Local News

The province is spending nearly $40 million on four highway improvement projects throughout the region. The Ministry of Transportation announced Wednesday they will be spending $39.

Thunder Bay - The popular Open Streets event will not be going ahead in Thunder Bay this year. Officials from Eco-Superior say they just weren't able to secure the funding needed, to make it happen again.

THUNDER BAY – Dave Cryderman is the first to admit there’s an issue with him leading an anti-racism workshop. “The presentation has a problem in that I’m a white man leading this discussion about racism and colonialism.

FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION – Georjann Morriseau is stepping down as a Fort William First Nation councillor.

Police have charged a Constance Lake First Nation man of possessing and intending to traffic illegal drugs for a second time in three weeks. Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service officers took the 66-year-old man into custody on Apr.

Alternative accommodation arrangements are being made for Kashechewan First Nation members fleeing flooding after a government official made “disappointing” comments in a conference call with the remote community’s chief on Monday.

THUNDER BAY -- The death of a 30-year-old woman found in a wooded area near Brant Street has been ruled not criminal in nature.

THUNDER BAY -- Confederation College intends to ask the city for $500,000 this summer to bolster funding for its proposed Technology Education and Collaboration building.

THUNDER BAY – The province plans to train five new correctional officers to work in local facilities, though the premier confirmed there are no imminent plans to replace the aging district jail.

THUNDER BAY – A rural school bus driver involved in a Monday morning crash that injured at least one student has been charged.