Author Archives: Adam Riley

Downtown PA intersection reopens
Fewer restrictions for motorists in the downtown Port Arthur area, this comes with the partial reopening of the intersection at Park Avenue and Court Street South. Drivers are able to travel through t...
Adam Riley Oct 16, 2023 Image: Staff photo

EQAO results released
Results of provincial testing show students in Grade 3 and Grade 6 at both the Lakehead Public and Thunder Bay Catholic District School boards are strong in literacy but require improvements in math. ...
Adam Riley Oct 13, 2023

Port finds its new CEO
The Board of Directors with the Port of Thunder Bay has selected the successor to outgoing Chief Executive Officer Tim Heney. Director of Business Development Chris Heikkinen assumed the role effectiv...
Adam Riley Oct 13, 2023 Chris Heikkinen has been tapped to serve as the next CEO of the Port of Thunder Bay (Supplied Photo)

Transit service remains sidelined
Despite hopes of having repairs completed the City of Kenora now says the city's one transit bus remains out of commission. Transit service was shutdown on Tuesday as a result of a mechanical issue wi...
Adam Riley Oct 13, 2023

St. Lawrence Seaway workers poised to strike
256 workers with Unifor are poised to strike should negotiations with the Saint Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation fail. This comes after the three locals, 4212, 4323 and 4320 in Ontario and Quebe...
Adam Riley Oct 12, 2023

4 arrested in East End drug raid
Four people have been arrested including two from Southern Ontario following a drug bust on McLaughlin Street. Members of the Thunder Bay Police Services Emergency Task Unit executed a warrant at two ...
Adam Riley Oct 12, 2023

Officer injured while performing arrest
A Dryden woman has been arrested on multiple charges following a lengthy police investigation. It began in August after Ontario Provincial Police received reports of harassing behavior from the 54 yea...
Adam Riley Oct 12, 2023 OPP Cruiser - Acadia Broadcasting File

Highway 17 west reopened
Highway 17 has been reopened west of Thunder Bay following a collision near Upsala. Ontario Provincial Police responded to the single vehicle collision just before 3:00 p.m. Tuesday. A 63 year old man...
Adam Riley Oct 11, 2023

Scouts Canada apologizing for its role in IRS system
Scouts Canada says it is sorry for the role it played in one of the darkest chapters in Canadian history. Scouting was used as the program of choice along side the Church to strip the cultural identit...
Adam Riley Oct 10, 2023 Scouts Badge - Supplied Photo via Scouts Canada

OPP presentation to council tonight
Members of city council in Dryden will be given an update on the status of the Ontario Provincial Police. Its been just over a year since the organization assumed policing duties for the community. Bo...
Adam Riley Oct 10, 2023 File Photo (Adam Riley / Acadia Broadcasting)
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