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]
GERALDTON, ON -The Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is advising the public of a hoax currently circulating in the Greenstone area. The hoax begins with someone being told to ask the speech recognition application of their cell phone about or to call 9/11, 112, 999 or [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – Saturday, November 28, 2015, officers from the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) as well as members of the Superior North Emergency Medical Service (EMS) will be collecting food and other items in support of the Greenstone Harvest Centre, the local [Read more]
Greenstone OPP are asking for the public’s help in finding the person(s) responsible for a theft in Nakina. On August 25, 2015 at approximately 7:00 a.m. the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Greenstone Detachment officers were called to investigate a Break, Enter & Theft that occurred at [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – Sunday, August 16, 2015 at approximately 1:10 am, an officer from the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol on Highway 11, in the area of Long Lake 58 First Nation. The officer observed the driver of a west bound Chevrolet Impala driving [Read more]
LONGLAC, ON – July 14, 2015 at approximately 1:40pm a member of the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway #11 in the community of Longlac to investigate a suspicious vehicle. Through subsequent investigation, the officer determined [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – July 10, 2015, the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report regarding a break and enter to a trailer at a base camp at O’Sullivan Lake in the Municipality of Greenstone. Multiple items within the trailer were stolen: Boating [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – On June 27, 2015 at approximately 10:38pm, a member of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Greenstone Detachment conducted a traffic stop for speeding on Highway 11 in the area of Hardrock Road, Municipality of Greenstone, District of Thunder Bay. The subsequent police [Read more]
GERALDTON, ON – June 8, 2015 the Greenstone Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a residential break and enter in progress in the community of Geraldton. Police arrived on scene within moments and were able to arrest one assailant at the scene. After a brief [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – The Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind community members to lock their vehicle and residence to ensure their belongings are not stolen. In the last five days there has been an increase in thefts and break and enters reported to police, particularly [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – April 28, 2015 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Greenstone Detachment received a report of a Fail to Remain Motor Vehicle Collision (MVC) on Highway 11 at the intersection of Highway 11 and Road 801 in the Municipality of Greenstone. The driver of the other involved [Read more]
LONGLAC, ON – On March 13, 2015 a search warrant was executed at two separate residences in Longlac by members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Greenstone Community Drug Action Team (CDAT) and the OPP Greenstone Detachment. Police located and seized 28 [Read more]
Charges Laid GREENSTONE, ON – On December 6, 2014 at approximately 7:20pm, members of the Greenstone Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a fatal motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 11 approximately 78.5 kilometres east of Longlac. Investigation determined that the [Read more]
A Longlac resident has been fined $2,000 for careless hunting. Arlene Aird pleaded guilty to careless hunting and was fined $2,000 after shooting a deer on a cottage road. Aird is not allowed to hunt in Ontario for one year and must successfully complete the Ontario Hunter Education Course before [Read more]
GREENSTONE, ON – December 23, 2014 at 8:03am Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Greenstone Detachment was notified of a Break and Enter into a residence in Geraldton located in the area of First Street West and Third Avenue South West. The investigation led to Stephan CYR a local 41 year old male [Read more]
