Local News

Two children are dead and one is being treated for injuries following a house fire in Summer Beaver, Ont.

A local union official has serious doubts his members will see any of the millions of dollars they’re owed in severance pay by four regional Buchanan-owned mills.

The province has released its latest air quality report, and Thunder Bay is at the top of the list in the two main categories for clean air.

Uncertain market conditions have placed four area mills into receivership or in the hands of a trustee in bankruptcy, a company official confirmed Thursday.

The province’s proposed forest-tenure reform won’t save the industry in Northwestern Ontario, but it won’t hurt it, says an industry lobbyist.

More than 1,800 Thunder Bay students are getting lessons in sports and fitness from the coaches and varsity athletes of Lakehead University through a new partnership.

The Regional Food Distribution Association board has lost its president.

The man charged in a fatal hit and run just before Christmas will have to wait through the weekend to see if his bail hearing will proceed.

A stop of a suspicious vehicle by OPP officers in Longlac led to the arrest of a Regina man. While attending to a traffic matter, OPP officials say officers noticed the vehicle being driven around the community, and pulled it over a short time later.

One man is dead after an apartment fire late Wednesday evening on South Cumberland Street. “The fire was reported by a neighbour at approximately 11:30 last night,” said Rolf Waffler, fire investigator with the Ontario Fire Marshall’s Office.