Local News

Kevin Kennedy was a man who always tried to put a smile on someone’s face. Kennedy, 58, better known as Dr. Funnybone, died unexpectedly sometime Tuesday morning while on a boating trip near Silver Island.

Housing construction is on the rise as spring continues in Thunder Bay. Figures released by Canada Mortgage and Housing shows that the construction of 10 multi-unit buildings began in May.

A man is in the hospital with serious injuries following an early morning fist fight on a south-side street. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say the brawl took place around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday at the corner of Victoria Avenue and Brodie Street.

An alleged random stabbing on the city’s south-side has some residents questioning the safety of their neighbourhood. Thunder Bay Police Service officers responded to the reported stabbing at the corner of Marks and Arthur Streets just after 4 p.m.

Bashir Hashi says there’s no better place in the world to live than Canada. Hashi, 36, left his home country of Somalia when he was 19-years-old during a time of civil war.

With funding confirmed, a plan for a cyclotron in Thunder Bay is now a matter of location. The federal government re-announced its $4 million commitment to the project in its federal budget Monday.

The Centre for Research and Innovation in the Bio-Economy has opened the doors for Lakehead University researchers to work at a bio-refinery plant in Chatham, Ont.

A tree falling down near Boulevard Lake this weekend has definitely made a sound in the community.

Area MPs say they’re disappointed, but not surprised, by the federal government’s latest budget. MP Bruce Hyer (NDP, Thunder Bay-Superior North) said when the last federal budget came down in March, it took him 21 hours to read.

Pianist Christina Faye is travelling to Italy this summer for five weeks, but it’s not for a vacation.