On Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, Southern Georgian Bay OPP officers ran a RIDE check, stopping vehicles to check for impaired-driving and traffic-law compliance.[1] One driver was stopped and issued a Highway Traffic Act Part III summons under s. 57(19) for driving a vehicle not equipped with an ignition interlock, and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.[1] A second driver, found with cannabis readily available in the vehicle, was charged under Ontario’s Cannabis Control Act.[1]
Driver charged under Cannabis Control Act in OPP RIDE check
During a Nov. 11, 2026 RIDE check, Southern Georgian Bay OPP officers stopped drivers in their detachment; one was issued an ignition-interlock Highway Traffic Act summons and the vehicle impounded seven days, and a second driver was charged under the Cannabis Control Act for cannabis readily available in the vehicle.
🇨🇦 Southern Georgian Bay OPP detachment area, Midland, Ontario · Canada
Sources
- MidlandToday.camidlandtoday.caDrivers charged during RIDE check
Open questions the AI reported
- No cannabis quantity or weight was published for the second driver's charge, so no kilogram figure is recorded.
- The OPP release names no specific road, intersection or court date for the RIDE check; the Southern Georgian Bay detachment is a wide area around Midland.
- No arrest is explicitly described for either driver and no court outcome beyond the charge was reported.
