WAWA, ON – On Thursday March 8, 2017 at approximately 9:50 am members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Chapleau Detachment responded to a mischief incident to a local Chapleau Ontario school. The incident took place between Friday March 3, 2017 and Thursday March 8, 2017. [Read more]
CHAPLEAU, ON – The Superior East Chapleau Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) advises that Highway 101 has now been re-open from Chapleau to Foleyet. The OPP remain at the scene while they investigate the motor vehicle collisions. OPP advises motorists to exercise caution as [Read more]
CHAPLEAU, ON – The Superior East Chapleau Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) advises that Highway 101 is closed from Chapleau to Foleyet while they investigate multiple motor vehicle collisions due to deteriorating road and weather conditions. OPP advises motorists to exercise [Read more]
WAWA, ON – On Saturday March 4, 2017 at approximately 5:30 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Chapleau Detachment were called to a collision involving a snowmobile on the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (O.F.S.C) “D” trail located approximately [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On March 4, 2017 at approximately 7:12 p.m. Officers of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an eastbound vehicle being driven at a high rate of speed without its lights on. Officers subsequently located and stopped the vehicle [Read more]
WAWA, ON – On Thursday, February 23, 2017, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Detachments, assisted by the Sault Ste. Marie OPP Crime Unit and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service, arrested and charged a Chapleau male following a child pornography investigation. A [Read more]
Victims Identified SOUTH PORCUPINE, ON – On February 23, 2017 at 10:25 a.m., members from the South Porcupine Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a motor vehicle collision involving a sport utility vehicle (SUV) and a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) on Highway 101, approximately 70 [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently at the scene of a tractor trailer rollover on highway 17 approximately 14 kilometers South of Wawa. The Wawa Fire Department is at the scene assisting. Highway 17 will remain closed until further [Read more]
2nd Male Located NIPIGON, ON – On February 17, 2017 at 4:11pm, the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were contacted regarding two missing males from Rocky Bay First Nation. The two males, identified as 51-year-old Gerald THOMPSON and 45-year-old Nathaniel THOMPSON from [Read more]
One Male Located NIPIGON, ON – On February 17, 2017 at 4:11pm, the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were contacted regarding two missing males from Rocky Bay First Nation. The two males, identified as 51-year-old Gerald THOMPSON and 45-year-old Nathaniel THOMPSON [Read more]
MOOSE FACTORY, ON – On February 12, 2017, Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) Moose Factory Detachment members, along with the NAPS Drug Unit and NAPS Emergency Response Team, executed a search warrant under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act at a residence located in Moose Cree First [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Six recent snowmobile deaths (13 this winter) have led the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) to strongly urge snowmobilers to stop taking unnecessary risks while riding. The latest series of incidents brings to 13 the number of [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – On February 2, 2017 at approximately 5:07 p.m. members of the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a report of a break and enter of a residence in the Town of Schreiber. Upon their arrival officers observed numerous improperly stored and [Read more]
Two United States residents have been fined a total of $2,000 for fishing offences. Steven Cody of Hudson, Wisconsin, and James Kerr of Boston, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty and were each fined $1,000 for having an over-limit of walleye. Court heard that on August 23, 2016, Ministry of Natural [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On February 6, 2017 at approximately 2:50 a.m. Officers of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a disabled vehicle interfering with traffic on Highway 17, Corrigal Township. Officers attended and determined the vehicle had run out [Read more]
