Ontario Free Press
(WELLINGTON COUNTY, ON) – Two impaired drivers were removed from Wellington County roadways over the weekend. On January 16, 2026, at approximately 8:00 p.m., members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the report of a two-vehicle collision on Tower Street South in Fergus. As a result of the investigation, Ruth CLAY, a […]
(TOWN OF ERIN, ON) – an individual has been charged following an incident in Erin. On January 18, 2026, at approximately 11:45 p.m., members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the report of an altercation outside of a residence in Erin. As a result of the investigation, Opkar BRAR, a 47-year-old from […]
(BRANT, ON) – A driver is facing an Impaired related charge after police stopped and investigated a vehicle. On Sunday, January 18, 2026, at approximately 1:49 a.m., an officer with the Brant County OPP conducted a traffic stop on Fairfield Road east of Maple Avenue South in the county of Brant, regarding a possible impaired driver. […]
(HUNTSVILLE, ON) – Officers of the Huntsville Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P.) are always looking for criminal driving behaviour. On January 17, 2026 at 7:45p.m., Huntsville O.P.P. officers were on patrol on Main Street West when they observed a vehicle failing to signal its turns and had no headlights on. Officers conducted a stop of the […]
(DRUMMOND-NORTH ELMSLEY TWP, ON) – The Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Tay Valley Township resident with impaired driving. On Sunday, January 18, 2026, Lanark County OPP received a report from a citizen regarding a possible impaired driver in the Town of Perth. A short time later officers conducted a […]
On January 17, 2026, at approximately 10:15 p.m., members of the West Parry Sound and Bracebridge detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a report of a possible impaired driver travelling on Highway 400 Police located the vehicle on Highway 400 and conducted a traffic stop. Robin CHATTERJEE, 47-years-old, from Vaughn was […]
(ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – A person was charged after police were called to a blue mid-size Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) in a driveway with the driver passed out at the wheel on Washington Crescent. On January 17, 2026, at approximately 10:00 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended the residence and spoke to the […]
(MIDLAND, ON) – The Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged an OPP officer with impaired operation while on duty. On Thursday, January 15, 2026, Southern Georgian Bay OPP officers initiated an impaired operation investigation involving one of their members. As a result of the investigation, Christopher PROUT, a 39-year-old Southern […]
(COLLINGWOOD, ON) – The Collingwood detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police have arrested and charged one individual after an arrest warrant was executed on Elm Street in the Town of Collingwood. The arrest resulted in the seizure of more than 130 grams of suspected fentanyl and drug paraphernalia. On Friday January 16, 2026 just after 11:30 pm […]
(CENTRAL FRONTENAC TOWNSHIP, ON) – A head-on collision east of Kaladar has left one person deceased. The collision happened on Friday, January 16, 2026, shortly before 10:00 p.m. on Highway 7, between Kaladar and Arden Road. A transport truck and pick-up truck had been involved in a collision. Officers with the Frontenac Detachment of the Ontario […]