Ontario Free Press
(Wingham, North Huron) A new analysis of Huron OPP fraud data reveals a staggering truth: North Huron residents are quietly being drained of nearly $10 million a year by scammers, with almost all cases going unreported. Between August 30 and October 31, 2025, the Huron OPP responded to nine fraud cases totalling $943,100 in confirmed […]
(QUINTE WEST, ON) – The Quinte West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid impaired driving charges in two separate investigations. On Thursday, November 20, 2025, at approximately 8:30 a.m., the Quinte West OPP located a vehicle involved in a traffic complaint, the driver was found to be impaired and operating a stolen vehicle. Pierre […]
(FORT FRANCES, ON) – Members of the Fort Frances Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Treaty Three Police Service have arrested and charged a local resident with multiple offences. On November 19, 2025, the Rainy River District OPP Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) with the assistance from the Kenora OPP CSCU, Kenora OPP […]
(PETAWAWA, ON) – The Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested and charged a Laurentian Valley Township resident with refusal and theft under following an investigation. On November 11, 2025, at approximately 1:00 p.m., officers received a theft complaint from a business on Renfrew Street in the Town of Petawawa. […]
(ALGONQUINS OF PIKWAKANAGAN FIRST NATION, ON) – A Bonnechere Valley Township (BVT) resident is facing Highway Traffic Act (HTA) and Criminal Code (CC) charges after several driving complaints were received by the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). On November 17, 2025, at approximately 4:30 p.m., police began investigating complaints of […]
(THAMES CENTRE, ON) – Driver facing impaired charge after single-vehicle collision on Dorchester Road. On November 17, 2025, at 12:08 a.m., members of the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to Dorchester Road near Donnybrook Drive in the Municipality of Thames Centre, for the report of a single vehicle collision. The driver was placed […]
(COCHRANE, ON) – A traffic complaint of a suspected impaired driver in Cochrane resulted in an impaired driving arrest. On Sunday, November 20, 2025, at approximately 10:45 p.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of a suspected impaired driver in a commercial parking lot on Railway Street in Cochrane. Police […]
(CENTRAL ELGIN, ON) Two people were injured after a serious collision on Quaker Road in the Municipality of Central Elgin. On Friday, November 14, 2025, at approximately 12:57 p.m., Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Central Elgin Fire and Elgin Emergency Medical Services responded to a two-vehicle collision involving a tractor trailer and sedan […]
(SMOOTH ROCK FALLS, ON) – A 40-year-old Smooth Rock Falls resident is facing multiple drug trafficking charges after officers executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant at a Smooth Rock Falls residence, resulting in the seizure of suspected crystal methamphetamine and cocaine with an estimated street value of $50,000. On Thursday November 20, […]
(NORTHUMBERLAND, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged two individuals following an arrest and search under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA). On November 19, 2025, members of the Peterborough/Northumberland Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) arrested two individuals in Cobourg. A subsequent search warrant was carried out at a residence in Pickering. Police […]