Local News

THUNDER BAY -- A bottle drive originally organized by a woman involved in a serious car accident earlier this week exceeded expectations. Ashley Hill, 24, suffered serious injuries in a Thursday morning car crash on Arthur Street near Mapleward Road.

THUNDER BAY -- With winter being a way of life in Northwestern Ontario, Walter Kuch figures he better make good use of it.

THUNDER BAY -- Even though the new courthouse opened last year, the city is still waiting for it to come on the tax rolls.

THUNDER BAY -- Canadian Pacific Railway and the union representing about 3,000 striking rail workers appear to have reached a compromise shortly before the federal government intended to introduce back-to-work legislation.

THUNDER BAY -- The city's proposed event centre is expected to be a topic of conversation in the House of Commons on Monday.

THUNDER BAY -- A resolution appears be on the horizon for striking health-care workers across the province.

THUNDER BAY -- Joshua Dunn can now say he has been through the world’s largest snow maze.

THUNDER BAY -- Local locomotive engineers and train workers at the Canadian Pacific Railway are joining their co-workers across the country on the picket line.

Firefighters had to use the jaws of life on Sunday afternoon to extricate a woman involved in a two-vehicle collision on Thunder Bay’s north side. Capt. Dirk Stadey of Thunder Bay Fire Rescue said it was difficult situation.

A north side pharmacy was robbed Saturday night by a woman brandishing what appeared to be a semi-automatic pistol. Thunder Bay police say the suspect entered the Shopper’s Drug Mart on Red River Road just before 9 p.m.