Wingham Free Press
(Wingham, North Huron) A senior citizen is dead — and North Huron still refuses to answer the simplest question: why are its sidewalks treated as snow dumps instead of lifesaving pedestrian infrastructure? Last winter, an elderly resident slipped on an unmaintained North Huron sidewalk, shattered a hip, and never recovered. Months later, he died — […]
(BLIND RIVER, ON) – On December 12, 2025, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person on Hanes Avenue who was in breach of prior release conditions. At approximately 10:00 a.m. the East Algoma Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and East Algoma Warrant Apprehension assisted Muskoka OPP CSCU with the arrest of a male […]
(DRUMMOND-NORTH ELMSLEY TWP., ON) – A head-on collision east of Perth has left several people with serious injuries, including a police officer. The collision was reported on Highway 7, between Drummond School Road and Drummond Concession 7, on Saturday, December 13, 2025, just before 4:30 p.m. An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was on patrol in […]
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – A person was charged after police were called to a vehicle in the snowbank on Poplar Road at Lakeview Road. On December 13, 2025, at approximately 7:15 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended the location and arrested the driver of the crashed grey pickup truck. The truck was […]
(LAURENTIAN VALLEY TWP., ON) – The Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a single-vehicle collision that sent three people to hospital. On Saturday, December 13, 2025, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Upper Ottawa Valley OPP, along with the Laurentian Valley Fire Department and Renfrew County Paramedics responded to a collision on […]
(Wingham, North Huron) On October 10, 2024, Paul Heffer, Reeve of Municipality of North Huron, made a clear promise: municipal crews would stop dumping snow onto the sidewalks, including around Wingham’s cenotaph. It was a simple commitment. A fraction of a second to divert a snow chute. A bare minimum of respect for the men […]
(KINCARDINE, ON) – On December 9, 2025, at approximately 5:40 a.m., a member of the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on general patrol along Highway 9 east of Kincardine, when they stopped to check a vehicle that had left the roadway. The investigating officer spoke with the driver and detected signs of alcohol consumption. […]
(MORRIS-TURNBERRY TWP, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Huron-Kinloss Township resident with a criminal driving offence following a traffic stop on Amberley Road in Morris-Turnberry Township. In the early morning hours of Tuesday, November 25, 2025, Huron County OPP officers conducted a traffic stop and spoke to the vehicle driver who […]
(KINCARDINE, ON) – On December 8, 2025, at approximately 5:40 a.m., a member of the South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on general patrol along Highway 9 east of Kincardine, when they stopped to check a vehicle that had left the roadway. The investigating officer spoke with the driver and detected signs of alcohol consumption. […]
(TINY TOWNSHIP, MIDLAND, ON) Members of the Southern Georgian Bay detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to two separate impaired driving incidents in the past days, resulting in charges against drivers. On December 11, 2025, at approximately 9:30 a.m., officers responded to a report of a vehicle that had slid backward into a ditch […]