Local News

An electrical problem closed St. Patrick High School on Wednesday. School officials sent buses to pick students up at lunchtime.

A single vehicle crash near Highway 11-17 and Highway 527 caused some delays Wednesday morning while crews work to clear the area. Officials with the OPP say a car rolled onto its side at the bottom of KOA hill around 7:45 a.m.

A grocery store chain is making it easier for customers to donate to local food banks. Thunder Bay’s three Safeway grocery store locations are selling care packages throughout the month in support of the Regional Food Distribution Association.

A province-wide strike by personal support workers will see 25 people walk off the job in Thunder Bay Wednesday.

Santa Claus is a busy man these days, with Christmas only two weeks away. But on Tuesday he cleared his schedule for a few hours and spoke via satellite phone with students at St. Margaret School.

Changing schools can be tough for a kid. Losing friends, trying to make new ones, getting up to speed in the classrooms are just a few of the challenges a student might face when they move.

It appears that a working smoke detector may have played a role in helping to avert fire related tragedy this weekend.

The trial for a man accused in a fatal hit-and-run will continue in the spring.

Police have reopened the Thunder Bay Expressway. Officials with the Thunder Bay detachment of the OPP were forced to close the two northbound lanes of the highway, between John Street and Oliver Road, after a multivehicle crash shortly after 8 a.m.

Some changes are expected before city council approves an expansion of a subdivision next year. If approved, which city administration is recommending, Dawson Heights would see 15 new homes, 20 townhouses and five six-plexes in a 2.