Local News

Frank Grant was the odd-man out in the English Public School Board trustee race. Grant was the only one of nine candidates not to make the cut on Monday, falling about 650 short of the cut-off line to win a spot on the board.

Paul Pugh’s victory in the McKellar Ward Monday makes him the lone fresh face amongst six other returning ward councillors. Pugh ran in the only ward that didn’t feature an incumbent running for re-election.

The vocal minority’s call for change did not resonate at the polls on Monday. In Thunder Bay's at-large race, all four incumbent candidates seeking re-election were safely returned to city council.

Keith Hobbs won the sign war and he won where it counts – at the polls.

Following are the unofficial results of the 2010 City of Thunder Bay municipal election. Please note that results will not appear until after polls close at 8 p.m.

Police have filed more charges against a 21-year old Thunder Bay woman in connection with last week's hit and run on Leslie Avenue.

A young woman charged with first-degree murder is a step closer to going to trial. Day one of a week-long preliminary hearing began at the provincial courthouse in Thunder Bay Monday.

Investigators say they have been unable to determine the cause of a fire that completely destroyed a former hotel on Simpson Street last week.

The city has begun demolition of the former Inntowner building. City of Thunder Bay officials announced they have begun demolition of the building on 301 Brodie St. S Monday.

Greenpeace cares about caribou. The environmental activists were in Thunder Bay on Monday, the tail end of a three-day visit, protesting what they say is the province’s failure to act to protect the threatened species.