Local News

Despite comments from Liberal incumbent Michael Gravelle, Progressive Conservative candidate Fred Gilbert says the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund is not something that differentiates the candidates’ parties.

A superior court judge has sentenced a 28-year-old-man, who is suspected of being the second in command of a criminal group, to almost a decade of jail time. Steven Leeson appeared in the Superior Court of Justice in Thunder Bay on Tuesday.

Police officers are investigating a pair of convenience store robberies that took place during the holiday long weekend.

Thunder Bay's newest bicycle lanes along Victoria Avenue continue to draw criticism. The City's Active Transportation Co-ordinator Adam Krupper said he has received a number of complaints about the location of the new bike lanes.

Diabetes is a global epidemic rivaling the AIDS scare of the 1980s, says a prominent local physician.

The 90-year-old victim of a vicious, brazen daylight purse-snatching last Friday has been upgraded to stable condition, as police begin to circulate a video of the man suspected of the crime.

Vandals struck Port Arthur Stadium during the long weekend. Thunder Bay Border Cats owner Brad Jorgenson said someone broke into his office sometime Sunday evening and set-off a fire extinguisher.

A man is in hospital with non life-threatening injuries after a motorcycle and mini van collided on Monday night. The accident occurred at the corner of Golf Links Road and the Harbour Expressway. Sgt.

Richard Belleau said he’d rather be at the bargaining table than making a speech at the annual Labour Day picnic in Thunder Bay.

A grease fire that got away has gutted a kitchen on the main floor of a Limbrick Street row house. No one was hurt in the blaze, said district chief Dave Nelson of the Vickers Street Fire Station.