Author Archives: Adam Riley

Driveway scams continue
More complaints are being received by the Thunder Bay Police Service over aggressive and possibly fraudulent sales people offering drive way repairs and resurfacing. One of the most recent incidents u...
Adam Riley Sep 06, 2023

Ignace School closed
Students at Ignace School are getting an even shorter school week, all thanks to yesterday's storm. The Northwestern Ontario Student Services Consortium has issued an alert for that school, stating it...
Adam Riley Sep 06, 2023 Listener Submitted Photo

Provincial dollars flow to Thunder Bay
The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation is providing a little over $4.3 million for six different projects in Thunder Bay geared towards economic development. Minister of Northern Development a...
Adam Riley Sep 06, 2023 File Photo (Adam Riley / Acadia Broadcasting)

Officers hospitalized after being attacked
Two officers with the Ontario Provincial Police have been taken to hospital in Dryden after they were attacked with an edged weapon while responding to a call last night. They, along with a third offi...
Adam Riley Sep 06, 2023 An OPP cruiser holds the scene on the morning of September 6th at a Dryden home Wednesday September 6th 2023 after three officers were injured the prior evening. (Listener Submitted Photo)

Tesla autopilot speeds, driver charged
Police have now heard a new excuse for speeding. "My car was on autopilot." It occurred last week when an Ontario Provincial Police officer was performing radar enforcement on Highway 11/17 near Thund...
Adam Riley Sep 06, 2023

Vehicle fire leads to impaired driving charges
A Devlin man is without his vehicle after it caught fire on the Jones Road near Drewry Lake northeast of Kenora last month. He is also without it due to an investigation into the vehicle fire which re...
Adam Riley Sep 05, 2023 OPP Cruiser - Acadia Broadcasting File

Weekend traffic blitz numbers a concern: OPP
Concerning, that is the word the Ontario Provincial Police is using to describe driving behavior from the Labour Day long weekend here in the Northwest. More than 1300 charges were laid with 365 warni...
Adam Riley Sep 05, 2023

Training opportunity comes to Dryden
More than 70 fire fighters from the Dryden area were able to get live fire training through the Ontario Fire College's mobile training unit. Dryden Fire Chief Chris Wood calls it a unique and benefici...
Adam Riley Sep 05, 2023 A member of the Dryden Fire Service enters the training unit as smoke from a simulated fire billows. (Adam Riley / Acadia Broadcasting)

Fire damages East End apartment complex
An early morning fire has gutted an east end apartment building. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue was called to a structural fire on McLaughlin Street around 2:30 a.m. Monday. Crews encountered smoke coming fr...
Adam Riley Sep 05, 2023 (Acadia Broadcasting/File photo)

Expired plates leads to drug trafficking charges
Two city residents have been arrested by Thunder Bay Police on drug trafficking charges following a traffic stop the result of expired plates. Officers on patrol stopped the vehicle on Pruden Street a...
Adam Riley Sep 05, 2023 Acadia Broadcasting File Photo
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