Local News

THUNDER BAY -- A north side water main break has left a tide of water pouring down Van Norman Street. City crews are working at the scene of a break near the former Hillcrest High School building that happened around noon on Sunday.

THUNDER BAY -- A single-vehicle collision involving a transport is slowing down traffic on Highway 102. One lane is blocked at Hill Road after a tractor trailer wound up in the ditch before 10 a.m. Sunday morning.

THUNDER BAY -- Certain former Crown wards are now eligible for benefits and the local Children's Aid Society wants them to know.

THUNDER BAY -- Don’t forget to set your clock ahead before heading to bed or you might find yourself late for an appointment. Daylight Saving Time officially begins at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, when time springs forward an hour.

THUNDER BAY -- One person has been taken to hospital after a rollover on the Thunder Bay Expressway. The vehicle went off the road at about 5 p.m. Saturday on the Expressway between Oliver Road and John Street.

THUNDER BAY -- Forty years ago David Cleaveley was graduating from the youth training program offered by the Ministry of Natural Resources.

THUNDER BAY -- The city’s police chief is commending regional cooperation that resulted in “a significant victory” against what he calls “one of Northwestern Ontario’s most significant criminal organizations.

THUNDER BAY -- The lawyer representing John Harry Tsekouras plans to appeal the conviction that led to his client being sentenced to nine-and-a-half years for trafficking cocaine and marijuana. Tsekouras, 41, was given a total sentence of 11.

THUNDER BAY – The suspect charged in a domestic violence case that sent a mother and her young daughter to hospital with serious knife wounds remains in custody.

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre has appointed William McCready to assume interim duties as president and CEO upon the departure of Andree Robichaud in June. McCready is currently chief of staff at the hospital.