Local News

The Thunder Bay Art Gallery has a new corporate partner. CIBC is helping launch the gallery's annual Summer Exhibition Series.

A young woman is now safe and sound despite having spent a night in the bush. OPP officers were called to the Sleeping Giant Provincial Park after the 23-year-old Thunder Bay woman failed to reconnect with her hiking partner at a designated time.

Keith MacMillan, of Thunder Bay, took a big bite out of OLG’s Instant Pac-man game, winning the $75,000 jackpot. The 76 year-old grandfather of 11 told staff at OLG’s Toronto prize centre that he was shocked because his previous highest win was $50.

The jobless rate in the city has improved slightly, numbers from Statistics Canada show. The new statistics reveal that the city’s jobless rate for May was about 7.2 per cent, down from the 7.3 per cent recorded in April.

Police are still looking for a suspect following a break-in at the former Hillcrest High School early Friday morning. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say the break-in and theft took place shortly after 1 a.m.

The head of a young professionals network sees a generation gap in choosing a location for a proposed multiplex.

Another shipment of wind turbines en route to Dorion blew into the Thunder Bay harbour Thursday. Crews began unloading the second of three shipments of turbines at Keefer Terminal off the BBC Orinoco.

Another shipment of wind turbines headed to Dorion blew into the Thunder Bay harbour Thursday. Crews began unloading the second of three shipments of turbines at Keefer Terminal off the BBC Orinoco.

The nationwide rotating postal worker strike hit Thunder Bay Thursday impacting about 200 local workers.

Delegates for the Canadian Auto Workers Local 229 from across the region are holding a three-day conference in Thunder Bay this week. The gathering is aimed at mobilizing CAW members to lobby their politicians.