Local News

The 2011 fire season is coming to an end. By 12 a.m. Tuesday, the official forest fire season for this year will come to a close. But this season’s impact on the record books will not end so soon.

Ontario’s Natural Resources Minister Michael Gravelle said he is more than willing to work with opposition members, and that includes Kenora-Rainy River’s MPP.

Local artist Randy Thomas says he wants to make a positive change in Thunder Bay. The 23-year-old learned the ins and outs about painting from his father, Roy. He spent hours watching his dad paint, which he said looked easy to do.

Fire investigators are looking into the cause of a fire that gutted a garage and melted some nearby hydro lines early Monday morning.

Lakehead Thunderwolves hockey players moved off the ice to bag groceries in support of cancer research. Thunderwolves players were at three Safeway stores on Sunday bagging groceries and flipping burgers in support of breast cancer research.

An alleged weekend assault is now a homicide investigation. Jimmy Robert Monias, 21, was sent to hospital around 6 p.m. Saturday in critical condition after receiving a head injury.

A group of amateur dancers thrilled shoppers when they performed their version of Michael Jackson’s zombie filled hit Thriller. About 20 performers broke out into a dance at Intercity Shopping Centre on Saturday.

Construction crews will close a portion of Golf Links Road for most of the day on Sunday.

MPs and members of the Thunder Bay District Municipal League found common ground over their frustration with the federal government.

Police are looking for a lone masked man who robbed a Mac’s Convenience store with a pipe. Thunder Bay Police Service officers responded to a robbery at a Victoria Avenue store around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday.