On December 7, 2021 at 10:40 a.m., members from the Nipissing West (Sudbury) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle in the ditch about, three-kilometres south of Half Way Lake Provincial Park on Highway 144, Usler Township, in the District of Sudbury. The 2017 silver Dodge Ram was southbound on highway, before driving into the ...

On December 4, 2021, at approximately 9:45 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call regarding a person entering their vehicle earlier that night and stealing money from it on Hergott Avenue in Elliot Lake. The complainant reported viewing their residential video surveillance which showed a person enter their property and gain entry into their vehicle. There was ...

On November 28, 2021, at approximately 1:15 p.m., members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a robbery occurrence near Woodward Avenue in Blind River. The complainant had reported that a person known to them grabbed a bag off their shoulder while walking. When the person knew police were called, the bag was dropped and the person ...

On December 2, 2021 at approximately 7:53 p.m. the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint of a vehicle all over the road on Highway 6, Baldwin Township. Officers were able to locate the vehicle in the Town of Espanola. During the investigation officers conducted a Standard Field Sobriety Test (SFST) in which the ...

On December 4, 2021 at approximately 7:17 p.m. the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the United Counsel of Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin Police Service (UCCM) with assistance of the Sudbury-Manitoulin Paramedic Services responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Campbell Line Road in Central Manitoulin Township. A single motor vehicle with lone driver left ...

On November 26, 2021, at 3 a.m., members of the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Superior North EMS responded to a report of a body located near a vehicle on Highway 17 in Fallis Township. Ornge Air ambulance was dispatched to the scene however the victim was pronounced deceased. The body was transported to ...

On November 24, 2021 at 8:18 a.m. the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Sudbury-Manitoulin Paramedic Services responded to a report of a two vehicle collision involving a school bus on Emery Road in  Gordon Township. The passenger vehicle and the school bus were travelling in opposite directions. As the vehicles navigated a curve, both resulted in ...

The Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has now laid an additional charge in connection with a January 21, 2021 shooting incident on Albert Street in Espanola, in which one person was injured.   On November 23, 2021 Kerri Lyn DUHAIME, age 40 of Espanola, was charged with Robbery Using Firearm, contrary to section 344(1)(a.1) of the Criminal ...

The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind the motoring public to practice safe winter driving habits. Snow and freezing temperatures will create hazardous driving conditions. Motorists are reminded to completely clear the snow off their vehicles and to ensure visibility in all directions before heading out onto the roadway. A buildup of snow on your vehicle ...

On Saturday, February 13, 2021, approximately 07:21 pm, officers of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision (MVC), involving a pickup truck and tractor-trailer unit (TTU) on Highway 17, approximately 30km west of Marathon near the Little Pic River Bridge. Officers arrived on the scene to find a blue TTU in ...

On November 19, 2021 at approximately 2:15 p.m., officers from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a fire at a vacant building on Lisbon Road in Elliot Lake. The Elliot Lake Fire Department were in attendance to extinguish the fire. The fire looked to be deliberately set and unknown person(s) vacated the property prior ...

On November 13, 2021, at approximately 11:30 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a traffic related complaint of a possible impaired driver on Highway 108 south of Elliot Lake. Police received a complainant of a dark coloured pick-up truck on Highway 17 crossing the centre line and hitting the shoulder numerous times. The pick-up truck turned onto Highway ...

On November 12, 2021, at approximately 11:50 p.m., members of the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a residence on Farrell Crescent, Elliot Lake in relation to a serious assault. The complainant had reported he hit a man in the head with a hammer after he tried to break in to the complainant’s house. After investigation, police learned ...

The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is asking for assistance in regards to a suspicious person occurrence on November 10, 2021 on Hirshhorn Avenue in Elliot Lake. Police were called to a nearby school at approximately 9:00 a.m. by administrative staff reporting a student was approached by a person while walking to school that morning. The person is described ...

On November 12, 2021 at approximately 6:07 p.m. members from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Sudbury Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Burpee & Mills Township Fire Department responded to a report of a sudden death on Poplar Road. The deceased has been identified as Matthew MANDIGO, 31-years-old, of Sables-Spanish Rivers Township.  The cause of death ...