Local News

For a university president, the first 100 days on the job are about listening to people and learning the issues that concern the community, said Lakehead University’s new president and vice-chancellor.

More than $27,000 from the province will help relieve stress for staff who witness traumatic abuse on a regular basis, says the counselling director of a women and children’s shelter.

Police temporarily closed a section of Highway 11 for more than an hour Monday afternoon after a man riding a motorcycle collided with a moose. Officials with the OPP say the man crashed into the moose while driving the motorcycle just after 1 p.m.

The Northwest Region’s OPP detachment was reporting a quiet holiday weekend as of Sunday evening.

The city’s Eye on the Street program received praise for protecting people and property at a recent city council meeting, but many who frequent the area say the cameras don’t help them feel any safer.

Police say two young men beat and robbed a 50-year-old man on the city’s south side early Monday morning. Thunder Bay Police Service officers say they responded to the area of Dease and McKenzie streets around 7 a.m.

With the sounds of the accordion and smells of Italy’s famous cuisine hitting the air, Festa Italiana took over Algoma Street Sunday afternoon.

Residents walking near Birch Point will here "Fore!" coming out of the woods now that the city has created a disc golf course. The 18-hole course was set up over the Spring with target baskets installed earlier this Summer.

Police are looking for three suspects after a man was assaulted on the city’s South side Sunday morning. A 33-year-old man told police he was walking on Arthur Street when he was attacked by three men.

The town of Sioux Lookout has moved one step closer to banning plastic bags. During the most recent council meeting, a second reading of the controversial bill was passed.