Local News

Highway 527 is reopened after being closed for nearly four full days. The highway was closed on April 30 following a washout one kilometre south of the Kab River Bridge that led to a fatal motor vehicle collision.

THUNDER BAY -- Most people are used to postal workers delivering items to their homes. But once a year, Canada Post carriers work together to canvas the city in search of donations for regional food banks.

THUNDER BAY -- Nothing beats free stuff. For the 13th year, local businesses Comix Plus and Music Exchange and Hill City Comics participated in Free Comic Book Day, a phenomenon celebrated across the continent.

GULL BAY FIRST NATION, Ont. -- The chief of Gull Bay First Nation has declared a state of emergency. With limited access to the community after the washout of Highway 527, Chief Wilfred King made the official declaration at about 10 a.m.

THUNDER BAY -- It’s about time the country’s national police acknowledged the scope of missing and murdered Aboriginal women, says the president of the Ontario Native Women’s Association.

THUNDER BAY -- Flo Southcott has spent her entire final year of high school trying to leave behind a significant impact.

THUNDER BAY -- Preventing crime could be as easy as taking a stroll through the neighbourhood. This Saturday and Sunday, the city is participating in the annual Jane's Walk and will host walks in eight different neighbourhoods.

THUNDER BAY -- After six weeks of rehearsing the Ice Dance, Westmount Public School student Mitchell Hanna-Gardiner was worried nerves would get the better of him when waiting to perform at the Arts Fiesta Friday.

THUNDER BAY -- The city is becoming a role model for other communities when it comes to creating a safer cycling environment.

THUNDER BAY -- Keith Hobbs admits he is a “little disappointed” that Ontario is heading to the polls for a spring election.