Local News

At this stage of his career, rocker John Mellencamp has nothing to prove to anyone.

The province is moving ahead with a pilot project that it hopes will modernize and revitalize the troubled forestry sector. The first local forest management corporation was announced Tuesday afternoon.

In the dozen years Doug Powell has lived on Secord Streets he’s seen countless collisions. The most recent one was Tuesday afternoon.

Officials at Lakehead University say a power outage there will likely be fixed by Friday.

The Thunder Bay Police Service is looking to hire a courthouse project co-ordinator to help with the transition into the new courthouse in 2014.

If you love a parade, you’re going to love Canada Day celebrations in Thunder Bay.

A former Thunder Bay high school principal received a fine and probation after being charged with smuggling replica firearms at the Pigeon River border. Rowan Seymour, 52, was fined $5,000 and was also given 12 months probation.

City police are trying to find a man involved in a early morning assault. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say they are looking for the public’s assistance in identifying the man who assaulted a 21-year-old man at about 2:30 a.m.

City council has told administration to go ahead with its plan to try and flood-proof the city in the future.

Donations continue to come in for flood relief efforts. Local teachers unions and their affiliates from the Lakehead and Catholic school boards presented a cheque on Monday to the local Red Cross.