Local News

The city's legal department is getting ready to take on a class action lawsuit that is representing victims of May's massive flooding.

The Treaty 3 Police Service and the OPP have made an arrest in relation to the death investigation of Charles Minshall of the Whitefish Bay First Nation. The death of the 61-year-old was discovered in that community on July 22.

About 3,000 grams of cocaine have been seized following a traffic stop Wednesday afternoon. A member of the Nipigon Detachment of the OPP completed the traffic stop on highway 17 near Nipigon.

There have been many out-of-town license plates at Thunder Bay’s waterfront this summer. “We’re seeing more Minnesota plates. We’re seeing Manitoba, Quebec. We’re seeing Midwest U.S.

Atikokan’s economic boom is causing a housing shortage for workers looking to set up roots in the Northern Ontario community.

Two suspects are in custody and police continue to look for a third following an attempted robbery and pursuit along Highway 11/17. The incident began just before 4 a.m. following a report of an attempted break-and-enter at a Shuniah Township store.

Thunder Bay is one of the 20 cities that contributed most to a province-wide petition to allow convenience stores to sell beer and wine.

Should the city face a class-action lawsuit over flood damage and lose, claimants won’t be able to double dip and take money out of the disaster relief fund too.

Police say an inmate serving time at the Thunder Bay District Jail operated a multimillion-dollar drug organization from his prison cell.

The manager of the Memorial Avenue Salvation Army Thrift Store expects to reopen within a week after a deliberately-set fire damaged the back portion of the building. The fire was reported around 1 a.m.