Wingham Free Press
(WINGHAM, North Huron, ON — Residents and members of the press are preparing to attend the January 12 North Huron council meeting in force, arriving early, cameras in hand, determined to record proceedings and ask questions publicly and peacefully. North Huron Reeve Paul Heffer is refusing to enforce any bylaws in North Huron, from recording […]
(Wingham, North Huron) The revolution will be streamed live. Not hidden in halls of power, not filtered by those who fear the truth, not postponed, postponed, postponed again. The revolution will be streamed live, January 12. 5:30 p.m. Where people stand together, where courage replaces silence, where democracy breathes again. It will not be framed […]
(Wingham, North Huron) — The Ontario Provincial Police have confirmed their deployment of plain-clothes officers to the December 15, 2025 North Huron council meeting, where officers interfered with citizens attempting to ask questions prior to the meeting. Video of the incident has spread nationwide, attracting the attention of free-speech advocates, civil liberty monitors, and “The […]
(NORTH HURON, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fraudulent attempt to obtain a vehicle permit following a report to police on December 18, 2025. On December 18, 2025, police were contacted regarding a suspect attempting to fraudulently obtain a vehicle replacement registration for a pickup truck in the Town of Wingham, […]
Wingham, North Huron, has faced its share of storms, but this one isn’t made of smoke and flame. It’s a slow-burning crisis of selective enforcement, broken trust, and pedestrian safety that has smoldered for nearly twenty years. Today, that fire finally met its match. Fire Chief Chad Kregar has stepped forward. Quietly at first. Then […]
This week, the Free Press takes the unprecedented step of adding Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers assigned to the PLT division—Paul Richardson (Badge 12861) and Robert Hann (Badge 13409)—to its Hall of Shame. We do not do this lightly. But what occurred at the recent North Huron council meeting was not routine policing. It was […]
(Wingham, North Huron) — At some point, negligence stops being ignorance and becomes a choice. That moment has arrived for North Huron Fire Chief, Chief By-law Enforcement Officer, and Public Safety Officer Chad Kregar. Last week, Kregar was directly informed—face to face—of active pedestrian hazards created by snow and ice left on municipal sidewalks, including […]
(Wingham, North Huron) — A disturbance occurred during last night’s North Huron council meeting involving two individuals who claimed to be members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). The individuals were dressed in plain clothes and declined to produce police identification, photo ID, or business cards when requested, stating that they did not have them […]
(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 — […]
(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 […]