Ontario Free Press
Citizen Journalist Sues City of Pickering, Mayor, Council Members & Police Board Over Council Meeting Ban (PICKERING, ON) A controversial trespass notice issued during a public City of Pickering council meeting has now escalated into a major constitutional lawsuit seeking $500,000 in damages and a court ruling that parts of the City’s procedure by-law are […]
(SELWYN TOWNSHIP, ON) – The Peterborough County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested three individuals after receiving a report of an attempted fraud from a resident of Selwyn Township. On Saturday February 7, 2026, the Peterborough County OPP received a call from an individual reporting that three individuals had attempted to scam them […]
(CAVAN-MONAGHAN TOWNSHIP, ON) – Officers from the Peterborough County detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged an individual with impaired driving after receiving multiple traffic complaints. On Saturday November 22, 2025, at approximately 7:20pm, Peterborough County OPP officers received complaints of a vehicle driving erratically on Highway 115 northbound approaching Peterborough. Officers located the vehicle […]
(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 […]
Police are seeking information after an overnight shooting at a business in Pickering. On Wednesday, September 24, 2025, at approximately 2:20 a.m., members of West Division responded to a shooting on Notion Road, at a towing business. An employee was in the parking lot when a black coloured sedan pulled up and a male exited […]
Police are investigating after a male was shot in a residential neighbourhood in Pickering. On Saturday, September 20, 2025, at approximately 3:40 a.m., members of West Division responded to the area of Woodview Avenue and Hogarth Street for an armed person call. Information was received that someone had been shot and a sedan was seen […]
(PICKERING, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 7 near Concession Road 6 in Pickering. The incident, which involved two sport utility vehicles (SUVs), resulted in three fatalities and two individuals sustaining life-threatening injuries. At approximately 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, members of […]
(Pickering, ON) – Officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Highway Safety Division (HSD) – Whitby Detachment, are investigating a motor vehicle collision that resulted in one fatality. On Wednesday June 4, 2025, at 4:41 p.m., the Whitby OPP were called to a collision on Highway 401 westbound onramp from southbound Liverpool Rd, in the City […]
(PICKERING, ON) – Charges have been laid following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 401 in the City of Pickering. On January 8, 2025, at approximately 12:30 p.m., officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Highway Safety Division were called to a two-vehicle collision on the westbound lanes of Highway 401, approaching Brock Road. One of the […]