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Election races set

Election races set

THUNDER BAY -- The nominations window is closed for the upcoming municipal election. The deadline for candidates to add their names to the ballot was 2 p.m. Friday afternoon. One new filing included Colin Burridge adding his name to the mayoral race.
Offer ratified

Offer ratified

THUNDER BAY -- Striking employees at the city’s Bombardier plant are heading back to work.

Accused U.S. killer who sparked local manhunt arrested

A man wanted for murder in the Minneapolis area, who sparked a brief manhunt in a Thunder Bay neighbourhood a couple of weeks ago, has been taken into custody.
Savour Superior: Dogfather of flavour

Savour Superior: Dogfather of flavour

The Savour Superior Food and Drink Festival is serving Thunder Bay starting Friday, Sept. 12. Keep an eye on tbnewswatch.com for special web episodes of featured participants of this food and drink expo daily.
A clear need

A clear need

Three days after undergoing bariatric surgery, Dawna Bonde was out walking and shopping. “I feel great,” she said Thursday morning at the launch of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre’s bariatric surgery program.
Price of parking

Price of parking

THUNDER BAY -- About $2 million worth of public parking would come with a new proposed event centre.

Receivership may be the best route for Bending Lake Iron Group

THUNDER BAY -- Receivership could be the way to get a potential mining development back on track its lawyer says. Bending Lake Iron Group was put into a court-ordered receivership, granted on consent, Thursday afternoon at the Thunder Bay Courthouse.
Tentative deal

Tentative deal

THUNDER BAY -- Bombardier and Unifor Local 1075 have reached a tentative deal. Company officials had reached the tentative agreement with the union representing nearly 900 of its striking workers late Thursday morning.

City man faces four weapons charges after Neebing Avenue incident

THUNDER BAY - A Thunder Bay man now faces four weapons charges following an early Wednesday morning incident on Neebing Avenue. Thunder Bay Police Service officials received a 911 call just after 1:30 a.m. on Sept.

Atikokan now officially home to biggest biomass facility in North America

ATIKOKAN, Ont. -- This community’s conversion from coal to wood biomass has been hailed among the continent’s largest climate change initiatives, and it all came to fruition Wednesday.
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