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  Today is the first day of Crime Prevention Week in Ontario. Throughout the week, officers will share Crime Prevention messages and tips online. The short videos will provide viewers with ways they can keep themselves, their loved ones and their property safe. Please visit saultpolice.ca and/or our social media channels, @SaultPolice, throughout the week to view the messages. Sharing ...

On Thursday, November 4th, Nogdawindamin Family and Community Services (NFSC) hosted representatives from Sault College at Garden River First Nation’s Teaching Lodge to hold a ceremony and formalize a collaboration agreement between the two organizations through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU will allow for increased Indigenous-specific experiential learning for Sault College students, enhance engagement opportunities ...

The East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is asking for assistance in regards to numerous outboard boat motors that were stolen from two locations in Blind River between October 25 and October 26, 2021. A 2018 Honda 225 horsepower four-stroke motor with serial # BABJ1808111 and a 2018 Honda 9.9 horsepower four-stroke motor with serial # BAGJ1700267 were stolen from ...

On October 29, 2021, at approximately 1:50 p.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a traffic-related complaint of a possible impaired driver that crashed into the ditch on Highway 108 south of Elliot Lake. A vehicle and driver description and location were provided to police. Police attended the scene a short time after and arrested the driver who was ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) is advising that individuals associated with Grand View Public School have tested positive for COVID-19. At this time, APH is conducting a careful investigation to identify close contacts. Examples of close contacts include household members, people who have been in direct physical contact or belong to the same classroom/cohort, and people who have spent more than ...

On October 14, 2021 members of the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting traffic enforcement in the Town of Espanola. Officers conducted a traffic stop of a motor vehicle on Public Road in the Town of Espanola. The driver was found to be impaired and was transported to the Espanola Detachment. As a result of the ...

On October 8, 2021 at approximately 9:52 p.m. members from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) program in the town of Espanola at Highway 6 and Foucault Drive. A vehicle entered the RIDE program and officers detected consumption of alcohol. An approved screening device was administered and the driver ...

On October 23, 2021 at approximately 6:35 a.m. members of the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a robbery in progress at a residence on Limit Street in Massey. The investigation revealed that the individual had entered the home uninvited. The individual brandished a knife and pepper spray to the occupants of the home. Alexander FOURNIER, ...

On October 9, 2021 at approximately 5:33 p.m. members from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to two separate traffic complaints regarding the same motor vehicle on Highway 17, Baldwin Township. Officers located the vehicle and spoke with the driver. A roadside screening device was administered and the driver was subsequently arrested. The driver was transported ...

Members from the Manitoulin Detachment Crime Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), under the direction of the OPP’s Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), have made an arrest in connection with the death of 18 year-old Sky SAGASSIGE from Sables-Spanish River Township. On June 12, 2021 at approximately 12:49 a.m., officers from the Manitoulin Detachment of the OPP responded to a ...

The health and safety of students and employees remains CSC Nouvelon’s top priority. Due to the declaration of COVID-19 cases at École Ste-Marie (Azilda) by Public Health Sudbury and Districts, ÉcoleSte-Marie will be closed until Friday, November 12, 2021. At the moment, students are expected to resume their in-class learning on Monday, November 15, 2021. If this return date should ...

On October 22, 2021, at approximately 12:50 p.m. East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a traffic related complaint of a possible impaired driver on Highway 17 and Highway 129. The complainant reported a pick-up truck almost colliding with them. The complainant followed the truck as it crossed the centre line numerous times. A vehicle and driver description as well as location ...

On October 24, 2021, at 3:44 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a break and enter at a residence on Washington Crescent in Elliot Lake. The complainant reported hearing somebody inside their residence. Police attended the right away and met the complainant’s friend who had just witnessed a male departing on foot. A description of the male ...

On October 20, 2021 at approximately 12:19 p.m., members from the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an individual brandishing a knife on Panache Lake Road. The complainant reported that they had just been attacked by a person with a knife. Police located and arrested one person. As a result of the investigation, ...

The Historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Council, with support from Know History Inc., has been awarded $200,000 from the Museum Assistance Program – Indigenous Heritage Grant, funded by the Government of Canada. The program supports projects that preserve, manage, and present Indigenous cultural heritage.   The funds will be used to develop an exhibition at the Sault Ste. Marie Métis ...