Police Agencies Working Together to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse WAWA, ON – When a physician prescribes medication for a patient, it is only intended for that person. But sometimes when prescriptions lie around unused or expired, they can end up in the hands of those they are not [Read more]
LONGLAC, ON – May 8, 2013, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Greenstone Detachment received a call from a concerned parent about possible drug use by her child. Police investigation revealed that two different adults had exchanged both marijuana and cash with the youth for prescription [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Tuesday April 9, 2013 at approximately 5:15 pm, an officer from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment observed a dark coloured Chevrolet Impala speeding on Highway 17 in Pic Township, east of Marathon. Police stopped the vehicle and while speaking to the [Read more]
Break and Enter and Theft under $5000 Crime Stoppers and the Manitouwadge OPP are asking for your help in solving the Theft of some Jewelry and prescription medication that occurred at a residence on Caribou Drive in the Townshipof Manitouwadge. Sometime between November 22nd 2012 and November 29th [Read more]
WHITE RIVER, ON – November 24, 2012 at 4:00 pm the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) White River Detachment officers were advised that there was a disturbance on a Greyhound Bus that was traveling North bound on Highway 17 towards White River. The bus driver indicated that a male passenger had [Read more]
The Canada Safety Council’s National Senior Safety Week is November 6 – 12. Many older Canadians are on multiple medications to treat a wide spectrum of ailments and improve quality of life. But without taking proper precautions, these life-saving and life-improving drugs can cause [Read more]
