Multiple reports of a car in a ditch on Highway 108. On June 7, 2024, shortly before 7:30 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a traffic complaint of a black SUV that was all over the road and tailgating on Highway 17 in the Township of the North Shore. The black SUV ...
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Thunder Bay OPP – Search underway for Overdue Canoeist in Quetico Provincial Park – UPDATE
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have located the body of a missing canoeist on Saganagons Lake. On June 9, 2024, just before 4:00 p.m., the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit located the body of the 25-year-old male from Indianapolis, Indiana, who had gone missing after a canoe capsized on Saganagons Lake in Quetico Provincial Park. The individual had been ...
Read More »Nipissing West OPP – Charges laid after single vehicle collision on Hwy 144
Police arrested and charged the driver with impaired driving charges after investigating a single motor vehicle collision. On June 6, 2024, shortly after 9:00 a.m., members from the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 144, Unincorporated Territory, north of the City of Greater Sudbury. No injuries were reported, ...
Read More »East Algoma OPP – Arrest made of person breaching release conditions
On May 31, 2024, at approximately 11:30 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested a person at a residence on Laprairie Crescent in relation to breaching release conditions. Police were called to the residence in relation to a male inside who was just released from jail, and on conditions not to be at that location or be around ...
Read More »East Algoma OPP – Arrest made after threats occurence
The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested and charged one person after a threats occurrence. On May 26, 2024, the complainant reported being threatened by a known lady. The lady attended the complainant’s apartment on Willoughby Road and threatened to cause physical harm to the complainant and a friend. The lady also threatened to burn down the apartment building. ...
Read More »Nipigon OPP aid at Red Rock’s 25th Annual Trout Derby
This weekend members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment along with Special Constables from the Thunder Bay Detachment attended the Township of Red Rock’s 25th Annual Trout Derby. There were 49 boats with 147 anglers participating. The winner of the big fish was Albert BRENNEN with an 18.4lb lake trout. Gilbert JEAN won the fishing trip, sponsored by ...
Read More »East Algoma OPP – Three Arrests make after robbery at residence
On May 30, 2024, shortly after 1:30 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance from the East Algoma OPP Crime Unit responded to a robbery at a residence in the 100 block of Youngfox Road in the Town of Blind River. Investigation determined a person known to the complainant knocked on ...
Read More »SSM OPP – Stolen pick-up from Sault Ste Marie located at local beach
On May 30, 2024, shortly after 8:00 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a stolen grey pick-up truck that was taken earlier on this morning from a residence in Sault Ste Marie. The owner had video footage of three individuals around the pick-up truck at approximately 4:00 a.m., before ...
Read More »SSM OPP – Impaired Charges Laid
On May 29, 2024, shortly after 11:30 p.m., members from the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Batchewana First Nation Police and the Anishinabek Police Services responded to a traffic complaint involving a silver SUV that was speeding with no vehicle lights on and traveling eastbound in the westbound lane on Highway 17 within the ...
Read More »Nipigon OPP – Multiple Charges Laid including Impaired
A motor vehicle collision in Rocky Bay First Nation has resulted in multiple charges including Impaired Operation. On June 2, 2024, at approximately 10:15 a.m., members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment were dispatched to a single motor vehicle collision in Rocky Bay First Nation. Nipigon OPP Members attended and located the motor vehicle. Officers spoke with the ...
Read More »ATV Safety Week
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reporting a considerable increase in ATV fatalities across Ontario in 2024 thus far, with more than half of the deceased found without a helmet. Nine people (eight drivers, one passenger) have died in OPP-investigated ATV incidents this year, compared to three drivers and one passenger at this time last year. With one third of ...
Read More »SSM OPP – Charges Laid as Two Pedestrians Suffer Severe Dog Bite Injuries
Two pedestrians suffered severe dog bites injuries at a residence on Neebish Road. On May 25, 2024, shortly after 5:00 p.m., Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance from Batchewana First Nation Police Service responded to an animal complaint on Neebish Road in Laird Township. Algoma Paramedic Services were on scene prior to police ...
Read More »South Porcupine OPP – Additional Charges Laid in Weapons-Related Investigation
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid additional charges in relation to a weapons-related investigation. On November 1, 2023, members of the South Porcupine OPP Detachment, North East Region Crime Unit, with assistance from the Emergency Response Team, OPP Tactics and Rescue Unit, Canine Unit, Critical Incident Command, Crisis Negotiators, OPP Aviation, and the Hate Crime Extremism Unit of the ...
Read More »South Porcupine OPP – Additional Charges Laid in Weapons-Related Investigation
Police have identified the deceased in a suspicious investigation, which is being treated as a firearm-related homicide, in Egan Township. On May 23, 2024, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) located a deceased person in a wooded area in Egan Township. The deceased has been identified as Marcel THOMA, 30 years old, of Petawawa. Police continue to make attempts ...
Read More »East Algoma OPP – Cattle Truck Driver & Off-Duty Officer avoid head on collision
A cattle tractor trailer driver and an off-duty OPP officer avoid head on collision with an oncoming tractor trailer on Highway 17 west of the Town of Bruce Mines. On April 29, 2024, shortly 5:30 p.m., an off-duty East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was operating their personal vehicle and travelling to work for a night shift in the ...
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