Local News

THUNDER BAY -- Fort William Historical Park will not be holding its annual Family Frolic to welcome the New Year. Staff decided to cancel the Dec. 31 event due to a lack of snow and a local appetite for variety.

THUNDER BAY – Shelter House has food, shelter and hope on their Christmas list this year.

Transit riders were particularly generous this holiday season. The 2015 Santa Bus campaign collected 7,300 pounds of food donations for the Thunder Bay Food Bank.

Both the Ontario Prospector’s Association and the Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission are giving the province thumbs up for its recently released mineral development strategy.

THUNDER BAY -- Hundreds of volunteers have begun descending on the C.L.E. Grounds to accept donations for Christmas Cheer and organize hampers for the holidays.

THUNDER BAY -- One of Thunder Bay's premier, formal locales served as the host of a Christmas dinner for the Salvation Army on Sunday.

Gilbert Smith spent most of his career working away from Naicatchewenin First Nation (Northwest Bay) to feed his family of six. His path led him across the north fighting forest fires, through the mills in Fort Frances and International Falls.

GREENSTONE -- The Ontario Provincial Police has arrested a 35-year-old Duncan, British Columbia man in connection to two break-and-enter events at the same Nakina business.

THUNDER BAY -- A transport truck sliding into a ditch in Shabaqua took out a pickup truck and caused the TransCanada Highway to close for half an hour on Sunday. The eastbound transport drove off the road at the Timberland Motel shortly before 3 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- An autistic teenager's wheelchair that was stolen from a Westfort neighbourhood garage on Thursday night has been found.