Local News

Intercity Shopping Centre has acquired a new Target. The Thunder Bay mall’s current Zellers store could become a Target sometime in 2013.

Shebandowan Village only has about 4.5 kilometres of road to maintain locally. But with only 52 ratepayers footing the bill, when the unexpected arises, the coffers run dry pretty quickly.

Many people in Schreiber say they are worried following an incident where a young girl was burned after grabbing onto a live railway electrical cable on the CP line.

Thunder Bay’s Aboriginal population has grown by more than 20 per cent within the past five years and continues to grow, a recent survey of urban Aboriginal peoples concludes.

The Regional Cancer Care has out shined other Ontario centres for treatment and wait times, according to the annual Cancer Quality Index report.

Environmental concerns at an idle local mill are the responsibility of its current and previous owners, a review tribunal says.

Former Ontario premier Bill Davis will be one of four people awarded honorary degrees from Lakehead University. Davis, who led the province from 1971 to 1985, will be given a doctor of law degree on Saturday morning, the second day of convocation.

A new documentary could be called a must-see for five Northwestern communities considering storing nuclear waste beneath their towns.

Eating healthy is on the menu for Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute students. More than 800 students and teachers walked around the high school on Wednesday to promote healthy living and eating habits.

Union workers at Thunder Bay’s Bombardier plant have a new president representing them at the corporate level.