Ontario Free Press
(HAWKESBURY, ON) – Members of the Hawkesbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested a motorist for impaired driving. On Saturday, February 28, 2026, shortly before 4:30 p.m., officers were conducting a R.I.D.E program on County Road 19th in the township of Alfred-Plantagenet. Officers stopped a vehicle, an approved screening device was utilized, and the driver […]
(LAKESHORE, ON) – Four drivers were arrested for impaired related offences in Lakeshore over the weekend. On Friday February 27, 2026, at approximately 9:33 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted traffic stop on Rourke Line in the Municipality of Lakeshore. As a result of the investigation, two persons were charged. Keith BRIDGEN, 54-years-old […]
(KEARNEY, ON) – One person has been arrested and charged in connection with an incident that resulted in injuries in Kearney. On Friday February 27, 2026, at approximately 4:00 p.m., members of the Almaguin Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Parry Sound District Paramedic Services responded to a report of an individual in […]
(MORRIS-TURNBERRY TWP, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Morris-Turnberry Township resident with criminal driving offences following a traffic stop on Amberley Road in Morris-Turnberry Township. In the early morning hours of Monday, January 26, 2026, Huron County OPP officers conducted a traffic stop after observing a driver operate their vehicle in […]
(GODERICH, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a North Huron resident with several criminal offences following a report of a dispute in the Town of Goderich. On Monday, January 26, 2026, Huron County OPP officers responded to a dispute on South Street in Goderich. Officers attended the location and spoke to an […]
(MINTO, ON) – The Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a fatal structure fire that resulted in the death of one individual. On February 28, 2026, at approximately 2:30 p.m., members of the Wellington County OPP, along with the Minto Fire Department and Guelph‑Wellington Emergency Medical Services, responded to a reported structure fire on […]
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – A person was arrested on Highway 108 after failing to make a corner, jumped a guardrail, and crashed into the ditch on a clear sunny day. On February 27, 2026, at approximately 2:30 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call of an impaired driver who crashed his car. The […]
(HAWKESBURY, ON) – Three people face charges after a drug seizure in Hawkesbury. On Friday, February 27, 2026, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) executed a search warrant at a residence on Portelance Avenue. Three people were arrested at the scene. Officers seized more than 10-grams of suspected cocaine, nearly […]
(MADOC, ON) – One person has been charged in connection with a fatal collision last spring. On April 27, 2025, shortly before 8:30 p.m., Officers with the Central Hastings Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to reports of a vehicle being driven erratically, westbound on Highway 7. Shortly afterward, the officers discovered a collision […]
(NORFOLK COUNTY, ON) – Three individuals have been charged in connection with separate impaired driving investigations. On Friday, February 20, 2026, at approximately 9:47 p.m., members of the Norfolk County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a reported single-vehicle collision involving a pickup truck on Old Highway 24 in Wilsonville. The investigation determined the vehicle was […]