Local News

The national rate of inflation jumped significantly last month, but made only modest gains locally. Statistics Canada reports that the inflation rate rose to 1.3 per cent in December, up from one per cent the month before.

Ministry of Labour officials are investigating the death of a man following an incident on a Canadian Pacific rail line.

City council heard from opposition on rezoning several potential development sites before passing them Monday night. In a first big step to find Mary J. L. Black Library a new home, council had to rezone three potential sites for the new $4.

A group of Matawa First Nations have started a blockade at the site of a booming mineral exploration area known as the Ring of Fire.

In one day, Thunder Bay residents donated more than $20,000 to the Red Cross – the largest single-day amount collected by that organization’s local branch. The donations came in Tuesday in wake of the recent disaster in Haiti.

Thunder Bay Police are investigating what appears to be another series of thefts from coin operated laundry machines in the city. Over the past month, several apartment buildings have had their machines broken into to access the coins inside.

A small group of health-care workers rallied in front of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre Tuesday morning to catch the attention of hospital administration.

A First Nations leader calls Ontario’s cabinet shuffle a disappointment, and says Aboriginal issues need the exclusive attention of a dedicated minister.

Paramedics rushed one person to the hospital Monday night following a single-vehicle crash in the city's north end. Emergency crews responded to the collision just after 7 p.m. near the intersection of Waverly and Banning Streets.

A former city councillor called on the city's top cop to resign and in the same breath said city council should consider a non-confidence vote on the Police Services Board.