Local News

Electronic voting and questions surrounding how to fill future council vacancies will hit the council agenda Monday night.

THUNDER BAY -- City police responded to nearly 200 incidents during the week of Monday, Dec 8 to Sunday, Dec. 14. Thunder Bay Police Service statistics are made available through crimereports.

A stretch of Highway 527 remains closed. Officials with the OPP confirmed early Monday morning that the highway remains closed from Highway 11/27 to Armstrong. Poor weather conditions, including freezing rain, led to the road closure. As of 7 a.m.

THUNDER BAY -- Rural schools have been closed and rural school buses have been cancelled.

FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION, Ont. -- A 16-year-old girl is in critical condition after being struck by a pickup truck Saturday evening. Officials with the OPP said the teen was walking on Squaw Bay Road when she was hit by the truck after 8 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- The city is expected to spend the rest of Sunday under a fog advisory. Environment Canada issued the caution just before 4 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- A young boy was taken to hospital Saturday after falling more than 20 feet out of a chairlift at a city ski hill.

THUNDER BAY -- Overcrowding at their headquarters led to the Salvation Army relocating their annual Christmas dinner.

THUNDER BAY -- It’s been more than four years since Shuniah Forest Products lost time to a workplace injury. That’s the type of record that gets you noticed in the forest industry.

THUNDER BAY – A growing need in the community has put strains on food banks as they prepare for the holiday season. That’s where a special call for help comes in handy.