On April 30, 2023, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a search warrant at a residence on McQuarrie Place in Elliot Lake and arrested a person again in relation to on-going harassment complaints. The complainant reported the neighbour taking pictures and video of them when he was on conditions not to. There is a long history of on-going ...

Members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment are investigating a death on the railway tracks near Pic Mobert First Nation. On May 3, 2023, at approximately 11:00 p.m., members of the Marathon OPP Detachment were dispatched to the scene where an individual was pronounced deceased by Algoma Emergency Medical Services (EMS) upon arrival. A 38-year-old resident of Pic ...

  The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is warning people about packages, containing a potentially lethal substance, that may have been sent to individuals at risk of self-harm in communities across Ontario. The packages contain sodium nitrite, which was being sold online and distributed by mail. If you or someone in your home has received a package from the businesses listed ...

C’est sous le thème « À plusieurs, nous sommes un » que les écoles du Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon célèbreront la Semaine de l’éducation catholique. Du 30 avril au 5 mai, les conseils catholiques de la province auront l’occasion de faire connaître davantage la valeur ajoutée de l’éducation catholique et l’excellence de nos écoles francophones.   C’est par l’entremise d’activités ...

Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon schools will celebrate Catholic Education Week under the theme “We Are Many, We Are One.” From April 30 to May 5, school boards across the province will promote the added value of a Catholic education and the overall excellence of Francophone Catholic schools.   Through various learning and identity-based activities, students and school staff will be ...

The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is asking for assistance with regards to a boat theft that occurred at a Hydro One property on Arseneault Road in Blind River between April 15 and April 20, 2023. The fence at the back of the property was cut and the boat was pulled off the trailer and through the fence. It ...

Members of the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a fatal motor vehicle collision which occurred on April 28, 2023, on Highway 17 east of the Town of Upsala. Officers along with Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Fire were dispatched to the motor vehicle collision involving two motor vehicles shortly before 2:30 p.m. on April ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Algoma Crime Unit is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a driver/owner of a vehicle that may have been travelling on Highway 17 in the Bruce Mines area on January 20, 2023. On that date, shortly after 9:00 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment responded to a fatal collision in which 36-year-old Alicia ...

On April 25, 2023, at approximately 6:20 p.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to the landfill site off Scott Road in Elliot Lake regarding a person trespassing. The complainant had reported a man was on the property collecting material and refusing to leave at closing time. The property manager and police spoke to the male at length, ...

On April 21, 2023, shortly before 3:00 a.m., members of the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting stationary radar on Highway 17 in Laird Township when they attempted to stop a motor vehicle traveling over the posted speed limit. The individual refused to stop for police and fled the scene. Police did not pursue ...

On April 22, 2023, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol duties in the City of Elliot Lake Shortly after 11:30 p.m., police were alerted by the Automatic Licence Plate Recognition reader in the officer’s cruiser of an unlicensed driver associated to a red pick-up truck. A traffic stop was initiated as the ...

On April 23, 2023, shortly after 11:30 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a pick-up truck in a ditch on Pipeline Road in the City of Elliot Lake. Police attended the area and located the pick-up truck with the driver inside. As the officer was speaking to the driver, it was determined ...

On April 22, 2023, shortly after 1:30 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of a person driving a car while suspended on Algoma Street in the Town of Thessalon. A short time later, police located the car travelling northbound on Main Street and pulled into the parking lot ...

Members of the Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment have arrested and charged one individual with impaired operation. On April 20, 2023, shortly after 3:30 a.m., members of the Manitouwadge OPP Detachment responded to a traffic complaint of a single motor vehicle collision on Manitou Road in the Town of Manitouwadge. Through investigation, it was determined that the driver of ...

Members of the Nipigon and Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachments are reminding residents to be conscious of increased bear activity during the spring months. April is the beginning of bear season and with it comes an increase in bear sightings in urban areas. As bears wake up after a winter of hibernation, they are faced with a scarcity of ...