Investigators believe Richard Kocik, missing since last July, has ties to the Toronto area and may have travelled to the GTA.

A 44-year-old Blue Mountains, Ont., man is facing several charges after he was stopped on Highway 26 in Clearview, Ont., during the early morning hours of Wednesday, OPP say.

Officers say they seized two handguns, one of which was loaded, a Tazer, brass knuckles, 100 grams of cocaine and drug-trafficking materials.

According to police, a vehicle travelling north on Simcoe Road 10, near Sunnidale Concession 3, lost control and hit a hydro pole.

At about 5:10 a.m., firefighters and officers were called to the scene in Elmvale, where smoke was seen billowing from the building.

On Sunday morning, Huronia West OPP officers spoke to a man and a woman who were in distress at a Stayner area gas station.

Officers raised $174.00, which was presented to Pauline Purkis earlier this week.

Investigators executed a search warrant at a home in Springwater and seized two illegal firearms, including a loaded handgun, 500 grams of cocaine and 7,000 Percocet pills.

A Barrie man has been charged following a fatal hit-and-run that involved a pedestrian on Bayfield Street North in Springwater, Ont., in September.

On Saturday, Ontario Provincial Police closed the Ontario beach town to non-residents as hundreds gathered in the community, despite COVID-19 restrictions.