OPP Beat

Members with the North East Region Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are advising motorists to be prepared in delaying their travel plans due to the Snowfall Warnings and Major Winter Storm Warnings across our region.

OPP Accepting Applications for Student Marine Position The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Blind River detachment is currently seeking applications for a Marine Assistant position for 2013.

UPDATE - Hwy 17 open alternating direction Location: Hwy 17, east of Blind River open to one lane. Alternating Direction.

M otorized snow vehicle patrol initiative Over the past weekend Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Sudbury Detachment in partnership with S.T.O.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged one person following the investigation into the fatal roof collapse in Elliot Lake. Two lives were tragically lost at the Algo Centre Mall on June 23, 2012.

Highway 17 closed between Nairn Centre and Regional Road 55 Sudbury Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police advise of the following Road Advisory: Location: Highway 17 – From Nairn Centre to Regional Road 55 Brief Description of Event: Clos

Two Dogs Found on Highway 101 On January 22, 2014 officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Chapleau Detachment were advised of two abandoned dogs that had been found on the side of Highway 101.

Stolen vehicle On the 19th of January at approximately 5:46 a.m. Sault Ste. Marie OPP responded to a report of a minivan in the ditch on Highway 563 in Fisher Township.

OPP Charge Male After Altercation with Officer On January 10, 2014 at 2:25 a.m. an officer from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment was monitoring traffic on Causley Street in Blind River.

Traffic stop on Highway 17 leads to drug seizure An officer from the Espanola OPP detachment conducted a traffic stop on January 9, 2014 in McKerrow at about 4:45 pm on Highway 17. A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of 251.