Author Archives: Adam Riley
Staff to present council with updated Strategic Plan
The City of Thunder Bay has unveiled its new Strategic Plan for the next few years. City Manager Norm Gale says the document includes three strategic pillars, which together cover all aspects of the c...
Jul 13, 2023 City Manager Norm Gale (Left) and Strategic Initiatives and Engagement Director Tracie Smith (Right) speak to media Thursday July 13th 2023 regarding the newest Strategic Plan for Thunder Bay (Adam Riley / Acadia Broadcasting)
Investigation into Cumming St. shooting continues
The investigation into a shooting which sent one person to hospital and locked down a section of Cumming Street Wednesday continues. Police have now narrowed their scope of the investigation to two lo...
Jul 13, 2023 Police tape cordons off a building where police have linked to a shooting Wednesday (Adam Riley / Acadia Broadcasting)
Police investigate south side shooting
One person has been sent to hospital following a shooting in a south side neighbourhood Wednesday evening. Police were called to the Cumming Street area just after 5:00 p.m. Which resulted in the stre...
Jul 13, 2023 Police shutdown part of Cumming Street as the investigate a shooting on the evening of July12th 2023 (Adam Riley / Acadia Broadcasting)
Break, enter and fire at school under investigation
Thunder Bay Police are seeking assistance of the public following a break and enter at a school, where a fire was set in one of the rooms. Officers were called to Our Lady of Charity School, just befo...
Jul 12, 2023
Inaugural NATO-Ukraine Council meets
Representatives from the 31 member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are in Lithuania this week. Among the many topics of discussion is Ukraine, which has been attempting to join, but ...
Jul 12, 2023 Left to right: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Ukraine) with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
Source: NATO
52 active fires but region relatively calm
Only one new fire was reported in the Northwest Tuesday in the Dryden area, which comes with the relative calm that officials have used to allow for campfires once again. But fire crews remain busy. O...
Jul 12, 2023
Port strike deal "within reach"
There could be an end in sight for the strike affecting the port in British Columbia. For 11 days now, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union have been striking against the BC Mari...
Jul 12, 2023 CPAC Image Capture
Teddy Bears Picnic set for Tuesday
An event which is close to 40 years in age returns tomorrow. From noon until 4:00 p.m. families can bring out their cuddly companions for an afternoon of fun at the Teddy Bears Picnic. Stage shows, a ...
Jul 10, 2023 File Picture
MOU signed for lithium processing facility
Avalon Advanced Materials has signed an memorandum of understanding with Finland based Metso Corporation, in its bid to build a lithium processing plant in Thunder Bay. According to a release from Ava...
Jul 10, 2023 Zeeshan Syed, President of Avalon Advanced Materials Inc.
(left), and Mikko Rantaharju, Vice-President of Hydrometallurgy at
Metso Corp. (right) sign at Canada House, London, UK a
memorandum of understanding to pursue the development of
Ontario’s first lithium hydroxide processing facility - Photo Supplied
Over $30k won by Eagle Lake woman
An Eagle Lake woman is the latest winner of the Dryden Regional Health Centre's 50-50. Margaret Wabonge is walking away with $30,500 in cash. Hospital officials say to date more than a million dollars...
Jul 10, 2023 File Photo