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COCAINE SEIZED AT A TRAFFIC STOP

(LAKE OF BAYS, ON) As a result of an ongoing investigation a traffic stop was conducted on Whitehouse Road, in Lake of Bays Township. On Saturday October 19, 2013 just before 11:30pm Huntsville Ontario Provincial Police Community Drug Action Team (CDAT) stopped a Ford E250 passenger van on Whitehouse Rd. As a result of the […]

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Council Blasted By Public Regarding Lack Of Code Of Conduct

As you may remember, the code of conduct was originally consideredbecause <a target=wfp”href=”http://www.thewinghamfreepress.com/story.shtml?story=1753″>BernieBailey tried to hold the Rec and Facilities Departmentaccountable.  Even with persistent badgering from the public inchambers and online

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HIGHWAY 17 NORTH – Deteriorating Road Condtions

(Sault Ste. Marie, ON) – Sault Ste. Marie OPP are advising motorists to slow down and use caution on area highways this morning. Due to the deteriorating weather and road conditions OPP are currently investigating to rollover motor vehicle collisions on Highway 17 North within the past hour. One rollover is located on the Mile […]

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SERIOUS CRASH NEAR GOWANSTOWN

(MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH, ON) On Tuesday October 22, 2013 shortly before 4:30 p.m., Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were dispatched to an injury collision involving a pickup truck striking a tree along Road 165 just north of Perth Line 88 (west of Gowanstown). Investigation revealed that a green Ford pickup truck had […]

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Wingham, More Than Nobel Inspiration And Bad Haircuts””

<a target=wfp”href=”http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/10/18/alice_munros_house_should_be_a_museum_mallick.html”>HeatherMallick’s recent column in the Toronto Star has offended agreat number of Winghamites

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FATAL COLLISION SHUTS DOWN HWY 11 WEST OF HEARST

(HEARST, ON) – Shortly after 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, officers of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Hearst Detachment responded to a fatal collision involving a Chrysler 300 passenger vehicle and a pickup truck on Highway 11, approximately 90 kilometers west of Hearst. Responding officers attended the scene and shut down Hwy 11 […]

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RED ROCK MALE CHARGED AFTER DRUG WARRANT EXECUTED

(NIPIGON, ON) – Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged one male after Nipigon OPP officers executed a search warrant at a residence in Red Rock On, on October 7th 2013. Officers seized 11 Morphine Pills, 7.5 grams of Cocaine, 20 grams of Marihuana and $965 dollars in Canadian Currency. 50 year-old Richard Harmatiuk, of […]

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ATTEMPT BREAK AND ENTER TO GAS BAR

(HUNTSVILLE, ON) On Monday October 21, 2013 just before midnight Huntsville Ontario Provincial Police was advised of an alarm that was activated at the Canadian Tire Gas Bar on King William St Huntsville. When the officers arrived they found that the glass had been smashed but no entry had been gained. Huntsville OPP is looking […]

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SPEEDING DRIVER ARRESTED

(Champlain, ON) On October 19th, at approximately 3:30 pm, Sergeant Adrien Joly of the Hawkesbury OPP detachment intercepted a 2008 Chrysler 300 that was speeding on Highway 417 in the Champlain Township. The contact with the driver and subsequent investigation revealed that the driver was suspended from driving and that he was contravening a probation […]

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DRIVING WHILE UNDER SUSPENSION AND WITHOUT INSURANCE

(East-Hawkesbury, ON) – A speeding 2008 Pontiac G6 was stopped by Constable Mario Bourgeois on Highway 417 on October 15th shortly before 4pm in East-Hawkesbury. The traffic stop revealed that the vehicle had no insurance and that the driver was suspended driver’s licence. Mamadou Oury DIALLO (29 yrs) of Gatineau was charged under the Highway […]