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 – 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]
One Male Located NIPIGON, ON – On February 17, 2017 at 4:11pm, the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were contacted regarding two missing males from Rocky Bay First Nation. The two males, identified as 51-year-old Gerald THOMPSON and 45-year-old Nathaniel THOMPSON [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON– On October 1, 2016 at approximately 11:40pm, the Greenstone detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was contacted regarding two overdue boaters. A 63 year old male and a 61 year old female of Nipigon Township had been fishing on Leopard Lake and had not returned to [Read more]
FROM THE EDITOR: Though this release is from the Nipigon OPP Detachment, other detachments across the region issued similar releases regarding bear complaints including Greenstone OPP. As is the case during the summer months, bear complaints are on the rise in the towns of Nipigon, Red Rock, [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 that several of the [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Closure: Highway 17 East of Nipigon from the Hwy#11/17 junction to Gravel River due to a Train Derailment. The estimated duration of Road Advisory is unknown at this time. Detour (if [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON –Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment, with the assistance of the North West Region Crime Unit are investigating a domestic incident involving a 17-year-old victim. The incident occurred during the evening hours on October 23, 2014 at a residence in the [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – August 24, 2014 at approximately 4:50 a.m. members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision on Highway 11 and 17 in the Township of Shuniah. The male driver of a westbound Sport Utility Vehicle drove off [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Thursday August 14, 2014 at approximately 7:49 p.m. members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a report of damage to a bank machine at a local financial institution. Police obtained video surveillance footage from the bank and were able to identify [Read more]
MALE AND FEMALE ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY NIPIGON, ON – August 9, 2014 at approximately 10:00pm in the Township of McCallister, members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway 17 relating to a report of a suspicious [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment have charged one individual following a weapons investigation that occurred yesterday in Nipigon, Ontario. On Monday, July 14, 2014 shortly after 6:00pm, OPP received a report of a break and enter that occurred at [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – May 3, 2014 after a month long investigation involving detachment members of the Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), 37-year-old Jeffrey HARDY of Nipigon was charged with three counts of Trafficking a Controlled Substance contrary to section 5(1) of the Controlled Drugs and [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – January 4, 2014 at 9:25 a.m. members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a motor vehicle collision on Highway 11, in the Municipality of Greenstone. The driver of a north bound tractor trailer unit came around a curve to be [Read more]
