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Police investigated a report of a counterfeit $100 bill being used in Elliot Lake. On Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at approximately 9:45 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a counterfeit $100 bill being used at a local grocery store on Highway 108 in the City of Elliot Lake that was used ...

The Manitouwadge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged one individual with multiple fraud-related offences. On Friday, January 23, 2026, members of the Manitouwadge OPP responded to a report that a known female committed multiple fraudulent transactions between July 2024 and August 2024 totalling more than $50,000. As a result of the investigation, Amanda BERASKIN, 45-years-old of Manitouwadge, ...

Within an hour and 45 minutes, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged 19 drivers for driving on a closed highway between Blind River and Thessalon. On Monday, March 16, 2026, multiple road closures were in effect due to a severe winter storm that passed through Northern Ontario, affecting areas from Blind River to Thessalon including Sault Ste. Marie. Between approximately ...

Les services de police d’East Algoma et de Blind River demandent au public d’éviter tout déplacement non indispensable pour le moment, car les équipes d’urgence, les conducteurs de chasse-neige, les dépanneurs et les agents continuent de travailler pour dégager les routes. Les conditions routières actuelles sont dangereuses, et de nombreux véhicules d’urgence interviennent activement dans toute la région. Limiter les ...

East Algoma OPP is asking the public to avoid any unnecessary travel at this time as emergency crews, plow operators, tow operators, and officers continue working to clear the roads. Current road conditions are hazardous, and multiple emergency vehicles are actively responding throughout the area. Limiting travel helps ensure that crews can safely and quickly assist motorists and remove disabled ...

Canadians are seeing the effects of an ever-changing and unpredictable global economy. The Government of Canada is improving Canada’s climate competitiveness by investing in green shipping corridors and clean ports, which will support economic growth and build a more efficient and cleaner transportation system. The majority of domestic marine shipments are transported by Canadian-owned vessel companies.   MP for Sault ...

The power has been restored. Mar 16, 2026 at 06:54 For many in Marathon, their early morning routine has not only been interupted by the storm, but by a power outage. CFNO’s Al Cresswell took to social media this morning to let his listeners know that the power was out. The outage seems to be within the town, and travellers ...

Two people have died in a structure fire in Echo Bay. On March 13, 2026 at approximately 3:51 p.m., the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with the Echo Bay & Townships Volunteer Fire Department and the Sault Ste. Marie Paramedic Services, responded to a fire at a residence on Highway 17B. Two individuals were ...

The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service and Garden River First Nation are still seeking the community’s assistance in locating Jake Corbiere, who has been missing for three years.     Jake was last seen on March 12, 2023, in the 0-100 block of Churchill Avenue, between Farwell Terrace and Peoples Road. At the time, Jake was 38 years old. Now ...

Police arrested five suspects after seizing suspected fentanyl from a Brunswick House First Nation home Monday, March 2nd. Members of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service’s Intelligence Unit, Emergency Response Team, and members of the OPP’s Community Street Crime Unit, executed a search warrant at a residential address in the zero-to-100 block of Mountbatten Road in Brunswick House First Nation on ...

The East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating an incident involving vandalized commercial fishing nets, fish, and net anchors near Thessalon Island on Lake Huron.   On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at approximately 10:45 a.m., police received a report from a local commercial fisherman who attended the area to retrieve their catch and discovered their fishing ...

An individual from Northeastern Ontario has been fined $3,000 for the following ice fishing violations: Benjamin Halcrow of Sault Ste. Marie was found guilty of unlawfully placing a fishing hut on the ice with the prescribed number not displayed, unlawfully leaving a fishing hut in Fisheries Management Zone 10 after March 31 and unlawfully depositing materials on ice. He was ...

A person was arrested on Highway 108, north of Elliot Lake, after crashing his pickup truck and attempting to run away.   On March 4, 2026, at approximately 12:45 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call of an impaired driver who crashed his pickup truck and was laying in the middle of the Highway. When police ...

Driver arrested after pickup truck stopped on Hergott Avenue. On March 1, 2026, at approximately 2:15 a.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a vehicle stop with a known black pickup truck. Police knew the owner/driver was not to be operating a motor vehicle. The driver also had suspected cocaine in his possession and was subsequently arrested. Timothy ...

The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a disturbance involving a grandparent requesting the removal of their adult grandchild from the residence. On Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at approximately 7:30 p.m., police were called to a Cobden Avenue residence and recognized a person walking away. The individual brandished several knives and police were able to safely make an ...