Author Archives: Brad Perry
N.B. Senator Nancy Hartling retires
A New Brunswick senator has retired after eight years in the red chamber. Nancy Hartling reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 on Saturday. Hartling remembers being both terrified and excited whe...
Feb 03, 2025 Sen. Nancy Hartling retired on Feb. 1, 2025, after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75. Image: SenVu video capture
Charges laid in Sioux Lookout investigation
Charges have been laid after a stolen vehicle investigation in Sioux Lookout, according to OPP. Officers were called to a local grocery store for an attempted theft shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday. The...
Feb 02, 2025
N.B. to release tariff response plan on Monday
New Brunswick is not ruling out taking American liquor off store shelves in response to the 25 per cent U.S. tariff. Premier Susan Holt said her team will use "every tool in our toolbox" to defend and...
Feb 02, 2025 New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt speaks with reporters on Jan. 29, 2025. Image: Zoom video capture
UPDATED: Highway 17 near Upsala reopens
A section of Highway 17 that was closed due to a jackknifed tractor trailer has reopened. The incident happened about five kilometres west of Upsala. Ontario 511 first posted about the closure at arou...
Feb 02, 2025 Alan Levine / CC
American products being removed from LCBO shelves
Ontario is taking action in response to the 25 per cent tariffs being imposed by the U.S. president. Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford said all American products will be removed from LCBO shel...
Feb 02, 2025 Image: Staff photo
UPDATED: Snowfall warning ends in Thunder Bay, continues elsewhere
Parts of northwestern Ontario are bracing for significant snowfall this weekend. A snowfall warning remains in effect for Nipigon, Rossport, Marathon and Schreiber. Heavy snow that developed on Saturd...
Feb 02, 2025 HayDmitriy / Depositphotos.com
Tent encampment fire leaves 1 dead, 2 injured
One person died in a tent fire at a Thunder Bay encampment this week, according to fire investigators. Firefighters were called to the Kam River Park encampment area off Simpson Street at around 4 a.m...
Feb 01, 2025 Thunder Bay Fire Rescue vehicle parking inside a fire hall, undated. Image: Acadia Broadcasting
Winter weather travel advisory for portions of NWO
Parts of northwestern Ontario are bracing for significant snowfall this weekend. A winter weather travel advisory is in effect for places like Atikokan, Shebandowan, Quetico Park, Seine River Village,...
Feb 01, 2025 HayDmitriy / Depositphotos.com
'Nothing' Canada can do to delay tariffs, says Trump
The U.S. president says there is "nothing" Canada can do to delay tariffs that are expected to begin on Saturday. "No, nothing. Not right now, no," Donald Trump said in response to a question during a...
Jan 31, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump. Image: C-SPAN video capture
SIU clears officers after man hurt while in custody
No charges will be laid against officers after a man was hurt while in the custody of the Thunder Bay Police Service. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) announced the findings of its investigation ...
Jan 31, 2025 Courtesy - SIU