Local News

It looks like the struggling Global Sticks operation in Oliver Paipoonge is starting to resume production after several months of downtime.

Police have charged a 51-year-old pharmacist with trafficking prescription medication. The Kenora Joint Forces Drug Unit and Dryden OPP charged the man after a two month long investigation.

While details are scarce, police have confirmed they have made four arrests in the city regarding possession of child pornography. Thunder Bay Police Services officers with the assistance of the OPP made the arrests.

Don Campion has ended his silence about the abuse he and others suffered at the hands of a police officer. The 53-year-old from Chatham, Ont. said he suffered from various abuses from an OPP officer who worked in his community.

A 29-year-old-man faces a number of drug related charges following a search by police. Thunder Bay Police Service Guns and Gangs unit executed a search warrant the man’s apartment on Court Street in the city’s north end Wednesday night.

The former auditor of the Port Arthur Polish Hall testified at a fraud trial that she wasn’t prepared for the job. The trial of Krystyna Dolasinski continued Wednesday at the Thunder Bay Superior Court of Justice.

Anton Demetrakopoulos’ passion for the environment has won his school more than 20 new computers.

The fight for a say in tuition hikes at Lakehead University could land the school in front of a judicial review.

The travel and tourism program at Confederation College has been suspended. The number of student applications for the long-standing program has declined over the last few years, so the college is suspending the program for one year to redevelop it.

Northern Avenue from May Street to Vickers Street will be closed to through traffic beginning at 8 a.m. on Thursday. New storm sewer construction and road reconstruction scheduled to begin on Thursday is expected to last eight days.