Local News

A local family is looking to the community for help after their home was destroyed by fire last month. Ashley Kivari had a candle lit when she was meditating on Feb. 1 in her family's Ogden Street home.

Police have identified the victim of a fatal highway crash Sunday near Hearst Officials with the OPP say Patrick Quessy-Briere, 24, of Thunder Bay died after a collision between a pickup truck and transport on Highway 11 Sunday afternoon.

Nearly one-third of city council opposed this year’s approved budget. The 2014 budget was ratified Monday night 8-4, which will see around a three per cent increase to the city’s tax levy this year. Coun.

While they had concerns, city council approved nearly $1 million for a major road project that went over budget. The first phase of Golf Links Road is now more than $7.8 million after more material was needed than original estimates called for.

Ruth Sutherland was certain her great-niece was going to bring home a second gold medal.

A parvovirus outbreak has forced the city’s animal services to temporarily stop the dog adoption program. In a news release issued Monday afternoon, the City of Thunder Bay confirms that two dogs have been infected with the virus.

Henry Wojak’s bid to become Thunder Bay’s mayor came face-to-face with its first big hurdle. The aspiring mayoral candidate, who is currently banned from city hall, and is part of the reason why he was unable to file his papers Monday.

A motor-vehicle crash led to the sudden road closure of as ection of May Street, reports the Thunder Bay Police Service. The road closure impacted May Street between Leith and Bethune Streets early Monday afternoon.

Thunder Bay police are remaining tight-lipped about an alleged sexual assault involving University of Ottawa hockey players.

The city is hosting municipal officials from across the country for one of its most significant meetings of the year.