Ontario Free Press
(ESPANOLA, ON) – One person is facing impaired-related charges after police received a traffic complaint. On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a traffic complaint reporting a possible impaired driver on Highway 17 in the Baldwin Township. Police located the vehicle and conducted a […]
(ESPANOLA, ON) – One person has been arrested following a call to police about an assault that took place at a campground. On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at approximately 11:00 p.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call reporting an assault at a campground in Espanola. Police attended the campground and […]
(NORTH BAY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charge two people in relation to a drug warrant at a residence in North Bay. On Tuesday, August 19, 2025, at approximately 7:30 p.m., the OPP Community Street Crime Unit, the OPP Emergency Response Team and OPP Canine executed a warrant at a residence on Lakeshore Drive, […]
(PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, ON) – Two additional suspects have been arrested in connection with a year-long investigation into an online fraud scam. In October 2024, the Prince Edward County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) began the investigating an incident in which an individual from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory had been defrauded for over $100,000. This […]
(MALAHIDE, ON) – The Elgin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), has charged an individual following a mischief investigation. On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at approximately 9:54 p.m., members of the Elgin OPP were dispatched to a report of mischief to property. As a result, Khaled ALTAWEEL, 19-years-old from Malahide Township was charged with the following Criminal Code […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – Further charges have been laid against an individual in connection with an ongoing investigation into thefts from local cemeteries. On Tuesday, August 19, 2025, members of the Norfolk County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested and charged 39-year-old Douglas STEVENS of Oxford County in relation to a theft at the Waterford Greenwood Cemetery. […]
(DUFFERIN COUNTY) – Officers from the Dufferin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed warrants on an Orangeville resident following a police investigation. On August 20, 2025, members of the Dufferin OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with assistance from the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (ROPE) team and Dufferin B Platoon, executed three bench warrants […]
(ESSEX COUNTY, ON)- Police have charged an individual following the execution of a warrant in Essex. On Thursday August 14, 2025, members of the Essex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit, OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU), OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), and Essex OPP uniform members, executed a search warrant at an […]
TORONTO, Aug. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is condemning Education Minister Paul Calandra’s suggestion to eliminate elected school boards, calling it a deliberate act of misdirection designed to shift attention away from the Ford government’s devastating record on education. “This isn’t about fixing schools — it’s about deflecting blame,” […]
(MORRIS-TURNBERRY, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a North Huron resident with several criminal driving offences following a two-vehicle collision in the Township of Morris-Turnberry, on July 5th, 2025. Just before 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 05, 2025, Huron County OPP officers responded to a report of a collision at the intersection […]