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On Friday May 21, 2021 at approximately 11:20 am, officers of the Nipigon detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a commercial motor vehicle fire near Golf Course Road west of Nipigon on Highway 11-17. Initial investigation revealed that the trailer of the commercial motor vehicle had caught fire while eastbound on Highway 11-17. The driver ...

On May 19, 2021, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol duties on Highway 108 in the City of Elliot Lake. Shortly before 8:30 p.m., police observed a car near Highway 108 and Esten Drive North with one of the two occupants not wearing a seatbelt and as a result a traffic ...

On May 13, 2021, shortly after 1:30 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a taxi fare theft in the City in Elliot Lake. Investigation determined a customer was picked up on Beckett Boulevard (Blvd.) and wanted to be driven to an address on Spruce Ave. where the person would return to ...

May 19, 2021 at 14:26 On Tuesday, May 17, 2021 at approximately 3:15 pm the White River Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a blue Chevy Cruse travelling westbound on Highway 17, Township of White River, at a very high rate of speed. A traffic stop was initiated west of White River. The vehicle failed to stop, accelerated, and continued westbound ...

With more contagious variants of COVID-19 continuing to enter the country, the Ontario government is further supporting businesses and workers by expanding inspections of manufacturing and food processing workplaces, warehouses and distribution centres. Approximately 100 provincial offences officers are expected to visit about 1,500 workplaces in Toronto, Hamilton and regions of Durham, Halton, Peel and York between May 10 and ...

NEIGHBOR DISPUTE RESULTS IN PROHIBITED DRIVE CHARGE   (PLUMMER ADDITIONAL TOWNSHIP, ON) – On May 15, 2021, shortly after 9:00 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a neighbor dispute on Plummer Road in Plummer Additional Township. The investigation determined a neighbor was operating a tractor and had attended the complainant’s property ...

The East Algoma Detachment of Ontario Provincial Police is participating in Canada Road Safety Week (CRSW) which is a national traffic safety initiative led by Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and is taking place from May 18 to May 24, 2021. The campaign focuses on increasing public awareness and compliance with traffic laws relating to the “Big Four”. These ...

On May 13, 2021, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a break and enter (B&E) that had occurred sometime overnight at the Town of Blind River Municipal Office in the Town of Blind River. Investigation determined that between 6:30 p.m. on May 12, 2021 and 7:30 a.m. on May 13, 2021, an ...

On May 15, 2021 officers attended an illegal gathering held at Bellevue Park to ensure it remained peaceful and to investigate the gathering. The investigation identified one person as having organized the illegal gathering, as well as an illegal gathering held on May 8, 2021.The person from Spring Water Township, Ontario was charged under the Reopening Ontario Act for organizing ...

  The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has now obtained a Canada Wide Warrant for the arrest of an eastern Ontario resident more than five years after the murder of Frederick “John” HATCH. Frederick “John” HATCH was last seen alive on the afternoon of December 16, 2015 in the area of West Hunt Club Road and Merivale Road in Nepean. His ...

The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) met for the third time this year on Friday, May 14, 2021, by ZOOM. The Board discussed many of the issues and challenges facing their 110 members. Since the COVID19 Pandemic caused the cancellation of FONOM’s Annual Conference in 2020, the FONOM Board is excited that on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, they will ...

The Robinson-Huron Treaty Litigation Fund (RHTLF) congratulates lead counsel David C. Nahwegahbow, IPC, LSM, of Nahwegahbow, Corbiere Genoodmagejig on receiving the Advocates’ Society Award of Justice.   The Advocates’ Society says the Award of Justice “is intended to honour advocates who exemplify the finest traditions of advocacy in representing members of our society whose cause may be politically or socially ...

Members of the Dryden Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are seeking assistance from the public in locating a 47-year-old missing female. Evaleen Bonnie ATLOOKAN (47yrs old) was last seen on Saturday, May 8, 2021, at 0100hrs on Upper Falls Road in the Town of Wabigoon.  ATLOOKAN is described as an indigenous female 5’3″ 191lbs, brown eyes and possibly ...

On April 30, 2021 officers attended an illegal gathering held at Bellevue Park to ensure it remained peaceful and to investigate the gathering. The investigation identified three people as having organized the illegal gathering, two from Sault Ste. Marie and one person from Spring Water Township, Ontario. On May 8, 2021 officers attended an illegal gathering held at Bellevue Park. ...

On May 6, 2021, shortly after 8:40 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint where a small pickup truck was unable to maintain its own lane and almost struck two pedestrians walking a dog, was all over the road and travelling at high rates of speed on Taylor Boulevard, ...