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Roadblock on West Arthur Street after a collision on Monday, May 18, 2021. (Staff Photo) A woman from Atikokan has passed away after she was injured in a crash on Arthur Street West. Thunder Bay police are not releasing the name of the 69-year-old out of respect for her family. Officers were called to the collision between three vehicles in the area of Mapleward Road around 9:30 a.m. Monday. One other person is in hospital being treated for injuries. The road was closed for several hours. On Air Now

Update 1pm, Monday: Two people have been taken to hospital, one with life threatening injuries, due to a three vehicle crash on Arthur Street West. Po...

The collision took place Monday morning at approximately 9:30 a.m. just east of Mapleward Road. Three vehicles were involved with one partially in the ditch. A transport truck observed parked on the shoulder was not involved. According to a statement from Thunder Bay Fire Rescue, crews observed a large plume of smoke in the area before arriving at the scene. "A third Pumper and a Platoon Chief responded on this upgraded information," the statement reads. "As the first two pumpers arrived a command decision was made by the first arriving officer that the first truck in would render medical ...

Jesica McNabb and her husband Mike, his father Mike McNabb and Jesica’s sister-in-law Nancy Freeborn bought the store and gas station on the corner of Dawson Road and Mapleward Road and reopened it as Dawson General Store on Feb 18, 2021. “As COVID went on, people are looking for businesses that are going to have staying power, allowed to be operational, allowed to bring something into the community,” explains Jesica. They have “everything you’d expect from an old fashioned general store,” she says. Other than gas pumps, there are basic groceries and some hardware, but Dawson Gene...

***************************** A Thunder Bay man armed with an apparent handgun was arrested Wednesday evening after he refused to comply with police demands and instead continued to approach officers. Members of the Thunder Bay Police Service’s Uniform Patrol Branch were dispatched to the 6400 block of Mapleward Road just after 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14 following multiple reports of an aggressive male in the area. When police arrived they observed a male matching the description provided by dispatchers. The male appeared to be in possession of a black handgun. The male refused to compl...