Posts Tagged ‘northern ontario news’
Written by ManitouwadgeMarathon OPP on 19 August 2013
MARATHON ON – Saturday August 3 2013, blueberry pickers came across a vehicle parked in a remote area located just off Highway 17 in McCron Township between White River and Marathon ON. They observed a deceased male in the vehicle and immediately contacted police. The male has been identified as [Read more]
Written by Greenstone OPP on 19 August 2013
GREENSTONE, ON – Over the past several days, Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has been reminding residents to take their personal property out of their vehicles and lock them even when they are parked in their own driveways. Over the course of the past five days, Greenstone OPP has had [Read more]
Written by Nipigon Detachment OPP on 06 August 2013
NIPIGON, ON – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment stopped an east bound Jeep Grand Cherokee on Hwy 17 in Corrigal Township for speeding, on August 3rd at 9:43 a.m… The male driver of the vehicle was breaching a recognizance of bail and subsequently arrested. Further [Read more]
Written by ManitouwadgeMarathon OPP on 06 August 2013
-UPDATE- All Suspects in Custody MARATHON, ON – Monday August 5, 2013 at approximately 3:55pm a vehicle traveling westbound on Highway 17 in Bomby Township at a high rate of speed was observed by police. The emergency lights were activated by police and a vehicle stop was initiated. The vehicle [Read more]
Written by ManitouwadgeMarathon OPP on 05 August 2013
MARATHON, ON – Saturday August 3, 2013, blueberry pickers came across a vehicle parked in a remote area located just off Highway 17 in McCron Township between White River and Marathon Ontario. They observed a deceased male in the vehicle and immediately contacted police. Officers from the [Read more]
Written by ManitouwadgeMarathon OPP on 24 July 2013
MARATHON, ON – Tuesday July 23 2013, sometime before 9:00 am, an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) was westbound on Wabikoba Lake Road with a lone male occupant. The driver veered to avoid a falling tree and lost control of the ATV. The driver sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at [Read more]
Written by Nipigon Detachment OPP on 17 July 2013
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]
Written by Schreiber OPP Detachment on 17 July 2013
TERRACE BAY, ON – July 16, 2013, shortly after 8:00 am, officers of the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Terrace Bay Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Terrace Bay Fire Department responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision involving one tractor trailer [Read more]
Written by Nipigon Detachment OPP on 01 April 2013
NIPIGON, ON – Officers of the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are currently investigating reports of break, enter, and thefts that occurred at Catlonite Road, Unincorporated Territory, north of Terrace Bay, Ontario. Sometime between March 15 and March 17, 2013 an [Read more]
Written by Greenstone OPP on 26 March 2013
GERALDTON, ON –The Post Mortem examination of Erik LEGARDE was completed on March 26, 2013 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center. At this point in time the Ontario Provincial Police do not suspect foul play in the death of Erik LEGARDE. _________________________________ RELATED [Read more]
Written by ManitouwadgeMarathon OPP on 26 March 2013
MARATHON ON – Friday March 22, 2013 at approximately 6:45 pm, an officer from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment stopped a Pontiac Sunfire at a R.I.D.E program. The officer became suspicious of the driver and upon further questioning arrested the driver for possession of [Read more]
Written by ManitouwadgeMarathon OPP on 25 March 2013
MARATHON ON – Saturday March 16, 2013 at approximately 10:00 pm, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment observed a grey Toyota Tundra being operated in an erratic manner on Stevens Avenue in the Town of Marathon. Police stopped the vehicle and while speaking to [Read more]
Written by ManitouwadgeMarathon OPP on 23 March 2013
MARATHON ON – Saturday March 23, 2013 at approximately 11:15 am, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment were dispatched to a 9-1-1 call to a residence in Marathon. When officers attended the residence they were informed that there had been an altercation between [Read more]
Written by admin on 17 February 2013
SCIENCE CENTRE STAFF AND VISITORS MOURN STRIPED SKUNK SUDBURY, ON — Science North staff and visitors are mourning the loss of a great ambassador animal. Thursday morning (feb.14,2013), Rosy the striped skunk on Science North’s third level, was found dead in her habitat. A necropsy will be [Read more]
Written by Thunder Bay District CrimeStoppers on 22 January 2013
Crime Stoppers and the Greenstone OPP are asking for your help in solving a Break & Enter that occurred at a vacant outpost camp on Upper Laponen Lake. Sometime between September 19th and November 19th 2012 some unknown persons went into the Mackay Lake Camps and stole approximately $2500.00 [Read more]