Local News

THUNDER BAY -- Tom Walters calls the George Jeffrey Children’s Centre a wonderful place. It got even better this week.

KENORA -- An Kenora OPP officer has been charged with theft and fraud. As a result of an investigation that began in November 2013, Provincial Const. Steve Tetreault was arrested on Aug. 20 and charged with theft over $5,000 and fraud over $5,000.

THUNDER BAY -- The shelves of the Regional Food Distribution Association are almost empty. That makes the Performance Kia Drive Change Day food drive all the more timely.

A man was taken to hospital and another arrested after a stabbing early Thursday morning. Thunder Bay Police Service found a 28-year-old man stabbed outside of a North Brodie apartment building around 2:20 a.m. Thursday.

Shuniah Reeve Maria Harding will have company on the Oct. 27 municipal ballot.

THUNDER BAY -- The Thunder Bay District Health Unit has issued a swimming advisory at Sandy Beach at Chippewa Park. The advisory is based on samples taken on Aug. 19. The permanent advisory at Chippewa's main beach remains in effect.

THUNDER BAY -- A new committee is aiming to connect the mining industry with service and supply businesses in the northwest.

Striking Bombardier workers will get a chance next week to vote on the company’s latest and final offer. The company on Wednesday successfully appealed to the Ministry of Labour requesting a supervised vote.

THUNDER BAY - Dredging a mercury-contaminated area of the city’s north harbour has been identified as the preferred cleanup option in a recently released report.

THUNDER BAY - A 1938 car that Norm Halvorsen originally bought for $10 and spent 29 years restoring is now sweetening the pot of a local charity draw.