UPDATE: Search for Suspect of Stolen Vehicles NIPIGON, ON – December 3, 2015 members of the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police and Anishnabek Police Service (APS) officers investigated a recovered stolen vehicle. The male suspect was not located. On December 4, 2015 a pickup truck was stolen [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Hwy 17 was completely closed earlier due to a serious motor vehicle collision half way between Marathon and Terrace Bay. OPP have since informed media that one lane is now open to let traffic through alternating back and forth between the east and west bound traffic. Please [Read more]
Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Opening: Location: Hwy 17, 3.3 km east of Hwy 614 Re-Opened: East bound lane re-opened at 1615 hrs. alternating east/west traffic tthrough. Please do not call O.P.P. Provincial Communication Centres for road [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – September 30, 2014 at approximately 7:00 p.m. members of the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to Hwy 17, Killraine Township to assist with an injured male. The male was injured after he lost control of an off road dirt bike that he had [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – The Marathon OPP just located a stolen vehicle in the ditch on Hwy 17 3 KM East of the Pik River bridge. The male suspect fled on foot into the bush. OPP officers continue to look for the suspect and are requesting motorists advise them if they observe a male hitch-hiker [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON –On September 5, 2014 at approximately 10:05 a.m. members of the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were involved in a traffic stop at Hwy 17, Town of Terrace Bay for a Highway Traffic Act offence. The driver of a west bound motorcycle failed to identify [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]
THUNDER BAY, ON — The Ministry of Transportation advises the motoring public that Highway 17 is now open. Drivers will encounter single lane restrictions controlled by traffic light operations while the Jackfish River Bridge remains under construction. We ask for drivers’ patience as we [Read more]
WHITE RIVER, ON – April 18, 2014 at 12:30 am, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East White River Detachment were conducting R.I.D.E. checks on Highway 17 in the Township of White River. At 7:43 pm a west bound Nissan Titan entered the R.I.D.E. area. Investigation by [Read more]
NORTHSHORE/GREENSTONE, ON – Spring weather continues to make travelling difficult in the area as Highway 17 was closed earlier today due to thawing snow and ice. Highway 17 was closed to traffic at Terrace Bay to westbound traffic, and eastbound at Rainbow Falls because of water over the [Read more]
WHITE RIVER, ON – March 12, 2014 at 11:50 pm officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East White River Detachment were advised of a traffic complaint concerning a slow moving vehicle on Highway 17 just west of White River. A black Cadillac was observed driving well below the [Read more]
Winter storm watch for Nipigon – Rossport – Schreiber – Marathon – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne – Nakina – Aroland – Pagwa – Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat 3:31 PM EST Wednesday 19 February 2014 Potential for 25 to 30 cm of snow [Read more]
Theft of Copper Wire Crime Stoppers and the OPP are asking for your help in solving several incidents of Copper Wire Theft and Ground Wire Theft from TBayTel and CP Rail sights. Sometime between October 1st and December 1st 2013 several incidents of theft of wire was reported East of Thunder Bay to [Read more]
WAWA, ON – January 5, 2014 at 11:00 am officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment were directing traffic at a motor vehicle collision scene on Highway 17 in Laronde Township. A black Ford F-150 was observed driving in a dangerous manner and was stopped by [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – August 31, 2013 at approximately 9:10 a.m. members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call of theft of fuel from a business in Nipigon, Ontario. Schreiber members initiated a traffic stop with the suspect vehicle west of Schreiber on Hwy [Read more]
