Local News

City of Thunder Bay Media Update December 22, 2015 – Motorist are asked to avoid the intersection of Balmoral Street and Central Avenue today if possible while City crews work to repair a small water main leak.

OPP Media Release Rainy River District OPP (Atikokan) has recently learned of complaints from the public of telephone calls from persons identifying themselves as investigators with Revenue Canada.

THUNDER BAY -- There was no discussion as city council approved nearly $177,000 more for the event centre's third phase Monday. Council approved the $176,988, mainly for legal fees, without a word as they met for the last meeting of 2015.

THUNDER BAY -- The city's archive will be named after the man who helped build it. Harry Kirk was city clerk from 1980 until his retirement in 1993. Even before he passed away in October, Coun.

THUNDER BAY - The state of the Thunder Bay District Jail is a primary focus in an open letter sent by Opposition Leader Patrick Brown to Premier Kathleen Wynne.

THUNDER BAY - The Salvation Army is hoping to raise nearly $30,000 in the final days of their Christmas kettle campaign.

THUNDER BAY – Local firefighters have outdone themselves yet again in this season’s Toys For Tots fundraising campaign.

Blair Wright provided us with these photographs of Thunder Bay homes showing off their Christmas Season pride. [ View the story "Local homes light up for the Christmas season" on Storify ]

(RED LAKE, ON) – Officers of the Red Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid two charges of Impaired Driving this month.

OPP News Release (IRON BRIDGE, ON) – On December 19, 2015, at 7:53 a.m., members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to single vehicle motor collision in the Village of Iron Bridge on Highway 17.