Wingham Free Press
(CONMEE TOWNSHIP, ON) – Proactive traffic enforcement has resulted in impaired charges being laid. On August 3, 2024, at approximately 1:30 p.m., members of the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting proactive traffic enforcement in the area of Highway 11/17 in Conmee Township and initiated a traffic stop when they […]
(GORHAM TOWNSHIP, ON) – A single off-road vehicle collision has resulted in impaired charges. On August 4, 2024, at approximately 2:00 a.m., members of the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a single motor vehicle collision involving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV). The individual was transported to […]
(LYBSTER TOWNSHIP, ON) – A R.I.D.E program has resulted in impaired charges being laid by the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). On August 4, 2024, just before 2:00 p.m., the Thunder Bay OPP were conducting a R.I.D.E program in the area of Highway 588 in Lybster Township. A motor vehicle entered the […]
(SHUNIAH, ON) – A traffic complaint of a suspected impaired driver has led to charges being laid. On August 5, 2024, at approximately 7:15 p.m., members of the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of a suspected impaired driver on Lakeshore Drive in Shuniah. Officers located the vehicle […]
(GORHAM TOWNSHIP, ON) – A R.I.D.E program has resulted in impaired charges being laid by the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). On August 6, 2024, just after midnight, the Thunder Bay OPP were conducting a R.I.D.E program in the area of Highway 589 in Gorham Township. A motor vehicle entered the program, […]
(HEARST, ON) – A traffic stop in Hearst on an unlicensed driver, led to impaired driving charges. On August 2, 2024, at approximately 4:30 p.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway 11 in Hearst. Upon speaking with the driver, police determined that they had been consuming an alcoholic […]
(COCHRANE, ON) – A traffic complaint led to criminal charges for one in Cochrane. On August 2, 2024, at approximately 5:30 p.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call of a vehicle driving at excessive speeds on Highway 11, south of Cochrane. Police observed the vehicle on Third Avenue in Cochrane […]
(MOONBEAM, ON) – A report of a vehicle in the ditch, led to the driver being charged for impaired. On August 2, 2024, at approximately 2:00 a.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a pick-up truck in the ditch in Moonbeam. Police located the ditched vehicle on Lefebvre Peninsula […]
(DEPARTURE LAKE, ON) – A traffic complaint led to an impaired driving arrest. On July 27, 2024, at approximately 8:00 p.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint regarding a suspected impaired driver, in Departure Lake. Police located the subject vehicle stopped on Departure Lake Road. Upon speaking with the […]
(KAPUSKASING, ON) – A call from the public regarding a suspected impaired driver on Highway 11 led to an impaired driving charge. On July 27, 2024, at approximately 6:30 p.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call of a suspected impaired driver on Highway 11 in Kapuskasing. Police located and conducted […]