Local News

THUNDER BAY -- In response to the winter spike in auto collisions, the city’s collision centre hours will be expanded. Officials with the THunder Bay Police Service confirmed the expanded hours via a news release issued Friday.

THUNDER BAY -- The Alzheimer Society of Thunder Bay hosted its annual fundraising gala at the Victoria Inn Thursday night. More than 300 of Thunder Bay's most charitable, came out to support the cause.

THUNDER BAY -- Environment Canada is expecting a sloppy weekend that will feature a blend of snow, rain, ice pellets and freezing rain in and around the city.

THUNDER BAY -- Sandy Beach leaseholders will not receive an extension, city officials confirmed at a Thursday evening meeting. Property lease holders at Sandy Beach have been waiting month for any word of a possible lease extension.

THUNDER BAY -- More than 900 people registered for a Christmas hamper with the Regional Food Distribution Association last year.

THUNDER BAY -- The city’s hospital has made the country’s top 10 most admired corporate cultures list.

If the province doesn't make a fair offer, more than 35,000 people will be on strike next year a local union president says.

THUNDER BAY -- Social media is making festive RIDE programs easier to avoid.

THUNDER BAY -- The region is seeing improvement in its health, but there's still more to be done the Northwest Local Health Integration Network says.

THUNDER BAY -- The addition of three new Gladue report writers in Northern Ontario will have an impact on how many Aboriginal people are in custody, says the executive director of Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services.