Local News

A holiday tradition will continue in Thunder Bay a week Friday, Dec. 2, with the arrival the CP Holiday Train.

Police officers assigned to work at the provincial courthouse on Arthur Street got a little more than they bargained for Thursday afternoon. Just after 3:30 p.m.

If elected leader of the federal NDP, Thomas Mulcair wants to find a solution to the long-gun registry debate that meets the needs of both rural- and urban-dwelling Canadians.

Global Sticks Inc. issued a formal statement to the public about its current situation.

Construction of the Hodder interchange is ahead of schedule, says an official from the Ministry of Transportation. Work on the interchange at Hodder Avenue and Highway 11/17 began this summer and has a completion deadline for 2013.

A dispute over a parking spot at the Thunder Bay Wal-Mart store turned violent Wednesday. City police say a 70-year-old man was sent to hospital after two drivers argued in the parking lot.

United Way of Thunder Bay officials have 40 days and 40 nights to make up a $1.3-million shortfall in their annual fundraising campaign.

No charges will be laid against an OPP officer who was attempting to arrest a 22-year-old man on Oct. 12 at Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park, who then leapt 20 metres to his death.

Thunder Bay police have laid three charges against a man wanted in connection with Wednesday’s armed standoff on Northern Avenue.

A dozen or so protestors donned cowboy hats on Thursday and took to the streets, up in arms about the Conservative government’s omnibus crime bill.