Author Archives: Adam Riley

MPs react to 2023 budget
Reactions are in regarding the 2023 Federal Budget and as expected its split along party lines by MPs here in the Northwest. Thunder Bay - Superior North MP Patty Hajdu is calling the budget document ...
Adam Riley Mar 29, 2023 CafeCredit.com / CC

OPP investigating copper thefts
Thunder Bay OPP are investigating a the theft of materials from a construction site in the Shuniah area. Officers were called to the new M-T-O inspection scales construction site along Highway 11-17 o...
Adam Riley Mar 29, 2023

Council views crime stats for 2022
According to numbers provided by the Ontario Provincial Police, between the end of February and the end of November last year 11, 929 crimes had been committed in Dryden, a city of 7500 people, as com...
Adam Riley Mar 28, 2023 File Photo

Shuniah Celebrates 150 years
Its a big birthday celebration for Shuniah this year which turns 150 years old. "March 29th 1873 Shuniah was incorporated," says Mayor Wendy Landry. "So we are one of the oldest municipalities in Onta...
Adam Riley Mar 28, 2023 File Photo

Fire leaves home uninhabitable
Fire officials in Fort Frances say only one person was injured following a fire Monday evening, which also caused considerable damage to a Third Street West home. The blaze broke out around 9:00 p.m. ...
Adam Riley Mar 28, 2023 File Photo

Little appetite for fire hall amalgamation
A number of recommendations were placed before council as part of a report by the Loomex Group on the capabilities, needs and overall assessment of the Dryden Fire Service last evening. Of the many re...
Adam Riley Mar 28, 2023 Submitted Photo

Budget good but questions remain
The President of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association is looking at the 2023 Ontario budget with cautious optimism. Wendy Landry says she's happy to see ongoing issues like highways, broadba...
Adam Riley Mar 27, 2023 NOMA President Wendy Landry speaks to representatives during the 2023 Thunder Bay District Municipal League meeting on March 24, 2023 (Adam Riley/Acadia Broadcasting)

B&E at Shoppers results in charges
A break, enter and theft at Memorial Avenue Shoppers Drug Mart early this Monday morning has resulted in several charges against a city man. Police were called to the drug store, just before 4:00 a.m....
Adam Riley Mar 27, 2023 File Photo

Charges laid in Sunday restaurant assault
A 43 year old city man is facing assault and failure to comply charges, they additionally could face hate crime charges following an incident at a Memorial Avenue Wendy's Sunday. Police were called to...
Adam Riley Mar 27, 2023 Acadia Broadcasting File Photo

Port of Thunder Bay welcomes first ship of 2023
The Port of Thunder Bay welcomed its first ship with the arrival just after 5:00 a.m. Sunday of the Harvest Spirit. Captain Adam Hagen says he is excited to join a select group of individuals as the c...
Adam Riley Mar 27, 2023 Captain Adam Hagen of the MV Harvest Spirit accepts the Top Hat as part of a ceremony welcoming the first ship of the 2023 season.
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