Local News

THUNDER BAY -- The Centennial Botanical Conservatory could be partially open by February. The conservatory on Dease Street closed over concerns of falling glass in February last year.

LONGLAC, Ont. -- Highway 11 at Longlac No. 58 First Nations will be under a road advisory for about an hour Wednesday afternoon. Police issued a road closure notice to media shortly after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

THUNDER BAY -- The problems of the city's south core can be seen through the rear window of Donna Kolcz's home. She lives in an apartment just off Donald Street for four year.

THUNDER BAY -- City police are investigating a stabbing that sent two men to the hospital Tuesday evening. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say officers responded to an assault on George Street just before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

A decision by elementary teachers to stage a one-day political protest on Friday has forced Lakehead Public Schools to close all of its elementary schools for a day.

After 13 years, Cameron Burgess says the federal government is finally recognizing the Metis people.

THUNDER BAY -- This area has finished its second consecutive strong year for housing starts. Statistics from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation shows there were 380 housing starts recorded in the Thunder Bay area in 2012.

THUNDER BAY -- Firefighters had a busy night in the city Tuesday as a blaze broke out in the downtown north core. Around 8 p.m., four pumpers and numerous firefighters battled the flames at a Ambrose Street home.

THUNDER BAY -- Paul Caccamo says unless the province takes a different negotiating stance, he can’t see teachers returning to volunteer duties anytime soon.

THUNDER BAY -- A city councillor wants to see active transportation kicked into high gear. Coun.