{"id":87287,"date":"2026-10-16T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=87287"},"modified":"2026-10-16T08:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:05:01","slug":"nipigon-opp-ride-check-reveals-open-liquour-drug-impaired-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/nipigon-opp-ride-check-reveals-open-liquour-drug-impaired-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Nipigon OPP &#8211; RIDE Check reveals Open Liquour, Drug Impaired Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859-300x236.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>On September 28, 2026, at approximately 11:00 pm, officers with the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a RIDE check on First Street in the Township of Nipigon. A red Hyundai SUV stopped at the checkpoint and the driver was showing signs of impairment by drug.<\/p>\n<p>Officers conducted a roadside Standard Field Sobriety Test (SFST), the male driver was arrested and transported to hospital for a blood draw.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan PRINGLE, 20-years-old of Nipigon is charged with the following offences;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operation while impaired &#8211; drug<\/li>\n<li>Drive vehicle with cannabis readily available<\/li>\n<li>Having care or control of a motor vehicle with open container of liquor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused was released by police and is scheduled to appear in the Nipigon Ontario Court of Justice in December.<\/p>\n<p>Police have the tools and training to detect drug impaired drivers. Drug impaired driving is a serious threat to road safety and carries the same penalties as alcohol impaired driving. If you see an impaired driver, call 911. Road safety is everyone&#8217;s responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 28, 2026, at approximately 11:00 pm, officers with the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a RIDE check on First Street in the Township of Nipigon. A red Hyundai SUV stopped at the checkpoint and the driver was showing signs of impairment by drug. Officers conducted a roadside Standard &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":75103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-23 09:43:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87287"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87289,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87287\/revisions\/87289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}