Local News

THUNDER BAY -- Police have identified the victim of a weekend highway crash. OPP officers with the Armstrong and Thunder Bay detachments, along with Shuniah Fire Department and ambulance, responded to a single motor-vehicle crash on Highway 527.

Red Lake, Ont. -- A recent police RIDE checkpoint led to one of their own officers being charged in this Northwestern Ontario town. Officials with the OPP say they set up the RIDE checkpoint on Highway 125, just west of Dellenor Road in Red Lake.

THUNDER BAY -- The leader of the Ontario NDP says she has answers to propel Ring of Fire development forward, but that they will come in time.

THUNDER BAY -- Residents from the flood threatened Kashechewan First Nation continue to arrive in the city.

Greg Stephenson walked into Intercity Shopping Centre Saturday with a full head of hair. Both he and his father left as bald as they day they were born.

The college is looking for support to get a $10 million project off the ground. The first phase of Confederation College's new student village would see two 64-bed residences built at $5 million each near a proposed new recreation centre.

With flood waters rising again, evacuees have started pouring out of Kashechewan First Nation. As many as 600 people displaced from the James Bay community along the Albany River are expected to arrive in Thunder Bay over the next couple of days.

THUNDER BAY -- Wendy Johnston doesn’t want Canadians to lose door-to-door mail delivery.

THUNDER BAY -- The last time the city’s mayor spoke about the proposed event centre to an assembled crowd, he wasn’t exactly in friendly territory. This time, mayor Keith Hobbs had a more receptive audience.

THUNDER BAY -- Last year it looked like the Run for Women might be on its last legs. Now, it appears to be on stable footing as organizers are determined to ensure its long-term viability.