Local News

THUNDER BAY -- A jackknifed transport has closed a portion of Highway 102. The OPP issued a media release Monday night, stating the highway that connects Highway 11/17 and Dawson Road was closed due to the transport on the Kam River Bridge.

THUNDER BAY -- The city has approved the sale of the Royal Edward Arms building. Council at Monday night’s meeting approved the sale to Habib Architects for $500,000.

Eleventh-hour negotiations have succeeded in keeping about 350 to 400 Resolute Forest Product forestry workers in Thunder Bay and Ignace on the job.

THUNDER BAY -- Despite a tough upcoming budget season, mayor Keith Hobbs wants the city to stay the course on its proposed event centre. Hobbs said the recent municipal election was largely about the proposed $114 million event and convention centre.

THUNDER BAY -- A proposed 5.68 per cent increase in the tax levy is a starting point, city administration says. The last four years have seen an average of 2.

Thunder Bay’s Kenneth Holervich is $100,000 richer after winning OLG’s Instant Cash In’s top prize. The winning ticket was bought at a Mac’s Convenience Store on Waterloo Street.

RED ROCK, Ont. -- There's hope yet for the Red Rock Mill.

THUNDER BAY -- Two more communities in the Northwest, and another two in the Northeast,. are moving forward in their bid to bury Canada's nuclear waste.

THUNDER BAY -- A local MP believes the country’s flag deserves a bigger celebration ahead of its 50th anniversary.

THUNDER BAY -- More collisions happened at the intersection of Harbour Expressway and Golf Links Road than any other in the city during the first nine months of last year.