Local News

Austyn Williams happened to be a the right place at the right time. The quick-thinking Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute students and a buddy spotted smoke billowing from behind a High Street residence Wednesday afternoon.

A fire that caused minimal damage to a Pomona Drive mobile home Wednesday is under investigation.

A 28-year-old shooting victim remains in the intensive care unit while the man suspected of being the shooter is out on bail.

The recent heavy rain has led the district’s health unit to issue an advisory for residents on well water to boil their water before consumption.

A group of volunteers is trying to keep nearly 100 acres behind the Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital as clean, public green space. Winston Loh, Dan Morrison and Joanne Valley all began cleaning up the area behind the LPH about a year ago.

Despite its history with flooding, the recent rainfall has had no impact on Fort William Historical Park. More than 60 millimetres of rain fell on the city and region over the holiday weekend.

The Youth Dragon Boat Festival set for Saturday has been cancelled because of high water levels and flood threats.

There will be no summer election in Ontario. Both of this city’s MPPs say they’re happy that the minority-led Liberal government’s budget will pass.

A woman charged with murder in 2010 has now been charged with aggravated assault in two separate incidents over the long weekend. Thunder Bay Police received a call to the Shoppers Drug Mart on Memorial Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Sunday.

A local health centre is growing again. The NorWest Community Health Centre on Simpson Street was designed for around 15 staff when it was built 20 years ago.