Local News

Dave Canfield's parents always told him a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. That's the way the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association president looks at at resource activity in the region.

Luca Patuelli overcame all odds to become a break dancer. Born with arthrogryposis, a congenital joint and muscle disease that left him unable to walk as a child, he was told he’d be confined to a wheelchair for life.

A pilot project to ease pressure on the region's ambulance system has all the support it needs but no funding yet. Superior North EMS chief Norm Gale said non-urgent transfers are clogging up the system.

City residents will be braving the cold to help the homeless next month. The second annual Coldest Night of the Year walk is being held in support of Grace Place on Simpson Street.

The city’s fight with influenza appears to have subsided. According to the District Health Unit, the city has plateaued in terms of laboratory confirmed flu cases.

After years of negotiations, officials with the Lake Helen First Nation have signed documents with the province that will see their community’s geography triple in size.

Working Canadians are under attack by the federal government, says the president of a national union.

The province is spending $3.2 million to replace the Swamp River bridge west of Shebandowan. The contract to do the Highway 11 work, which will create 32 temporary jobs, was awarded to LH North Ltd. Work is expected to begin in the spring.

Lakehead Public Schools’ director of education is calling it a career. Board officials announced Tuesday night that Cathi Siemieniuk will retire on Aug. 31 from the position she’s held since July 2009.

The city's proposed 2014 tax levy increase is 3.45 per cent for now. City council has been provided with some suggestions on how to get that number down to 2.