GREENSTONE, ON – July 10, 2015, the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report regarding a break and enter to a trailer at a base camp at O’Sullivan Lake in the Municipality of Greenstone. Multiple items within the trailer were stolen: Boating [Read more]
KENOGAMISSI LAKE, ON – July 4, 2015 at around 2:45 p.m., South Porcupine Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers responded to the report of a found human skull that was located on an embankment in MacKeown Township in the Kenogamissi Lake area. The OPP North East Region Crime Unit, under [Read more]
CHAPLEAU, ON – Saturday July 4, 2015, officers from the Superior East Chapleau Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting R.I.D.E. checks at the intersection of Highway 101 and Highway 129 in the Chapleau Township. At approximately 4:50 p.m., a white pickup truck [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – On June 27, 2015 at approximately 10:38pm, a member of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Greenstone Detachment conducted a traffic stop for speeding on Highway 11 in the area of Hardrock Road, Municipality of Greenstone, District of Thunder Bay. The subsequent police [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]
WHITE RIVER, ON – On Saturday June 27, 2015, at approximately 11:07 p.m. officers from the Superior East White River Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) had occasion to stop a pick up truck at a R.I.D.E. check on Highway 17 in the Township of White River. Investigation revealed [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Tuesday June 16, 2015 approximately 06:00am, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment were advised of a motor vehicle collision involving two motor vehicles on Highway 17 near the Black River Bridge approximately 15 km east of Marathon ON. A [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –On June 14, 2015, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received information regarding several thefts from parked motor vehicles during the night of June 13th. Several Marathon residences in the Penn Lake area on Pinewood, Chisholm and Godfrey reported that [Read more]
Road Opened to One Lane Highway 17 West of Black River Bridge CLICK HERE for original notice. Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Closure: Highway: Highway 17 Location: Highway 17 west of Black River Bridge – Brief Description of Event: [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Monday June 15, 2015, at approximately 12:10 a.m. officers from the Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) had occasion to stop a grey pick up truck for speeding on Highway 17 near the junction of Highway 101 in the McMurray Township. Investigation [Read more]
Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Opening: Location: Hwy 17, 3.3 km east of Hwy 614 Re-Opened: East bound lane re-opened at 1615 hrs. alternating east/west traffic tthrough. Please do not call O.P.P. Provincial Communication Centres for road [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – June 8, 2015 the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a residential break and enter in progress in the community of Geraldton. Police arrived on scene within moments and were able to arrest one assailant at the scene. After a brief [Read more]
LONGLAC, ON – The 17th of May, 2015, the Ontario Provincial Police received a call in regards to a Mischief and Theft that occurred in a local residential apartment complex. The Mischief and Theft is thought to have happened between May 10 – 16, 2015. The unknown suspect(s) entered into a [Read more]
WAWA, ON – On Saturday June 6, 2015 at 10:15 am, members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a single motor vehicle rollover on Highway 631 in the Cooper Township. Officers attended the scene and confirmed there was one fatality. The driver, [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Sunday May 31, 2015, members of the Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised of a theft of an all terrain vehicle taken from a rest area located on Highway 17 in the Township of Menzies. Police were advised that the theft took place between [Read more]
