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First Nation leader pleased with archeological dig

Excavation work on a 9,000 year old archeological site near the Mackenzie Inn is expected to resume shortly after the snow melts.
Second search

Second search

Police restarted their underwater search for a missing 15-year-old teen Thursday. Jordan Wabasse was last seen Feb. 7 getting off a city transit bus in Westfort.

OPSEU not happy with NOSM layoff announcements

Union officials say a move to layoff support workers at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine directly violates provisions in their contract.
New transit deal could mean less work for local Bombardier plant

New transit deal could mean less work for local Bombardier plant

It’s not a happy day for transit riders in Toronto and workers at the local Bombardier plant, said a local union official. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty announced Thursday a $12.

Report tries to find cause of youths ending up on streets

Brian Aysanabee was homeless off and on from the age of 16 until he was 23. Now 27, the Thunder Bay youth said he slowly worked his way off the streets and now works for the Regional Multicultural Youth Centre.
100K club grows

100K club grows

The city has hit triple digits for employees making six figure salaries. The Ministry of Finance’s 2011 Public Sector Salary Disclosure , known to many as the sunshine list, shows 115 City of Thunder Bay employees made $100,000 or more in 2010.

Tenders open for waterfront landscaping contract

Bids were opened Thursday for a major landscaping contract for Prince Arthur's Landing. The three tenders range from $3.6 million to $4.5 million.
The truck stops here?

The truck stops here?

A favourite shortcut through the city could either be off-limits to or more expensive for truckers if a Thunder Bay city councillor has his way. McIntyre Coun.
‘A good start’

‘A good start’

Realizing the explosion of the mining industry in Ontario’s North means hundreds of potential jobs for the region’s Aboriginal population, Matawa First Nation and the federal government have revamped a job resource centre to help the capitalize on th

Scratch ticket earns local resident $50K

For the second time this week, a local resident has picked up a $50,000 cheque at the OLG's Toronto Prize Centre. Joseph Veltri, 53, won his prize after purchasing an Instant Keno scratch ticket.
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