Local News

There were few complaints from residents of a local retirement home about the building becoming smoke-free July 1. Suomi Koti of Thunder Bay Inc. is now a non-smoking residence.

About 100,000 hectares of forest in this region are burning as the province continues to confirm new forest fires.

Police in the Kenora area are investigating two separate fatal crashes that took place early Thursday morning.

Leadership of Kitchenuhmaykoosib InninuwugI First Nation is again making a stand against industrial development in their territory.

Thunder Bay lawyers say they’re thrilled to have a law school in the city because it will bring in more lawyers who know and understand the region’s issues.

Thunder Bay Blues Fest organizers are calling this year’s lineup the strongest they’ve had in the festival’s 10 year history.

A 12-year-old girl allegedly knocked out power to an entire First Nation community after hitting a hydro pole with a pickup truck last weekend.

Police have confirmed drowning to be the cause of death in a cliff-jumping accident last weekend. Dau Huston, 21, and a friend went to a swimming hole about 20 minutes upstream from the Mackenzie Inn around 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

Thousands of residents in Current River were without power Tuesday night. More than 3,500 people were without power after a car struck a hydro pole on Grenville Avenue around 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The driver of an alleged stolen van is facing three charges after a crash Tuesday afternoon.