Local News

About 10,000 Thunder Bay residents were left in the dark for nearly two hours Saturday night. Officials with Hydro One say customers in the south end of the city lost power at about 6:30pm.

TBayTel answered the call for those in need with a roast beef lunch. The local telecommunications company sponsored the lunch at the Salvation Army on Cumberland St. on Sunday.

Increased fees for city services will have an additional 8 per cent added to them this coming summer. Ontario’s harmonized sales tax will affect city services by adding onto the cost starting in July.

Lakehead University announced the development of a new research lab focused on creating greener technology.

The Ontario government has put people in harm’s way and needs to address the situation says the chair of a provincial wind energy concern group.

The Regional Food Distribution Association announced Friday that it is going green. The food bank is making the changes necessary to start supplying fresh fruits and vegetables to people in need.

Local police have been trying to address what seems to be a growing speeding problem in Thunder Bay The traffic department of the Thunder Bay Police Service has been conducting speeding blitzes for the last two weeks.

The province officially named Paul Godfrey as the new chairman of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Friday.

Nisnawbe-Aski Nation’s leaders are dismissing a recently published article that suggests remote First Nation communities that are struggling economically should be relocated closer to larger urban centres.

Olympic fever is spreading with Holy Cross School being the latest to be bitten by the sports bug Friday.