Local News

THUNDER BAY -- City police responded to more than 130 incidents during the week of Sunday, Jan. 5, 2015 to Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. Thunder Bay Police Service statistics are made available through crimereports.

THUNDER BAY -- Prices at the pumps continue to fall in this city. As of Monday morning the cheapest listed price for regular gasoline in Thunder Bay was at the Superstore, where fuel was being sold at 97.9 cents per litre.

THUNDER BAY -- The chief of Fort William First Nation is not buying the latest offer by CN to reopen the James Street Swing Bridge.

GULL BAY FIRST NATION, Ont. – Wilfred King has been given another two-year mandate at the helm of Gull Bay.

THUNDER BAY -- On average, this city is one of the most affordable places in Canada to own a home.

NIPIGON, Ont. – A vital transportation link has reopened after being closed for much of Saturday morning due to fallen rock. Highway 11 was closed at Nipigon at about 9 a.m.

THUNDER BAY -- Though they are often presented as fierce and deadly, unfamiliar animals don’t have to be scary.

THUNDER BAY -- The busy local shipping season will officially come to an end this weekend. The last ship is set to the leave the port on Sunday, bringing an end to the best local season since 1998 that saw 8.3 million metric tonnes of grain handled.

THUNDER BAY – A pedestrian was taken to hospital with “non-life threatening” injuries after being struck by a vehicle Friday night. The collision occurred just after 10 p.m.

THUNDER BAY -- City fire crews responded to a mattress fire at a north side hotel early Saturday morning. Thunder Bay Fire Rescue was called to the Shoreline Hotel on Cumberland Street shortly after 12:30 a.m.