GREENSTONE, ON – At approximately 11:50 pm, on Monday, July 2, 2018, members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (O.P.P), along with Superior North Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Greenstone Fire Department, responded to a report of a house fire on Queen Street in Longlac, [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – On January 16, 2018, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Greenstone Detachment, responded to a report of break and enter in progress on Kenogami Road in Longlac, Ontario. Following from this investigation a search warrant had been executed at the residence and [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – Members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are encouraging citizens to “Lock It or Lose It” and to take precautions to protect their vehicle contents from theft. In response to numerous reports of vehicle break-ins in the Longlac and Geraldton [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – Members of the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a missing person in the Longlac area. On the morning of Friday, October 6, 2017, at 10:30 am OPP were notified that 62 year old Calum HARTLEY of Longlac, Ontario, was [Read more]
Catlonite Road to be Closed for Repairs The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry advises that a section of a primary forest resource road south of Longlac and north of Terrace Bay, in Nipigon District, will be closed for bridge repairs. A portion of Catlonite Road will be barricaded while [Read more]
From: Ontario Power Generation After more than a decade of collaboration between OPG and the Long Lake #58 First Nation, the three-year project to remediate the community’s shoreline in northwestern Ontario has been completed. The restoration has been a long time coming for Long Lake #58 [Read more]
Fined $5,000 for Over-limit of Fish A Louisiana man has been fined $5,000 for a fishing offence. Charles Ward of Monterey, Louisiana, pleaded guilty and was fined $5,000 for possessing an over-limit of fish. He also received a one-year fishing licence suspension. Court heard that on August 24, [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – Saturday, December 10, 2016 officers from the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in conjunction with the Superior North Emergency Medical Service (SNEMS) hosted their annual “Stuff-a-Cruiser” event in Geraldton and Longlac, Ontario. The 8th annual [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON– The continuing investigation of the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) into a string of tire slashings that occurred in Longlac, Ontario on the night of November 5, 2016 has resulted in further charges. Two 14 year old female youths were arrested on [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – Due to railway maintenance Picnic Point Road crossing in Longlac, Ontario, will be closed on Monday, November 21st, 2016, from approximately 7:00 am to 6:00 pm or as work requires. For the Longlac road closure please use Blueberry Road located off Highway 11 Just East of [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Greenstone Detachment is investigating the theft of three tractor trailer units on the 6th of August, 2016, between 5:30pm and 7:00am on the property located at 1000 Picnic Point Road in the Municipality of Greenstone ward of Longlac. All three [Read more]
Province Creating Jobs, Building Up Critical Infrastructure in Small, Rural and Northern Communities Ontario is providing the Municipality of Greenstone with up to $990,000 to upgrade the wastewater system at Picnic Point Pumping Station through the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund– one of [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – James Bay (Kapuskasing) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the continued closure of Highway 11 between Hearst and Longlac due to a public safety concern created by forest fires along the highway. Updates will be provided when available [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – Have you ever thought about what happens when someone calls 911? This is something that very few citizens think of, yet it consumes a significant amount of resources for the police and other emergency services. When a person calls 911 an operator answers the phone and asks if the [Read more]
By Edgar J. Lavoie Completing the First Trans-Canada Highway in Ontario For 2018, a group of volunteers are organizing to commemorate an historic event that occurred in 1943. For the first time, a highway linked Eastern and Western Canada entirely on Canadian soil. In 1939, there was no highway [Read more]
