OPP Beat

As is usually the case, police had a fairly quiet Christmas day yesterday. Sault O.P.P. recovered a mountain bike on Hwy #17, Garden River First Nations at 11:00 p.m. yesterday. If you lost it, contact the Sault Ste. Marie detachment. At 1:18 a.m.

The Sault Ste. Marie detachment of the O.P.P. had a very quiet Christmas Eve and has nothing to report. Merry Christmas from the men and women of the Ontario Provincial Police Service.

THE "GRINCH" VISITS A BATCHAWANA FIRST NATION FAMILY Batchawana First Nation, Ont., The Batchawana First Nation Police are investigating the theft of several Christmas presents from an apartment on the Batchawana First Nation Territory.

Although the OPP has been busy in other parts of the north, the Sault detachment had a very quiet night last night and has nothing to report.

OPP had a very quiet night in the Sault district. In fact, it was quiet everywhere in Northern Ontario except for one snowmobile accident close to Burke's Falls near North Bay. Three men were riding the machine when it struck a utility pole.

SEAT BELTS PREVENT INJURY IN ROLLOVER COLLISION Alona Bay, Ont.

EARLY MORNING BREAK IN RESULTS IN ARREST Heyden, Ont., Sault Ste Marie OPP have charged one local man after an early morning break and enter into a Heyden business. At about 3:00 a.m.

LIFE THREATENING MISCHIEF AT NEW SAW MILL Echo Bay, Ont. Sault OPP are investigating an act of vandalism at a new, controversial sawmill just north of Echo bay in Sylan Valley. Workers at the mill were processing logs that were just about to be cut.

INCREASED ENFORCEMENT ON HWY 17 IN GARDEN RIVER Garden River First Nation, Ont.

ACCIDENT SENDS FOUR TO HOSPITAL Heyden, Ont., A single vehicle accident on Hwy 17 on Saturday night sent an entire Goulais River family to Sault and Area Hospitals. On Saturday, at about 10:10 p.m.