SLATE FALLS FIRST NATION, ON – On Monday, March 13, 2017 at approximately 9:30am, a male identified as 38-year-old Christopher CARPENTER of Slate Falls First Nation Territory was located deceased outside his residence. Officers with the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service and the Ontario [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superintendent Mark Pritchard, former Commander of the Aboriginal Policing Bureau at OPP General Headquarters, has been promoted to the rank of Chief Superintendent and named Commander of OPP North West Region. Chief Superintendent Pritchard [Read more]
Correction to age of accused FORT SEVERN, ON – The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS), assisted by members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) North East Region Crime Unit and North West Region Forensic Identification Services, under the direction of Detective Inspector Peter Loree of the [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is pleased to announce that Superintendent Darrell SMILEY has been named as the North West Regional Commander. His official start date was August 3, 2015. Superintendent SMILEY replaces Superintendent Ron van STRAALEN who officially commenced [Read more]
FROM THE EDITOR: Though this release is from the Nipigon OPP Detachment, other detachments across the region issued similar releases regarding bear complaints including Greenstone OPP. As is the case during the summer months, bear complaints are on the rise in the towns of Nipigon, Red Rock, [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON –Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon Detachment, with the assistance of the North West Region Crime Unit are investigating a domestic incident involving a 17-year-old victim. The incident occurred during the evening hours on October 23, 2014 at a residence in the [Read more]
INTERVIEW W/OPP Sgt. Shelley Garr __________________________________________________ OPP SEARCHING FOR MALE IN MARATHON MARATHON, ON – The Marathon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) continues to look for a male involved in a dispute August 31, 2014. Upon arriving at the [Read more]
Domestic Related Incident THUNDER BAY, ON – The North West Region Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crime Unit has charged an OPP officer as a result of an investigation regarding a domestic related incident. The officer, who is assigned to non-front line duties within North West Region, has been [Read more]
WHITE RIVER, ON – November 11, 2012 in Hunt Township on Highway 17 near White River the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting radar patrol. A vehicle was stopped for speeding, the driver, George HANDORGAN of Kenora, Ontario provided a valid Ontario Driver’s License. A record [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – January 23, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. Schreiber Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call of a missing person from a residence in Terrace Bay,Ontario. Greg MUCKADAY, a 31 year old male, was last seen during the early morning hours of January 23 at his residence in the town of [Read more]
