by Chloe HannanThe addition of 31 new security camera locations across the city is set to be approved by city council. It is a part of the Eye on the Street Code of Practice, which is led by the city and Thunder Bay Police Service. It is a community public safety initiative that provides video monitoring for...
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by Randy ThomsOPP are warning against going to two websites, they say are connected to a cryptocurrency investment scam. The sites are How2Crypto.com and How2Crypto.net. Police say several victims who have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars from going to the sites. An investigation has been launched. If...
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by Randy ThomsThe Northwest Catholic District School Board has hired a new Superintendent of Business. Alex McAuley starts his position in August. He was recently with Ontario Health as its Performance, Accountability and Funding Allocation Lead. Before that, he spent almost ten years as the Chief Financial...
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by CJ GoaterFort William First Nation has declared a state of emergency. The First Nation’s council met on Monday and came to the decision before announcing it to their community on Friday. The declaration was made in response to the community’s ongoing drug epidemic. It will remain in effect until the...
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by Chloe HannanMembers of the Dryden Ontario Provincial Police are seeing increased numbers of ATV and ORV crashes. This includes ones that are alcohol induced. Compared to last year, there were 23 ATV fatalities investigated by the OPP in the province. Operators are reminded that driving on or off a roadway...
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by Brad PerryHomebuyers are not rushing back to the market as expected after June’s interest rate drop. That is according to the latest home price survey released by Royal LePage on Thursday. Home prices rose 1.9 per cent year-over-year in the second quarter while overall sales dropped — a dynamic the...
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by Randy ThomsMore than 280 forest fires are burning across the county. Eighty are considered not under control. Derek Treherne with Public Safety Canada says the good news is that the number of fires this season is far below the activity experienced last year. “But we are now into the heart of our fire...
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by Brad PerryA mid-afternoon power outage Friday left thousands of homes and businesses in Saint John without electricity. Power went out shortly after 2 p.m. Friday to more than 14,000 customers in the west, east, north, and uptown areas of the city. In a social media post, Saint John Energy said the outage...
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A tragic story is emerging out of Wolfville, N.S., after the body of a young person was recovered after flash flooding and heavy rain. RCMP say the call came in at 7:40 p.m. on Thursday. Police say the youth was pulled into a water-filled ditch at a park and disappeared under rushing water. The...
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by Tim DavidsonThe Kenora OPP are looking for the public assistance in locating a missing woman. 41-year-old Bailey Paypompee was last seen on July 9th. She is known to frequent both the Whitefish Bay First Natin and the City of Kenora. She’s described as an Indigenous woman, about 5 feet 5 inches tall, with a...
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