Brent Linton

The annual Roots Community Food Centre market began on Wednesday with produce grown at the Lillie Street site. “The market is a very exciting time for us because we’re working the garden everyday,” said Madisyn Owen, who is the program facilitator. The produce for sale is grown at the two-acre site in Thunder Bay. The program, run by Roots Community Food Centre, teaches young adults how to grow, weed and cultivate produce. And the market provides valuable interactions with the public as well.

Thunder Bay police are looking to the public to help identify the motorist who they claim sped away from an attempted traffic stop and sped though a construction zone. Police and the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario were conducting enforcement on Dawson Road on Tuesday after 4:40 p.m. when officers attempted to stop a motorist in a Ford F150 pickup truck.

Newmont Musselwhite Mine is giving back to the region in a big way. In a partnership with the Regional Food Distribution Association, Newmont Musselwhite has pledged $225,000 over the next five-years to support the efforts of the RFDA to improve food security to the region.