Local News

THUNDER BAY – The surging price of gold in early 2016 led a stock market spike in the value of Canadian mining companies, including those operating in Northwestern Ontario.

THUNDER BAY – This weekend’s Liberal Convention in Winnipeg is the first chance since last fall’s rousing election win for the party to come together as one and celebrate.

THUNDER BAY – The deaths of seven First Nations students are the result of a “universal failure” from all parties involved, a lawyer representing Nishnawbe Aski Nation told a coroner’s inquest jury.

THUNDER BAY – As airlines come and go, at least one national company is committed to staying at the local airport for at least another decade.

THUNDER BAY – Diesel power has no future in remote Northern Ontario communities, says the CEO of NCC Development. Geordi Kakepetum on Thursday said he’s hopeful a FedNor investment of $2.

The Canadian Automobile Association has announced its annual Top 10 Worst Roads in Ontario and Thunder Bay appears twice on that list. One of those roads is Balmoral Street, which sits in third place overall.

A dramatic collision in the intersection of High and Inchequin Streets at about 10:30 a.m. this morning sent both drivers to T.B.R.H.S.C. by ambulance. Neither suffered life-threatening injuries.

THUNDER BAY – City administration says the municipality won’t provide an endorsement to the local Guardian Angels chapter.

THUNDER BAY – Police are ruling out foul play as a factor in the death of a local woman whose body was found at the Sleeping Giant Provincial Park over the weekend.

THUNDER BAY – Jim Madder says he’s pretty pleased with the direction Confederation College took over the past three years. The school president on Thursday said on the biggest changes between 2013 and 2016 is demographics.