patrol in the area of Nixon Road and McEwan Drive West, in the Town of Caledon, […]
(CENTRAL ELGIN, ON) – A recent sudden death in the Municipality of Central Elgin is not being treated as suspicious. On Sunday February 22, 2026, at approximately 12:42 a.m. members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Elgin County Detachment were dispatched to a person laying on the side of the roadway on Sunset Drive in the […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – The Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are warning residents about an ongoing fraud where suspects are posing as police officers and using spoofed phone numbers to appear legitimate. Earlier this week, officers investigated a report involving a resident who received calls from individuals claiming to be police officers. […]
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – On March 13th, 2026 at approximately 8:22 p.m., officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) program at the intersection of Mount Baldy Road & Highway 527, within the Municipality of Shuniah. Throughout the RIDE program, a driver with a […]