Highway Construction Improves Roads, Bridges and Creates Jobs in Northwestern Ontario Ontario continues to expand and improve highways throughout Northern Ontario, creating and sustaining more than 5,500 construction jobs annually while making travel safer and more efficient for families, visitors [Read more]
NORTHSHORE/GREENSTONE, ON – Spring weather continues to make travelling difficult in the area as Highway 17 was closed earlier today due to thawing snow and ice. Highway 17 was closed to traffic at Terrace Bay to westbound traffic, and eastbound at Rainbow Falls because of water over the [Read more]
HIGHWAY 17 MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION SCHREIBER, ON – October 11, 2013 at approximately 7:45 a.m. members of the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call of a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17, Township of Schreiber. The driver of a westbound [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – Highway 17 near Schreiber is closed at Cavers Hill near Schreiber until road surface conditions improve. Eastbound Highway 17 is being re-routed north on Highway 11 at Nipigon. Police estimate the road closure will continue for approximately 2hrs but please check back for [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – October 5, 2011 at 11:30 p.m. Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop at Hwy 17, Township of Priske for a Highway Traffic Act offence. Officers spoke to the driver and found that he had been drinking. The 24 year old male driver of Schreiber,Ontario [Read more]
