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Pikangikum standoff ends peacefully

A domestic argument in Pikangikum, which led to at least one shot being fired, has ended peacefully. Police officers in the northern community of Pikangikum were alerted to the situation around 1 a.m. Thursday.

Two arrested following north-side drug bust

Two Thunder Bay men face a number of drug-related charges following a north-side police raid.

Crowe to seek NDP nomination in Thunder Bay-Superior North

The provincial NDP now has multiple candidates in Thunder Bay-Superior North.
Amendments axed

Amendments axed

The mayor’s plan for a zero per cent budget was voted down during a budget meeting Wednesday. Keith Hobbs called for an amendment that would have seen $1.

Charlie faces year in jail for part in fraud case

The final person accused in a major welfare fraud scheme on the Fort William First Nation learned her fate Wednesday at the Superior Court of Justice in Thunder Bay.

Humane Society introduces personality test for cats, potential owners

The Thunder Bay and District Humane Society is looking to perfect the way cats and cat-lovers are brought together. Meet Your Match is a personality test taken by both felines and those looking to adopt a cat.

Shuniah feeling fiscal pinch of OPP raise

At least one area municipality is feeling the pinch, in the wake of the recently announced five per cent wage increase for OPP officers.
Hearing begins following Police Service Act investigation

Hearing begins following Police Service Act investigation

A senior Thunder Bay Police Service officer is facing two charges of misconduct in relation to an alleged series of frauds committed in the city’s sexual offender registry office. The new evidence came to light on Wednesday, when Insp.
‘Drop in the bucket’

‘Drop in the bucket’

Fort William First Nation Chief Peter Collins says $14.2 million from the federal government for social housing is a drop in the bucket and won’t bring many communities out of the third-world conditions they’re stuck in. MP Greg Rickford (Con.
Search resumes

Search resumes

Police continued the search for a missing teenager Wednesday morning.
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