MARATHON, ON – On November 16, 2018 at approximately 8:30 p.m. officers of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment and Anishinabek Police Service (APS) Pic River Detachment, were dispatched to Nature Nut Resort & Café on Highway 17 approximately 40km east of Marathon [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – On December 16, 2016 at approximately 8:15 a.m. the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment members received a call of a fire at 1 Stevens Avenue, Marathon, ON. Officers attended the location and observed that a large structure, the Everest Bayview Apartment [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – October 3, 2016 members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received a report of a suspicious male in the Town of Marathon. A female reported to police that at approximately 10:00 p.m. she was walking on the trails in the Town of Marathon, and she observed [Read more]
MARATHON, ON –On Tuesday July 28, 2015 approximately 06:45am, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment were advised of a motor vehicle collision involving two motor vehicles on Highway 17 approximately 40km West of Marathon ON. An eastbound motor vehicle, a [Read more]
FROM THE EDITOR: Marathon High School students participated in an overnight emergency preparedness excercise this past May; click here for the article, photos and organizer and participant interviews from the event. MARATHON, ON – The emergency services in your community recognize the value in [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Thursday the 11th of September 2014 approximately 9:45pm, officers from the Marathon detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call regarding a Motor Vehicle Collision (MVC) involving a single motor vehicle. The Superior North EMS and Marathon Fire [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Thursday March 20th, 2014, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received a call for an alarm at the Marathon Center Mall. Officers attended the area and located a male exiting the rear of the building from an access door to the Marathon Drug Associates. Joseph [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Saturday September 14, 2013 officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment and Anishinabek Police Service (APS) were notified of a possible impaired male that left the community center in Pic River First Nation in a vehicle. Officers located the suspect [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Saturday August 3 2013, blueberry pickers came across a vehicle parked in a remote area located just off Highway 17 in McCron Township between White River and Marathon ON. They observed a deceased male in the vehicle and immediately contacted police. The male has been identified as [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Friday May 31, 2013 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment received information that a quantity of illegal drugs was being brought into Marathon for distribution. At 10:50 pm OPP officers stopped a burgundy Chevrolet Cavalier on Peninsula Road in the Town of [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Saturday April 27, 2013 at approximately 11:00 am, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment observed an eastbound dark blue pickup truck driving in an erratic manner on Highway 17 in the vicinity of Rouse Lake, approximately 5 km west of the gold [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Thursday April 25, 2013 at approximately 12:35 am, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment were dispatched to assist the Anishinabek Police Service (APS) with an incident in Pic River First Nation Territory. An OPP officer stopped one involved [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Tuesday January 1, 2013 approximately 4:00 pm, officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment stopped a motorized snow vehicle on Camp 19 Road in Marathon ON. The rider of the snow machine pulled up to officers and was asked to remove his helmet. The officer [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Sunday November 4, 2012 the Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a residence in relation to a disturbance. After a brief investigation, the OPP arrested and charged a male from Marathon with several criminal offences stemming from altercations over the past [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Tuesday March 27, 2012 officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Marathon detachment conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle travelling Westbound on Highway 17 in Pic Township, East of Marathon in the District of Thunder Bay. During the traffic stop a quantity of cannabis [Read more]
