At approximately 8:30 pm on October 24, 2024 police responded to a call for assistance at a residence on Kenogami Road. A female in distress entered the residence then abruptly left with four individuals in a vehicle. Police located the suspect vehicle in Terrace Bay and arrested three people, two with outstanding warrants. Upon search of the motor vehicle, police ...
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Schreiber OPP – Impaired Charges Laid after Vehicle Check
On October 20, 2024, at approximately 7:30 p.m., members of the Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified by a Conservation Officer with the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) of a subject being detained, on Mill Road, near Terrace Bay. As a result of the investigation, Donald BEDARD 43-years-old, of Terrace Bay has been criminally charged with: Operation While Impaired ...
Read More »Transport of Nuclear Waste through Northern Ontario Focus of Whiteshell License Hearing Today
Oct 23, 2024 at 12:24 The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is conducting a virtual hearing today – October 23 – to consider Canadian Nuclear Laboratories application to renew their decommissioning license for the Whiteshell Nuclear Laboratories near Pinawa, Manitoba. Indigenous and public interest interveners will present during the afternoon session, outlining concerns with the application, including the failure of the ...
Read More »Marathon OPP – Charges Laid after Failure to stop at Traffic Stop
The Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged one person after failing to stop for police as a result of a traffic stop on Highway-17. Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on two motor vehicles travelling at a high rate of speed on Highway-17 on October 22, 2024 at approximately 1:30 p.m. Both vehicles fled at ...
Read More »Nipigon OPP – Search Warrant Leads to Trafficing Charges and Suspected Cocain & Fentanyl Seizure
On October 17 & 18, 2024, Members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), conducted a search warrant on a motor vehicle which led to another search warrant at a residence on Wadsworth Drive in the Town of Nipigon. Two people were arrested and charged during this search warrant. Suspected Cocaine and Fentanyl were seized ...
Read More »OPP – Patience asked for during possible demonstrations (Nipigon)
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) recognizes the importance of transparency and accurate information regarding operations during possible demonstrations. The OPP’s Provincial Liaison Team (PLT) is an integral part of our response to events such as demonstrations, rallies and marches. The PLT’s primary function is not to assist demonstrators; instead, their role centers around facilitating lawful, peaceful and safe events by ...
Read More »Red Rock Indian Band plans peaceful protest in fight to return ancestors home
Red Rock Indian Band invites you to join us in this action in support of our cause. Together, we can stand united in our fight for justice and respect for our ancestors. RRIB believes that this action is necessary to bring awareness to the ongoing neglect of our heritage and the importance of repatriating our ancestors. This is a call ...
Read More »Nipigon OPP – Investigation continues into Nipigon Death
On October 11, 2024, members of the Nipigon Detachment responded to a report of an individual in distress, in the water at the Nipigon Marina. Officers attended the scene and were unable to locate the individual. Search efforts continued with the assistance of the OPP’s Emergency Response Team and the Underwater Search and Recovery Team. On October 12, 2024, an ...
Read More »Thunder Bay OPP – Driver Criminally Charged after Head-on Collision
A driver was charged criminally following a head-on collision between a pick-up truck and a passenger car that occurred on Highway 11 west of Kashabowie. On October 10, 2024, at approximately 7:30 pm, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers from Atikokan and Shabaqua responded to a two-vehicle head-on collision that occurred on Highway 11 near Huronian Lake. One vehicle passenger was ...
Read More »FN’s opposition to nuclear waste storage is growing with Thunder Bay Rally – October 2nd
The twelve First Nations and supporters will rally in Thunder Bay’s Waverley Park (by Red River Road and Algoma Street) on October 2nd at 12 Noon against nuclear waste storage and transport in the North. Chief, Council and grassroots members of the First Nation communities will speak about their deep concerns about the multi-millennial risk that highly radioactive waste poses ...
Read More »OPP Northwest Region investigate fatal CMV & Pedestrian Collision
Oct 1, 2024 at 07:00 On September 26th, 2024, at approximately 10:14 a.m., members of the Ignace, Dryden, Shabaqua & Thunder Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachments along with the Fire & Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a report of a fatal collision involving one commercial motor vehicle (CMV) & one pedestrian along Highway 17, approximately 5 kilometers west ...
Read More »SIU invokes mandate in relation to Moonbeam Incident
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has invoked its mandate in relation to an incident last night in Moonbeam. On September 20, 2024, at approximately 8:30 p.m., the James Bay Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call for service on Elaine Street in Smooth Rock Falls. During the course of the investigation, there was an interaction between a responding officer ...
Read More »Matachewan First Nation Reaches Historic Settlement on Treaty Land Entitlement Claim
Chief Alex ‘Sonny’ Batisse of the Matachewan First Nation, Will Bouma, Parliamentary Assistant to the Ontario Minister of Indigenous Affairs on behalf of the Honourable Greg Rickford and the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Canada’s Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations, announced the settlement of a treaty land entitlement (TLE) claim under Treaty #9, also known as the James Bay Treaty, signed in 1906. ...
Read More »La Première Nation de Matachewan parvient à un règlement historique sur sa revendication de droits fonciers issus de traités
Le chef Alex « Sonny » Batisse de la Première Nation de Matachewan, Will Bouma, adjoint parlementaire du ministre des Affaires autochtones de l’Ontario, au nom de l’honorable Greg Rickford, et l’honorable Gary Anandasangaree, ministre des Relations Couronne-Autochtones du Canada, ont annoncé le règlement d’une revendication de droits fonciers issus des traités (DFIT) en vertu du traité no 9, également ...
Read More »Schreiber OPP – Arrest made after Search Warrant Executed
One individual has been arrested and charged following a search warrant execution at a residence in Terrace Bay. On January 26, 2024, members of the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a search warrant at a residence on Timbergrove Road in the Township of Terrace Bay. As a result, Derek JACQUES, 32-years-old, of Terrace Bay, has been ...
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