Local News

Three people face charges after police busted a suspected marijuana grow op Wednesday. Officers from the Combined Forces Organized Crime Unit searched a Rowand Street home in Thunder Bay Wednesday afternoon.

Construction at Marina Park will temporary be placed on hiatus for the ninth annual Thunder Bay Blues Festival weekend. The multimillion-dollar development plan will take a break to allow the musical event held in July to go on without interruptions.

Students supported cancer patients by letting their locks hit the floor at an annual charity event Wednesday. Lakehead University students and staff shaved their heads for Cuts for Cancer in the Agora building.

A local MP says Wednesday’s throne speech was pretty but lacked substance. Bruce Hyer (NDP, Thunder Bay – Superior North) said the 6,000-word speech was full of lofty and vague language that offered little for Northwestern Ontario.

The Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra appointed Clint Kuschak as its new interim general manager. The Wednesday announcement by the Symphony states that Kuschak is expected to begin his new role by March 17.

The knowledge-based economy is seen as a major sector for growth and new jobs in Thunder Bay. Preparing for those jobs is the focus of a special forum being held Wednesday evening.

Teachers have armed themselves with whistles and a foghorn after reported sightings of a wolf near the school’s property.

A couple enjoying their empty nest became parents again when they opened their home to support a 19-year-old with an intellectual disability. Melda Ponton, 61, and her husband provided their home to support Cecily, 19, and her brother Dalennie, 16.

A Kakabeka Falls man who pleaded guilty to careless driving following a fatal 2008 crash has been fined $240. Brian Paquette learned his fate in a Provincial Offences courtroom Friday.

British Columbia plans to direct all of its HST revenues to health, but Ontario’s premier said this province will not do the same.