Ontario Free Press
(CHAMPLAIN TWP., ON) – A routine traffic stop on Highway 417 near Hawkesbury has resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of suspected methamphetamine. A member of the Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police was on patrol on the 417 westbound on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, shortly before 10:30 a.m., when he saw a […]
(OTTAWA, ON) – Members of the Ottawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid charges against an individual from Ottawa after they kicked a car, causing damage to it. On March 23, 2025 Ottawa OPP were called to the Vanier Parkway off-ramp of Highway 417 because an aggressive panhandler had kicked a car and […]
(THUNDER BAY, ON) – The Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision. On the 24th of March 2025, shortly after 7:30 p.m., officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a commercial motor vehicle […]
(OTTAWA, ON) – Members of the Ottawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid impaired driving related charges against an individual from Ottawa. Shortly after 12:00 a.m. on March 23, OPP received a traffic complaint regarding a possible impaired driver travelling westbound on Highway 417 near Pinecrest Rd. The vehicle was reported to be […]
(GRAVENHURST, ON) – Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged one person with several offenses including impaired driving on Friday night. On Friday March 21, 2025, just before 11:00 p.m., a Bracebridge OPP officer was conducting proactive patrols in the town of Gravenhurst and became concerned about the driving behaviour of a motorist on Winewood Avenue. […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – As a result of an ongoing police investigation, members of the OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) from Southern Georgian Bay and Orillia Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police executed a search warrant at a Highway 93 Waverly, Tay Township residential address at approximately 11:00 a.m. March 21, 2025. CSCU investigators assisted by uniform OPP officers along with members of […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – A call to the OPP Communications Centre caused officers from the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to enter an impaired driving investigation at a Yonge Street Midland address at approximately 10:54 a.m. March 21, 2025. Upon the arrival of officers, the suspect vehicle was stopped in a parking lot at the address and upon speaking with […]
(SOUTH DUNDAS TOWNSHIP, ON) – The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (SD&G) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are currently investigating a fatal, single motor vehicle collision which occurred on County Road 2 in South Dundas Township (Village of Iroquois). On the evening of Friday, March 21st, 2025, at approximately 10:45pm a single motor was travelling Westbound […]
(TORONTO, ON) – A Mississauga resident has been charged following a year-long loan-sharking investigation involving extortion, money laundering and the illegal lending of money at a criminal rate of interest within Ontario land-based casinos. In the spring of 2024, the Investigation and Enforcement Bureau (IEB) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) commenced Project EVENING, an investigation into […]
(PUSLINCH TWP, ON) – The Wellington County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged an individual in connection with a 2023 sudden death investigation. On September 8, 2023, the Wellington County OPP Crime Unit, under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), began an investigation into a sudden death after a deceased […]