From the Associated Press BEARDMORE, ON (AP) — Police say a natural gas pipeline ruptured and exploded into a huge fireball in Beardmore, but no one was injured. Greenstone Provincial Police Staff–Sgt. Carl Pettigrew said Sunday that the blast occurred late Saturday near Beardmore. Pettigrew [Read more]
Originating Service: OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau Date of Release: February 24, 2011 POLICE EXECUTE SEARCH WARRANT THUNDER BAY, ON – February 23, 2011 Drug Enforcement Unit officers assisted by members of the Ontario Provincial Police Rural and Agricultural Crime Team (RACT) [Read more]
McGuinty Government Proposes Removing Restrictions On Ontarians Ontario is taking the next steps to update alcohol laws to better serve Ontarians. The proposed changes will remove unnecessary barriers and restrictions for special events, festivals, and licensed establishments. This will provide [Read more]
ORILLIA, ON – As communities across Ontario continue to weather the extreme cold temperatures and potential February woes of winter, kids will again have another reason to look forward to their next encounter with an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer, thanks to a hot new youth initiative [Read more]
FROM/DE: Marathon OPP Detachment DATE: February 22, 2011 MARATHON, ON –On February 20, 2011 at 10:25am the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a motor vehicle collision that occurred approximately 3km [Read more]
FROM/DE: Greenstone OPP Detachment DATE: February 18, 2011 AROLAND FIRST NATION, ON – February 14, 2011 members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant in the First Nations [Read more]
Originating Service: OPP Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau Date of Release: February 18, 2011 GREENSTONE, ON – February 17, 2011 Drug Enforcement Unit officers assisted by members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Greenstone detachment executed Controlled Drug and Substances Act warrants [Read more]
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2011 ROSSPORT, ON – NIPIGON Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police had advised this morning, at approximately 6:30am, that HIGHWAY #17 approximately 15km West of Rossport was closed due to icy road conditions which caused a tractor trailer unit to jacknife across [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – Holy Angels Catholic School’s Grade 5/6 class are participating in an exciting nine week program, D.A.R.E, to help them resist pressures which may influence them to experiment with drugs and alcohol. This program is given by the O.P.P. Constable Carol Michtics and her [Read more]
FROM/DE: THUNDER BAY DETACHMENT DATE: February 17, 2011 Thunder Bay, ON – Wednesday, February 16th 2011, Thunder Bay OPP Officers conducted several seatbelt compliance spotchecks across the Thunder Bay OPP detachment area. Officers stopped [Read more]
McGuinty Government Strengthening Support For Victims And Police Ontario is enhancing its ability to fight human trafficking by providing additional support to prevent, deter and denounce human exploitation and provide support for victims of this terrible crime. The province is launching a [Read more]
$1,000 Fine For Shooting From Road February 15, 2011 An Ontario resident has been fined for shooting at a deer from a roadway. Donna Parise of Terrace Bay pleaded guilty to shooting from a roadway and was fined $1,000. Court heard that on October 23, 2010, conservation officers received a call [Read more]
FROM/DE: Nipigon Detachment DATE: February 14, 2011 STOLEN VEHICLE RECOVERED NIPIGON, ON –During the weekend of February 11 to February 13, 2011 Nipigon/Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) issued 25 [Read more]
In the past two days school bus operators in Wawa have had three Motorized Snow Vehicles (MSVs) fail to stop for their bus’s when the light were activated. The rules for MSV’s are the same as those for cars. You must stop when overtaking or approaching a school bus that has it’s lights [Read more]
PEACEFULL RESOLUTION TO INCIDENT IN PIC MOBERT FIRST NATIONS MARATHON, ON – February 12, 2011, Anishinabek Police Service and Ontario Provincial Police responded to a report of a distraught male in a residence on Pic Mobert First Nation territory. After evacuating several nearby residents [Read more]
