MARATHON ON – On Highway 17 in the Marathon area over the previous week, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers have charged two drivers under the Highway Traffic Act for speeding 50km/hr over the posted speed limit. Drivers are reminded that driving speeds of 50km/hr over the posted speed [Read more]
Correction to age of accused FORT SEVERN, ON – The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS), assisted by members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) North East Region Crime Unit and North West Region Forensic Identification Services, under the direction of Detective Inspector Peter Loree of the [Read more]
WHITE RIVER, ON – Tuesday November 24, 2015, at approximately 10:55 a.m. officers from the Superior East White River Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on general patrols when they conducted a traffic stop on Paint Lake road in the Township of Dahl District of Algoma. [Read more]
C.O.W. – Arson THUNDER BAY, ON – The Thunder Bay Police Service and Thunder Bay District Crime Stoppers are looking for the public to help identify the person responsible for arson earlier this fall. The video below shows a male walking around the rear parking area of Tractor Trailer [Read more]
2015-10-24 RE-OPENED ROAD ADVISORY NOTIFICATION Marathon detachment Highway 17, 30 km west of Marathon re-opened at 20:35 hrs Please do not call O.P.P. Provincial Communication Centres for road advisory updates or road condition information. Visit the Ontario Ministry of Transportation website [Read more]
Greenstone OPP are asking for the public’s help in finding the person(s) responsible for a theft in Nakina. On August 25, 2015 at approximately 7:00 a.m. the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Greenstone Detachment officers were called to investigate a Break, Enter & Theft that occurred at [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On 12 August 2015 Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified of a Break and Enter at the Nipigon Canadian Tire Store. Staff members attended to find the building had been entered and property including electronics, ammunition, outdoor gear and cash had been [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to advise the public of the following temporary road closure on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Lakeshore Drive, at the east intersection of Highway 11/17 will be closed for approximately two hours [Read more]
TIMMINS, ON – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) have dismantled an organized crime group that was controlling illegal drug distribution in the Timmins area. Police have charged 25 individuals with numerous Criminal Code (CC) and Controlled [Read more]
NORTH BAY, ON – July 31, 2015 marks the ten year anniversary of a fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 17 at Mooze Miikan Road, Commanda Township, and claimed the lives of three people. At approximately 4:15 p.m. on July 31, 2005, a westbound 2005 Hyundai was forced to take [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Wednesday July 29, 2015 approximately 07:05pm, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon/Manitouwadge detachment were advised of a motor vehicle fire involving a tractor trailer on Highway 17 near Rouse Lake approximately 35km east of Marathon ON. An [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –On Tuesday July 28, 2015 approximately 06:45am, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment were advised of a motor vehicle collision involving two motor vehicles on Highway 17 approximately 40km West of Marathon ON. An eastbound motor vehicle, a [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Tuesday July 21, 2015, at approximately 2:00 pm members of the Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a theft incident at a local Wawa business. Police were advised that the theft had taken place earlier that day between the hours of 9:00 [Read more]
CHAPLEAU, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Detachments warn the public regarding nuisance black bears observed repeatedly in the local communities. The OPP continues to advise the public to be cautious when out in the evening and night time hours. There are still numerous [Read more]
BLIND RIVER, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) North East Region is pleased to announce that Staff Sergeant Yves Forget has been promoted to the rank of Inspector. On July 20, 2015, he assumed the Detachment Commander role for East Algoma OPP. Inspector Forget has been a member of the [Read more]
