GREENSTONE, ON – Greenstone OPP are currently investigating the theft of a 12 gauge shotgun and a 30-06 rifle from a pickup truck. On Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016, Greenstone were contacted by the vehicle owner. Police learned that the vehicle had been parked on Fourth Avenue SW in [Read more]
Be Alert and Follow the Rules of the Road this Halloween As another spooktacular Halloween approaches, Ontario is reminding drivers and pedestrians to be aware and stay safe while trick-or-treating. Excited ghosts, goblins and ghouls are roaming the streets after dark on Halloween and may forget [Read more]
This week the province was shocked to learn of the tragic deaths of 8 Ontario nursing home residents at the hands of another. To make matters worse, the suspect is a caregiver in the employ of the long-term care facilities where the residents lived. Without doubt the sympathies of us all go out to [Read more]
RED LAKE, ON – Goldcorp Canada Ltd. pleaded guilty and has been fined $55,000 after a worker was injured while removing a tire from a mining scoop tram. The incident occurred at the mining company’s Balmer Complex #3 Shaft 4200 Level underground maintenance garage, near Balmertown, [Read more]
You’ve spent a lifetime building your good name and the last thing you need is for your hard-earned retirement to be derailed because somebody has turned that good name to mud. Identity theft is an unfortunate fact of life in the 21st century; one exacerbated by the myriad of new ways data [Read more]
WAWA, ON – During the last couple months, the Superior East Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to numerous bear complaints within their patrolled areas. The mere sight of a bear does not necessarily constitute an immediate threat to public safety. Human-bear activity is [Read more]
The Espanola Police Service report that a 16 year old male youth from southern Ontario is now in custody for making bomb threats and threatening Espanola High School and Chapleau High School. The youth cannot be named as per legislation under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Last week, both [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON– On October 1, 2016 at approximately 11:40pm, the Greenstone detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was contacted regarding two overdue boaters. A 63 year old male and a 61 year old female of Nipigon Township had been fishing on Leopard Lake and had not returned to [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – October 4, 2016 at approximately 2:50 p.m. members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received a report of a suspicious male in the Town of Marathon. Officers attended a public building on Peninsula Road, Marathon and located the male who was the subject [Read more]
Province Ensuring Children and Students are Safe at School Ontario is protecting children and students by re-introducing legislation that would make the disciplinary process for the province’s educators more clear and transparent.If passed, the Protecting Students Act and subsequent [Read more]
Wynne government risked public safety by opening Nipigon River bridge despite knowing it had structural problems: NDP QUEEN’s PARK, ON – Today during Question Period, Michael Mantha, NDP northern development critic, and MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin, demanded answers from the Wynne government [Read more]
Male Located 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 [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]
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]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas called on the Wynne government to stop ignoring the ongoing environmental disaster in Gogama and order CN to remove all of the oil from the water. “The people of Mattagami First Nation and Gogama were promised that their natural environment [Read more]
