Local News

Forestry graduates face an uncertain future. But forest tenure and pricing changes could be their salvation.

The former president of the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce has a new title. Mary Long-Irwin has been named the executive director for the Northern Ontario Enterprise Gateway.

Local efforts are underway to help Haiti after a devastating earthquake Tuesday. Donations are pouring in to the Thunder Bay branch of the Canadian Red Cross to help with the devastation in Haiti.

A Health Unit outreach worker said a needle recovery program is working well on the city’s south side.

A search of a residence in Sioux Lookout has resulted in the seizure of a large quantity of Oxycontin and Oxycocets, reports the OPP.

A group of students are doing their part to make sure there is enough blood plasma to go around. The group of local high school students will become Northwestern Ontario's first ambassadors for the Young Blood for Life program.

Self-sustainability is the only way First Nations communities can ensure their economic futures are sound, says the regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

Thunder Bay’s District Social Services Administration Board will not take over the vacated Victoriaville Mall space left empty by a call centre closure.

Thunder Bay Christian School is getting a regulation-size skating rink, and they have the city’s first family of hockey to thank for it.

Thunder Bay has an uphill climb ahead of it if the city wants to pass Go, collect $200 and earn a spot on the board of Hasbro’s new Monopoly Canada edition. The city is sitting in 53rd spot in the nationwide vote with a meager 0.