Local News

The city beefed up security as developers of a proposed wind project appeared before council Monday to address concerns and answer questions. Enhanced security included extra guards and two police officers.

The up-and-down temperatures across the region have not been good news for the Thunder Bay Adventure Trails Snowmobile Club.

Newsprint production at the local AbitibiBowater mill is scheduled to restart this week. As a result Thunder Bay Fire and Rescue officials are warning people to stay off the Kam River.

The information on Realtor.ca appears to say it all – excellent potential for a contractor or the handy man as the home does require some repairs.

Teachers at Confederation College could be on strike by next week unless their union and the province’s 24 colleges reach an agreement. A strike date, set for Feb.11, would see the local college’s 160 full-time OPSEU faculty walk out.

Full-time kindergarten is expanding in Thunder Bay this fall with the addition of five full-time junior kindergarten programs, said superintendent of education Sherri-Lynne Pharand.

The gastro-intestinal outbreak that forced visitor restriction at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences centre is now over. Nine patients on the 2C Unit of the hospital displayed symptoms of the illness that was first noted this weekend.

Thieves smashed the windows of numerous vehicles while the owners watched a hockey game at a nearby arena over the weekend. Thunder Bay Police Service officers are investigating the incidents, which took place between 6:45 p.m. and 10:15 p.m.

Runners took their mark, got set and took off in the first Thunderwolves’ indoor marathon. Nearly 100 runners participated in the marathon, which was held at Lakehead Athletics hangar Sunday afternoon.

Red osier dogwood, seagrass, poplar bark and honeysuckle; wool and copper; philodendron and yucca leaves; water and air and obviously skilled hands, nimble fingers and a vision for art she claims doesn’t originate within her.