Councillor Arrested For Impaired Driving – Name Released

Source: OPP
Date: Tue Mar 4 10:41:09 MST 2025

(FORT FRANCES, ON) – Treaty Three Police assist Fort Frances OPP to recover a stolen vehicle with an impaired driver.



On March 2, 2025, at approximately 2:00 pm, the Fort Frances Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a stolen vehicle from a residence in Fort Frances. Treaty Three Police located and stopped the vehicle in Couchiching First Nation Territory.



Investigation determined that there was open liquor in the vehicle and the driver was obviously impaired. The driver was arrested at the scene and transported to the Fort Frances Detachment where additional impaired driving testing was completed. The driver submitted to a drug recognition evaluation and was found to be impaired.

Ashley Councillor, 37-years-old, from Couchiching First Nation is charged criminally with one count of impaired operation alcohol or drug, and one count of take motor vehicle without consent. The accused was also charged provincially with an open liquor and driver’s licence offence.



The accused driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days, and the vehicle was returned to the registered owner. The accused was released by the Fort Frances OPP and is scheduled to appear in the Fort Frances Ontario Court of Justice on April 7, 2025, to speak to the charges.