Wingham Free Press
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – On May 22, 2025, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) warrant in Elliot Lake. Police attended a residence on McKeown Road and seized more than 105 grams of suspected cocaine (estimated street value exceeding $10,500), numerous suspected methamphetamine tablets, cash, packaging materials, digital scales, and cell […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – Members of the Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to three separate motor vehicle collisions in Oro-Medonte and Ramara Township. On May 22, 2025, at approximately 7:40 p.m., officers from the Orillia detachment were dispatched to a motor vehicle in the ditch on Lakeshore Rd. E Oro-Medonte. After arriving […]
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – On May 21, 2025, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person after numerous complaints to police regarding threatening phone calls. At approximately 10:15 a.m. police received complaints regarding multiple threatening phone calls placed by a known person to a school, daycare and residence. Police ensured the safety of all recipients […]
(CENTRAL MANITOULIN TOWNSHIP, ON) – On May 22, 2025, the Manitoulin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person in Mindemoya who had multiple outstanding arrest warrants. On May 21, 2025, police were called to a motel in Mindemoya pertaining to a disturbance involving a tenant and employee. Police learned that the tenant was wanted on numerous […]
(LINCOLN, ON) – A driver has been identified, arrested and charged in relation to a serious motor vehicle collision that occurred on Friday, January 12th, 2024, at 7:45am, on the Fort Erie bound lanes of the QEW, east of Tufford Road, in the Town of Lincoln, Region of Niagara. It was reported that a black Mercedes being driven […]
(BRANT,ON) -On Thursday, May 22, 2025, at approximately 8:30 p.m., members of the Brant County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting patrols in the area of Cockshutt Road in the County of Brant. Officers initiated a traffic stop with a vehicle on Old Greenfield Road. Through investigation, it was determined that the driver was prohibited from […]
(CLARENCE-ROCKLAND, ON) – An individual located deceased in the Ottawa River in Clarence-Rockland has been identified and his death deemed a homicide. On Saturday, May 17, 2025, at approximately 5:30 p.m., officers from the Russell County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a body discovered in the Ottawa River, near […]
(SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER, ON) – More than 25,000 kg (or 25 metric tonnes) of contraband tobacco and 15 firearms have been seized following an investigation into a criminal network producing and manufacturing contraband tobacco on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau’s (OCEB) began Project […]
(PERTH EAST, ON) – One person has died as a result of a collision that occurred in the Township of Perth East. On May 15, 2025 around 10:00 p.m. the Perth County OPP were called to a collision involving an e-bike on Perth Line 42 that lost control. The lone occupant of the e-bike, a 30-year-old […]
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – On May 21, 2025, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested an intoxicated person walking on Mississauga Avenue in Elliot Lake. At approximately 5:00 p.m. police were called by numerous people on Mississauga Avenue, stating there was an intoxicated male causing a disturbance on the street and interfering with traffic. The […]