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Mayor-elect gets to work at City Hall

Mayor-elect gets to work at City Hall

Mayor-elect Keith Hobbs says turning Thunder Bay from a forestry town to a mining centre isn't such a bad idea.

NAPS names new chief

The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service has announced the appointment of a new Chief. Claude Chum has more than 21 years of First Nations policing experience.

Police make bus station drug bust

Local police arrested a 39-year-old Quebec man following a drug bust at the Greyhound bus terminal Tuesday. Thunder Bay Police Service officials say the suspect was picking up a package from the station.
Area business owners worried about four-laning aftermath

Area business owners worried about four-laning aftermath

A proposed four-lane divided Highway between Kakabeka Falls and Shabaqua Corners will kill area businesses, says the mayor of Oliver Paipoonge.
End of an era

End of an era

The Downtown Heart of the Harbour is no more.
Police have power to impound if driver has suspended licence

Police have power to impound if driver has suspended licence

Ontario residents may want to think twice before lending their car to a driver with a suspended licence. Starting Dec. 1, any motor vehicle driven by someone with a suspended license or blood alcohol levels over .

Police make Oxycodone bust at local airport

Police arrested two Toronto men believed to be bringing Oxycodone into the area from the Thunder Bay International Airport Monday.
Shot down

Shot down

Numbers are down and concern is up at the district health unit as fewer people are taking advantage of flu clinics this season.

Area man faces attempted murder charge after standoff

A Fort Frances man faces an attempted murder charge following a weekend assault that led to an extended standoff between that suspect and police.

Warm weather devastating to communities that rely on winter roads

Supplies are still sitting in the woods in a remote area of Ontario’s Far North, the result of an unusually warm March and its impact on the winter ice roads.
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