Threats made to township employee and council members. On Friday, August 29, 2025, at approximately 10:30 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a complaint involving threats made via text message to the township’s building official and council members. The message originated from an individual on Copper Bay Road in Plummer Additional Township. The ...

A fourth individual has been arrested, extradited to Canada and charged in connection with a fatal residential fire investigation in Huron Shores. On Monday, February 6, 2023, at approximately 9:00 a.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Mississauga First Nation Police Service and the Huron Shores Fire Department responded to a suspicious fire involving ...

With Ontario residents and visitors taking to highways and roads for the last long weekend of the summer, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is counting on all road users to help ensure everyone makes it to and from their destinations safely. Despite OPP officers working 24/7 across the province to keep roads safe this year, drivers (and passengers) have contributed ...

Members of the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a fatal collision that occurred on Highway 17 in Dryden.   On Thursday, August 28, 2025, at approximately 10:15 a.m. officers responded to a single vehicle collision involving two female occupants. Emergency Medical Services transported both individuals to hospital. The driver was pronounced deceased while the passenger sustained ...

The East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has made an arrest following an early-morning call. On August 27, 2025, at approximately 3:45 a.m., officers responded to a residence on Jacques Street in the Town of Blind River after the homeowners reported finding an unknown individual sleeping on their couch. Police arrived a short time later and arrested ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is set to conduct patrols for Labour Day Long Weekend (Friday August 29, 2025 – Monday September 1, 2025). The OPP will be taking a combined approach of education and focused enforcement during the initiative. Officers will increase public compliance with traffic laws relating to the “Big Four” causal factors in motor vehicle collision fatalities, ...

A driver was arrested and charged after vehicle stop on Highway 17, North Shore Township.   On August 24, 2025, at approximately 5:00 p.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a possible impaired driver complaint. Information was that of a black Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) swerving between lanes and very inconsistent speeds. The black SUV was located and stopped by ...

Driver charged after traffic complaint on Beckett Boulevard.   On August 24, 2025, at approximately 11:00 p.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call of a red car operating with no plates. Police arrived on scene a short time afterwards and the car was located. The driver was spoken to and subsequently charged. Shane DAVIS, 47-years-old, of Elliot ...

Highway 17 has now fully reopened in both directions following a serious collision that occurred early this morning near Heron Bay Road, outside of Marathon. The collision involved a transport truck, an SUV, and a pickup truck, and resulted in one male being transported to hospital with serious injuries. The highway had been closed for several hours to allow for ...

On August 17th, 2025 at approximately 7:00 p.m., officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a stunt driving incident involving two motor vehicles doing donuts & burn outs along Kam Current Road, approximately 1-2 kilometers from Highway 589. The Thunder Bay OPP is seeking the publics assistance in locating the vehicle(s) & ...

On August 16th, 2025 at approximately 12:36 p.m., an officer from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on general patrol along Highway 130, within the Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge, when the officer observed a motor vehicle that had driven into the ditch. The officer stopped to provide assistance & as a result of the investigation, ...

On August 17th, 2025 at approximately 1:37 p.m., officers from the Thunder Bay Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to the Pigeon River Border, along Highway 61, for a possible impaired driver crossing into Canada from the United States. As a result of the investigation & assistance by the Pigeon River Canadian Border Services Agency, it was ...

Police arrested a man in Elliot Lake after a reported sexual assault.  On August 10, 2025, at approximately 11:15 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called regarding a sexual assault that occurred in a park area adjacent to Ste Camillus Crescent. Earlier that morning, a person was approached by an older male with a cane, who offered ...

UPDATE (6:35 p.m.): Highway 11 has reopened near Moonbeam following a collision investigation. <divider> UPDATE (1:45 p.m.): Highway 11 remains closed due to a fatal two-vehicle collision involving a tractor-trailer and an ATV. As a result of the incident, four individuals were pronounced deceased at the scene. Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage from the ...

A Saskatchewan driver is facing multiple charges following an attempt to flee from police. On August 4, 2025, at approximately 11:24 a.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon Detachment responded to multiple calls of a driver in a pick-up truck driving erratically and in an unsafe manner eastbound on Highway 17. OPP officers located and attempted to pull ...