Local News

THUNDER BAY -- The Canadian Alliance on Mental Health has recognized Minister of Status of Women Patty Hajdu as the 2016 Champion of Mental Health.

ATTAWAPISKAT FIRST NATION -- Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day, in the news release below, is calling the Attawapiskat suicide state of emergency a tipping point for the First Nation health care crisis in Canada.

THUNDER BAY -- A man robbed a south side restaurant with a knife on Saturday during the dinner hour. Thunder Bay Police officers received a call regarding a robbery that had just occurred at Mr. Chinese Restaurant on Arthur Street just before 7 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- That probably isn't Revenue Canada on the phone threatening to issue a warrant for your arrest.

VAL COTE, Ont. -- A traffic stop on Highway 11 in Val Cote, Ont. resulted in four people under arrest on drug charges.

Thunder Bay Police are asking the public to show a little 911 love and learn when and when not to phone the emergency service.

THUNDER BAY -- The Thunder Bay ArtGallery will once again present the 2016 Dennis Franklin High School Art Exhibition, which runs from April 7 to May 1. The opening reception celebration is Thursday, April 14 at 5:30 p.m.

THUNDER BAy -- Nishnawbe Aski Nation leadership is hopeful solutions will be found as the inquest into the death of seven Aboriginal students in Thunder Bay enters the recommendation phase.

THUNDER BAY -- Both candidates who vied for local seats under the NDP banner in the federal 2015 election lamented their leader’s loss at the party’s convention in Edmonton on Sunday.

THUNDER BAY -- Paramedics could be in a legal strike position by month’s end.