(NORTH BAY, ON) – Twelve drivers have been charged with impaired driving offences by the North Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in the month of July 2025. One of those individuals was arrested after officers conducted a traffic stop on a parked vehicle near Duchesnay Falls and observed signs of drug impairment.
On Monday July 7, 2025, at approximately 7:00 p.m., the North Bay OPP conducted a traffic stop on a parked vehicle on Highway 17 near Duchesnay Falls. Officers determined the driver had been consuming an intoxicating substance. The individual was arrested and transported to the North Bay OPP detachment for further testing.
As a result of the investigation, Rheal FORGET, 64 years-of-age of North Bay, has been charged with:
· Operation while impaired – drugs
· Operation while impaired – blood drug concentration
· Operate a motor vehicle without insurance
The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in North Bay on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. Additionally, the individual received a 90-day Administrative Driver’s Licence Suspension (ADLS), and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.
Drug-impaired and alcohol-impaired driving have always been illegal, and this has not changed since the legalization of cannabis. Impaired driving is dangerous regardless of the source of impairment.