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Police arrested a man in Elliot Lake after a reported sexual assault.  On August 10, 2025, at approximately 11:15 a.m. the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called regarding a sexual assault that occurred in a park area adjacent to Ste Camillus Crescent. Earlier that morning, a person was approached by an older male with a cane, who offered ...

A Saskatchewan driver is facing multiple charges following an attempt to flee from police. On August 4, 2025, at approximately 11:24 a.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon Detachment responded to multiple calls of a driver in a pick-up truck driving erratically and in an unsafe manner eastbound on Highway 17. OPP officers located and attempted to pull ...

Aug 14, 2025 at 07:59 Members from the Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) entered into an impaired driving investigation while conducting a RIDE program. On Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at approximately 11 p.m., officers were conducting a RIDE program on Peninsula Road. A driver entered the RIDE program and an investigation into impaired driving commenced. The driver ...

On Monday, August 11, 2025, at approximately 8:30 p.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a pickup up in a ditch on Highway 129 near Feltham Road in the Municipality of Huron Shores (north of Thessalon). A short time later police attended the scene and while speaking to the driver police determined ...

On Monday, August 11, 2025, members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol on Highway 17 in the Town of Blind River. At approximately 6:45 p.m., police observed a white pickup truck in the southbound ditch on Highway 17 near Frammpet Drive and while speaking to the driver police determined alcohol had been ...

The Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with members of the OPP North West Region Traffic Incident Management Enforcement (TIME) Team, are investigating a fatal collision involving a motorcycle and vehicle. The incident occurred at approximately 6:43 a.m. on Monday, August 11, 2025, at the intersection of Highway 11-17 and Mapleward Road. The motorcycle driver, a ...

The attack by the government of Ontario on our Anishinaabek way of life along the North Shore of the Great Lakes continues. In the latest assault, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has given only weeks’ notice of a devastating aerial herbicide spray operation taking place between August 18 and September 30 across Anishinaabek lands near Elliot Lake, Blind River ...

A disturbance at a local clinic prompted a police response in the City of Elliot Lake. On Thursday, August 7, 2025, at approximately 11:00 a.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a disturbance at a clinic on Ontario Avenue. Upon arrival, officers learned that an individual had become verbally ...

The East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) lays 32nd impaired charge in 2025. On Thursday, August 7, 2025, at approximately 3:00 a.m., members from the East Algoma OPP responded to a traffic complaint of a vehicle travelling eastbound on Highway 17 west of Blind River. The white car was all over the road, turning on the headlights off ...

Former acquaintance makes threats during grocery store incident. On Friday, August 8, 2025, at approximately 1:00 p.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a threats complaint that occurred at local grocery store in the Town of Thessalon. While inside the grocery store, a former acquaintance approached the complainant and began yelling. As ...

Despite a police warning, a driver chose to get behind the wheel after consuming alcoholic beverages. On August 4, 2025, at approximately 2:40 a.m., an officer with the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police was conducting general patrol on Highway 17 near Belleau Lake Road. An individual who appeared highly intoxicated approached the police cruiser and requested the officer leave ...

The Sault Ste. Marie detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged three drivers with a total of seven impaired-related offences in July. All incidents occurred north of the city, in the afternoon or early evening hours. On July 11, 2025, at approximately 6:03 p.m., Sault Ste. Marie OPP officers were notified of a single motor vehicle collision on Highway ...

Impaired driving charges laid following single motor vehicle collision in the Town of Iron Bridge. On Sunday, August 3, 2025, at approximately 5:30 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision in the south side ditch of Chiblow Lake Road. The driver sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported ...

The Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is continuing their investigation into a fatal collision that occurred in Goulais River. On July 20, 2025, at approximately 4:14 p.m., the Sault Ste. Marie OPP responded to a serious two-vehicle collision on Highway 17, near Old Highway 17 Road. One of the vehicle drivers, a 72-year-old from Sault ...

The East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) lays 32nd impaired charge in 2025. On Monday, August 4, 2025, at approximately 2:30 p.m., members of the East Algoma OPP responded to a traffic complaint at Spine Beach, where an individual was reportedly consuming alcohol while sitting in a parked vehicle. Officers attended the scene shortly after and located ...