Local News

The premier’s office is being tight-lipped about Dalton McGuinty’s surprise Friday visit to Thunder Bay. McGuinty is scheduled for a morning tour of the Bombardier plant.

The city’s police auction will not go ahead as scheduled. The Thunder Bay Police Service announced Thursday afternoon that it would have to cancel its regular scheduled police auction due to rain. The auction is now set for Thursday, May 31.

The Thunder Bay United Way has its board team in place for this year. New members were added at the annual general meeting on Tuesday. Keely Hartviksen, Mike Lepine, Shirley Rigato, Blair Smith and Susan Soldan, join the board.

Police say a 54-year-old woman had to be treated at the hospital after an assault early Thursday morning.

Curious councillors and Thunder Bay residents will have to wait a few more months before taking peek at the looming event centre Phase 2 feasibility study.

Michael Gravelle has tested the waters to see if Northern First Nation communities wanted to join forces to manage areas covered in the Far North Act.

One eyewitness said it looked and felt like a missile had struck the century-old Whalen Building Wednesday afternoon in Thunder Bay’s north core.

Local striking railway workers are waiting to see what happens while their union is at the negotiating table. Around 4,800 CP Rail employees walked off the job after midnight on Wednesday after contract talks broke down.

About 600 municipal workers have accepted a new collective agreement with the City of Thunder Bay. CUPE Local 87 members had been without a contract since January 2011 and have been bargaining with the city since last spring.

The inquest into the tragic death of an area teenager could expand to include six other First Nation youth who died under similar circumstances.