Posts Tagged ‘motorists’

Wawa OPP : Traffic Delays Possible Monday Dec. 5

Wawa OPP : Traffic Delays Possible Monday Dec. 5

OPP Advise Motorists to Prepare and Be Patient WAWA, ON – The Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is warning area motorists to be aware of potential traffic delays during their travels on Highway 17 near the Pinewood Drive entrance south of the town of Wawa, Monday, December 5, [Read more]

Special Weather Statement

Special Weather Statement

Special weather statement in effect for: Nipigon – Rossport Schreiber – Marathon  Pukaskwa Park – Wawa Snow has reached the Lakehead area near Thunder Bay and will continue to spread quickly east to remaining regions tonight as a strong Alberta Clipper approaches from the west. A [Read more]

Highway 17 – Pic River and Gravel River Bridges

Highway 17 – Pic River and Gravel River Bridges

THUNDER BAY, ON — The Ministry of Transportation advises the motoring public that the Pic River and Gravel River bridges on Highway 17, between White River and Nipigon, will remain reduced to single lane traffic this winter.   A temporary single lane modular bridge ‎will remain in place with [Read more]

Winter Storm Warning

Winter Storm Warning

THUNDER BAY, ON – The North West Region Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) want to remind motorists to be careful as the region braces for a winter storm.  Environment Canada has issued the following special weather statement for most of the Northwest Region. Snow associated with a weather [Read more]

NUMBER OF “MOVE OVER” CHARGES HIGHEST SINCE 2010=

NUMBER OF “MOVE OVER” CHARGES HIGHEST SINCE 2010=

From: OPP Highway Safety Division OPP ASKING MOTORISTS TO HELP KEEP POLICE AND OTHER ROADSIDE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL SAFE OVER LONG WEEKEND  ORILLIA, ON – After ten years of education efforts, which includes more than 11,000 charges on record since the law came into effect, the Ontario Provincial [Read more]

ATV CRASH INJURES MALE IN MARATHON

ATV CRASH INJURES MALE IN MARATHON

MARATHON, ON – Thursday June 26, 2014 approximately 07:50pm, officers from the Marathon detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call regarding a Motor Vehicle Collision (MVC) involving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and a motor vehicle. Superior North EMS and Marathon Fire [Read more]

OPP Report Two Road Fatalities Victoria Day Long Weekend

OPP Report Two Road Fatalities Victoria Day Long Weekend

From: OPP Highway Safety Division      ORILLIA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police’s (OPP) preliminary report indicates that two people died on OPP-patrolled roads over the Victoria Day Long Weekend. One man died in eastern Ontario when the farm tractor he was driving failed to [Read more]

MPP Michael Mantha : NWO Constituency Clinics, Notes from the Park, Taxes and Winter Road Conditions

MPP Michael Mantha : NWO Constituency Clinics, Notes from the Park, Taxes and Winter Road Conditions

This week marked another constituency week where I had the opportunity to tour the riding and offer clinics.  I visited several communities in the northwestern part of the riding and heard many of your concerns.  Unfortunately things are not improving for many families.  Affordability continues [Read more]

OPP FIRST IN ONTARIO TO TARGET SUSPENDED DRIVERS THROUGH ENHANCED LICENCE PLATE RECOGNITION PROGRAM

OPP FIRST IN ONTARIO TO TARGET SUSPENDED DRIVERS THROUGH ENHANCED LICENCE PLATE RECOGNITION PROGRAM

Expect to See More Eyes on the Road and Fewer Suspended Drivers Says OPP      ORILLIA, ON – Driving with a suspended licence is about to get much riskier for  drivers as the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) become the first police service in Ontario and one of the first in Canada to target [Read more]

OPP Reminds Motorists To Watch For Students #Back2School

OPP Reminds Motorists To Watch For Students #Back2School

Once again it is time for students to head back to school and for motorists to be on the lookout for school buses and students. The detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) across the province are reminding everyone that school buses are back in service this week. The public is reminded [Read more]

WHITE OUT CONDITIONS RESULTS IN MULTIPLE VEHICLE COLLISION

WHITE OUT CONDITIONS RESULTS IN MULTIPLE VEHICLE COLLISION

NIPIGON, ON – Officers of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were busy overnight in response to a multiple vehicle collision.  On February 19, 2013, at 8:47 pm, officers were dispatched to Highway 11 in the area of Orient Bay following the report of a collision between [Read more]

State of Emergency in Wawa–Update—–Bell Services Restored

State of Emergency in Wawa–Update—–Bell Services Restored

WAWA, ON – Wednesday October 31, 2012 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment were notified by Bell Alliance that 911 services had been restored to Dubreuilville, Missanabie and Hawk Junction.  Since October 25 all three communities were without land line telephone [Read more]

MOVE OVER!

MOVE OVER!

 OPP URGES MOTORISTS TO OBEY “MOVE OVER” LAWS TO ENSURE SAFETY OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AURORA, ON – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers, other police service personnel, ambulance workers and firefighters will be out in force this holiday weekend keeping Ontario’s roads safe and [Read more]

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