Local News

THUNDER BAY -- The start of the shipping season on Lake Superior is being hampered by thick ice near Sault Ste. Marie. The ice jam has left ten freighters unable to move, including one that had a hole punched in its hull.

THUNDER BAY -- A local school board trustee's seat is now vacant after she filed her financial statements late following the latest municipal election.

THUNDER BAY -- Ashley Nurmela feels dehumanized by racially-motivated social media sites that have been circulating in the city.

ERIE, Pa. -- Thunder Bay’s Mackenzie Blackwood remains the top-ranked North American goaltending prospect on Central Scouting’s season-ending list.

THUNDER BAY -- A city man has been sentenced to six months in jail on child pornography charges. Archie Hogan was sentenced on March 30 to the jail time followed by 18 months of probation on the charge of making child pornography available.

THUNDER BAY -- The city is looking to attract young professionals to Thunder Bay with a focus on active transportation. Next week will see Thunder Bay's first-ever Bike Summit, called Biking Means Business.

DORION, Ont. -- Ministry of Transportation officials have updated Dorion's Town Council on the twinning of Highway 11-17 in its area. Reeve Ed Chambers says there's still plenty of work ahead.

THUNDER BAY -- City council is expected to give the OK Monday night to about $7.8 million in infrastructure maintenance contracts. The Taranis Contracting Group is city administration’s choice to complete a $4.8-million paving contract in 2015.

THUNDER BAY – City council will receive an update to the Solid Waste Management Strategy Monday, which will include a recommendation to scrap plastic bags for leaf and yard waste.

THUNDER BAY -- An online petition is calling for a proposed Event Centre to be ‘taken to a vote.’ Created about a month ago, the change.