Wingham Free Press
(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – A Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) check on Meredith Street East at the Little Current swing bridge resulted in one person being arrested for impaired operation. On December 29, 2024, at approximately 2:00 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a RIDE check on Meredith Street East […]
(TINY TOWNSHIP, ON) – An officer from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) while on patrol in Balm Beach, Tiny Township stopped a 1973 Chevrolet pick up on the Balm Beach Road near Lesperance Road at approximately 2:39 p.m. December 29, 2024. The officer conducted a safety inspection of the vehicle and entered into an impaired driving […]
(LITTLE CURRENT, ON) – One person has been arrested and is facing impaired related charges following a traffic complaint on Whites Point Road in the Township of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands (NEMI). On December 25, 2024, the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a traffic complaint about a possible impaired driver leaving […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – One person has been arrested and is facing several charges following a traffic stop on Highway 17, Baldwin Township. On December 23, 2024, at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle observed driving on Highway 17 with no rear lights on. […]
(SHELBURNE, ON) – Members of the Dufferin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Dundalk resident with impaired operation related offences as the result of a R.I.D.E. program. On December 27, 2024, at approximately 2:55 a.m., Dufferin OPP officers were conducting a RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) spot check in the area of Owen […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – Two people are safe following a house fire in Espanola. On December 20, 2024, at approximately 12:00 a.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with the Espanola Fire Department, responded to a house fire on Mead Boulevard in Espanola. Two people were able to escape the from the house […]
(MANITOWANING, ON) – One person is facing charges following an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) collision where the driver was ejected from an ATV on Cardwell Street in Manitowaning. On December 20, 2024, at approximately 5:00 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call for a single ATV rollover, where the driver was […]
(GREATER NAPANEE, ON) – There were no serious injuries in acollision involving an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) cruiser and another vehicle in Greater Napanee. It happened on December 25, 2024, around 6:00 p.m., on Bridge Street West. An officer from the Lennox and Addington County Detachment was responding to a priority call and was attempting to […]
(DUFFERIN COUNTY) – Members of the Dufferin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Mississauga resident with impaired operation related offences as the result of a traffic complaint. On December 27, 2024, at approximately 12:20 a.m., Dufferin OPP officers received a traffic complaint in the area of Highway 10 in the Township of Melancthon. Officers […]
(CAVAN-MONAGHAN TOWNSHIP, ON) – Officers from the Peterborough County detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged an individual with impaired driving after stopping a vehicle for speeding on Highway 115. On Friday December 27, 2024, shortly after 3:30pm, Peterborough County OPP officers were conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 115. An officer’s attention was drawn […]