FROM/DE: SUPERIOR EAST OPP DATE: July 20, 2010 (WHITE RIVER. On.) – On July 20, 2010 at approximately 1:20 am Superior East OPP in White River were dispatched to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17, 15 kilometres south of White River. Investigation revealed that a [Read more]
FROM/DE: Nipigon Detachment DATE: July 19, 2010 (NIPIGON, ON.) –Nipigon and Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) issued 43 Provincial Offence Notices and responded to 37 calls for service during the weekend of July 16 to July 18, 2010. [Read more]
FROM/DE: SUPERIOR EAST OPP DATE: July 19, 2010 IMPAIRED DRIVER (WAWA, On.) – On July 18, 2010 at 4:47 pm Ministry of Natural Resources staff in Lake Superior Provincial Park reported that two males in a red minivan were northbound on Highway 17 near Rabbit Blanket campground. [Read more]
STATEMENT from Ron McKerlie, Deputy Minister of Government Services July 17, 2010 Ron McKerlie, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Government Services, Associate Secretary of the Cabinet and Secretary of Management Board of Cabinet issued the following statement regarding the OPP investigation underway: [Read more]
FROM/DE: Criminal Investigation Branch DATE: July 16, 2010 POLICE INVESTIGATE DEATH IN DEER LAKE – Update – (DEER LAKE, ON) – On July 10, 2010 at approximately 7:12am members of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) were [Read more]
FROM/DE: Marathon OPP Detachment DATE: July 16, 2010 RIDE CHECKS RESULT IN THREE DAY DRIVERS LICENCE SUSPENSION FOR TWO MEN IN MARATHON (MARATHON, ON.) –On July 15, 2010 at approximately 11:30 pm the Marathon [Read more]
FROM/DE: Ontario Provincial Police-Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Drug Enforcement Unit DATE: July 15, 2010 Toronto man arrested and returned to Thunder Bay to face drug charges. THUNDER BAY, ON – On the 30th day of June 2010, Drug Enforcement Unit officers arrested three people at [Read more]
OPP OFFICER CHARGED AS A RESULT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION (THUNDER BAY, ON) – At approximately 5:40am on July 9, 2010 a single motor vehicle collision occurred on Highway 17 in the Town of Schreiber. A Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) vehicle travelling eastbound left the roadway. [Read more]
MALE CHARGED WITH IMPAIRED BY DRUG (MARATHON, ON.) –On July 14, 2010 at 02:25am the Marathon OPP responded to a call of a possible impaired driver on Highway 17 in Marathon Township. The motor vehicle was located at the Peninsula Inn with 2 occupants. After officers spoke to the driver and an [Read more]
FROM/DE: Criminal Investigation Branch DATE: July 12, 2010 POLICE INVESTIGATE DEATH IN DEER LAKE (DEER LAKE, ON) – On July 10, 2010 at approximately 7:12pm members of the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) were called to the nursing [Read more]
FROM/DE: Nipigon Detachment DATE: July 12, 2010 (NIPIGON, ON.) –Nipigon and Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) continue to investigate a motor vehicle collision that occurred late in the afternoon on Sunday July 11, 2010 on Hwy [Read more]
Photos & Story submitted by Melissa Gionet MANITOUWADGE, ON – July 8th at approximately 16:30 (4:30pm) Melissa Gionet was driving by Vezeau’s Garage on Industrial Road when she noticed smoke escaping from a pile of partially split firewood. At 17:30 Gionet observed that smoke was [Read more]
Premier McGuinty Thanks Outgoing Commissioner Julian Fantino For Service Chris D. Lewis has been named Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police, effective August 1, 2010, replacing outgoing Commissioner Julian Fantino. Lewis joined the OPP in 1978 and was posted as a provincial constable in [Read more]
FROM/DE: Detachment Commander – S/Sgt. N. Schmidt MAJOR DRUG BUST IN SIOUX LOOKOUT (SIOUX LOOKOUT, ON.) – On Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 in the late evening hours the Sioux Lookout Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) executed a search warrant at a residence in Sioux Lookout. Two people were [Read more]
Nipigon Detachment OPP NIPIGION, ON – At Approximately 6:40am on uly 9, 2010 a single motor vehicle collision ococurred at Hwy. 17, Schreiber, ON. A Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) vehicle travelling east bound left the road. The Schreiber OPP officer was transported t [Read more]
