Author Archives: Adam Riley
Operation Impact Results
Results are in from the OPP's Thanksgiving weekend traffic campaign, Operation Impact. And they show drivers in the Northwest Region cannot help but drive fast. In total across Ontario, Provincial Pol...
Oct 17, 2022
Tbaytel For Good Hit With Fraudulent Votes
There appears to have been some fraudulent voting in the Tbaytel For Good Community Fund contest. Documents obtained by Acadia News show an email informing Semi-Finalists of the detection of fraudulen...
Oct 14, 2022
Alexander Henry Receives 12 Thousand Dollar Grant
The Alexander Henry remains afloat financially thanks to a $12,400 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Lakehead Transportation Museum Society President Charlie Brown says the money helped them...
Oct 14, 2022
Police Make Assault And Robbery Arrest
A Kenora man wanted in connection to an assault in Dryden last month has been arrested. On September 25th OPP and Northwest EMS responded to a report of an assault. One individual was located and take...
Oct 13, 2022
TSSA Strike Over
After 11 weeks on the picket lines, safety inspectors of the Technical Standards and Safety Authority have ratified their first Collective Agreement. The 170 members of OPSEU Local 546 inspect everyth...
Oct 13, 2022
School Bus Safety Concerns
The issue of city drivers passing school buses when they've deployed their stop arms is growing worse. In 2021 there were a total of 658 incidents of vehicles passing school buses while stopped with l...
Oct 13, 2022
Melillo Retains Shadow Cabinet Post
Northwestern Ontario will continue to have a voice within the Conservative Party's Shadow Cabinet. Opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has released his list of critics of the government wh...
Oct 12, 2022
Angela Lansbury Passes Away
A name synonymous with music and murder stories, Angela Lansbury passed away at 96. In a career that spanned eight decades, Lansbury is best known for her role as Mrs. Potts in Disney's original carto...
Oct 12, 2022
Traffic Stop Yields Drug and Weapon Charges
Four people have been arrested and charged following a traffic stop Sunday, where police seized drugs and weapons, on Highway 11 East of Fort Frances. The traffic stop was initiated after officers obs...
Oct 10, 2022
Nurses Association Calls for Decriminalization of Simple Possession
The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario is calling upon mayoral candidates in 21 cities across the province, including Thunder Bay, for the upcoming October 24th municipal election to support de...
Oct 07, 2022
