Ontario Free Press
(Kingston, ON) – A traffic complaint for a vehicle speeding and driving aggressively, has resulted in the arrest of the driver receiving several charges. Just after 7:00 am on April 17, 2025, Frontenac OPP received multiple complaints from witnesses about a vehicle speeding westbound along the 401 highway near Kingston. A Frontenac OPP member located […]
Bill 197 – Safer Roads and Communities Act, 2024 contains sweeping amendments to the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario. While its stated intent is to improve road safety and crack down on impaired driving, street racing, and vehicle theft, certain clauses dramatically expand government authority—particularly in ways that could intrude onto private property and open […]
(BATCHEWANA FIRST NATION, ON) – Members of the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested two people in relation to a drug overdose death investigation. On Saturday, March 1, 2024, at approximately 6:25 a.m., the Batchewana First Nation Police Service, Sault Ste. Marie Paramedic Service and Sault Ste. Marie Fire Services […]
(KENORA, ON) – On April 15, 2025, at approximately 7:00 p.m., members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of mischief at a local church. Police were notified that suspect had thrown a brick through a window of the Church, and that the suspect was trying to gain entry […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – An officer with the Fort Frances Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped an impaired driver leaving a licensed establishment. On April 14, 2025, at approximately 12:00 am, an officer with the Fort Frances OPP witnessed a person with unsteady gait leave a licensed establishment on King’s Highway and get behind the wheel. The […]
(SIOUX LOOKOUT, ON) – The Sioux Lookout Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is continuing to take impaired drivers off local roads On April 11, 2025, shortly after 11:00 a.m., members of the Sioux Lookout Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of intoxicated unwanted parties at a local hotel. Officers attended and located […]
(EDWARDSBURGH CARDINAL, ON) – A tractor-trailer driver has been arrested and charged with impaired driving offences following two reported traffic complaints on Highway 416, in Edwardsburgh Cardinal Township. On April 16, 2025, just after 9:00 p.m., an off-duty police officer and a member of the public called police to report a traffic complaint involving a tractor-trailer […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – An officer with the Fort Frances Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) found an impaired driver after witnessing aggressive driving behaviour. On April 13, 2025, at approximately 12:30 am, an officer with the Fort Frances OPP observed a pick-up truck rapidly accelerating on Crowe Avenue. The vehicle was stopped, and a roadside screening test […]
(BLIND RIVER, ON) – On April 16, 2025, at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a Controlled Dugs and Substances Act (CDSA) warrant at a residence on Youngfox Road in Blind River. As a result of the warrant being executed, over 100 grams of suspected cocaine, digital scales, cash, packaging materials, debt lists, […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – An all-terrain vehicle (ATV) stopped by the Fort Frances Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) resulted in the arrest of an impaired driver. On April 12, 2025, at approximately 5:00 pm, the Fort Frances OPP observed an ATV operating with two helmetless riders in the Christie Avenue North area of Town. The ATV was […]