Local News

Pickets are staying strong as they wrap up their fourth week on the strike lines at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

Nominations are closed and the race begins as the last candidates for this fall’s municipal election filed their papers Friday afternoon. Colin Burridge entered his name for mayor in a now six-way race for the city’s top job.

The city says its excited about information it received during two months of public consultation about constructing a new multiplex arena.

Five people were sent to hospital after a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of High Street and Red River Road Friday afternoon. The cars crashed at about 2:30 p.m.

A controversial decision to keep Wi-Fi away from Lakehead University four years ago may soon change. University officials have created an online poll to let students have t heir say whether or not Wi-Fi should be allowed on campus.

Candidates running in municipal elections in rural areas of this region have been finalized and it appears that the mayors and reeve in the three largest communities will have to defend their seats.

Police are searching for a boater who went missing while travelling through Quetico Provincial Park Thursday.

When Ellie Shaw’s daughter was four years old, she would draw a picture of a princess every day. One day Shaw gave her a canvas and asked if she could draw her princess on that instead.

The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is advising residents that the Ministry of Health has reported four cases of E. coli in Ontario associated with a specific brand of burgers.

Three more council candidates were added to the list at city hall late Thursday afternoon. Iqbal Khan and Marvin McMenemy are running in the at-large council race. Mike Komar has filed his nomination papers to run in the McIntyre ward.