Local News

THUNDER BAY -- Local firefighters are throwing a party for flood relief. The Thunder Bay Professional Fire Fighters Association and Rock 94 radio station are hosting Rock the Fire House at the CLE Coliseum on Nov. 17.

In an emergency, Twitter hash tags and Facebook posts aren’t a substitute for calling 911.

Police are investigating a two-vehicle collision at the corner of Van Norman and Hill streets that left a crumpled SUV on its roof.

THUNDER BAY -- Tom Warden maintains the Lakehead Thunderwolves still want to be the main tenant should the city go ahead with a proposed $106-million multiplex.

THUNDER BAY -- News the north core location is the preferred site for a proposed multiplex has many Port Arthur business owners smiling.

Shuniah firefighters had to cut a 76-year-old-woman out of her van after it drifted off the road, crashed into a nearby rock and rolled onto a resident’s front lawn. The crash happened just before 1 p.m. Thursday along Lakeshore Drive.

Students and staff at Lakehead University received a musical treat over the lunch-hour Thursday. The Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra played a free concert in the LU Agora.

PICKLE LAKE, Ont. -- Officials with the OPP say alcohol was a factor in a collision that occurred on Highway 599 over the weekend. A vehicle lost control, sending the four occupants to hospital.

THUNDER BAY -- Mining jobs are coming to Ontario’s north, and Lakehead Public Schools wants to ensure their students are ready to fill them.

THUNDER BAY -- Paramedics rushed the driver of a dump truck to the hospital after his vehicle slid and flipped over along Highway 102 Thursday morning. The incident happened around 8:30 a.m.