Local News

Betty Kennedy is leaving the helm of the Ontario Native Women’s Association to captain the organization’s new charitable foundation.

The city will have a new grocery store by the end of the year. Officials with Loblaws confirmed with tbnewswatch.com Friday that they planned to open a No Frills grocery store by the end of the year.

A judgement on whether a sexual assault case against a Thunder Bay man, for alleged incidents involving young boys, will go to trial is expected next week.

The city’s homeless won’t have to worry about what to wear on their feet this summer. On Friday staff at Shelter House handed out 125 pairs of free Old Navy flip flops to their clients, saying healthy feet make for healthier people.

Irene Bond says there are plenty of reasons the province should reject Horizon Wind Inc.’s bid to build a turbine farm on the Nor’Wester Mountain Range.

After two years, 36 countries and more than 41,000 kilometres, the Lenz family sailed into the Thunder Bay Harbour Wednesday afternoon on their superyacht happy to be home.

Motorists traveling between Thunder Bay and Nipigon will see some delays as the four-laning of Highway 11/17 continues throughout the summer.

Opposing lawyers agree a Thunder Bay man convicted of murder should receive a life sentence with no eligibility for parole for 15 years. Leif Hobson, 23, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the July 2009 death of Edgar Marion on April 25.

Charles Cirtwill says not being from Northern Ontario probably helped him to land the Northern Policy Institute’s top job.

The much-anticipated opening of Target’s Thunder Bay store is expected to happen on July 16.