RED ROCK, ON – On March 18, 2022 at approximately 11:00 am officers from the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Red Rock Fire Department responded to a structural house fire, on Red Rock Road #4, in the Township of Red Rock. The Ontario Fire Marshal’s [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On Sunday, November 26, 2017 at approximately 12:31 a.m., officers from the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an altercation at a residence in the town of Nipigon. Further investigation revealed that two people had been [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On Saturday March 18, 2017 at approximately 8:25 a.m. members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call of a single vehicle collision east of Nipigon at Highway 17, McAllister Township. Officers attended the scene and located a [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On February 6, 2017 at approximately 2:50 a.m. Officers of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a disabled vehicle interfering with traffic on Highway 17, Corrigal Township. Officers attended and determined the vehicle had run out [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) advise that Highway 11, 25 km north of 11/17 junction , has been closed due to a tractor trailer unit engulfed in flames. Estimated duration of road advisory is unknown at this time The O.P.P. will distribute [Read more]
FROM THE EDITOR: Though this release is from the Nipigon OPP Detachment, other detachments across the region issued similar releases regarding bear complaints including Greenstone OPP. As is the case during the summer months, bear complaints are on the rise in the towns of Nipigon, Red Rock, [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – January 13, 2015 at approximately 12:00pm EST, officers of the Nipigon and Schreiber Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a train derailment approximately 45kms east of Nipigon. Subsequent investigation has determined that several of the [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Closure: Highway 17 East of Nipigon from the Hwy#11/17 junction to Gravel River due to a Train Derailment. The estimated duration of Road Advisory is unknown at this time. Detour (if [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON –Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment, with the assistance of the North West Region Crime Unit are investigating a domestic incident involving a 17-year-old victim. The incident occurred during the evening hours on October 23, 2014 at a residence in the [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]
NIPIGON, ON – July 23, 2013 at 3:10 p.m. members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended the scene of a motor vehicle collision at Highway 11/17, Red Rock Road 9 west of Nipigon. Three motor vehicles and two cyclists were involved in the collision. A group of [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON –On Saturday October 26, 2013 at 7:20 p.m. members of the Nipigon detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) attended Highway 11, Township of Ledger approximately 25 km North of Nipigon, for a single motor vehicle collision. The driver of a pickup truck attempted to overtake [Read more]
NIPIGON OPP CHARGE YOUTH WITH DRUG OFFENCES NIPIGON, ON –Officers with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment have charged three youth in relation to a recent drug trafficking investigation. September 27, 2013 officers with the Nipigon OPP Detachment attended the Nipigon-Red [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged one male and will charge two other males after Nipigon OPP officers executed a search warrant at a residence in Nipigon On, on Sepetmeber 4th 2013. Officers seized 579 grams of Marihuana, 31 Percocet pills, and over $27,000 [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – July 9, 2013 at 12:10 p.m. members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon detachment received a call of a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17, Township of Corrigal. The driver of an east bound motor vehicle, a Volvo automobile, lost control causing the vehicle [Read more]
