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Three local ceremonies scheduled to mark Remembrance Day

THUNDER BAY – Even if you can’t make it to a ceremony, it’s important to mark Remembrance Day.

Nov 10, 2015 4:14 PM Read more >

Atikokan to pose daylight saving time plebiscite question in 2018 election

ATIKOKAN – Atikokan town council has decided now is not the time to debate daylight saving time.

Nov 10, 2015 3:22 PM Read more >

City offers free transit for veterans on Remembrance Day

City of Thunder Bay media release follows: November 10, 2015 – In honour of veterans, Thunder Bay Transit is will be providing free transit service to all veterans and military personnel in uniform and the family members accompanying them on Re

Nov 10, 2015 3:13 PM Read more >

Thunder Bay soldier featured in History Channel documentary

THUNDER BAY -- The exploits of a Thunder Bay-born Canadian Armed Forces colonel are featured in an Afghanistan War documentary series airing on The History Channel this week.

Nov 10, 2015 2:22 PM Read more >

Corrections officers may be head to the picket lines by month's end

THUNDER BAY -- Corrections officers could be on strike by the end of the month. OPSEU Local 737 president Mike Lundy, who represents officers at the Thunder Bay District Jail, said negotiations with the province last weekend didn't end well.

Nov 10, 2015 1:09 PM Read more >

Edmund Fitzgerald anniversary a chance to look at what's made Lake Superior safer to navigate

THUNDER BAY -- When the gales of November come early, ships on Lake Superior are more prepared today than they were 40 years ago the local harbour master says.

Nov 10, 2015 11:14 AM Read more >

Foul play not suspected in death of 34-year-old woman on Pacific Avenue bridge

THUNDER BAY - The death of a 34-year-old woman on the Pacific Avenue is not considered to be a homicide.

Nov 10, 2015 9:37 AM Read more >

Housing starts still up this year despite October dip

THUNDER BAY -- There was a slight dip in new home construction around the city last month. According to Canada Mortgage and Housing, 27 new home builds began during the month of October, down from 32 over the same time period last year.

Nov 9, 2015 4:46 PM Read more >

Environmental Commissioner says bear hunt proponents ignored key evidence

THUNDER BAY -- The province's environmental commissioner is criticizing a decision to reintroduce the spring bear hunt last year.

Nov 9, 2015 4:01 PM Read more >

OPP find car in a ditch and a driver who smelled of booze

OPP Media Release (THUNDER BAY, ON) On Friday, November 6, 2015 at approximately 10:14 pm, officers from the Thunder Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 589 in Gorham Township

Nov 9, 2015 3:12 PM Read more >