Author Archives: Adam Riley
Weapons charges following raid at Palmcrest Drive home
A search warrant executed at a Fort Frances residence has resulted in a number of charges. Ontario Provincial Police, working alongside the Treaty Three Police Service, entered the home on Palmcrest D...
Feb 27, 2024
Winter blast cancels buses
Bus services for students have been cancelled in a number of communities this morning due to the winter storm impacting the region today. Environment Canada says several communities could see up to 25...
Feb 27, 2024 Austin Pacheco / Unsplash
2024 Ontario Winter Games wrap
The Ontario Winter Games have come and gone but the impacts of the two weekends will last for some time. That is the feeling of Ontario's Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Neil Lumsden, who say...
Feb 26, 2024 Organizing Committee Chair Barry Streib and Games Coordinator Matthew Lawrence celebrate a successful 2024 Ontario Winter Games while the gold medal hockey game plays out behind them (Adam Riley / Acadia Broadcasting)
Ontario reveals $1.3B to stabilize post-secondary institutions
Some additional funding for post-secondary institutions The Ford government has announced a package of new funding valued at $1.3 billion to offset a tuition fee freeze at colleges and universities ac...
Feb 26, 2024 Colleges and Universities Minister, Jill Dunlop, February 26, 2024. Queen's Park screen shot
Spike strip, K9 & ERT deployed in vehicle theft
A vehicle theft in Thunder Bay prompted the Ontario Provincial Police to deploy several resources near Nipigon. The incident tipped off early Friday morning around 2 a.m. when a report of a stolen veh...
Feb 26, 2024 File photo
Lock it or Lose it returns
Ontario Provincial Police are reminding residents to take precautions against the theft of personal items from their vehicles. The Lock it or Lose it program will see officers on patrol examine parked...
Feb 26, 2024
Harrison believes new hotel could address Dryden's housing issues
Full confidence and excitement are the two descriptors Mayor Jack Harrison has following the announcement a new hotel and conference centre will be coming to Dryden this year. On Wednesday Wabigoon La...
Feb 23, 2024 File Photo - Dryden Mayor Jack Harrison
Cocaine seized following collision
A motor vehicle collision west of Dryden Sunday has resulted in cocaine trafficking charges for a Dryden resident. Ontario Provincial Police and Northwest EMS responded to the collision on Highway 17 ...
Feb 23, 2024
84 year old shipwreck discovered near Isle Royale
Officials with the Transportation Museum of Thunder Bay say the recent discovery of a shipwreck in Lake Superior has a connection to the Lakehead. Earlier this month researchers announced they had dis...
Feb 23, 2024 Images show several key sections of the SS Arlington remain intact following her sinking in a storm on Lake Superior 84 years ago (Photo Courtesy - Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society)
Baigrie sworn in as Ignace mayor
A dream come true, that is the feeling of Kim Baigrie now she has been sworn in officially the Mayor of Ignace. Last month Baigrie won a vote held by council between her and Councillor Jodie Defeo and...
Feb 23, 2024 Kim Baigrie (left) shakes the hand of interim Clerk Roxanne Cox after taking the oath of office on Tuesday (Supplied Photo)