Local News

Officials with the Nishnawbe Aski Nation have called on the province to conduct an inquiry into the deaths of seven First Nation youths who died while attending school in Thunder Bay.

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is looking more closely at the injuries sustained by two people involved in a motor vehicle accident on Sunday in the Marathon area.

The food and agriculture community are planning a grill of a different sort on Wednesday night.

A Lakehead University professor has been recognized nationally for her work in hospice palliative care. Mary Lou Kelley is the first researcher from Northwestern Ontario to receive the Award of Excellence in Hospice Palliative Care.

Police in Red Lake have found the body of a boater reported missing Saturday, Sept. 10.

A fire at the AbitibiBowater mill in Thunder Bay had fire crews busy Sunday evening. Firefighters responded to the blaze just after 6 p.m. to tend to an auger and portions of the building's roof that had caught fire.

Hundreds of bicyclists rode in support of cancer research at the third annual Caribou Charity ride on Sunday.

Thunder Bay police and firefighters took a moment of silence to remember the thousands that died a decade ago on Sept. 11, 2001.

When Noreen Dafoe saw the VIA Rail Canada cars, it brought back memories of trips she used to take when the passenger train came through Thunder Bay.

Rachel Godbout wasn’t able to get haircuts for her children before school started but she jumped at the chance when she heard of the free trim in support of the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.