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The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is advising the community of an increase in “smash-and-grabs”, as well as thefts from unlocked vehicles, over the past few weeks Sault Police have received multiple reports of individuals breaking vehicles’ windows and stealing items from inside—including five incidents outside of businesses on Great Northern Road on the evening of September 3, 2025. Similar ...

A fourth individual has been arrested, extradited to Canada and charged in connection with a fatal residential fire investigation in Huron Shores. On Monday, February 6, 2023, at approximately 9:00 a.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Mississauga First Nation Police Service and the Huron Shores Fire Department responded to a suspicious fire involving ...

Around 4:45 p.m. on August 27, 2025, Sault Police, EMS, and the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) responded to a report of two people having been injured by a bear in the area of Peoples Road near Fifth Line East.     Preliminary information suggests the victims may have inadvertently come between a bear and its cubs. Both victims sustained ...

This September, in communities across Ontario, supporters will unite at the Kidney Walk.  Whether it’s to support friends and family who live with kidney disease, celebrate a transplant, honour the memory of a loved one, or connect with others going through a similar journey, it is always remarkable to see the kidney community rally together to support those they love ...

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 ...

The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced the following appointments under the judicial application process established in 2016. This process emphasizes transparency, merit, and the diversity of the Canadian population, and will continue to ensure the appointment of jurists who meet the highest standards of ...