McGuinty Government Expands Innovative Swim to Survive Program Ontario is providing funding to help more than 80,000 seven- and eight-year-old children across the province receive free basic water safety and survival skills training. The province is supporting the expansion of the Lifesaving [Read more]
May 27, 2011 ORILLIA, ON/CNW/ – At a ceremony at Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) General Headquarters in Orillia today, Commissioner Chris Lewis accepted the delivery of two Eurocopter EC135 helicopters, which replace the OPP’s aging fleet of Twin Star helicopters acquired in 1991. [Read more]
FROM/DE: Nipigon Detachment DATE: May 30, 2011 NIPIGON OPP ARREST IMPAIRED DRIVER NIPIGON, ON – May 28, 2011 at approximately 12:30 a.m. Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped a vehicle in the Town [Read more]
McGuinty Government Develops Silver Advisory, Seniors With Dementia Better Protected Ontario is developing a program to help quickly find seniors with Alzheimer’s and other cognitive impairments when they are missing. The program will establish a standard province-wide model that [Read more]
Forest fire situation update Northeast Region The Northeast Fire Region responded to three new fires on May 19 in Timmins (1) and Wawa (2) districts. Timmins 7 was reported south of Timmins and is under control at 2.1 hectares. The fire was burnt along the power line right of way. Wawa 6 was [Read more]
Co-opReporMay19th-2011 – CLICK to view or print May 19th Wawa MNR Co-opeartors Report (valid May 20th) One new fire was reported in the Northeast Region on May 18. Sudbury 12, a human caused fire east of Naughton, has been called out at 0.1 hectares. Three fires have been reported so [Read more]
Community Bear Program Helping us be there for children of tragic circumstance If there are truly those who can be called innocent victims, it is the children who fall victim to tragic circumstance such as personal injury, traffic collisions and criminal acts including family violence and sexual [Read more]
THE WEEK IN POLICING MARATHON, ON – Calls for Service: 77 Traffic: 19 Criminal Charges: 2 R.I.D.E. Checks: 11 Resuls of R.I.D.E.: 482 vehicles checked: 1 HTA warning 1 CAIA warning 1 Roadside Screening device [Read more]
McGuinty Government Supporting Safer Communities In Northwestern Ontario Construction is now underway on a new Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment that will enhance community safety in Nipigon and create construction jobs. At the peak of construction, it is estimated that 50 tradespeople and [Read more]
FROM/DE: Greenstone OPP DATE: May 4, 2011 NAKINA, ON – On April 29, 2011, the Ontario Provincial Police Greenstone Detachment received a report about a robbery that had taken place in [Read more]
MARATHON, ON- The Ontario Provincial Police and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) are warning the public about a “tax refund scam” that is becoming more prevalent across Canada. Crooks target their victims by e-mail or phone, posing as “Canada Revenue Agency” claiming that your tax [Read more]
Helping Women At Risk Of Abuse THUNDER BAY, ON – The Thunder Bay Multicultural Association is participating in the expansion of a successful public education campaign to help more women in abusive relationships or who are at-risk of abuse. The Neighbours, Friends and Families campaign will [Read more]
ORILLIA, ON – On July 1, 2011, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be acquiring the services of Ontario Impound Facility Operators (IFC) to provide towing services under a new Vehicle Impoundment Program (VIP) authority. The OPP will be tendering these services out through a Request for [Read more]
FROM/DE: Nipigon Detachment DATE: April 18, 2011 MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION CLOSES HIGHWAY NIPIGON, ON –During the weekend of April 15 to April 17, 2011 Nipigon/Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to forty four [Read more]
Release: 16 April 2011 Re: Hwy #17 OPEN – TERRACE BAY – WHITE RIVER Thunder Bay, ON – Hwy # 17 is OPEN between Terrace Bay and White River to both directions of traffic. The Ontario Provincial Police would like to remind [Read more]
