Local News

Vacant buildings in the Victoriaville area are being spruced up with images of the region’s past.

City council is backing a local art gallery’s bid to move to the waterfront.

With only one year left to go until its funding runs out, the Thunder Bay Agricultural Research Station is showing the fruits of its labour in an effort to secure more provincial backing.

The only topic of conversation in the Migliazza household these days is Jesus Christ Superstar.

A grassroots initiative to bring awareness to missing and murder women in Canada inspired Sharon Johnson to help start her own awareness campaign in Thunder Bay. Johnson started the local Full Moon Memory Walk in memory of her sister Sandra in 2005.

Mayor Keith Hobbs thinks this year’s citizens satisfaction survey shows council is moving in the right direction. Around 92 per cent of people say the quality of life in Thunder Bay is either good or very good.

A Rosslyn Road man is lucky to be alive after fire engulfed his home Monday night. Oliver-Paipoonge Fire Chief Mike Horan said the house is a total loss, after crews spent more than two hours battling the blaze.

Local fire fighters have been given wage parity with local police again. Members of the Thunder Bay Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 193 had been without a contract for the past two years.

Despite no financial commitment, city council fully supports the idea of a new youth centre for Thunder Bay.

The Lowery’s Sports Dome is closed for the summer. Facility spokesman Jake Satten on Monday said slower summer traffic flows made it the ideal time to shut the doors and make renovations totalling about $100,000.