Local News

THUNDER BAY -- The cold snap hitting this region is being blamed for a pump malfunction that spilled about 700 litres of gasoline outside a Confederation College building.

THUNDER BAY -- City police are looking for witnesses of a hit and run. The Thunder Bay Police Service's traffic unit hopes residents in the University Drive and Inglewood Crescent area may have heard a crash just after midnight Thursday.

A Shuniah Fire Department official says no one was hurt in a structural blaze that consumed an Alder Road residence. Fire officials responded to the call on a snowy Friday morning.

THUNDER BAY -- Two years ago, after letting his hair grow wildly for months on end, Dalton Giertuga shaved his head. The hair he cut off was turned into a wig, used by a cancer patient who had lost their hair because of chemotherapy treatments.

THUNDER BAY -- The blast of Arctic air that’s swept through the region this week is prompting a warning from the Thunder Bay and District Humane Society.

THUNDER BAY -- Coun. Iain Angus is concerned there might come a time when the city cannot fulfill its own power needs. That concern follows a meeting between Ontario Energy Minister Chris Bentley and local delegates.

OPP in Fort Frances are investigating a potentially dangerous incident that took place at a Wednesday Idle No More protest in that community.

THUNDER BAY -- Jason Rasevych received a close-up look at the inner workings of Shelter House Thursday.

GULL BAY FIRST NATIONS, Ont. -- The chief of this small First Nation says his community is bankrupt.

THUNDER BAY -- The Ontario Native Women's Association has been handing out personal safety alarms for sometime, and hundreds of them have been given away in just the past few days.