THUNDER BAY, ON – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superintendent Mark Pritchard, former Commander of the Aboriginal Policing Bureau at OPP General Headquarters, has been promoted to the rank of Chief Superintendent and named Commander of OPP North West Region. Chief Superintendent Pritchard [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – On September 26, 2016 at approximately 12:49am Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was contacted regarding a missing 67-year–old male from Marathon identified as Greg WITZELL. The male had left his hunt camp, located 20 kms up the North Regan Road the afternoon of September [Read more]
When political news breaks on a Friday afternoon, it usually isn’t for good-news stories. More often this is when a government will make embarrassing admissions in an attempt to bury stories as people are focused on the weekend ahead. Of course, there can always be exceptions, and that was [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Thunder Bay District Crime Stoppers and the Ontario Provincial Police are asking for your help in solving a theft that occurred between September 9th and September 18th 2016 near McIntyre Bay of Lake Nipigon. Thieves attended Ferguson Creek and removed two brand new [Read more]
WAWA, ON – On Saturday September 17, 2016 at approximately 2:30 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment responded to a dispute between a male and female at a local Wawa residence. At the scene police spoke to all involved parties. As a result of this [Read more]
WAWA, ON – On Tuesday September 20, 2016 at approximately 3:38 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment along with the assistance of the Sault Ste. Marie and area Crime Unit executed a Control Drug and Substance Act warrant at a local Wawa residence. [Read more]
A pair of sequels, each with much anticipation, make their debut on DVD and Blu-Ray this week. Back in 2014, we were introduced to Mac and Kelly, new parents who moved to a quiet neighborhood to peacefully raise their daughter- until Teddy Sanders and his fraternity move in next door. The college [Read more]
WAWA, ON – On Sunday September 18, 2016 at approximately 10:25 am members of the Superior East Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a theft of gas from a Wawa gas station. Officers were advised that a male driver had just filled his motor vehicle with gas then drove [Read more]
Fall is fast approaching and the Drop In is back to the regular: committees meet, the executive meets and the general meeting for September was held on the 14th. The executive, despite an election in June is the same. So you have two years to get it together and become a member! We do hope [Read more]
We are hearing about the end of truth in politics, mostly as a by-product of the American Presidential race, but the use of flimsy facts and general opinion to support a position is nothing new. What is newer is the way that these ‘facts’ can be perpetuated on the internet and seem to take on [Read more]
by Brennain Lloyd, Northwatch OTTAWA, ON – For north of Superior communities involved in the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s “Learn More” program, revisions to the design and layout of the NWMO’s nuclear waste burial plans might mean it’s more a case of “learn again” as [Read more]
It’s time to brush the dust from my shoes gathered at all of the festivals, pow wows events, celebrations and meetings that I attended over the summer and head back to the Legislature. After all the conversations and meetings I had with many constituents this summer, clearly there is a lot of [Read more]
PAGWA, ON – On September 15, 2016, at approximately 12:08 a.m., the James Bay Detachments Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was advised of a missing male in the Village of Pagwa, Ontario. The OPP North East Region Emergency Response Team (ERT), the OPP North East Region Canine, the OPP Helicopter, [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in partnership with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) and the Municipality of Greenstone are making efforts to trap bears that have been a nuisance in the town area. Greenstone OPP, along [Read more]
KAPUSKASING, ON – On September 13, 2016, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Professional Standards Bureau (PSB) arrested and charged two OPP officers after conducting an investigation related to an assault of two individuals which occurred on May 28, 2016. As a result of the investigation, [Read more]
