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Since the December 22, 2022, the Sault Ste Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to 17 motor vehicle collisions on area roads where drivers were not driving according to the weather conditions. The OPP would like to remind motorists who must travel during poor weather, to please take time to spare and drive with care. Area tow companies, ...

Dec 31, 2022 at 13:47 Members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment have laid multiple Criminal Code (CC) charges after an individual fled from police.   On December 23, 2022, at approximately 1:08 a.m., members of the Superior East OPP Detachment attempted to conduct a traffic stop. The driver of the vehicle failed to stop and continued westbound ...

Dec 30, 2022 at 11:47 On December 30, 2022, at approximately 12:00 a.m., the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to an apartment fire on Washington Crescent in Elliot Lake. The Elliot Lake Fire Department (ELFD) was already on scene who located a someone inside. They were transported to hospital by Algoma Paramedic Services but the ...

Members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment conducted a routine traffic stop which has to one individual being arrested and charged for impaired operation. On December 18, 2022, at approximately 2:15 a.m., members of the Marathon OPP Detachment initiated a traffic stop on a motor vehicle after observing the vehicle to be driving erratically and travelling at a ...

Members of the Manitouwadge Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E) checkpoint which has led to one individual being arrested and charged for impaired operation. On December 14, 2022, at approximately 7:53 p.m., members of the Manitouwadge OPP Detachment initiated a R.I.D.E checkpoint at the intersection of Redwing and Ohsweken Road in the ...

On December 14, 2022, shortly after 7:30 p.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the OPP’s Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), along with members from the East Algoma Crime Unit executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) warrant at a residence on Highway 17 in the Town of Spanish. Police searched a vehicle and ...

On December 6, 2022 at approximately 10:05 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a domestic dispute on Joliet Street in Wawa. Through investigation, it was determined that one of the involved parties had driven a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol. As a result, a 27-year-old person, from Wawa, was charged ...

The Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has identified the victim of a fatal motor vehicle collision last week as 51-year-old Abdul HASHMI of Calgary, Alberta. On December 4, 2022 at approximately 4:12 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the OPP responded to a serious single-vehicle collision near the intersection of Highway 129 and Highway ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Garden River First Nation resident following an investigation into allegations of financial wrongdoing. At the request of the Acting Chief of the Anishinabek Police Service in April 2022, members of the OPP Anti-Rackets Branch Economic Crime and Corruption Unit – London began investigating allegations of fraud involving funds acquired in 2019 and ...

On December 9, 2022, at approximately 3:10 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a car in the ditch on Hwy 108, north of Elliot Lake. Police attended the location and observed the car on its side in the ditch. The driver exhibited signs of intoxication. They were subsequently arrested and the vehicle was towed and impounded. ...

On December 9, 2022, at approximately 10:00 a.m., the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a threats incident at an apartment complex on Mississauga Avenue in Elliot Lake. The complainant reported just being threatened by a known person in the building. Police attended and viewed the hallway video surveillance. The verbal dispute progressed to one person threatening the other ...

On December 6, 2022, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting patrol duties on Water Street in the Town of Thessalon. At approximately 8:00 p.m., police observed a black pick-up truck travelling northbound on Water Street. The vehicle began to travel at a high rate of speed, turned down Barber Street and entered a ...

On December 3, 2022, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) check on Water Street and Francis Street in the Town of Thessalon. At approximately 2:15 p.m., police observed a southbound black car being operated by a person known to them come to a stop on Water ...

On December 2, 2022, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged a person again with trespass by night after he was caught on security camera attempting to enter vehicles in driveways. On December 1, 2022, at approximately 4:15 a.m., the person was caught on camera at a residence on Westview Crescent attempting to enter a vehicle parked in the ...

At the November 24th meeting of the Good Roads Board of Directors (BOD) in Toronto, Ontario a vote was held for the position of Third Vice-President. Cheryl Fort, Mayor of Hornepayne, was unanimously elected. Fort has been on the board since 2019. “Helping Good Roads achieve their aspirations of improving municipal roads and infrastructure in Ontario aligns with the work ...