Local News

THUNDER BAY -- Confederation College intends to ask the city for $500,000 this summer to bolster funding for its proposed Technology Education and Collaboration building.

THUNDER BAY – The province plans to train five new correctional officers to work in local facilities, though the premier confirmed there are no imminent plans to replace the aging district jail.

THUNDER BAY – A rural school bus driver involved in a Monday morning crash that injured at least one student has been charged.

THUNDER BAY – City police had their hands full during one of the more busy weeks of the year for crime. The weekly crime report, made available by crimereports.

May 3, 2016 – A Hinton Avenue property owner has been charged for failing to install a smoke and a carbon monoxide alarm as required by the Ontario Fire Code. Each ticket carries a fine of $360.

(FORT FRANCES, ON) – Between early May and late June, expect to see Statistics Canada employees surveying your neighbourhood.

THUNDER BAY – A group of injured workers plans to rally on Thursday afternoon in front of MPP Michael Gravelle’s Algoma Street office.

THUNDER BAY -- A structural fire heavily damaged the main floor of a North Syndicate Avenue home, but firefighters were able to knock it down before it full consumed the structure.

THUNDER BAY -- Surveillance technology is about to capture activity in the city's downtown cores in full colour and high definition.

THUNDER BAY -- City Council has committed to embarking on a pedestrian crossover pilot project in 2016 but shifting provincial regulations are making specifics unclear.