FROM: Nipigon Detachment DATE: June 16, 2011 TERRACE BAY, ON – June 16, 2011 at 7:40 a.m. Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call of damage to the Terrace Bay Lighthouse, located at Simcoe [Read more]
May 27, 2011 ORILLIA, ON/CNW/ – At a ceremony at Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) General Headquarters in Orillia today, Commissioner Chris Lewis accepted the delivery of two Eurocopter EC135 helicopters, which replace the OPP’s aging fleet of Twin Star helicopters acquired in 1991. [Read more]
FROM/DE: MARATHON / MANITOUWADGE DETACHMENT DATE: May 24, 2011 MARATHON, ON – The Marathon OPP has a number of unclaimed bicycles and other property in storage. NOTICE is being given to area residents that these items will be turned over to the Marathon Police Services [Read more]
Community Bear Program Helping us be there for children of tragic circumstance If there are truly those who can be called innocent victims, it is the children who fall victim to tragic circumstance such as personal injury, traffic collisions and criminal acts including family violence and sexual [Read more]
THE WEEK IN POLICING MARATHON, ON – Calls for Service: 77 Traffic: 19 Criminal Charges: 2 R.I.D.E. Checks: 11 Resuls of R.I.D.E.: 482 vehicles checked: 1 HTA warning 1 CAIA warning 1 Roadside Screening device [Read more]
FROM/DE: Greenstone OPP DATE: May 4, 2011 NAKINA, ON – On April 29, 2011, the Ontario Provincial Police Greenstone Detachment received a report about a robbery that had taken place in [Read more]
MARATHON ON –On Saturday April 30, 2011, at 3:15am, Marathon Ontario Provincial Police officers were dispatched regarding possible persons drinking inside a motor vehicle in the town of Marathon. The officers located the vehicle driving on Hemlo Drive and conducted a traffic stop on the [Read more]
MARATHON, ON- The Ontario Provincial Police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) are warning the public about a “tax refund scam” that is becoming more prevalent across Canada. Crooks target their victims by e-mail or phone, posing as “Canada Revenue Agency” claiming that your tax [Read more]
ORILLIA, ON – On July 1, 2011, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be acquiring the services of Ontario Impound Facility Operators (IFC) to provide towing services under a new Vehicle Impoundment Program (VIP) authority. The OPP will be tendering these services out through a Request for [Read more]
EARLY MORNING IMPAIRED DRIVER ARRESTED NIPIGON, ON–During the weekend of April 29 to May 1, 2011 Nipigon and Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 32 calls for service and issued 39 Provincial Offence Notices. Police conducted 3 R.I.D.E. checks. Nipigon OPP charged one driver [Read more]
FROM/DE: Greenstone OPP DATE: April 28, 2011 Geraldton, ON – April 23, 2011, Ontario Provincial Police Greenstone Detachment was called to a disturbance at hotel in Geraldton. While on route officers learned [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –On April 16, 2011 the Marathon / Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a search warrant under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act at a residence on Flicker Avenue in Manitouwadge. As a result of the warrant a quantity of marijuana with an estimated street value [Read more]
FROM/DE: Nipigon Detachment DATE: April 18, 2011 MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION CLOSES HIGHWAY NIPIGON, ON –During the weekend of April 15 to April 17, 2011 Nipigon/Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to forty four [Read more]
Release: 16 April 2011 Re: Hwy #17 OPEN – TERRACE BAY – WHITE RIVER Thunder Bay, ON – Hwy # 17 is OPEN between Terrace Bay and White River to both directions of traffic. The Ontario Provincial Police would like to remind [Read more]
Geraldton, ON – On the April 11, 2011 members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment and the North West Region Forensic Identification Unit investigated a break and enter at the Get In Gear/ Sears outlet in the Town of Geraldton. Various electronic equipment and Canadian [Read more]
