WAWA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment is currently investigating a series of mischiefs committed throughout the community overnight on October 11, 2014. Suspects approached resident property then continuously knocked on the doors before running away. The [Read more]
WAWA, ON – At approximately 8:38 pm on September 27, 2014 the Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single tractor trailer collision on Highway 17 just South of Wawa. OPP investigators have determined that an International Prostar tractor [Read more]
WAWA, ON – On Saturday September 27, 2014 The OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) and the Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) ended their search effort for missing person Gary MORETTIN (58) of Sault Ste Marie Ontario. It was decided to call [Read more]
WEST PARRY SOUND, ON – Northern Ontario is getting ready for cooler temperatures and wet weather conditions. The time has come for seasonal cottagers to make their properties ready for the winter. It’s important for property owners to take a few extra minutes to consider the tasks that they [Read more]
MARATHON OPP CONSTABLE EXPLAINS OPP ERT REMAINS IN MARATHON MARATHON, ON – OntarioNewsNorth.com interviewed Marathon OPP Detachment Constable Peter Burtin today for an update regarding the Ontario Provincial Police’s ongoing search for a suspect alleged to have been involved in a [Read more]
Reducing Impaired Boating Deaths WAWA, ON – Drinking and boating account for approximately 40% of boating related fatalities on Canadian waterways. To raise awareness and reduce alcohol related deaths, the Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC) and the OPP is launching year 2 of an initiative [Read more]
WAWA, ON – June 28, 2014 at 9:00 pm officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment were advised of a possible impaired driver attempting to exit private drive on McKinley Avenue. A red Chevrolet Monte Carlo had struck a parked vehicle twice and narrowly missed [Read more]
WAWA, ON – Sunday June 22, 2014 at 2:15 am the Wawa Ontario Provincial Police Detachment were advised that a male had been the victim of a robbery at the intersection of Magpie Road and Boyer Street in Wawa. While walking home alone the victim was thrown to the ground by five unidentified [Read more]
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]
WAWA, ON – April 13, 2014 at 12:30 am officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment were conducting RIDE checks at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway Avenue in the town of Wawa. A Dodge Ram pickup truck approached the check and investigation by [Read more]
WAWA, ON – December 22, 2013 just after 1:00 am the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment stopped a vehicle on Caverhill Street in Wawa. Based on the observations made by the investigating officer the driver was asked to provide a breath sample. The driver refused [Read more]
WAWA, ON – November 29, 2013 at 8:30 pm, the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 519 in the Dambrossio Township. Upon arrival the driver was removed from the motor vehicle by the OPP. Emergency Medical [Read more]
WAWA, ON – December 9, 2013 just after 10:30 pm the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa and White River Detachments were advised by a member of the public of a possible impaired driver on Highway 17 between the two communities. The vehicle, a 1997 Lincoln Town Car was located [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating the theft of a set of high performance tires and rims from Wawa’s Scrapyard. The OPP received the complaint on August 24 and it is believed the tires were stolen sometime between 4:00 pm on August 23 and [Read more]
WAWA, ON – The Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating the theft of a Detroit Red Wings jersey that occurred on August 11, 2013. The jersey was stolen from the Columbia Restaurant located on Broadway Ave in Wawa. The OPP received the complaint on August 16 [Read more]
