Brampton Man Charged With Firearms Offences After Muskoka Gun Parties Go Viral

A screenshot from a video released by the Ontario Provincial Police on Aug. 30, 2025, indicating the police force is investigating a "careless firearm" usage case in the Muskoka area. Screenshot/OPP Central Region

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid its first charges as it investigates the “careless” use of firearms by a group of men in a wooded area north of Toronto.

Gurkanwal Singh of Brampton, Ont., was arrested on Sept. 3 and charged with two counts of careless use of a firearm, the OPP’s detachment in Bracebridge announced on Sept. 4. Police also seized the firearms licence and the weapons of the accused.