On July 14, 2025, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a theft call at a business on Highway 17. Police are investigating a theft of explosives from Ontario Trap Rock Limited, located at 9630 Highway 17, in Bruce Mines. There is currently no immediate risk to public safety. The OPP is looking for any information relating to ...
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OPP – Stay Alert and Informed: Current Weather and Road Conditions
Due to widespread weather-related incidents, including flooding, forest fires, extreme heat, and hazardous driving conditions, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is urging the public to remain alert and informed by using the appropriate resources for timely updates. Please do not call 911 for road closures, weather updates, traffic conditions, or other non-emergency information. This ties up emergency lines and delays ...
Read More »Thunder Bay OPP – Arrest made in Shuniah Homicide Investigaion
The Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested and charged one person in connection with a homicide investigation in Shuniah. On Monday, July 14, 2025, shortly after 10:50 p.m., OPP officers responded to a residence on Blind Creek Drive, where one person was located deceased. One person was taken into custody. The deceased has been identified ...
Read More »Dryden OPP – CMV Driver Charged with Dangerous Operation after Collision closes highway
The Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has arrested and charged a driver following a single-commercial motor vehicle (CMV) collision that temporarily shut down Highway 17 in Dryden. On Tuesday, July 15, 2025, shortly after 10:00 a.m., Dryden OPP officers responded to a single-vehicle collision on Highway 17 between Johnston Road and Glengold Road, where a CMV trailer ...
Read More »Nipigon OPP – ATV Driver charged with Impaired
Members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) located and charged one individual with impaired operation. On July 4, 2025 at approximately 10:00 p.m. members of the Nipigon OPP were notified of a missing person, the person was somewhere on the rail bed driving an ATV (All Terrain Vehicle). At approximately 11:00 p.m. officers located the driver ...
Read More »Marathon OPP – 15 Charges Laid against Driver, Passenger & CMV Company Owner
On Sunday, July 13, 2025, officers conducted a traffic stop on a tractor trailer hauling a livestock trailer that was travelling southeast on Highway 17. During the stop, officers observed the driver and passenger attempting to switch seats. As a result of the investigation, an 18-year-old from Southgate Township, was charged with the following offences: Fail to surrender completed daily ...
Read More »OPP – Be Safe on Ontario’s Waterways
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding those using the province’s waterways this summer to stay safe. This weekend, a large number of marine incidents were reported across the province. OPP members from various detachments were called out to multiple incidents on OPP patrolled waterways, and police are urging the public to take measures to prevent tragedy. Boaters and paddlers ...
Read More »East Algoma OPP – Arrest made after Disturbance at a Hwy 129 Resort
A person was arrested after police were called to a resort on Highway 129. On July 12, 2025, at approximately 6:30 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called in relation to a disturbance between numerous people. Police spoke to the people involved and after investigation, one intoxicated person was arrested. Owen BOUDREAU, 23-years-old, from Sault Ste. Marie ...
Read More »Operation Safe Driver Week
Commercial vehicle safety will get special attention next week as the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and other road safety partners, take part in Operation Safe Driver Week. Led by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), the annual initiative will have the OPP and its partners conducting targeted enforcement among commercial and non-commercial ...
Read More »Sudbury OPP – Officers respond to Motorcycle Collision on Hwy 144 UPDATED
Jul 13, 2025 at 08:00 The driver of the motorcycle, a 66-year-old person from Val Caron, has succumbed to their injuries in the hospital. On Thursday July 3, 2025, at approximately 1:00 p.m., members from the Nipissing West (Sudbury) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a collision involving a motorcycle on ...
Read More »East Algoma OPP – Officers Lay 27th Impaired Drivng Charge
On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, at approximately 8:30 a.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint involving a red car travelling eastbound on Highway 17 within the Town of Thessalon. The vehicle was reported to be weaving in and out of traffic. While stopped in a construction zone, the driver ...
Read More »Nipigon OPP – Stunt Driving Charge Laid, 57km over
On July 5, 2025, at just before 11:00 a.m. members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment were on general patrol conducting radar enforcement on Highway 11-17 near Nipigon. Utilizing the Lidar speed measuring device the officer recorded the vehicle travelling at 147 km/hr., in a posted 90 km/hr zone. A traffic stop was conducted and a 23-year-old male ...
Read More »East Algoma OPP – Officers respond to ATV Collision
An All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) rollover north of Bruce Mines sent one youth to hospital on Saturday evening. On Saturday July 5, 2025, at approximately 5:30 p.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with the Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (T.I.M.E.) Team and a Technical Collision Investigator (TCI), responded to an ATV motor vehicle collision ...
Read More »Who Killed Jonus?
A reward is being offered in the hope of resolving the murder of Jonus Keegan PALMER that occurred four years ago. On Monday, July 5, 2021, at approximately 11:00 p.m., 24-year-old Jonus was shot and killed outside of a residence on Old Fort Road in Tay Township. Members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) ...
Read More »Sudbury OPP – Investigation continues into Hwy 144 Fatal Collision
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a two-motor vehicle collision, which resulted in the death of two people. On Saturday, July 5, 2025, at approximately 1:15 p.m., members from the Nipissing West (Sudbury) Detachment of the OPP, Fire Services and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a collision on Highway 144, Unincorporated Territory, just south of Cartier. Two people ...
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