Ontario Free Press
(WEST NIPISSING, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) laid impaired driving charges on a wanted person after a traffic stop. On Thursday August 21, 2025, at approximately 2:50 p.m., members from the Nipissing West Detachment of the OPP, observed a known wanted person driving a vehicle on Highway 539, West Nipissing. Police arrested the driver […]
(CENTRE WELLINGTON TOWNSHIP, ON) – One person has died following a drowning incident that occurred on the Grand River in Elora. On August 24, 2025, at approximately 6:30 p.m., the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with local Paramedic and Fire services, responded to a report of a lost individual in the Grand River. The […]
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – On August 23rd, 2025, at approximately 2:02 p.m., members of the Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment received a report of an overdue motorist, with the last known whereabouts along Highway 589, between Moving Post Road and Old Hall Road. After extensive patrols were conducted, a single motor vehicle was located […]
(NEW TECUMSETH, ON) – The Nottawasaga Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal collision involving vehicle and a pedestrian in New Tecumseth. On Sunday, August 24, 2025, at approximately 1:30 a.m., officers responded to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle on 13th Line, near Adjala Tecumseth Townline. A 23-year-old male […]
(KENORA, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal collision on Highway 17 in Kenora, which led to a temporary closure of the highway in both directions from Kimberley Road to Longbow Lake Road. The highway has now reopened. On Saturday, August 23, 2025, at approximately 12:15 p.m., officers responded to a serious […]
(ALLISTON, ON) – The Nottawasaga Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a death at Earl Rowe Provincial Park. On Friday, August 22, at approximately 11:58 p.m., officers were called to Earl Rowe Provincial Park where one person was located deceased. Preliminary information suggests this is an isolated incident, with no signs of a […]
(OTTAWA, ON) – There was a major traffic safety initiative in Ottawa Friday night, which included support from the sky. Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Highway Safety Division and Ottawa OPP Detachment joined forces with an aircraft from OPP Aviation Services to target dangerous driving. One incident saw two officers struck by a fleeing […]
(MEAFORD, ON) – An individual from Shallow Lake, Ontario is facing impaired driving-related charges stemming from a single motor vehicle collision that had occurred on Grey Road 18, in the Municipality of Meaford. On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at approximately 12:10 p.m., the Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a report of a […]
A Meeting of Empty Words and Inflated Self-Praise Tonight’s agenda is full of glossy presentations and “strategic plan updates,” yet anyone who actually lives in Wingham, Blyth, or East Wawanosh knows the lived reality: 425 other municipalities in Ontario have lower tax rates. Families here are crushed under a property tax burden of 2.16%, one […]
(North Huron) As the real estate market bubble pops, Wingham, Blyth then East Wawanosh lead the way due to excessive taxes as a result of zero accountability and fear of an admitted cowardly reeve paul heffer that won’t stand up to law breaking town staff. NOTE: There are 425 municipalities in Ontario with a lower […]