NIPIGON, ON –Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Schreiber Detachment, with the assistance of the North West Region Crime Unit have concluded a sexual assault investigation involving a victim under the age of 16. The incident was reported on January 16, 2014 and occurred between [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]
WAWA, ON – On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at approximately 6 a.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Wawa Detachment responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 Bailloquet Township. The collision involved a single northbound tractor trailer. The lone occupant [Read more]
MALE AND FEMALE ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY NIPIGON, ON – August 9, 2014 at approximately 10:00pm in the Township of McCallister, members of the Nipigon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted a traffic stop on Highway 17 relating to a report of a suspicious [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – July 10, 2014 at approximately 1:35 p.m. members of the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a complaint of a male being abducted at Highway 17, Township of Killraine, West of Schreiber, Ontario. A male who was escorting a second male running [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – Early in the morning on March 28, 2014 officers of the Nipigon and Schreiber Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of theft of fuel from a business in the Town of Nipigon. At approximately 8:25 a.m., members of the Schreiber Detachment located and [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]
THUNDER BAY, ON – In June of 2013 the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) entered into an investigation regarding allegations of historical sexual assaults which had occurred between 1997 and 2007 within the City of Thunder Bay and Warnica Lake (Jacques Township). Assisted by Thunder Bay Police [Read more]
WAWA, ON – November 28, 2013 at 2:40 pm, the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Wawa Detachment were conducting radar patrols on Highway 17 north of Wawa in the Lalibert Township. Two white SUV’s were recorded traveling at a high rate of speed and were subsequently stopped. As [Read more]
WHITE RIVER, ON – On September 7, 2013 the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised of a male breaching his probation condition not to purchase/possess or consume alcohol. As a result of police investigation, 58-year-old Terry JACOBS, of Pic Mobert was arrested at 5:47 pm [Read more]
HEARST, ON –The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service (NAPS) and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have made another arrest in connection with the death of 23 year old Myles SHAGANASH of Constance Lake First Nation. The ongoing police investigation initiated on June 15, 2013, has resulted in a second [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – August 21, 2013 at approximately 10:04 p.m. a head on collision on Hwy 17, Township of Syine was reported to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Schreiber Detachment. An east bound Honda civic and a west bound Mercedes sport utility vehicle collided head on in a construction [Read more]
Editor’s Note: though Manitouwaning is not in the OntarioNewsNorth.com readership this tragedy is being shared in the hopes of reminding people of the danger of pools and the importance of always being certain children are supervised near them (not to insinuate there was any lack of [Read more]
WHITE RIVER, ON – July 1, 2013 at approximately 12:40 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. A 2002 Dodge Ram pickup truck bearing Alberta license plates stopped [Read more]
From Ministry of Education Tuesday, July 9, the ministry was informed of a child who had passed away in an unlicensed child care setting. After being notified of the incident, ministry staff reviewed files to determine whether any complaints had been received or site visits conducted to this [Read more]
