{"id":867556,"date":"2026-08-22T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/867556\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T16:00:15","slug":"winnipeg-resident-charged-with-stunt-driving-in-algoma-mills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/867556\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg resident charged with stunt driving in Algoma Mills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEWS RELEASE<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n*************************<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nOn Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, at approximately 12:30 a.m., members of the East Algoma detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 17 in Algoma Mills.<\/p>\n<p>Police observed a westbound black vehicle travelling more than 120 km\/h in a posted 70 km\/h zone near Lauzon Village Road and initiated a traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation determined the vehicle was displaying licence plates not authorized for the vehicle and was being operated without valid motor vehicle insurance.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was towed from the scene and impounded for 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>A 24-year-old from Winnipeg, Man., was charged under the Highway Traffic Act and the Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act with:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tDrive motor vehicle \u2014 perform stunt \u2014 excessive speed&#13;<br \/>\n\tDrive motor vehicle \u2014 no plates&#13;<br \/>\n\tOwner operate a motor vehicle without insurance&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice, provincial offences, in Blind River on Nov. 17, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>*************************<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWS RELEASE&#13; ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE&#13; *************************&#13; On Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, at approximately 12:30 a.m., members of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,301369,22073],"class_list":["post-867556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-stunt-drivingeast-algoma-opp","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}