Northern Ontario

Citizens expect to live in safe and vibrant communities. Bill C75 is negatively affecting many neighbourhoods across Northern Ontario. At the second meeting of the Northern Ontario Bail Reform Working Group, a Resolution was discussed that will be used to advocate for Federal Legislative change. The taskforce agrees the Resolution will be shared at the FONOM AGM in Parry Sound ...

The Sault College Board of Governors is pleased to announce that David Orazietti has been selected as the college’s sixth president. David comes to the position with extensive leadership and management experience from both secondary and postsecondary education and within government. He holds a Master of Education in Educational Leadership and Administration. For the past seven years, David has served ...

On April 2, 2023, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Nipigon Detachment responded to a traffic complaint resulting in one person being arrested and criminally charged with impaired operation. At approximately 2:00 a.m., members of the Nipigon OPP Detachment were dispatched to a traffic complaint in Stirling Township. Officers successfully located the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop. As ...

On March 12, 2023, at approximately 4:30 p.m. officers with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting a RIDE check on Railway Street in the Township of Nipigon. Officers stopped a motor vehicle for a traffic violation and the female driver was showing signs of impairment. Upon further investigation, Cynthia MOORE (45), of Constance Lake, was arrested and charged under ...

The Ontario government has approved the Terms of Reference designed and submitted by Webequie First Nation and Marten Falls First Nation for an all-season, multi-use road connecting to the proposed Ring of Fire mining development area. The Northern Road Link will connect the two First Nations communities, and the critical mineral deposits in the Ring of Fire to the Ontario ...

On February 21, 2023, at approximately 5:00 p.m. officers of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Superior North Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and the Dorion/Hurkett Volunteer Fire Departments were notified of a plane crash on Black Bay, Lake Superior near the Dorion Landing, in the Township of Dorion. Upon further investigation, a small passenger plane was having mechanical ...

On Thursday January 12th, 2023 at 4:23pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Nipigon Detachment were dispatched to attend a local gas station. The driver of a commercial motor vehicle was requesting police assistance with a locked fuel card. Investigation determined their vehicle, a 2019 Peterbilt transport, had been reported stolen from Mississauga, Ontario. On the same date. Mohammed AL-BASHIRI ...

Jan 13, 2023 at 18:15 On January 11, 2023, shortly after 12:00 p.m., members from the East Algoma OPP Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), responded to a report of a missing person from Algoma Mills within the Township of the North Shore. Paul ROUSSELLE has been located. The OPP would like to thank the public and media partners ...

The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre (SSMIC) announced its new multi-year strategic plan to expand its mission to support and initiate economic growth across the Algoma region.   “We share the responsibility to create more jobs within our region and our plan includes making significant investments into our programs and services to help accomplish that,’ explains Peter Bruijns, Executive Director ...

On January 6, 2023, the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged the driver involved in a Christmas Eve incident involving two stolen vehicles. On December 24, 2022, the complainant reported having their pick-up truck stolen from an address on Dieppe Avenue. Shortly after, the pick-up truck was located on Mississauga Avenue stuck in a snowbank. The driver fled on foot and ...

On December 30, 2022, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Nipigon Detachment and the Lake Helen Police Service responded to a traffic complaint resulting in one person being arrested and criminally charged with impaired operation.   At approximately 3:00 a.m., members were dispatched to a traffic complaint in the Town of Red Rock. Officers successfully located the vehicle and ...

On December 30, 2022, at approximately 6:28 P.M. members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Schreiber Detachment arrested and criminally charged, a female, with Impaired Operation and Possession of a Schedule I Substance – Cocaine, after receiving a call for service in the Town of Schreiber.   As a result of the investigation, Carman MACKENZIE (34) of Terrace Bay has ...

On January 10, 2023 at approximately 5:00 P.M. members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Superior Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and the Dorion / Hurkett Volunteer Fire Department, with assistance from neighbouring Fire Departments, responded to a two-vehicle collision on Highway 11&17, near Dorion Loop Road, in the Township of Dorion. Police attended the scene and determined two pickup ...

On 3 January 2023 at approximately 1:00 pm, an officer from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment was conducting RADAR patrol on Highway 11-17 west of Nipigon, ON. The officer observed an eastbound motor vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed. The RADAR confirmed the vehicle speed to be 150km/hr in the 90km/hr zone. A vehicle stop was ...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), in partnership with the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS), is investigating a homicide in the Fort Hope First Nation community.   On December 27, 2022, members of the OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), Forensic Identification Services, CIB and North West Crime Unit attended Fort Hope First Nation to assist NAPS after an ...