Local News

Thunder Bay boasts the largest Finnish population anywhere outside of Finland. That, according to Mayor Keith Hobbs, is what makes Thursday evening's sister city signing ceremony with Seinajoki, Finland so special.

There is labour peace for the Domtar mill and woodlands workers in Dryden. Employees of the mill represented by the Paperworkers Union have ratified a new five-year contract, by a 70 per cent vote.

Two teens were sent to hospital Thursday night after a collision between a pick-up truck and a transport truck at the Harbour Expressway and Memorial Avenue intersection.

Some First Nation leaders say they’re encouraged by a recent bust that saw $1.3 million worth of drugs heading for their remote northern communities seized and taken off the black market.

Members of the Thunder Bay Pipes and Drums are making noise for the association’s centennial anniversary. The group originally formed in 1912 was later officially recognized as what was then the City of Fort William’s pipe band.

Tianyi Ma is leaving the Shad Valley program with a renewed sense of confidence. “Shad is actually so much fun. It’s definitely a lot of work but at the same time it’s enjoyable work.

Thunder Bay Police Service officers have responded to six nuisance bear reports in the past three months, and two of those reports have resulted in dead bears. The two incidents where the bears were killed happened in May and June.

The province is ready to apologize to Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation, 100 years after a man-made flood ravaged the community.

The city's legal department is getting ready to take on a class action lawsuit that is representing victims of May's massive flooding.

The Treaty 3 Police Service and the OPP have made an arrest in relation to the death investigation of Charles Minshall of the Whitefish Bay First Nation. The death of the 61-year-old was discovered in that community on July 22.