Local News

THUNDER BAY -- A Canadian retailer is closing its doors in Thunder Bay for good. Monday marks the final day for the Zellers location at Intercity Shopping Centre. The store slashed prices by up to 90 per cent as it prepares to close down at 9 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- City police arrested an early childhood educator with possession of child pornography after learning he may have tried to extort a woman in a nude image he had.

A recently elected First Nation chief is asking where nearly $1 million went in two years. Wilfred King said his community was in good financial shape when he left office in 2010. King had been chief of Gull Bay for eight years.

He’s walked to New York. Charlie Wilkins has also rowed across the Atlantic, run away with the circus and dug a grave or two in his 40-year career as a writer.

The Eleanor Drury Children’s Theatre has learned the phrase “the show must go on” is a lot easier said than done. Last year, for the first time in its 30-year existence, the theatre group failed to put on a December play.

For Liberal political junkies it’s the most wonderful time of the year.

While it’s not even supposed to be flu season yet, it’s already been a bad year so far. The season usually starts around the end of January.

THUNDER BAY -- The Local Health Integration Network is injecting $300,000 into the region's hospital to help reduce gridlock.

THUNDER BAY -- As the prime minister met with the country’s First Nation leaders in Ottawa Friday, the Idle No More movement’s presence was felt in this city.

THUNDER BAY -- A 27-year-old Eabamatoong man who under investigation over his ties to a native gang has been taken into custody. Nishnawbe Aski Police say James Waboose was arrested on outstanding warrants at a Thunder Bay residence.