NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – Earlier this morning (Sun.Feb.21,2016) Highway 17 was closed at the at Pic River Bridge due to a vehicle on fire following a motor vehicle collision involving a second vehicle. All occupants had been removed from the vehicle when Ontario Provincial Police notified [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) advise that Highway 17 at Pic River Bridge is now open. The bridge was re-opened as of 2255 hrs (10:55pm). _____________ Motorists are reminded not to call O.P.P. Provincial Communication Centres for road advisory updates or road [Read more]
TORONTO, ON – The Ontario NDP has launched a Safe Northern Roads Petition (click image below to view petition on NDP site), calling on the government ensure that northern roads and infrastructure are safe for drivers. Following the failure of the Nipigon River Bridge which severed the [Read more]
Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Closure: Highway: Hwy#17 Location: Hwy#17 at the Pic River Bridge. Brief Description of Event: A truck has struck the bridge and is unable to be moved. Resources are en route to remove it. Traffic is being [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Friday February 20, 2015 approximately 06:50pm, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment were advised of a motor vehicle collision involving three motor vehicles on Highway 17 approximately 15 km west of Marathon ON. A westbound motor vehicle lost [Read more]
NORTHWESTERN, ON – Highway 17 East of Terrace Bay to Marathon (and at times through to White River) was closed repeatedly this past weekend due to freezing rain and packed ice. Travelers who made it through the portion of highway between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning were [Read more]
Monday, December 1, 2014 02:00hrs Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Opening: Location: Highway 17 between Terrace Bay and Marathon Re-Opened: 01 Dec 2014 @ 0200 hrs. Please do not call O.P.P. Provincial Communication Centres for road advisory [Read more]
15:30 2014-11-16 MARATHON/WHITE RIVER, ON – Highway 17 – 10km West of White River is now open ________________________________ 13:23 2014-11-16 MARATHON/WHITE RIVER, ON – Highway 17 – 10km West of White River (CLICK HERE for previous release) is now open to [Read more]
MARATHON/WHITE RIVER, ON – Highway 17 – 10km West of White River is closed due to a multi vehicle collision. Only minor injuries. Will share updates as they become available. [Read more]
5:38 AM EST Thursday 13 November 2014 Special weather statement in effect for: Nipigon – Rossport Beardmore – Jellicoe – Macdiarmid Gull Bay – Black Sturgeon Lake Heavy flurries continuing off Lake Nipigon. North to northwest winds off Lake Nipigon continue to generate lake [Read more]
MALE AND FEMALE ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY NIPIGON, ON – August 9, 2014 at approximately 10:00pm in the Township of McCallister, members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway 17 relating to a report of a suspicious [Read more]
