Local News

March 22, 2016 – The 2016 respect. Award was presented to Dianna Atkinson at Diversity Thunder Bay’s 10th Annual Celebration Breakfast for the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

THUNDER BAY -- A local business owner says a financial tug-of-war between the city and his landlord over the cost of parking lot repairs is costing him clients.

THUNDER BAY – Gas prices in this city are still on the rise. The cheapest price for regular gas you’ll find in Thunder Bay, as of Tuesday morning, was 97.9-cents-per-litre. According to the online gas price watchdog Ontarioagsprices.

THUNDER BAY – The Shelter House has postponed its neighbourhood spring cleanup initiative.

(ORILLIA, ON) – Romance scams cause victims severe financial hardship and personal embarrassment, which, despite massive losses, inhibits their decision to report the crime.

THUNDER BAY -- A local realtor has received a prestigious honour. Vince Mirabelli of RE/MAX Realty has been named the inaugural winner of the Canadian Realtors Care Foundation national award for philanthropy.

The Matawa First Nations are optimistic today’s federal budget will include funding to help them connect five remote First Nation communities to a fibre-optic broadband internet.

THUNDER BAY -- More than 100 properties in the city could be going up for sale. At more than $2.5 million, the properties in tax arrears going back to 2013 were voted to be registered by city council Monday night.

THUNDER BAY -- The city saw a 3.2 per cent return on its investments last year.

Thunder Bay Police Service media release follows: Police, Fire, EMS and Thunder Bay Hydro were all called to the scene of a single motor vehicle collision at 6:51 this (Monday, 21 March, 2016) morning.