Local News

How cuts to the CBC will impact Thunder Bay isn’t known at this time. Last week’s federal budget called for a $115 million cut in funding for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation over the next three years, which includes 650 jobs.

A group of concerned citizens say the federal government wants to trash the environmental process. But Canada’s Natural Resources Minister says changes will make it more effective.

Peter Aalbers had just finishing moving cows from one barn to another Thursday afternoon and went to work in his yard. Moments later he looked back and saw the first barn, abutting his Blind Line Road homestead, was on fire.

Thunder Bay Police Service officer Jim Mauro has been demoted from sergeant to first-class constable. The demotion will last for a year, and once that 12-month period is over Mauro will be reinstated as a sergeant with the force.

Northwestern Ontarians are batting .400 when it comes to the five bad habits that are killing off Ontarians up to seven years early.

City police are investigating a suspicious Regina Avenue shed fire Thursday. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say at about 6:50 a.m. the homeowner looked outside and observed black soot in her back yard and called 911.

City police believe a street race is behind a single-vehicle collision on James Street Wednesday. Thunder Bay Police Service officials say emergency service crews responded to the crash just after 5 p.m. on North James Street by Ryerson Crescent.

Dan Baxter has been cancer-free for four year and says his participation in the annual Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life is his way of giving back to everyone who helped him survive.

Beer enthusiasts could be knocking back locally made brews as early as this summer. The owners of Sleeping Giant Brewing Inc . brought in some of the final pieces of equipment they need to make beer in Thunder Bay.

A lack of access to and the delivery of public services to the province’s Aboriginal people is a growing concern for many local organizations.