Wingham Free Press
(ELGIN, ON) – Members of the Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a serious head-on collision on Highway 15 which sent both drivers to hospital with life-threatening injuries. The investigation is still ongoing, and numerous charges have been laid against one of the passengers. On Friday, May 2, 2025, at noon, […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – An officer from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway 12, Midland for a speeding offence resulting in the commencement of a impaired driving investigation. The officer conducted the traffic stop of an eastbound vehicle that was travelling in excess of 40 km/hr over the posted 60 km/hr zone […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – As a result of an ongoing police investigation, members of the OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a search warrant at a Forest Harbour Parkway, Tay Township residential address at approximately 5:00 a.m. May 2, 2025. CSCU investigators assisted by uniform OPP officers along with members […]
(GRAVENHURST, ON) – The Bracebridge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged one driver during afternoon patrols in Gravenhurst. On May 2, 2025 at 3:30 p.m. a Bracebridge OPP officer was conducting general patrol in the town on Gravenhurst and observed a vehicle on Phillip Street commit a traffic infraction. The officer followed the […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – The Orillia Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), assisted by the Orillia Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and the Orillia Community Mobilization Unit (CMU), have laid drug trafficking charges after an individual attended the Ontario Court of Justice for an appointment. On May 1, 2025, around 1:00 pm, officers of the Orillia […]
(LONDON, ON) – A spike in school bus crashes has the members of West Region Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) concerned. Over the last thirty days, the OPP have investigated nine crashes involving school buses in various communities across West Region in southwestern Ontario. Thankfully, there have been no injuries reported to any students or bus drivers. […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – Three individuals have been charged as a result of separate impaired driving investigations. At approximately 2:24 p.m. on Sunday, April 20, 2025, Norfolk County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) program on Angling Road in Townsend, Norfolk County, when they stopped a vehicle and evaluated […]
(MARATHON, ON) – The Ignace Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged one person following a traffic complaint on Highway 17 in Ignace. On April 30, 2025, shortly after 5:30 p.m., officers received a report of a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed on Highway 17. Police located the vehicle travelling Westbound […]
(Collingwood, ON) – The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has invoked its mandate in relation to an incident that took place in Collingwood. On Thursday, May 1, 2025, members of the Collingwood Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a male for breaching a conditional sentence order. He was transported to the Collingwood OPP Detachment where […]
(KENORA, ON) – On April 30, 2025, at approximately 12:30 a.m., members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an individual causing a disturbance. Police were notified that suspect was yelling and striking vehicles in the area of Seventh Avenue South. Police located the suspect, who then resisted […]