SCHREIBER OPP INVESTIGATE COLLISION NIPIGON, ON –During the weekend of January 21 to January 23, 2011 Nipigon and Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 24 calls for service and issued numerous Provincial Offence Notices. Officers investigated seven motor [Read more]
Halloween – Play Safe Members of your local OPP detachment are reminding drivers to take extra care on Sunday evening as the streets will be filled with ghosts and goblins. Police are also reminding the kids and parents of a few safety tips to consider: Wear bright or [Read more]
From the Editor: Though this unfortunate incident took place in Greenstone, it could just as easily have happened in Manitouwadge (I don’t know how the under-age alcohol consumption problem is in other Northshore communities); part of what makes it very difficult for those parents [Read more]
FROM/DE: Rainy River District OPP DATE: September 10, 2010 First Aid Kit Telephone Scam (Fort Frances, ON) The Rainy River District OPP is warning of a telephone scam targeting Northwestern Ontario workplaces and retailers. The fraud has been [Read more]
Man struck by train The night of September 8th OPP were called to the CP Rail tracks in the area of Tunnel Island just before 7:00 PM. The conductor of the train reported that they had struck a male subject on the tracks. Officers attended and found a male subject had been killed as a [Read more]
FROM/DE: Ontario Provincial Police-Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau. DATE: September 07, 2010 Police Lay Proceeds of Crime/Money Laundering Charges in Relation to Drug and Money Seizure (Thunder Bay) On the 1st of December 2009 members of the Combined Forces Organized Crime Unit [Read more]
FROM/DE: SUPERIOR EAST OPP DATE: September 7, 2010. ULTRA-LIGHT PLANE CRASH – NO INJURIES (HORNEPAYNE, ON.) – On Monday September 6, 2010 at approximately 10:05 am a small Ultra Light Kitfox Model 1V aircraft was enroute from Carey Lake to KABI LAKE in FARQUAR TWP just east [Read more]
FROM/DE: SUPERIOR EAST OPP DATE: September 2, 2010 TWO SUBJECTS APPREHENDED RE RECOVERED VEHICLE (WAWA, ON) – Superior East OPP in Wawa are advising the public that a male and female subject have been apprehended regarding to a recovered stolen vehicle. The OPP assisted Wawa [Read more]
FROM/DE: SUPERIOR EAST OPP DATE: September 1, 2010 CONSTRUCTION BLAST CAUSES DAMAGE (HORNEPAYNE, ON.) – On September 1, 2010 at approximately 10:30 am Superior East OPP in HORNEPAYNE were dispatched to a scheduled construction blast at the corner of Third and Front [Read more]
FROM/DE: Nipigon Detachment DATE: September 3, 2010 GRANDPARENT SCAM ONGOING (NIPIGON, ON.) –Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have received numerous calls from United States residents asking for information about a relative being held in [Read more]
From:Superior East OPP POLICE SEARCHING FOR TWO SUBJECTS RE RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLE (WAWA, ON.) – Superior East OPP in Wawa are presently searching the area just south of Wawa near Highway 17 & Pinewood Drive for two subjects who fled the scene when police discovered they were driving a [Read more]
FROM/DE: Ontario Provincial Police-Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Drug Enforcement Unit Sept 1, 2010 Police Take Down Marihuana Grow Operation in Oliver Paipoonge Township (Thunder Bay, ON) On September 1st, 2010 Drug Enforcement Unit officers executed a Controlled Drug and [Read more]
ONTARIO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, PREMIER, NEW SAFETY MINISTER WELCOME NEW OPP COMMISSIONER AT CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY (ORILLIA, ON) – Tuesday, August 31st, hundreds gathered at the Denison Armoury in Toronto to witness a historical Change of Command ceremony that saw Commissioner (Retired) [Read more]
From: Ontario ProvincialPolice OPP Remind Motorists of Back to School Safety Another summer is coming to an end and students are heading back to school. The Ontario Provincial Police reminds all members of the community that we all play a role in helping keep our kids safe. The OPP suggests [Read more]
FROM/DE: Highway Safety Division DATE: August 31,010 OPP Stepping up enforcement for this labour day weekend As the hot days of summer draw to a close and people prepare to celebrate the final long weekend of the season, the Ontario [Read more]
