by Adam RileySeveral anti-violence coalitions are seeking the city to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic in Thunder Bay. According to Statistics Canada, Thunder Bay is among the highest in the per capita rate for Intimate Partner Violence and sexual assault of any municipality in not just Ontario,...
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by Randy ThomsCollege faculty, including those at Confederation College, will receive a larger wage increase than previously expected. A mediated settlement between Ontario College Faculty and the College Employer Council will see faculty receive wage increases totalling 9-and-a-half per cent for the period...
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by Brad PerryMounties are asking for assistance from the public to locate a missing 17-year-old girl from Moncton. Abigail Bourque was last seen at a residence on Snow Avenue at around 4:40 p.m. on Tuesday. Police said they have not been able to locate the teen and are concerned for her well-being. Bourque...
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by Joe ThomsonHockey Canada released their first ever Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion path forward today which outlines their plans to make hockey more accessible and welcoming of all Canadians. It includes 13 objectives and 45 actions to be implemented over the next two years and beyond. Some of the actions...
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by Brad PerryPolice are turning to the public for help as they try to find a missing 15-year-old girl from Moncton. Kyley Edgar was last seen around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday near Fulton Crescent in Moncton. Mounties said they are concerned for her well-being and have not been able to find her. Edgar is described as...
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by Brad PerryThe body of a second boater who went missing in northeastern New Brunswick has been found. RCMP say the body of a 75-year-old man was found in the water near Portage Island on Wednesday morning. “The body has since been positively identified as Aldéric Thibodeau,” police said in a news release...
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by Brad PerryAn LGBTQ+ advocacy group says it is pleased with the child and youth advocate’s review of Policy 713. Gail Costello is the co-chair of Pride in Education, a volunteer provincial committee started in 2008 by teachers. Costello said the nearly 100-page report looking at changes made to the...
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by Joe ThomsonHave you ever wanted to take a painting class? Or perhaps pottery is more your style? Whatever you’re interested in, the Customs House Artisan Incubator wants to know. They’ve launched a survey to find out what type of arts and crafts programming you would like to see in your community. The...
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Two were arrested after a school bus fire in Baddeck. It happened Saturday afternoon at a bus garage on Shore Road, firefighters had to extinguish the blaze. RCMP say they were there earlier in the day and noticed vandalism to some other busses. The pair are youths, one was arrested Sunday, the...
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by Adam RileyA Gull Bay First Nation woman is hoping to win it big as she competes in the semi finals of an Indigenous entrepreneurship competition. Donna Tremble, of Royalty Data Rewards Club, believes her idea of bringing digitized reward programs to smaller businesses will wow the judges at the Pow Wow...
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