Local News

KENORA, Ont. -- A Highway 17A traffic stop last weekend led to a drug seizure in the Northwestern Ontario city.

Shelter House is going door-to-door to try and stock up for the winter. Volunteers, which the local emergency shelter is still in need of, will meet at Tarbutt Park Wednesday at 6 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- For the first time in weeks Bombardier and Unifor Local 1075 seem to be on the same page. Unfortunately, it’s that neither side knows how to proceed in their negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement.

The city has unloaded the dilapidated Lyceum Theatre for $20,000. The new owners of the 105-year-old downtown north core landmark, Ontario numbered company 2426434, plan to rehabilitate the building.

A 25-year-old man is in custody in conjunction with an Aug. 4 armed robbery against a taxi driver. Thunder Bay Police say they arrested Aaron Michael Edward Ducharme without incident on Sunday outside of his South May Street apartment.

Police have made an arrest related to a pair of recent pharmacy robberies. In a release issued on Monday, police say they were running the plates of a suspicious vehicle at the corner of Frederica and James streets on Saturday night around 11 p.m.

Kenora shoppers are being encouraged to keep an eye on their carts. OPP in the Northwestern Ontario city say a rash of purse snatchings have taken place in recent weeks, numbering about 13.

A Bombardier Transportation spokeswoman says the union representing striking workers at its Thunder Bay plant has rejected the company’s latest offer to settle the five-week-old labour dispute.

THUNDER BAY – Bonnie Anderson believes Waverley Park is underused.

THUNDER BAY -- Andrew Foulds will be seeking his third term at city hall, as he becomes the latest incumbent to announce his re-election bid.