Local News

NDP and Progressive Conservatives candidates say their party was the first to come up with the idea to remove the Harmonized Sales Tax from hydro bills.

A local recreation centre celebrated its birthday by showing off its recent facelift Tuesday morning. The Canada Games Complex was built in 1981 for the Canada Summer Games.

Two Thunder Bay teens involved in a police pursuit and crash on the weekend have been charged. The teens were sent to hospital as a result of the crash.

Police are on the lookout for a thief armed with a syringe. Just after 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning a Diamond Taxi driver reported being robbed at syringe-point by a woman, who is known to police, at the 1100-block area of Lincoln Street.

One man went to hospital of his own accord and five puppies were rescued on Tuesday morning when two units of a Neebing Avenue row house complex went up in flames.

A structural fire in AbitibiBowater’s No. 5 paper machine sent five people to hospital on Monday night.

The Thunder Bay Airport is getting ready to put its new solar project into service. Thunder Bay International Airport CEO Scott McFadden said the construction has now reached completion.

A plan to keep heavy truck traffic off of Dawson Road has been delayed. The by-law would ban trucks longer than 15.2 metres from travelling on Dawson Road.

The head of a local shelter says the city has not been very good at dealing with its alcohol issues.

Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the City of Thunder Bay.