Local News

THUNDER BAY -- Icebreaking began in the Port of Thunder Bay Tuesday. Unfortunately, with the heavy fog, local residents haven't been able to watch the U.S. Coast Guard's ''Alder'' hard at work in the harbour.

A Thunder Bay man has been found not guilty of a number of sexual assault charges against a female youth.

Special weather statement in effect for: City of Thunder Bay Significant snowfall amounts today and tonight. An intensifying low pressure system over Wisconsin this morning will track slowly northward today.

THUNDER BAY – Taxpayers will be on the hook for a $300,000 shortfall in the Thunder Bay Police Service’s 2015 budget but the police chief said he knew costs would exceed the allotted $37.7-million before the year even began.

THUNDER BAY -- City council will have money on its mind Monday night. Councillors will receive a list of properties that have been in tax arrears since 2013 that are eligible to be registered and sold unless taxes are paid.

The Ontario Public Sector Employee's Union in Thunder Bay is preparing to move into a new office, after getting the planning go-ahead from Thunder Bay city council last night.

City of Thunder Bay media release follows : March 15, 2016 – Thunder Bay Fire Rescue is asking all residents to stay off any of the frozen bodies of water in the area.

It turns out crime does pay – just not for those you’d expect.

THUNDER BAY -- The owner of an emaciated dog has been found. Crime Stoppers put a call out on social media Tuesday looking for the owner of a dog found wandering and starving near Junot Avenue and Windsor Street.

A vehicle collision on Monday resulted in a broken railway crossing arm. A female driver ignored the flashing red lights and clanging bells and received a wake-up slap when the crossing arm descended and hit the windshield.