Local News

The final month of 2010 showed no change in the city’s jobless rate, according to numbers from Statistics Canada. Thunder Bay area's unemployment rate for December remained similar to November’s 6.7 per cent.

Police arrested two people by Friday morning and charged them in connection with the Jan. 4 robbery of a Shoppers Drug Mart.

A proposed takeover of a locally-based airline has fallen through. Last November it was announced that a deal was in the works that would see Air Bravo, based out of Elliot Lake, buy locally owned Thunder Airlines. That deal now appears to be dead.

A man was sent to hospital this afternoon following a collision between a car and a bicycle. The incident took place just before 5 p.m. Police say a cyclist was crossing at John Street near Algoma Street when there was a collision with a car.

The number of people using OxyContin in Thunder Bay has exploded and shows no signs of slowing down, says a local outreach worker.

For two Thunder Bay pianists, playing at Carnegie Hall was never a tangible dream.

Thunder Bay’s mayor says he’s worried the Minister of Northern Development and Mines isn’t fighting hard enough for the Thunder Bay riding he represents. Mayor Keith Hobbs reacted to comments made by MPP Michael Gravelle (Lib.

A syringe seems to be the weapon of choice for drug store robberies these days. For the second straight night a woman armed with a syringe attempted to hold up a Shopper’s Drug Mart.

A pair of credit union officials from Thunder Bay are gearing up for an adventure. Lennie Hampton and Scott Kennedy with Superior Credit Union are preparing to head to Africa later this month as part of the Canadian Co-operative Association.

An environmental research group has slammed Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s plan to scrap a multi-billion dollar light rail train expansion.