Local News

A 25-year-old man charged after allegations of a security incident on a Friday flight from Toronto to Panama City has ties to Thunder Bay.

THUNDER BAY -- Street corner music isn’t always common in the city. Yet a visit this weekend to a popular north side business district will show the talent that is out there.

ATIKOKAN, Ont. -- An American canoeist was killed earlier this week after being struck by a tree while in Quetico Provincial Park. Charles Emerson Showalter, 63 of Wheeling, W.

THUNDER BAY -- A prolonged labour dispute at the city’s Bombardier plant will start to have ripple effect on area businesses.

THUNDER BAY -- A fifth person has been charged in connection with the city’s fifth homicide case of the year.

THUNDER BAY -- A local man has been convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering Friday, more than four years after his initial arrest.

Fort William First Nation hopes a new development will help members stay in their homes longer and address the community’s housing shortage. Council still needs to meet with members to approve the 20-unit subdivision on Little Lake Road.

A spokeswoman for the Nor’Wester Mountain Escarpment Protection Committee says she’s ecstatic that Horizon Wind Inc.’s planned turbine farm in Thunder Bay might be dead in the water.

RAINY RIVER, Ont. -- Highway 6-13 south of Hall Road in Rainy River is closed due to a disabled train over the tracks. The highway will remain closed at the location until another engine is able to attend the scene to assist.

THUNDER BAY -- City police are investigating a northside drug store robbery. Officials with the Thunder Bay Police Service say the robbery took place at an Algoma Street pharmacy at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday.