On September 28, 2024, the North East Region Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Snowmobile, All Terrain Vehicle and Vessel Enforcement (S.A.V.E.) Team were called to assist a vessel-in-distress on Lake Nipissing that was carrying two occupants. Fortunately, the occupants were safe upon police arrival and the water filled vessel was towed to shore. Weather, Water and Wave conditions quickly change during ...

On October 6, 2024, at approximately 8:00 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) vehicle crash approximately ten kilometers south of Elliot Lake. A small northbound Sport-Utility Vehicle (SUV) failed to negotiate a curve and collided with the guard rails, causing air bags to deploy. Algoma Paramedic Services were on scene and assessed the driver. Police also spoke to the driver who ...

One person is facing criminal charges after an incident involving a firearm in Hornepayne. On October 1, 2024 at approximately 8:24 p.m., the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a weapons call at a business on Becker Road. Witnesses reported an individual attending the business with a firearm. As a result of the investigation, John FORT, 45 years-of-age, ...

On October 1, 2024, the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an assist call on Beckett Boulevard in the City of Elliot Lake.  At approximately 8:00 p.m., police attended the residence and were met by an individual who was requesting a ride to southern Ontario. Investigation determined the individual had outstanding warrants and was subsequently ...

On September 28, 2024, at approximately 3:45 p.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision involving a black car in a ditch on Highway 17 near Garden Bay Road in Plummer Additional Township (east of the Town of Bruce Mines). While speaking to the driver police determined alcohol had been ...

On September 28th,2024 at approximately 8:47 p.m., officers from the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a report of a vehicle that had left the road and become stuck in the ditch. Investigation revealed that the driver had been consuming alcoholic beverages, the driver was placed under arrest & returned to the detachment for further ...

Oct 1, 2024 at 07:00 On September 26th, 2024, at approximately 10:14 a.m., members of the Ignace, Dryden, Shabaqua & Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachments along with the Fire & Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a report of a fatal collision involving one commercial motor vehicle (CMV) & one pedestrian along Highway 17, approximately 5 kilometers west ...

On September 28, 2024, at approximately 8:00 p.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received numerous complaints on Paris Drive about a female driving erratically in a small grey Sport-Utility Vehicle (SUV). The complainants also reported that the girl driving looked to be high on drugs and almost hit them. Police later located the SUV at a known residence on Tokyo ...

An investigation led by the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), with assistance from the Northwest Region OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), has resulted in charges against two individuals. On September 26, 2024, a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant was executed at a residence on Highway 628, in the town of Red Rock, a ...

On September 23, 2024, at approximately 9:00 p.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of a possible impaired driver operating a white SUV that was in the Town of Blind River. Another complaint advised that the impaired driver was travelling westbound on Highway 17 and may be driving home to Bruce ...

On September 21, 2024, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call for service at a residence on Sand Bay Road in Goulais River. While on route, police observed an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) approaching them with two occupants not wearing helmets and the driver holding a bottle of liquor. ...

In 2022, flashing amber-yellow school bus lights were introduced. This is to alert motorists that the bus is approaching a stop. It serves as a warning to drivers that the bus will soon stop. Motorists are to slow down, proceed with caution, and only stop if it is safe to do so. Once the bus comes to a complete stop, ...

The North East Region of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is proud to be joining forces with agencies across Canada and North America today for “Operation Clear Track”- the continent’s single largest rail-safety law-enforcement initiative. Coordinated by Amtrak, Operation Lifesaver Inc. and Operation Lifesaver Canada, Operation Clear Track aims to reduce railway crossing and trespassing incidents in Canada and the ...

On September 18, 2024, at approximately 3:15 p.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a weapons call involving an eastbound white SUV that had fired gunshots at another unknown vehicle on Highway 17 west of the Town of Iron Bridge. The shooting incident had occurred 45 minutes prior to 3:15 p.m., resulting in the white ...

On September 18, 2024, at approximately 3:00 p.m., the South Porcupine OPP responded to a collision on Highway 101, Keith Township, east of Foleyet, involving a passenger vehicle and a commercial motor vehicle.   One person, 38 years-old, of Chapleau was pronounced deceased at the scene and the driver of the second vehicle was transported by ambulance with life-threatening injuries. ...