Local News

OPP News Release: (KENORA, ON) Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged two people with Impaired Driving offences over the weekend.

Getting more high school students into post-secondary is the aim of a partnership between local school boards and Confederation College. Forty-eight students in Grade 11 received conditional acceptances this week.

The cool, damp weather over the weekend was good news for the forest fire situation in the Northwest. Officials with Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources say there were no new confirmed fires, with 10 active fires in the region.

THUNDER BAY – There’s more than one way to travel across the city. That’s the idea behind the Commuter Challenge , a one week initiative held nationally to encourage people to take different modes of transportation to get around.

THUNDER BAY – Construction work has begun on the expansion of St. Joseph’s Hospital.

THUNDER BAY – The local president of the union representing Ontario public school elementary teachers is accusing the minister of education of attempting to “mislead the public.

THUNDER BAY – A south-side apartment building has suffered damage after a Sunday afternoon fire. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue crews responded to an apartment building on Moodie Street, where a fire had broken out on the third floor.

THUNDER BAY – The artists of tomorrow are now on display. From now until June 14, art created by students attending Thunder Bay high schools will be featured in the Thunder Bay Art Gallery’s annual Secondary School Art Showcase.

OPP News Release Follows: OPP WARN OF CANADA REVENUE AGENCY SCAM (RED LAKE, ON) – The Red Lake Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) remind residents to beware of a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) scam in which someone, claiming to be a representative fr

THUNDER BAY – For much of her life Chelsey Hardick has heard people tell her she wouldn’t be able to be a police officer.