NIPIGON, ON – On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at approximately 2:00 am, a uniform member of the Nipigon detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a westbound Grey Mitsubishi RVR motor on Highway 11-17 in the Township of Nipigon for speeding. Upon the officer approaching, the [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON -Members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Crime Unit, and the Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), commenced an investigation into sales of cocaine and heroin in the Nipigon area. As a result of investigation, on Tuesday the 20th of June 2018 a search was conducted at a [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On Sunday, April 29, 2018 at approximately 6:20 a.m. The Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received information of a fire at a local motel. The fire was contained to a single room at the motel and was put out with the use of motel fire extinguishers. Nipigon Fire [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On Sunday December 31, 2017 at approximately 1:00pm, officers from the Nipigon and Thunder Bay Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), OPP Traffic Collision Investigators (TCI) and the OPP Highway Safety Division (HSD) as well as Shuniah Fire Department, and [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On Sunday, November 26, 2017 at approximately 12:31 a.m., officers from the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an altercation at a residence in the town of Nipigon. Further investigation revealed that two people had been [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On Tuesday September 19, 2017 at approximately 5:30am, Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received reports regarding the theft of three pickup trucks and one minivan. One vehicle was stolen from the Township of Nipigon while the remaining three were [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are requesting assistance to help identify a suspect involved in an attempted abduction. On Friday, September 1, 2017 at approximately 10:00pm, an unknown male grabbed a 9 year old in the Newton Street [Read more]
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is seeking the public’s help in identifying the individual or individuals responsible for starting a forest fire on the evening of August 2, 2017, at Bald Spot Lookout overlooking the Town of Nipigon. The fire was discovered by local citizens who [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On May 20 2017 at approximately 6:20pm EST, officers of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a male who was fatally injured in an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) collision which occurred on a bush road located east of the Little [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On Saturday March 18, 2017 at approximately 8:25 a.m. members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call of a single vehicle collision east of Nipigon at Highway 17, McAllister Township. Officers attended the scene and located a [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On March 4, 2017 at approximately 7:12 p.m. Officers of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an eastbound vehicle being driven at a high rate of speed without its lights on. Officers subsequently located and stopped the vehicle [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – On February 2, 2017 at approximately 5:07 p.m. members of the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a report of a break and enter of a residence in the Town of Schreiber. Upon their arrival officers observed numerous improperly stored and [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On August 22, 2015 at 10:17 p.m. Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision that occurred at the Nipigon Marina. The driver of a south bound pickup truck crossed into the oncoming lane and collided with a bridge railing. The pickup [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – On 12 August 2015 Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified of a Break and Enter at the Nipigon Canadian Tire Store. Staff members attended to find the building had been entered and property including electronics, ammunition, outdoor gear and cash had been [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – January 13, 2015 at approximately 12:00pm EST, officers of the Nipigon and Schreiber Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a train derailment approximately 45kms east of Nipigon. Subsequent investigation has determined at this time [Read more]
