Local News

For the last four years the story has been the same for Larry Brigham – food bank usage is rising. Since 2006, the number of people using food banks in the Thunder Bay area has gone up 89 per cent.

A former cabinet minister from Northwestern Ontario will have an area highway renamed in his honour. The province announced Wednesday that it will rename Highway 664, which runs from Sioux Lookout to Hudson, to honour the late Leo Bernier.

A recent standoff between a man and police cost the city’s police department thousands in overtime, adding to a budget already hundreds of thousands in the red.

Surfing the Internet on the run just got a heck of a lot quicker in Thunder Bay.

A national prescription drug shortage is hitting home for patients who use Thunder Bay pharmacies.

OTTAWA - Opposition MPs and environmental activists say Canada is going into global-warming talks empty-handed after a majority of Conservative senators voted down a climate-change bill.

MP John Rafferty (Thunder Bay – Rainy River) says it will be an important week for his private member's bill for pension reform.

Although the provincial election is less than a year away, a crowded race is already shaping up to represent the NDP in Thunder Bay – Atikokan.

Maclean’s magazine has released its 2010 ranking of Canadian Universities, and has placed Lakehead University third overall among undergraduate universities in Ontario.

Bob Vander Ploeg says every child deserves to find a present under the Christmas tree. Once again Thunder Bay firefighters are bound and determined to ensure it happens, on Tuesday launching the annual Toys for Tots campaign.