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OPP Holiday Crackdown: Grey-Bruce Saw 331 RIDE Stops, 38 Charges

OPP West Region wrapped its 2025/26 Festive RIDE campaign with 269 impaired driving charges—fewer than last year despite a record number of roadside checks. Here’s what the local data reveals.

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Jan 05, 2026
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Grey-Bruce was one of the most active zones in the OPP West Region’s 2025/26 Festive RIDE campaign, with 331 roadside checkpoints and 27 drivers removed from the road for impaired or warn-range offences during the six-week initiative.

According to newly released figures, Grey Bruce OPP laid 25 impaired driving charges and issued 2 warn-range suspensions,…

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