Author Archives: OPP

Summer’s Here – Wear your Safety Gear!

Jun 25, 2025 at 21:09 As Ontario residents and visitors make their Canada Day plans and look forward to the summer ahead, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be ramping up enforcement and education around safety equipment that plays a critical role in saving lives on roads, trails and waterways. On the Road Over the last three full years (2022-2024), ...

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Severe Weather closes Hwy 17 (Bonfield to Mattawa) Sunday

June 22, 7:43 p.m. Hwy17 has now fully reopened, and all individuals have been safely evacuated from the provincial parks in the area. The #OPP thanks the public for their patience and cooperation. June 22, 6:45 p.m. OPP units continue evacuations at Kiosk Provincial Park. At this time there are no new reported injuries during today’s effort. There is significant ...

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Nipigon OPP – Driver Charged with Stunting

On June 19th, 2025, at approximately 9:39 a.m., a complaint was received that a vehicle had not stopped for a flagger at a construction zone on Highway 17 west of Marathon, ON At approximately 11:30 am at Highway 11-17 in the investigation, the driver’s licence has been suspended for 30-days and their vehicle impounded for 14-days. A 78-year-old, from Brampton, ...

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East Algoma Opp Investigate Motor Vehicle Collision Involving School Bus

On Thursday, June 19, 2025, at approximately 8:30 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Algoma Paramedic Services responded to a motor vehicle collision involving a school bus and a commercial motor vehicle at the intersection of Causley Street and Hanes Avenue in the Town of Blind River. At the time of the incident, the ...

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East Algoma OPP – Impaired Charges laid after driver found asleep in vehicle

On Sunday, June 15, 2025, at approximately 6:00 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint involving a driver asleep at the wheel of a white car parked on Eldorado Road in Town of Blind River. Upon arrival, officers discovered the driver slouched over in the driver’s seat with the ...

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East Algoma OPP – Investigation continues into Fatal Structure Fire

One person located deceased in a structure fire, in the Town of Blind River. On Sunday June 15, 2025, at approximately 1:00 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance from the Blind River Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Queen Street. The identity of the deceased has not been confirmed at ...

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East Algoma OPP – Drug Warrant Executed, Arrests Made

On June 12, 2025, at approximately 6:45 p.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a Controlled Dugs and Substances Act (CDSA) warrant at a residence on Amsterdam Road in Elliot Lake. As a result of the warrant being executed, approximately 186 grams of suspected cocaine, approximately 11 grams of suspected crack (approximate street value of drugs – almost $20,000), digital ...

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SE OPP Wawa – Charges Laid in December 2023 Infant Death

Police have arrested and charged two individuals in relation to an infant death that occurred one and a half years ago. On Saturday, December 2, 2023, at approximately 7:00 p.m., the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was called to a hospital in Wawa where an infant was brought in by family members with no vital signs. ...

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East Algoma OPP – Driver Charged with Impaired

On Sunday, June 8, 2025, at approximately 1:00 a.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting patrols in the Town of Thessalon when they observed a black pickup truck travelling westbound at a high rate of speed on Lakeside Drive. A traffic stop was conducted on Highway 17 near Lakeside Drive. During the ...

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East Algoma OPP – Driver Charged with Impaired after Domestic Disturbance

On Sunday June 8, 2025, at approximately 2:45 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Algoma Paramedic Services responded to a domestic disturbance in the Town of Blind River. A couple were involved in a physical altercation that escalated outside, where one individual got behind the wheel of a vehicle and intentionally struck the other, ...

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Nipigon OPP – Bike Safety Week ends with Motorcycle being Impounded

On June 7th, 2025 members of the Nipigon & Schreiber Detachments, Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (T.I.M.E.) unit & Emergency Response Team (E.R.T.) of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a traffic initiative focusing on motorcycle safety along Highway 11-17, between Nipigon & Schreiber. Most motorcyclists were compliant in wearing appropriate safety gear & travelling at proper speeds, although the ...

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Marathon OPP – Impaired Driver from SSM Charged

The Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged a driver with impaired operation-related charges . On June 6, 2025, at approximately 9:20 p.m., an officer of the Marathon OPP was travelling on Highway 17 in Pic Township. While on patrol, an officer observed a motor vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed, and a traffic stop was ...

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OPP investigate Sudden Death Pikangikum First Nation

Police have determined the cause of death in an ongoing investigation in Pikangikum First Nation and are requesting the public’s assistance. On Sunday, June 1, 2025, shortly after 10:00 p.m., members of the Red Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Pikangikum Peacekeepers and emergency medical services responded to an individual in medical distress on Big House Road. Tina ...

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SE OPP Wawa – Drug Warrant Executed, Arrent & Charges Laid

On June 4, 2025, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) warrant in Wawa. Police attended an apartment complex on Churchill Avenue and seized more than 30 grams of suspected cocaine (estimated street value exceeding $3000), more than 48 grams of suspected crystal methamphetamine (estimated street value exceeding $4800) more than 760 tablets of ...

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