Local News

THUNDER BAY -- Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the City of Thunder Bay warning of a significant snowfall.

The $53-billion Building Canada Fund could be the catalyst to create a legacy resource development in the resource-rich Ring of fire, say Canada's Minister of Natural Resources and Ontario's Minister of Northern Development and Mines.

THUNDER BAY -- Police are looking for a man in the Current River area after an attempted abduction Tuesday night. A woman was walking near Lillian Street and Grenville Avenue just after 9 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- The city is expecting to increase its tax levy by at least four per cent until 2020.

THUNDER BAY -- The time has come for the city to ask itself what it can do without Coun. Rebecca Johnson says. Johnson said she's seen taxes increase by nearly 50 per cent since she became a councillor in 2003. With a proposed levy increase of 6.

THUNDER BAY -- Ahsanul Habib wants to restore the Royal Edward Arms to its former glory. On Monday, city council approved the sale of the May Street building to Habib Architects for $500,000 with the deed being turned over to Habib in June.

THUNDER BAY -- Keith Hobbs says, if given the chance, he would be more than happy to bring some “common sense” to the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation.

THUNDER BAY -- A local legal aid organization is helping the city's less fortunate store their important documentation. The Kinna-Aweya Legal Clinic on Cumberland Street South is housing an ID Bank.

THUNDER BAY -- The Ontario government is celebrating the contribution of local food producers around the North.

THUNDER BAY -- Officials with the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association say they will tentatively support pipeline transport of oil across the region, only if their provisions are met.