OPP Beat

O.P.P. Sergeant Mike Greenwood reports that it was not only a quiet night in the North Bay area, but the entire Northeastern Ontario region was free of any major incidents.

DRIVING IN FOG (North Bay) As part of the transition from summer to fall, cold air starts moving in, colliding with the warm ground…presto: FOG! Fog can bring some unique challenges for drivers.

FALL SEAT BELT INITIATIVE – First Weekend Do Your Part – Please Buckle Up (North Bay) North Bay, Mattawa, and Powassan OPP officers commenced the Fall Seat Belt Initiative on Saturday Sept. 25, 2004.

Suspicious Death in Garden Village Being Investigated The Ontario Provincial Police and the Anishinabek Police Service are currently investigating the death of a 65-year-old man found deceased Saturday Sept.

KID’S HONDA MOTORCYCLE STOLEN FROM SHED Stolen mini-bike Powassan OPP is investigating an overnight break, enter and theft of an orange Honda 50 cc motorcycle from a Butler Drive residence between 11:00 p.m. Wednesday September 15th and 5:00 a.m.

SAFE HANDLING OF FIREARMS IS IMPORTANT Do You Know Your Target and Beyond? (North Bay) Hunting Season is here.

SHOOTING DEATH Iroquois Falls, Ontario Officers from the Iroquois Falls OPP Detachment responded yesterday at 11:00 a.m. to an emergency call from a residence on Main Street. Visitors to the home had discovered two people shot and called police.

The North Bay O.P.P. detachment reported a very quiet Friday night in the district. In fact, it has been quiet throughout the Northeastern Ontario region with nothing to report.

DROWNING The Temagami Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police is investigating a drowning incident which took place on Friday, September 3 on Cross Lake which is located in the Temagami Detachment area.

Ultra Light Plane Crash in French River Yesterday evening at 8:00pm, Noelville O.P.P. officers were dispatched to The Fish Tail Campground on Wolseley Bay Road, West Nipissing in response to reports of a plane crash into or near the Wolseley River.