On February 18, 2023, shortly after 12:00 a.m., Mississauga First Nation Police Service with assistance from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motorized snow vehicle collision on Daryl Lake (north of Iron Bridge) within the Territory of Mississauga First Nation. The investigation determined, a snowmobile was travelling at a high rate of speed, lost control, made ...

On February 18, 2023, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Traffic Incident Management Enforcement unit was on patrol duties on Highway 17 in the Municipality of Huron Shores. Shortly after 10:00 a.m., police observed a westbound car travelling at a high rate of speed on Highway 17 between Trunk Road and McPhee Road west of Town of Thessalon. The officer attempted a ...

A driver was arrested after refusing to provide a breath sample. On February 15, 2023, shortly after 6:00 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to a red car in a ditch on Duff Road in the Plummer Additional Township. Police arrived a short time later and while speaking to the driver police ...

On February 15, 2023, at approximately 10:00 am officers from the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Anishinabek Police Service (APS) with assistance from Superior North Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Dorion/Hurkett Volunteer Fire Departments responded to a two-vehicle collision on the Wolf River Bridge, Highway 11&17, in Dorion Township. Initial investigation indicates two sport ...

The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind the public that there are many schemes being used to defraud the public and businesses. If you receive any unsolicited communication by any means asking for money to be given, be cautious and suspicious.   Emergency scams, sometimes called grandparent scams, involve fraudsters contacting seniors or family members claiming that ...

On February 5, 2023, shortly after 6:00 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to a disturbance at a local gar bar on Highway 17 in the community of Serpent River First Nation. Investigation determined an employee of the gas bar exited the business yelling at a customer with a knife in hand ...

On January 28, 2023, at approximately 10:27 a.m., members of the Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment, Terrace Bay Fire Services, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a report of a serious two-vehicle collision on Highway 17, west of the Steel River Bridge. The collision involved a passenger motor vehicle and a commercial motor vehicle (CMV). A 64-year-old individual ...

On January 26, 2023, shortly after 6:00 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to a possible impaired driver that drove their motor vehicle in a ditch on Highway 17 west of Cutler Avenue in the Town of Spanish. Police arrived on scene short time later and observed a silver mini van in ...

The victim in the hit and run collision last Friday has been identified. Alicia FAULKNER, 36 years-of-age from Sault Ste Marie was pronounced deceased at the scene after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 17. Investigation has revealed that there were two good Samaritans that stopped to assist at the scene and police are asking them to contact the OPP. ...

On January 21, 2023, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) closed Highway 17 in both directions near Bruce Mines to investigate a fatal hit and run collision that occurred the evening prior. Shortly after 1:30 a.m., a car travelling westbound on Highway 17 approached the closure and drove past a fully marked police vehicle with its emergency lights activated ...

On January 20, 2023, shortly after 9:30 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to a threat’s complaint at an apartment complex on West Street in the Town of Blind River. Investigation determined a tenant was outside the apartment complex walking their dog when the Site Property Manager began to take pictures of ...

On January 21, 2023, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a snowmobile theft from a residence on Hillside Drive South in Elliot Lake. The complainant reported their snowmobile stolen from a backyard sometime overnight. Police and witnesses continued to look around town and eventually located it parked at a residence on Hutchison Avenue. A male and female on ...

Members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a fatal hit and run collision involving a pedestrian. On January 20, 2023, shortly after 9:00 p.m., officers responded to a motor vehicle collision in which a pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle on Highway 17, near Green Bay Road and Boundary Road in ...

On January 18, 2023, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) arrested two people in relation to a break in at a residence on Mount Lake, north or Elliot Lake. On January 17, 2023, police received information from the complainant who reported a break-in to a house on Mount Lake and a Ski-doo floater coat was stolen. The break-in occurred during ...

A search warrant in the Town of Marathon has resulted in two individuals being arrested and charged with numerous offences. On January 17, 2023, at approximately 9:35 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) with the assistance of the Marathon OPP, executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) search warrant at a residence ...