Local News

Bradley Tomeck was sentenced to five years in prison Monday for robbing a local credit union. The 22-year-old Thunder Bay man was convicted of armed robbery, wearing a disguise and three firearms offences on May 4.

The province is forgiving more than $24 million in loans in an effort to get people in Terrace Bay back to work. Ontario’s Superior Court will decide Monday whether the troubled Terrace Bay Pulp will be sold to India-based Aditya Birla Group.

One person was sent to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a two-car collision Monday at the intersection of Franklin and Ridgeway streets.

An over-fueled boat led to an explosion at the marina in Minaki Friday, sending five people to the hospital. Police with the Kenora detachment of the OPP responded to the report of a boat explosion at the marina on Friday, July 13 just before 6 p.m.

A man has died following a single-vehicle crash Monday morning, police have confirmed.

City police suspect arson after three vehicles were found on fire early Monday morning. Officers with the Thunder Bay Police Service noticed the vehicles on fire in a lot on 11th Avenue just after 3 a.m.

Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources reported having a very active weekend for forest fires in the Northwest. Officials with the MNR say nearly 40 new fires were confirmed over the two days, 24 of those having started on Saturday.

A pedestrian involved in a collision with a vehicle has died, city police confirmed. Thunder Bay Police Service officers blocked off the Golf Links Road entrance to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre following the fatal crash.

While every dog may have its day, most lakes don’t. Luckily that’s not the case for one of the largest lakes in the world.

Trash thrown into the water won’t be hidden for long thanks to the help of some local volunteers.