Wingham Free Press
(PORT HOPE, ON) – An investigation has resulted in the arrest of eight individuals and the seizure of more than 7,600 illicit cannabis plants and 100 lbs of dried illicit cannabis bud valued at more than $3.8 million. In December 2025, emergency services responded to a structure fire at a location on 5th Line in the Municipality […]
(NORTHUMBERLAND, ON) – Charges have been laid by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in connection with an incident in which the province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) invoked its mandate in Northumberland. On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, shortly after midnight, officers from the Northumberland Detachment of the OPP were conducting speed enforcement on County Road 45 when […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF PORT HOPE, ON) – The Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged an individual following a collision investigation. On July 7, 2025, OPP along with Northumberland EMS and the Port Hope Fire and Emergency services responded to a serious collision involving two passenger vehicles on County Road 28 near Bewdley. Both […]
Port Hope Police have charged a 28-year-old Ajax man following an assault that was reported after the fact. The incident occurred at a gathering in Port Hope on September 13, 2025. Police were contacted on September 17, 2025. The victim sustained a serious neck injury after being assaulted with a knife and required hospital treatment. […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF PORT HOPE, ON) -At approximately 10:00 am. on Saturday June 21, 2025, members from the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to reports of a motor vehicle that was being driven in an erratic and dangerous manner on Highway 401 eastbound in the Port Hope area. Officers learned this traffic complaint […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF PORT HOPE, ON) – Officers from the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint that led to a driver being charged with impaired. On Sunday June 8, 2025 at approximately 6:45 am police received a traffic complaint involving a silver colored passenger van heading east bound on Highway […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF PORT HOPE, ON) – Members from the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged an individual with multiple offences following an initial Highway Traffic Act offence. On November 6, 2024, at approximately 3:35 a.m., police were on patrol on Wesleyville Road in the Municipality of Port Hope when they observed a […]
(MUNICIPALITY OF PORT HOPE, ON) – Members of the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged a driver following a collision on Highway 401. On July 11, 2024, at approximately 7:35 a.m., emergency services responded to a report of a two-vehicle collision on Highway 401 eastbound in the Municipality of Port Hope. The […]