Ontario Free Press
The return of school is right around the corner, and that means roads will be bustling with students walking, cycling, and riding the bus. Beginning Tues., Sept. 8, Barrie Police officers will be conducting traffic enforcement in and around school zones, with a focus on speeding, distracted driving, and other risky behaviours. “Back to school […]
Barrie Police have charged a driver following an investigation into a head-on collision that happened on Fairview Road in July. On July 13, 2026, officers attended the scene of a serious collision involving a pickup truck and a sedan. Through the investigation, the Barrie Police Service Traffic Reconstruction Unit determined the sedan travelled over the […]
On Wed., Sept. 2, 2026, members of the Barrie Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) arrested and charged a Barrie man following a four-month investigation. The investigation began after the ICE Unit received a report from the National Centre of Missing and Exploited Children concerning the upload of child sexual abuse and exploitation material. […]
A Barrie man is facing criminal charges in connection to a drug trafficking investigation in the city’s downtown. On Wed., Sept. 2, 2026, at around 6 p.m., the Barrie Police Drug and the High Harm units conducted a drug investigation in the area of Mulcaster Street between McDonald and Codrington Streets. The 38-year-old man was […]
Barrie Police have charged a motorcyclist involved in a collision on Churchill Drive on July 15, 2026. Police were called to the area between Welham Road and Bayview Drive around 7 a.m. after a motorcycle collided with a pickup truck towing a vehicle on a flatbed. Through the investigation, police determined the motorcycle was travelling […]
On Sat., August 29, 2026, Barrie Police officers responded to a call shortly after 11 p.m. regarding a heavily damaged vehicle being driven in the area of Yonge Street and Big Bay Point Road. As the vehicle travelled along Yonge Street, parts were falling from it onto the roadway. The vehicle was also being operated […]
(HURON-KINLOSS) — A resident from St. Marys has been charged with multiple impaired operation charges following a traffic stop in the Municipality of Huron-Kinloss. South Bruce Ontario Provincial Police officers were patrolling the Municipality of Huron -Kinloss on the night of Saturday Aug. 29, at 4:41 a.m. when they conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle. […]
(Mississauga, ON) The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding a collision yesterday in Windsor that resulted in the death of a 33-year-old man. Preliminary information suggests the following: Three investigators and three forensic investigators have been assigned to the case. The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation, […]
(Wingham, North Huron) North Huron’s response to a Charter challenge exposes an oppressive view of local democracy: citizens may watch government, but only on government’s terms. In its August 10 factum, the Township defends banning independent cameras, excluding citizens and media from council chambers, issuing trespass notices and having police remove and arrest them. North […]
(North Huron, Wingham, Ontario) — A constitutional battle over freedom of expression, government transparency and the public’s right to record elected officials will be heard by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. The case, Hill and Carther v. Township of North Huron and Nelson Santos, Court File […]