Here are our top 10 stories for the month of March 2016. We'll be presenting our annual Year in Review feature between now and Jan. 1.
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38-year-old man was killed and a 33-year-old woman arrested after a death at a south-side hotel. Perry Bois was found dead in a hallway at the Victoria Inn. Charged with second-degree murder was Pauline Cutfeet of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation.
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After Jane Taylor and her dog were hit attempting to walk to Hillcrest Park, the 70-year-old Thunder Bay woman renewed a push to have a crosswalk installed on High Street to protect pedestrians in the area.
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Police were called to the North Syndicate Avenue area where a man had barricaded himself inside a residence. It took 19 hours for police to convince the man to surrender. Police were alerted to the call the night before after a distraught woman phoned 911 to say the suspect was out of control in the home.
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The body of missing Kenora 16-year-old Delaine Copenace was located in a wooded area near Water Street in Lake of the Woods. Police ruled out foul play in the death. The teen was last seen in downtown Kenora on Feb. 28. The office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario decided not to hold an inquest into her death, sparking outrage from her family, who had called for one.
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The federal government presented a $99-million settlement offer to Fort William First Nation in the band’s Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Specific Claim, which argued Ottawa appropriated nearly 1,600 acres of land in 1905.
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Actor Nick Serino was rewarded for his hard work, winning the Canadian Screen Award for best supporting actor for his role in the locally shot film Sleeping Giant. Serino, a Superior Collegiate graduate, played the role of Nate, a somewhat troubled teenager looking for ways to have fun during a summer vacation spend on the shores of Lake Superior.
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The Chamber of Commerce called on the city to conduct a core-service review of all its services. Chamber president Charla Robinson said while she was happy council managed to reduce the initial proposed tax-levy increase from 4.04 per cent to 2.1 per cent, there were too many good ideas dismissed out of hand during budget talks.
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An abused dog was rescued from Sandy Lake First nation and a new southern Ontario home was found for the German shepherd cross, who was rehabilitated for several months and needed a set of wheels attached to her hind quarters in able to walk.
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The province announced it would commit $7 million of the $20 million needed for Confederation College to build a technology, education and collaboration hub to consolidate many of its trades and technology programs into a single building.
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The city announced it would not be submitting a bid to host the 2021 Canada Summer Games, saying it was a good idea, but one that did not have much hope for success, Mayor Keith Hobbs saying he’d heard the city’s chances were slim. The bid would have cost $300,000.
