Local News

THUNDER BAY -- Rural schools have been closed and rural school buses have been cancelled.

FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION, Ont. -- A 16-year-old girl is in critical condition after being struck by a pickup truck Saturday evening. Officials with the OPP said the teen was walking on Squaw Bay Road when she was hit by the truck after 8 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- The city is expected to spend the rest of Sunday under a fog advisory. Environment Canada issued the caution just before 4 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- A young boy was taken to hospital Saturday after falling more than 20 feet out of a chairlift at a city ski hill.

THUNDER BAY -- Overcrowding at their headquarters led to the Salvation Army relocating their annual Christmas dinner.

THUNDER BAY -- It’s been more than four years since Shuniah Forest Products lost time to a workplace injury. That’s the type of record that gets you noticed in the forest industry.

THUNDER BAY – A growing need in the community has put strains on food banks as they prepare for the holiday season. That’s where a special call for help comes in handy.

THUNDER BAY – A woman has been arrested after an early morning stabbing that sent a man to hospital. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say the incident happened at about 2:20 a.m. on the city’s north side.

THUNDER BAY -- Bruce Hyer is ready to launch a bid to return to Parliament. This time he’ll be hitting the campaign trail with green backing, rather than riding the orange wave that led him into his first two terms in the House of Commons.

THUNDER BAY -- Even though Christmas morning is still about two weeks Santa Claus made a special visit to a city food bank, though he did not land on the roof with his reindeer crew. Instead he arrived on board a city bus.