On August 20, 2024, the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol duties near Lakeside Drive and Stanley Street in the Town of Thessalon. At approximately 2:30 p.m., police observed a grey pick-up truck with no plates attached to the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop. The driver could not produce a valid driver’s licence and ...

On August 15, 2024, around 2:20am members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a 911 call in the area of Hogan Road, Nipigon Township where they located two injured males. Further investigation revealed a second residence had been broken into by the same two suspects. Around 9:00am, members of the Nipigon OPP Detachment located ...

On August 16, 2024, at approximately 4:00 p.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to suspicious vehicle/driver that pulled into a driveway of a local business on Highway 17 in the Town of Iron Bridge. The car had left in an eastbound direction on Highway 17 and was later travelling 40 kph in a 70 ...

On August 17, 2024, at approximately 1:00 p.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to motor vehicle collision involving a silver SUV that struck a utility pole on Cunningham Street in the Town of Bruce Mines. The SUV left the scene with the air bags deployed and hanging out the windows. The vehicle continued westbound on ...

On August 17, 2024, at approximately 9:00 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and North East Canine Unit responded to a family dispute on Maple Ridge Road in the community of Thessalon First Nation. Police attended the residence and a query revealed that the unwanted family member had an outstanding bench warrant and fled on ...

On August 13, 2024, at approximately 11:00 a.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called in relation to a man on a bicycle with a handgun at an apartment complex parking lot on Mississauga Avenue in Elliot Lake. Police located the man and bicycle a short time later at a residence on Tokyo Crescent. The man attempted to evade ...

The Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are looking for public assistance regarding a break and enter investigation at the St. John Anglican Church in Schreiber. On July 27th, 2024, the Schreiber OPP initiated an investigation into a report of a break and enter that occurred at the St. John Anglican Church on Winnipeg Street, in Schreiber. It ...

On August 8, 2024, at approximately 9:00 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on general patrol when the eastbound vehicle was stopped. The vehicle was having difficulty maintaining it’s lane and had varying speeds. The driver was spoken to who exhibited obvious signs of impairment by alcohol and emanated a strong odour of alcoholic beverage. The driver was ...

On August 8th, 2024, at approximately 7:24 p.m., a member of the Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment was on general patrol & initiated a traffic stop on a passenger vehicle travelling along Terrace Heights Drive within the Township of Terrace Bay. Through the investigation, the driver was subsequently placed under arrest after refusing to provide subsequent breath samples into ...

The victim has succumbed to their injuries, additional charges were laid, and a third person has been charged in relation to a stabbing incident in Batchewana First Nation. On July 30, 2024, at approximately 3:30 a.m., the Batchewana First Nation Police Service and the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a stabbing incident on ...

On August 5, 2024, the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol duties on Highway 17 within the community of Garden River First Nation. At approximately 3:30 a.m., police observed a westbound vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed. Police pursued the vehicle as it entered Sault Ste Marie City limits travelling at ...

Police have successfully concluded a seven-year death investigation using investigative genetic genealogy (IGG). On July 30, 2017, a hiker located human remains on a cliff overlooking Montreal River Harbour, approximately an hour north of Sault Ste. Marie. As a result, members of the Superior East Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) began an investigation under the direction of ...

On August 1, 2024, at approximately 10:20 p.m., members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment received a call for service about a possible impaired driver on Highway 17 near Nipigon. Nipigon OPP members patrolled and subsequently located the vehicle shortly thereafter. Officers spoke to the driver and determined that the driver was impaired by drug. The driver was ...

On August 2, 2024, at approximately 11:00 a.m., members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment were on general patrol conducting radar enforcement on Highway 11-17 near Nipigon. Officers located a vehicle travelling at 160 Km/Hr. A traffic stop was subsequently completed and through investigation, a 27-year-old male from Surrey, British Columbia has been charged with Drive Motor Vehicle ...

On August 3, 2024, shortly after 12:00 a.m., the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol duties when officers observed a westbound car travelling at a high rate of speed on Trunk Road in the City of Sault Ste Marie. A traffic stop was initiated and while the officer was speaking to the driver, ...