NIPIGON, ON – May 3, 2014 after a month long investigation involving detachment members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), 37-year-old Jeffrey HARDY of Nipigon was charged with three counts of Trafficking a Controlled Substance contrary to section 5(1) of the Controlled Drugs and [Read more]
Today, Premier Kathleen Wynne met with the Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, who accepted her recommendation that Parliament be dissolved for a general election. The official documents will be presented to his Honour later this afternoon, at which time the House will be [Read more]
WHITE RIVER, ON – April 18, 2014 at 12:30 am, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East White River Detachment were conducting R.I.D.E. checks on Highway 17 in the Township of White River. At 7:43 pm a west bound Nissan Titan entered the R.I.D.E. area. Investigation by [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – April 21, 2014 at 2:51pm, members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Nipigon Fire Service, and Superior North Emergency Medical Service (EMS) responded to a report of two unresponsive adults located inside a residence on First Street in Nipigon. Upon the arrival of [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Monday April 15th, 2014, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received a call regarding a theft of fuel from the Esso in White River. Officers patrolled the area and located a vehicle matching the description, travelling west bound on Highway 17 approximately [Read more]
Five Ontario men were fined a total of $16,400 and received hunting license suspensions for an illegal moose hunt and an attempted cover up in 2011. Jan Kuczek of Schomberg pleaded guilty to illegally party-hunting moose, failing to immediately attach a game seal, possessing wildlife illegally [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Early in the morning on March 28, 2014 officers of the Nipigon and Schreiber Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of theft of fuel from a business in the Town of Nipigon. At approximately 8:25 a.m., members of the Schreiber Detachment located and [Read more]
HORNEPAYNE, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Hornepayne Detachment is currently investigating a complaint of mischief received on February 17, 2014. During the weekend of February 15 – 16 a grapple skidder was moved to another location and used causing damage to the unit. The [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Thursday March 20th, 2014, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received a call for an alarm at the Marathon Center Mall. Officers attended the area and located a male exiting the rear of the building from an access door to the Marathon Drug Associates. Joseph [Read more]
HORNEPAYNE, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Hornepayne Detachment began investigating a complaint of sexual assault on March 17, 2014. The assault was reported to have occurred during the early hours of March 16 in a residence in Hornepayne. March 19, 2014 the accused, 20 year old [Read more]
CHAPLEAU, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Chapleau Detachment is currently assisting Timmins Police Service, Sault Ste Marie Police Service and the Winnipeg Police Service with a fraudulent cheque investigation. A number of cheques of various denominations have been cashed on [Read more]
WHITE RIVER, ON – March 12, 2014 at 11:50 pm officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East White River Detachment were advised of a traffic complaint concerning a slow moving vehicle on Highway 17 just west of White River. A black Cadillac was observed driving well below the [Read more]
Ontario is introducing legislation today to help reduce collisions, injuries and fatalities on the province’s roads and highways and keep them among the safest in North America. If passed, the proposed Keeping Ontario’s Roads Safe Act and supporting amendments to the Highway Traffic Act [Read more]
CHAPLEAU, ON – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau Drug Enforcement Unit and the Provincial Asset and Forfeiture Unit along with assistance of a North East Region Canine Unit and members of the Ontario Provincial Police Chapleau detachment have charged [Read more]
ORILLIA, ON – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Commissioner Chris Lewis and Chief Constable Jim Chu, President of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) released the following statements recently (Jan 27 & 22, 2014 respectively) outlining their positions in support of [Read more]
